In the year 1956

381 Notable deaths

Hans Carossa

German writer (1878-1956).

Born December 15th, 1878 in Bad Tölz.

Died September 12th, 1956 at 77 years old in Rittsteig.

Mikhail Dmitriyevich Bonch-Bruyevich

Soviet general.

Born March 8th, 1870 in Moscow.

Died August 3rd, 1956 at 86 years old in Moscow.

Lars Sonck

Finland swedish architect.

Born August 10th, 1870 in Kälviä. [ref]

Died March 14th, 1956 at 85 years old in Helsinki. [ref]

Pavel Janák

Czech architect.

Born March 12th, 1882 in Vysočany. [ref]

Died August 1st, 1956 at 74 years old in Dejvice. [ref]

Kōtarō Takamura

Japanese poet and sculptor.

Born March 13th, 1883 in Tokyo.

Died April 2nd, 1956 at 73 years old in Tokyo (tuberculosis).

Heinrich Barkhausen

German physicist (1881-1956).

Born December 2nd, 1881 in Bremen. [ref]

Died February 20th, 1956 at 74 years old in Dresden. [ref]

Lucie Höflich

German actress (1883-1956).

Born February 20th, 1883 in Hanover. [ref]

Died October 9th, 1956 at 73 years old in Berlin. [ref]

Leonora Speyer

American poet (1872–1956).

Born November 7th, 1872 in Washington, D.C..

Died February 10th, 1956 at 83 years old in New York City.

Willem Hendrik Keesom

Dutch physicist.

Born June 21st, 1876 in Texel. [ref]

Died March 24th, 1956 at 79 years old in Leiden.

Frederick G. Donnan

Irish scientist (1870-1956).

Born September 6th, 1870 in Colombo. [ref]

Died December 16th, 1956 at 86 years old in Canterbury. [ref]

Deaths 241 to 250 of 381

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Anything I’ve done that was ultimately worthwhile initially scared me to death. Betty Bender