WHO ALL DIED IN 1956.
See all who died in 1956.

German surgeon Paul Rostock died 17. June 1956. (born 1892)

American race car driver Bob Sweikert died 17. June 1956. (born 1926)

English motor vehicle manufacturer, and chairman of Ford of Britain Percival Perry died 17. June 1956. (born 1878)

American businessman Thomas J. Watson died 19. June 1956. (born 1874)

English poet and author Walter de la Mare died 22. June 1956. (born 1873)

Russian composer Reinhold Glière died 23. June 1956. (born 1875)

American trumpet player and composer Clifford Brown died 26. June 1956. (born 1930)

American pianist Richie Powell died 26. June 1956. (born 1931)

Norwegian actor Thorleif Lund died 30. June 1956. (born 1880)

German author and poet Gottfried Benn died 7. July 1956. (born 1886)

Italian journalist, author, and critic Giovanni Papini died 8. July 1956. (born 1881)

American baseball player Joe Giard died 10. July 1956. (born 1898)

Canadian politician James Alexander Calder died 20. July 1956. (born 1868)

American painter Jackson Pollock died 11. August 1956. (born 1912)

German poet, playwright, and director Bertolt Brecht died 14. August 1956. (born 1898)

Hungarian-American actor Bela Lugosi died 16. August 1956. (born 1882)

Japanese director and screenwriter Kenji Mizoguchi died 24. August 1956. (born 1898)

American film actor Mitchell Lewis died 24. August 1956. (born 1880)

American biologist Alfred Kinsey died 25. August 1956. (born 1894)

German-American activist Alfred Wagenknecht died 26. August 1956. (born 1881)