Celebrity Deaths in 1956

76 notable figures died in 1956. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Charles Dingle

  1887 – 1956 · Actors Jan 1
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  Louise Carver

  1869 – 1956 · Actors Jan 1
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  Lyonel Feininger

  1871 – 1956 · Artists and Architects Jan 1
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  Nate Saint

  1923 – 1956 · Victims of crime and disaster Jan 8
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  Roger Youderian

  1924 – 1956 · Victims of crime and disaster Jan 8
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  Konstantin Päts

  1874 – 1956 · Authors and Writers, Politicians Jan 18
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  Oskar Karlweis

  1894 – 1956 · Actors Jan 24
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  Anne Bradshaw Clopton

  1878 – 1956 · Artists and Architects Feb 2
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  Bob Burns

  1890 – 1956 · Actors Feb 2
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  Charley Grapewin

  1869 – 1956 · Actors Feb 2
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  Peter Petrovich Konchalovsky

  1876 – 1956 · Artists and Architects Feb 2
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  Vincent de Moro-Giafferi

  1878 – 1956 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Feb 2
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  Hattie Carnegie

  1880 – 1956 · Business Magnates Feb 22
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  Al Freeman

  1883 – 1956 · Actors Mar 3
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  Daniel Cowan Jackling

  1869 – 1956 Mar 3
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  Fred Allen

  1894 – 1956 · Entertainers Mar 3
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  Louis Bromfield

  1896 – 1956 · Authors and Writers Mar 3
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  Raymond Hoagland

  1894 – 1956 Mar 3
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  Irène Joliot-Curie

  1897 – 1956 · Politicians Mar 17
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  Chester Clute

  1891 – 1956 · Actors Apr 4
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  Filippo De Pisis

  1896 – 1956 · Artists and Architects Apr 4
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  Leo Spitz

  1888 – 1956 · Business Magnates Apr 4
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  Margaret McWade

  1872 – 1956 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Zilphia Horton

  1910 – 1956 · Musicians and Composers Apr 11
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  Kathleen Howard

  1884 – 1956 · Actresses, Comedian, Singer Apr 15
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  Edward Arnold

  1890 – 1956 · Actors Apr 26
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  Alben W. Barkley

  1877 – 1956 · Politicians, US Presidents and Vice Presidents Apr 30
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  Albert Duquesne

  1890 – 1956 · Actors May 5
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  Ernest Martin Hennings

  1886 – 1956 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Harry Burnett “H.B.” Reese, Sr

  1879 – 1956 · Business Magnates May 5
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  Sir Max Beerbohm

  1872 – 1956 · Actors May 5
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  Jean Hersholt

  1886 – 1956 · Actors Jun 2
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  Gordon Conway

  1894 – 1956 · Artists and Architects Jun 6
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  Katherine MacDonald

  1891 – 1956 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Margaret Wycherly

  1881 – 1956 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Marie Laurencin

  1883 – 1956 · Artists and Architects Jun 6
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  Ralph Kuhner Morgan

  1883 – 1956 · Business Magnates Jun 6
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  William Reaves Eason

  1886 – 1956 · Actors Jun 6
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  Bob Sweikert

  1926 – 1956 · Athletes, Race Car Driver Jun 17
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  Ronald Winans

  1956 – 1956 · Gospel Music, Religious Figures, Singer Jun 30
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  Dr Gottfried Benn

  1886 – 1956 · Authors and Writers Jul 7
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  Dr. Gottfried Benn

  1886 – 1956 · Authors and Writers Jul 7
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  Herbert H. Franklin

  1866 – 1956 Jul 7
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  John Tate Raulston

  1868 – 1956 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jul 7
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  Kasia Orzazewski

  1888 – 1956 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Stanley Blystone

  1894 – 1956 · Actors Jul 7
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  Bertolt Brecht

  1898 – 1956 · Authors and Writers Aug 8
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  Emanuele Ronzoni, Sr

  1870 – 1956 · Business Magnates Aug 8
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  Frances Heenan “Peaches” Browning

  1910 – 1956 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Harry E. Aitken

  1877 – 1956 · Entertainers Aug 8
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  Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald

  1890 – 1956 · Artists and Architects Aug 8
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  Yakub Kolas

  1882 – 1956 · Politicians Aug 13
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  Bela Lugosi

  1882 – 1956 · Actors, Celebrities Aug 16
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  Carlos Bulosan

  1913 – 1956 · Authors and Writers Sep 9
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  Faith Bacon

  1910 – 1956 · Actresses Sep 26
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  William Edward Boeing

  1881 – 1956 · Business Magnates, Scientists and Inventors Sep 28
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  Clarence Birdseye

  1886 – 1956 · Business Magnates Oct 10
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  Fanny Cossar

  1865 – 1956 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Jeanne d’Alcy

  1865 – 1956 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Marie Doro

  1882 – 1956 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Pío Baroja

  1872 – 1956 · Authors and Writers Oct 10
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  Lawrence Dale Bell

  1894 – 1956 · Business Magnates Oct 20
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  Pietro Badoglio

  1871 – 1956 · Politicians Nov 1
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  Victor Young

  1900 – 1956 · Musicians and Composers Nov 10
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  Harry Ford Sinclair

  1876 – 1956 · Business Magnates Nov 11
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  Hugo Ballin

  1879 – 1956 · Artists and Architects Nov 11
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  Marshall Field, III

  1893 – 1956 Nov 11
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  Tommy Dorsey

  1905 – 1956 · Band Leader, Musicians and Composers Nov 26
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  Valda Valkyrien

  1895 – 1956 · Actresses Dec 10
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  Huntley Gordon

  1887 – 1956 · Actors Dec 12
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  Malcolm Lee Beggs

  1907 – 1956 · Actors Dec 12
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  Mikheil Gelovani

  1892 – 1956 · Actors Dec 12
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  Juho Kusti Paasikivi

  1870 – 1956 · Politicians Dec 14
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  Eddie Acuff

  1903 – 1956 · Actors Dec 17
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  Ruth Draper

  1884 – 1956 · Actresses Dec 30
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  Toshiki Sano

  1880 – 1956