In the year 1956
381 Notable deaths
Gustave Charpentier
French composer.
Born June 25th, 1860 in Dieuze. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1956 at 95 years old in Paris.
Lawrence Dale Bell
American businessman.
Born April 5th, 1894 in Mentone.
Died October 20th, 1956 at 62 years old in Buffalo.
Benno von Arent
German politician and ss officer (1898-1956).
Born July 19th, 1898 in Görlitz.
Died October 14th, 1956 at 58 years old in Bonn.
Elsie Janis
American actress of stage and screen (1889-1956).
Born March 16th, 1889 in Columbus. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1956 at 66 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Marcel Griaule
French anthropologist (1898-1956).
Born May 16th, 1898 in Aisy-sur-Armançon. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1956 at 57 years old in Paris. [ref]
Helmer Hanssen
Norwegian antarctic explorer (1870-1956).
Born September 24th, 1870 in Andøy.
Died August 2nd, 1956 at 85 years old in Tromsø.
José Moscardó Ituarte
Spanish general (1878-1956).
Born October 26th, 1878 in Madrid.
Died April 12th, 1956 at 77 years old in Madrid.
Walther Kossel
German physicist (1888-1956).
Born January 4th, 1888 in Berlin. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1956 at 68 years old in Tübingen. [ref]
Pyotr Konchalovsky
Russian artist (1876-1956).
Born February 21st, 1876 in Sloviansk. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1956 at 79 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Samad Vurgun
Azerbaijani-soviet writer (1906-1956).
Born March 21st, 1906 in Yukhary Salahly.
Died May 27th, 1956 at 50 years old in Baku (cancer, lung cancer).
Deaths 151 to 160 of 381
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau