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Mega Celebrity Deathday Chronology 1956-1956
Last Updated 01-02-2024
Greenleaf Whittier Pickard -- b.2/14/1877 d.1/8/1956 (78)
Norman Kerry -- b.6/16/1894 d.1/12/1956 (61)
Sam Langford -- b.3/4/1883 d.1/12/1956 (72)
Lyonel Feininger -- b.7/17/1871 d.1/13/1956 (84)
Charles Dingle -- b.12/28/1887 N.S. d.1/19/1956 N.S. (68)
Lucy Isabelle Marsh -- b.4/10/1878 d.1/20/1956 (77)
Sir Alexander Korda -- b.9/16/1893 d.1/23/1956 (62)
Billy Evans -- b.2/10/1884 d.1/23/1956 (71)
H. L. Mencken -- b.9/12/1880 d.1/29/1956 (75)
Jane (Fifties) Seymour -- b.3/24/1893 d.1/30/1956 (62)
A. A. Milne -- b.1/18/1882 N.S. d.1/31/1956 N.S. (74)
Charley Grapewin -- b.12/20/1869 d.2/2/1956 (86)
Bob Burns -- b.8/2/1890 d.2/2/1956 (65)
Henri Chretien -- b.2/1/1879 d.2/6/1956 (77)
Connie (Baseball) Mack -- b.12/22/1862 d.2/8/1956 (93)
Gustave Charpentier -- b.6/25/1860 d.2/18/1956 (95)
Edwin Goldman -- b.1/1/1878 d.2/21/1956 (78)
Harry Lewis -- b.9/16/1886 d.2/22/1956 (69)
Elsie Janis -- b.3/16/1889 d.2/26/1956 (66)
Brandon Peters -- b.2/10/1893 d.2/27/1956 (63)
Frank Dailey -- b.??/??/1901 d.2/27/1956 (54)
Elpidio Quirino -- b.11/16/1890 d.2/28/1956 (65)
Fred Merkle -- b.12/20/1888 d.3/2/1956 (67)
Joseph Savage -- b.5/21/1879 d.3/10/1956 (76)
Ralph Depalma -- b.12/18/1882 d.3/13/1956 (73)
David Greig "Skippy" Browning Jr. -- b.6/5/1931 N.S. d.3/13/1956 N.S. (24)
Daniel Cowan Jackling -- b.8/14/1869 d.3/13/1956 (86)
Fred Allen -- b.5/31/1894 d.3/17/1956 (61)
Irene Joliot-Curie -- b.9/12/1897 d.3/17/1956 (58)
Louis Bromfield -- b.12/27/1896 d.3/18/1956 (59)
Fanny Durack -- b.10/27/1889 N.S. d.3/20/1956 N.S. (66)
William Stout -- b.3/16/1880 d.3/20/1956 (76)
Wilhelm Miklas -- b.10/15/1872 d.3/20/1956 (83)
George Alfred Leon Sarton -- b.8/31/1884 d.3/22/1956 (71)
Robert Newton -- b.6/1/1905 d.3/25/1956 (50)
Edmund Clerihew Bentley -- b.7/10/1875 d.3/30/1956 (80)
"Little" Jack Little -- b.5/30/1899 N.S. d.4/9/1956 N.S. (56)
Clarence "Ginger" Beaumont -- b.7/23/1876 N.S. d.4/10/1956 N.S. (79)
Joseph Clark -- b.11/30/1861 d.4/14/1956 (94)
Emil Nolde -- b.8/7/1867 d.4/15/1956 (88)
Sydney Dryden Chaplin -- b.3/16/1885 d.4/16/1956 (71)
Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb -- b.1/28/1909 N.S. d.4/19/1956 N.S. (47)
Henry Stephenson -- b.4/18/1871 d.4/24/1956 (85)
Edward Arnold -- b.2/18/1890 d.4/26/1956 (66)
Alben William Barkley -- b.11/24/1877 d.4/30/1956 (78)
Jed Prouty -- b.4/6/1879 d.5/10/1956 (77)
Clarence Mulford -- b.2/3/1883 d.5/10/1956 (73)
Walter Sydney Adams -- b.12/20/1876 d.5/11/1956 (79)
Louis Calhern -- b.2/19/1895 d.5/12/1956 (61)
Don Kirkpatrick -- b.6/17/1905 d.5/13/1956 (50)
Will Oakland -- b.1/15/1880 N.S. d.5/15/1956 N.S. (76)
Adrian Rollini -- b.6/28/1904 d.5/15/1956 (51)
H. B. Reese -- b.5/24/1879 d.5/16/1956 (76)
Yogi Yorgesson -- b.10/21/1908 N.S. d.5/20/1956 N.S. (47)
Halmay Zoltán -- b.6/18/1881 N.S. d.5/20/1956 N.S. (74)
Sir Max Beerbohm -- b.8/24/1872 d.5/20/1956 (83)
Guy Kibbee -- b.3/6/1882 d.5/24/1956 (74)
Al Simmons -- b.5/22/1902 d.5/26/1956 (54)
Sir Francis "Frank" Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire -- b.5/13/1891 N.S. d.5/29/1956 N.S. (65)
Jean Hersholt -- b.7/12/1886 d.6/2/1956 (69)
Margaret Wycherty -- b.10/26/1881 d.6/6/1956 (74)
Hiram Bingham -- b.11/19/1875 d.6/6/1956 (80)
Fletcher Pratt -- b.4/25/1897 d.6/10/1956 (59)
Ralph Morgan -- b.7/6/1882 d.6/11/1956 (73)
