In the year 1956
404 Notable deaths
Jean Metzinger
French painter (1883-1956).
Born June 24th, 1883 in Nantes. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1956 at 73 years old in Paris. [ref]
Lewis Terman
American educational psychologist and academic.
Born January 15th, 1877 in Johnson County.
Died December 21st, 1956 at 79 years old in Palo Alto.
Charles MacArthur
American playwright and screenwriter (1895-1956).
Born November 5th, 1895 in Michigan.
Died April 21st, 1956 at 60 years old in New York City (disease).
Ángel Castro y Arguíz
Father of fidel castro.
Born December 4th, 1875 in Láncara.
Died October 21st, 1956 at 80 years old in Birán.
Miklós Nyiszli
Jewish prisoner at the auschwitz concentration camp (1901-1956).
Born June 17th, 1901 in Șimleu Silvaniei.
Died May 5th, 1956 at 54 years old in Oradea (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Risto Ryti
President of finland (1889–1956).
Born February 3rd, 1889 in Huittinen.
Died October 25th, 1956 at 67 years old in Helsinki.
Bolesław Bierut
President of poland (1892-1956).
Born April 18th, 1892 in Lublin.
Died March 12th, 1956 at 63 years old in Moscow.
Daniel Swarovski
Austrian crystal glass industrialist, founder of d. swarovski kg company (1862–1956).
Born October 24th, 1862 in Jiřetín pod Bukovou. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1956 at 93 years old in Wattens. [ref]
Mistinguett
French actress and singer.
Born April 3rd, 1875 in Enghien-les-Bains. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1956 at 80 years old in Bougival.
Carlos Bulosan
Filipino-american author, poet, migrant laborer, and activist who left the philippines for seattle in 1930.
Born November 24th, 1913 in Pangasinan. [ref]
Died September 13th, 1956 at 42 years old in Seattle (bronchopneumonia). [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 404
Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman