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Nicolae Labiș
1935–1956
poet
Official cause
struck by vehicle
Stephen Wade
1887–1956
executioner
Official cause
stomach cancer
Likely McBrien
1892–1956
sports executive, politician
Official cause
thrombosis
Mikheil Gelovani
1893–1956
actor, film director, stage actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Joseph K. Carson, Jr.
1891–1956
lawyer, politician
Official cause
thrombosis
Charley Rogers
1887–1956
film director, screenwriter, actor
Official cause
traffic collision
Hildebrand Gurlitt
1895–1956
art dealer, art historian, art collector
Official cause
traffic collision
Marshall Field III
1893–1956
banker, opinion journalist, philanthropist
Official cause
brain cancer
Una Mae Carlisle
1915–1956
jazz musician, songwriter, singer
Official cause
pneumonia
Paul Kelly
1899–1956
actor, stage actor, television actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Asaf Simhoni
1922–1956
military officer, soldier
Official cause
aviation accident
Thomas Bath
1875–1956
politician, farmer, trade unionist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Maria Filotti
1883–1956
actor, film actor, theatre director
Official cause
disease
Art Tatum
1909–1956
pianist, jazz musician, musician
Official cause
kidney failure
Charles A. Barnard
1907–1956
lawyer, politician
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Tommy Johnson
1896–1956
songwriter, singer, guitarist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Clarence Birdseye
1886–1956
inventor, businessperson, biologist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Ray Kuhlman
1900–1956
politician, businessperson
Official cause
traffic collision
Glenn Thistlethwaite
1885–1956
basketball coach
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Alan Linden
1917–1956
Australian rules football player
Official cause
traffic collision
Anastasio Somoza García
1896–1956
politician
Official cause
gunshot wound
William Boeing
1881–1956
entrepreneur, businessperson, engineer
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1911–1956
basketball player, javelin thrower, autobiographer
Official cause
colorectal cancer
Maurice Tompkin
1919–1956
association football player, cricketer
Official cause
pancreatic cancer