Death year 1946 celebrities
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George Monroe Woolf (May 31, 1910 – January 4, 1946), nicknamed “The Iceman”, was a Canadian-born thoroughbred race horse jockey. An annual jockey’s award given by the United States Jockeys’ Guild is named in his honor. He became known for riding t
Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He is, with William Faulkner and John Updike, one of only three novelists to win the
Fielding Harris Yost (April 30, 1871 – August 20, 1946) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Ohio Wesleyan University (1897), the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1898
Edward Cyril McDonald (October 28, 1886 – March 11, 1946) was a professional baseball player. He was a third baseman over parts of three seasons (1911–13) with the Boston Rustlers/Braves and Chicago Cubs. For his career, he compiled a .244 battin
Joe Keaton (July 6, 1867 – January 13, 1946) was an American vaudeville performer and silent film actor. He was the father of actor Buster Keaton.
Ion Victor Antonescu (June 15, 1882 – June 1, 1946) was a Romanian soldier and authoritarian politician who, as the Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II, presided over two successive wartime dictatorships. After the war, he wa
Thomas Frederick Dixon, Jr. (January 11, 1864 – April 3, 1946) was a Southern Baptist minister, playwright, lecturer, North Carolina state legislator, lawyer, and author, perhaps best known for writing The Clansman — which was to become the inspi
Justus D. Barnes (October 2, 1862 – February 6, 1946) was an American stage and silent film actor. Barnes is best known for his role as an outlaw in the 1903 short silent Western, The Great Train Robbery.
Juan Antonio Ríos Morales (November 10, 1888 – June 27, 1946) was a Chilean political figure, and President of Chile from 1942 to 1946, during the height of World War II. He died in office.
John Picus “Jack” Quinn, born Joannes (Jan) Pajkos (July 1, 1883 – April 17, 1946), was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. Quinn pitched for eight teams in three major leagues (the American, Federal, and National) and made his final appearance at
David William Wright (August 27, 1875 in Dennison, Ohio – January 18, 1946 in Dennison, Ohio) was a professional baseball pitcher. He appeared in two games in Major League Baseball, one for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1895 and one for the Chicago Col
Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Auguste Charlotte Jutta Alexandra Georgina Adophine; 24 January 1880 – 17 February 1946) was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the consort of Crown Prince Danilo of Montenegro.