In the year 1956
379 Notable deaths
Robert Yerkes
American psychologist.
Born May 26th, 1876 in Bucks County.
Died February 3rd, 1956 at 79 years old in New Haven.
Frank Brangwyn
Anglo-welsh artist and designer (1867-1956).
Born May 12th, 1867 in Bruges. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1956 at 89 years old in Ditchling. [ref]
Leo Baeck
German-born rabbi, scholar and theologian (1873-1956).
Born May 23rd, 1873 in Leszno. [ref]
Died November 2nd, 1956 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
Ludwig Klages
German psychologist and philosopher.
Born December 10th, 1872 in Hanover. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1956 at 83 years old in Kilchberg. [ref]
Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
Austrian politician and nobleman (1899-1956).
Born May 10th, 1899 in Eferding. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1956 at 56 years old in Schruns. [ref]
Otto Schmidt
Russian and soviet geophysicist and polar explorer (1891-1956).
Born September 30th, 1891 in Mogilev.
Died September 7th, 1956 at 64 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Mikheil Gelovani
Russian and soviet actor and film director (1893-1956).
Born January 6th, 1893.
Died December 21st, 1956 at 63 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
David Seymour
Polish photographer and photojournalist (1911-1956).
Born November 20th, 1911 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1956 at 44 years old in El-Qantarah al-Sharqiya. [ref]
Holmes Herbert
English actor (1882-1956).
Born July 30th, 1882 in Mansfield.
Died December 26th, 1956 at 74 years old in Hollywood. [ref]
Joseph Wirth
German chancellor (1879-1956).
Born September 6th, 1879 in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1956 at 76 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 379
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot