Death year 1956 celebrities
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John Atkinson Leighton (1861–1956) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball outfielder with the Syracuse Stars of the American Association. He appeared in seven games for the Stars during the 1890 season. His minor league career stretched from 1887
William John Malarkey (November 26, 1878 – December 12, 1956) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.
Flora Sydney Patricia Eldershaw (16 March 1897 – 20 September 1956) was an Australian novelist, critic and historian. With Marjorie Barnard she formed the writing collaboration known as M. Barnard Eldershaw. She was also a teacher and later a publi
Elsie Janis (March 16, 1889 – February 26, 1956) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as “the sweetheart of the AEF” (American Expeditionary Force).
Charley Rogers (15 January 1887 – 20 December 1956) was an English film actor, director and screenwriter, best known for his association with Laurel and Hardy. He appeared in 37 films between 1912 and 1954. He also directed 14 films between 1929 an
Alfred Charles Kinsey (/ˈkɪnzi/; June 23, 1894 – August 25, 1956) was an American biologist, professor of entomology and zoology, and sexologist who in 1947 founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, now known as the Kinsey Ins
Harold Sydney Bride (11 January 1890 – 29 April 1956) was the junior wireless officer on the ocean liner RMS Titanic during its ill-fated maiden voyage.
Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956), known professionally as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painti
Jacob Levitzki, also known as Yaakov Levitsky (Hebrew: יעקב לויצקי) (17 August 1904 – 25 February 1956) was an Israeli mathematician.
Richard Stanton (8 October 1876 – 22 May 1956) was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in 68 films between 1911 and 1916. He also directed 57 films between 1914 and 1925.