Famous People Who Died In 1946

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1946. This list includes people like H. G. Wells, John Maynard Keynes, Gertrude Stein, Wilhelm Keitel, John Logie Baird and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, non-fiction writers, soldiers and military leaders who died in 1946. This list includes people from Germany, United Kingdom, United States & Russia and many more countries.

H. G. Wells
(Writer)

21 September 1866

British

John Maynard Keynes
(Economist)

05 June 1883

British

Gertrude Stein
(American novelist)

03 February 1874

American

Wilhelm Keitel
(German Commanding Officer)

22 September 1882

German

Joachim von Ribbentrop
(Nazi Minister)

30 April 1893

German

W. C. Fields

29 January 1880

American

Alfred Jodl
(Military Commander, Nazi War Criminal)

10 May 1890

German

John Logie Baird
(Engineer)

13 August 1888

British,Scottish

Alfred Rosenberg
(Nazi Party Ideologue, Author)

12 January 1893

German

Ernst Kaltenbrunner
(Nazi Leader)

04 October 1903

Austrian

Madan Mohan Malaviya
(Politician & Educationist)

25 December 1861

Indian

Julius Streicher
(A Member of National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP))

12 February 1885

German

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Alfred Stieglitz
(Photographer)

01 January 1864

American

Marcel Petiot
(Serial Killer)

17 January 1897

French

Alexander Alekhine
(French chess player)

31 October 1892

Portuguese,Russian

Manuel de Falla
(Classical music composer)

23 November 1876

Spanish

Upendranath Brahmachari
(Scientist)

19 December 1873

Indian

Hermann Goring
(German Military Leader)

12 January 1893

German

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Jack Johnson (Boxer)

31 March 1878

American

Louis Slotin
(Physicist, Chemist, Non-fiction writer)

01 December 1910

Canadian

William Joyce
(Politician, Journalist, Radio personality)

24 April 1906

German,British,American

Tomoyuki Yamashita
(Officer)

08 November 1885

Japanese

Ananda Mahidol
(King)

20 September 1925

German,Thai

Hans Frank
(Lawyer, Politician)

23 May 1900

German

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Ion Antonescu
(Former Prime Minister of Romania)

02 June 1882

Romanian

Masaharu Homma
(Military personnel)

27 November 1887

Japanese

Arthur Seyss-Inquart
(Politician, Lawyer, Jurist)

22 July 1892

Austrian,Czech

Wilhelm Frick
(Politician, Diplomat, Lawyer)

12 March 1877

German

Joseph Stilwell
(Basketball coach, Military personnel)

19 March 1883

American

Werner von Blomberg
(Politician, Officer, Military personnel)

02 September 1878

German,Polish

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Mikhail Kalinin
(Revolutionary)

19 November 1875

Russian

Empress Wanrong

13 November 1906

Karl Hermann Frank
(Politician)

24 January 1898

German

László Moholy-Nagy
(Photographer)

20 July 1895

Hungarian

Andrey Vlasov
(officer)

14 September 1901

Russian

Kurt Daluege
(Officer, Politician)

15 September 1897

German

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John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
(Military personnel)

10 July 1886

British

Countee Cullen
(American poet)

30 May 1903

Ferenc Szálasi
(Political leader, Prime Minister)

06 January 1897

Armenian,Hungarian

Friedrich Jeckeln
(Officer, Politician, War criminal)

02 February 1895

German

Gilbert N. Lewis
(Chemist, Physicist, University teacher, Non-fiction writer)

23 October 1875

American

Herbert Macaulay
(Politician)

14 November 1864

Nigerian

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Fritz Sauckel
(Politician)

27 October 1894

German

Karl Haushofer
(Geopolitician, Political scientist, Educationist, Officer, University teacher, Non-fiction writer)

27 August 1869

German

Harlan F. Stone
(Lawyer, Judge, University teacher)

11 October 1872

American

Dorothy Gibson
(Film Actress)

Charlotte Mason
(Philanthropist)

01 January 1842

British

Paul Langevin
(Physicist, Professor, Chemist, Philosopher of science, Educationist, Non-fiction writer)

23 January 1872

French

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George Arliss
(Writer, Playwright, Film director, Autobiographer, Screenwriter, Stage actor, Film actor)

10 April 1868

British

Anton Mussert
(Civil engineer, Engineer, Non-fiction writer)

11 May 1894

Gerhart Hauptmann
(Playwright, Poet, Writer, Novelist, Autobiographer, Screenwriter)

15 November 1862

German,Polish

Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov
(composer, conductor, choir director, music educator)

01 April 1883

Russian

Wilhelm Marx
(Politician, Judge)

15 January 1863

German

Jorge Ubico
(Politician, Officer)

10 November 1878

Guatemalan

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Herbert Baker
(Architect, Screenwriter)

09 June 1862

British

Bror von Blixen-Finecke
(Writer, Military personnel)

25 July 1886

Swedish

Arthur Greiser
(Politician)

22 January 1897

German

Felix Hoffmann
(Chemist, Inventor, Pharmacist, Non-fiction writer)

21 January 1868

German

Karl Maria Wiligut
(Writer, Occultist)

10 December 1866

Austrian

Jeanne Lanvin
(Grand couturier)

01 January 1867

French

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Louis Bachelier
(Mathematician, Economist, Non-fiction writer)

11 March 1870

French

Claus Schilling
(Military physician, Non-fiction writer)

05 July 1871

German

Ray Stannard Baker

17 April 1870

American

Christopher R. W. Nevinson
(Paramedic, Painter)

13 August 1889

British

James Hopwood Jeans
(Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer)

11 September 1877

British

Paul Nash
(painter, illustrator, printmaker)

11 May 1889

British

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Herbert George Wells
(Journalist, Historian, Novelist)

21 September 1866

British

Alfred Damon Runyon

04 October 1880

American

Ignacy Mościcki
(Polish chemist)

01 December 1867

Swiss,Polish

Yōsuke Matsuoka
(politician, diplomat,)

04 March 1880

Japanese

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