In the year 1956
404 Notable deaths
Nikolaj Velimirović
Serbian bishop and saint.
Born January 4th, 1881 in Lelić.
Died March 18th, 1956 at 75 years old in South Canaan Township (disease).
Drastamat Kanayan
Armenian military officer.
Died March 5th, 1956 at 72 years old in Boston (disease).
Charles Edward Taylor
American airplane mechanic (1868-1956).
Born May 24th, 1868 in Cerro Gordo.
Died January 30th, 1956 at 87 years old in California.
Pio Baroja
Spanish writer (1872-1956).
Born December 28th, 1872 in Donostia-San Sebastián. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1956 at 83 years old in Madrid (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
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 (1872–1956).
Born December 10th, 1872 in Hanover.
Died July 29th, 1956 at 83 years old in Kilchberg.
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).
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