In the year 1956
417 Notable deaths
Joseph Sill Clark Sr.
American tennis player (1861–1956).
Born November 30th, 1861 in Germantown.
Died April 14th, 1956 at 94 years old in Chestnut Hill.
Grigory Abramovich Shajn
Soviet astronomer (1892-1956).
Born April 19th, 1892 in Odesa.
Died August 4th, 1956 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Richard Stanton
Actor, film director (1876-1956).
Born October 8th, 1876 in Iowa.
Died May 22nd, 1956 at 79 years old in Los Angeles.
Auguste Chevalier
French botanist (1873-1956).
Born June 23rd, 1873 in Domfront. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 1956 at 82 years old in Paris.
Virginia Kirtley
Actress (1888-1956).
Born November 11th, 1888 in Bowling Green.
Died August 19th, 1956 at 67 years old in Sherman Oaks.
Per Kaufeldt
Swedish footballer and manager (1902-1956).
Born August 1st, 1902 in Södermalm.
Died March 21st, 1956 at 53 years old in Stockholm.
Ludvík Kuba
Czech landscape painter, musician, writer, professor in the academy of fine arts (1863-1956).
Born April 16th, 1863 in Poděbrady. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1956 at 93 years old in Prague. [ref]
Karel Hromádka
Czech chess player.
Born April 23rd, 1887 in Großweikersdorf.
Died July 16th, 1956 at 69 years old in Prague.
Agnes Esterhazy
Hungarian actress (1902-1956).
Born January 21st, 1898 in Cluj-Napoca. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1956 at 58 years old in Munich. [ref]
John Evershed
British astronomer (1864-1956).
Born February 26th, 1864 in Surrey.
Died November 17th, 1956 at 92 years old in Surrey.
Deaths 331 to 340 of 417
Life has more meaning in the face of death. Robert Greene