Sir Frank Brangwyn -- b.5/13/1867 d.6/11/1956 (89)
Frankie Trumbauer -- b.5/30/1901 d.6/11/1956 (55)
Robert Charles "Bob" Sweikert -- b.5/20/1926 N.S. d.6/17/1956 N.S. (30)
Thomas John Watson Jr. -- b.2/17/1874 d.6/19/1956 (82)
Walter de la Mare -- b.4/25/1873 d.6/22/1956 (83)
Michael Arlen -- b.11/16/1895 d.6/23/1956 (60)
Ernest J. King -- b.11/23/1878 d.6/25/1956 (77)
Clifford Brown -- b.10/30/1930 d.6/26/1956 (25)
Richie Powell -- b.9/5/1931 d.6/26/1956 (24)
Henry William Sprague "Peg" Cleghorn -- b.3/11/1890 N.S. d.7/11/1956 N.S. (66)
John Latouche -- b.11/13/1917 d.8/7/1956 (38)
Jackson Pollock -- b.1/28/1912 d.8/11/1956 (44)
Bertolt Brecht -- b.2/10/1898 d.8/14/1956 (58)
Bela Lugosi -- b.10/20/1882 d.8/16/1956 (73)
Barry Norton -- b.6/16/1905 d.8/24/1956 (51)
Kenji Mizoguchi -- b.5/16/1898 d.8/24/1956 (58)
Alfred C. Kinsey -- b.6/23/1894 N.S. d.8/25/1956 N.S. (62)
George Washington Pierce -- b.1/11/1872 d.8/25/1956 (84)
Mike Gibbons -- b.7/20/1887 d.8/31/1956 (69)
Percy W. MacKaye -- b.3/16/1875 d.8/31/1956 (81)
Alex Raymond -- b.10/2/1909 d.9/6/1956 (46)
Fred Rich -- b.1/31/1898 d.9/8/1956 (58)
William Avery Bishop -- b.2/8/1894 d.9/11/1956 (62)
Hugh "Shorty" Ray -- b.9/21/1884 N.S. d.9/16/1956 (71)
Tom Gastall -- b.6/13/1932 d.9/20/1956 (24)
Bill Struth -- b.6/16/1875 N.S. d.9/21/1956 N.S. (81)
Frederick Soddy -- b.9/2/1877 d.9/22/1956 (79)
Earl Godwin -- b.1/24/1881 d.9/23/1956 (75)
"Babe" Didrikson Zaharias -- b.6/26/1911 N.S. d.9/27/1956 N.S. (45)
William Boeing -- b.10/1/1881 d.9/28/1956 (74)
Anastasio Somoza -- b.2/1/1896 d.9/29/1956 (60)
Albert Von Tilzer -- b.3/29/1878 d.10/1/1956 (78)
George Bancroft -- b.9/30/1882 d.10/2/1956 (74)
Walter Herlihy -- b.8/17/1912 d.10/6/1956 (44)
Charles E. Merrill -- b.10/19/1885 d.10/6/1956 (70)
Clarence Birdseye -- b.12/9/1886 d.10/7/1956 (69)
Maria Johanna "Ma" Braun -- b.12/28/1881 N.S. d.10/9/1956 N.S. (74)
Owen Davis -- b.1/29/1874 d.10/13/1956 (82)
Isham Jones -- b.1/31/1894 d.10/19/1956 (62)
Lawrence Dale Bell -- b.4/5/1894 d.10/20/1956 (62)
Charles Fleischer -- b.4/23/1882 d.10/23/1956 (74)
Otto Scheff -- b.12/12/1889 N.S. d.10/26/1956 N.S. (66)
Annette Adams -- b.3/12/1877 d.10/26/1956 (79)
Charles Spurgeon Johnson -- b.7/24/1893 d.10/27/1956 (63)
Tommy Johnson -- b.??/??/1896 d.11/1/1956
Art Tatum -- b.10/13/1909 d.11/5/1956 (47)
Paul Kelly -- b.8/9/1899 d.11/6/1956 (57)
Una Mae Carlisle -- b.12/26/1918 d.11/7/1956 (37)
Marshall Field III -- b.9/28/1893 d.11/8/1956 (63)
Victor Young -- b.8/8/1900 d.11/11/1956 (56)
Gerhard Alexander -- b.2/27/1907 d.11/12/1956 (49)
John Evershed -- b.2/26/1864 d.11/17/1956 (92)
Francis L. Sullivan -- b.1/6/1903 d.11/19/1956 (53)
Alexander Dovzhenko -- b.8/29/1894 O.S. or 9/10/1894 N.S. d.11/25/1956 (62)
Tommy Dorsey -- b.11/19/1905 N.S. d.11/26/1956 N.S. (51)
Charlie Peete -- b.2/22/1929 d.11/27/1956 (27)
Jean Schwartz -- b.11/4/1878 d.11/30/1956 (78)
Richard Midgley -- b.??/??/1910 d.11/30/1956
Cow Cow Davenport -- b.4/23/1894 d.12/3/1956 (62)
Calvin Jones -- b.2/7/1933 d.12/9/1956 (23)
Eddie Acuff -- b.6/3/1908 d.12/17/1956 (48)
Preston Tucker -- b.9/21/1903 d.12/20/1956 (53)
Lewis M. Terman -- b.1/15/1877 d.12/21/1956 (79)
Holmes Herbert -- b.7/30/1882 d.12/26/1956 (74)
Louis Handley -- b.2/14/1874 N.S. d.12/28/1956 N.S. (82)
Ruth Draper -- b.12/2/1884 d.12/30/1956 (72)
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