Famous People Who Died In 1956

• Jackson Pollock

  Painter

  Wyoming, United States of America

• Frederick Soddy

  Chemist

  England, United Kingdom

• Alben W. Barkley

  Politician

  Kentucky, United States of America

• Irène Joliot-Curie

  Chemist

  France

• Babe Didrikson Zaharias

  Sportsman

  Texas, United States of America

• Meghnad Saha

  Astrophysicist

  Bangladesh

• Alfred Kinsey

  Biologist

  New Jersey, United States of America

• Bela Lugosi

  Actor

  Timi?, Romania

• Gustav Suits

  Poet

  Tartu, Estonia

• Elpidio Quirino

  Politician

  Ilocos Sur, Philippines

• Connie Mack

  Sportsman

  Massachusetts, united states of America

• Charles Edward Merrill

  Philonthropist

  Florida, United States of America

• Clifford Brown

  Songwriter

  Delaware, United States of America

• Charles S. Johnson

  Sociologist

  Virginia, United States Of America

• Louis Bromfield

  Author

  Ohio, United States of America

• Ernest J. King

  Military Leader

  Ohio, United States of America

• Art Tatum

  Pianist

  Ohio, United States of America

• Bertolt Brecht

  Playwright

  Bavaria, Germany

• Walter Adams

  Astronomer

  Hatay, Turkey

• Tommy Dorsey

  Composer

  Pennsylvania, united states of America

• Lady Countess Rothes

  British philanthropist

  England, United Kingdom

• Pío Baroja

  Author

  Gipuzkoa, Spain