In the year 1956
379 Notable deaths
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia
Russian grand duke (1879-1956).
Born May 14th, 1879 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died October 30th, 1956 at 77 years old in Paris.
Infante Alfonso of Spain
Spanish royal.
Born October 3rd, 1941 in Rome.
Died March 29th, 1956 at 14 years old in Villa Giralda (Estoril).
Louis Bromfield
American author and conservationist (1896-1956).
Born December 27th, 1896 in Mansfield. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1956 at 59 years old in Columbus. [ref]
Alex Raymond
American comic strip artist and creator of flash gordon.
Born October 2nd, 1909 in New Rochelle.
Died September 6th, 1956 at 46 years old in Westport (traffic collision).
Lyonel Feininger
German-american painter (1871-1956).
Born July 17th, 1871 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1956 at 85 years old in New York City. [ref]
Frederick Soddy
Chemist and physicist from england (1877-1956).
Born September 2nd, 1877 in Eastbourne. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1956 at 79 years old in Brighton. [ref]
Reinhold Glière
Soviet ukrainian composer.
Born January 11th, 1875 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 1956 at 81 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Francis L. Sullivan
British actor (1903-1956).
Born January 6th, 1903 in London.
Died November 19th, 1956 at 53 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Marie Laurencin
French painter, poet and printmaker.
Born October 31st, 1883 in 10th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1956 at 72 years old in Paris (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Margaret Wycherly
English stage and film actress (1881-1956).
Born October 26th, 1881 in London.
Died June 6th, 1956 at 74 years old in New York City (disease).
Deaths 71 to 80 of 379
All men think that all men are mortal but themselves. Edward Young