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In the year 1956
405 Notable deaths
Piero Calamandrei
Italian writer and politician (1889-1956).
Born April 21st, 1889 in Florence. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1956 at 67 years old in Florence. [ref]
Paul Léautaud
French writer.
Born January 18th, 1872 in 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 22nd, 1956 at 84 years old in Le Plessis-Robinson. [ref]
Julius Lippert
German politician (1895-1956).
Died June 30th, 1956 at 60 years old in Bad Schwalbach.
Jack Southworth
English footballer (1866-1956).
Born December 11th, 1866 in Blackburn.
Died October 16th, 1956 at 89 years old in Liverpool.
Zenobia Camprubí
Spanish-american writer and linguist.
Born August 31st, 1887 in Malgrat de Mar. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1956 at 69 years old in San Juan (ovarian cancer).
Greenleaf Whittier Pickard
American radio pioneer.
Born February 14th, 1877 in Portland.
Died January 8th, 1956 at 78 years old in Newton.
G. W. Pierce
American physicist.
Born January 11th, 1872 in Webberville.
Died August 25th, 1956 at 84 years old in Franklin.
Bernard Griffin
Catholic cardinal.
Born February 21st, 1899 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1956 at 57 years old in Cornwall (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Walter Sydney Adams
American astronomer.
Born December 20th, 1876 in Antioch.
Died May 11th, 1956 at 79 years old in Pasadena.
Albrecht Alt
German lutheran theologian (1883–1956).
Born September 20th, 1883 in Diespeck.
Died April 24th, 1956 at 72 years old in Leipzig.
Deaths 231 to 240 of 405
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