List of Famous people who died in 1946

Ernst Kurth was a Swiss music theorist of Austrian origin.

William Henry Wills was an American politician from the U.S. state of Vermont. He was the 61st Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1937 to 1941 and the 65th Governor of Vermont from 1941 to 1945. In 1944, Wills was a delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Olga Engl was an Austrian-German stage and motion picture actress who appeared in nearly 200 films.

John Lewis Bates was a lawyer and Republican politician from Massachusetts.

León Cortés Castro was a Costa Rican politician. He served as President of Costa Rica from 1936 to 1940. During his term he introduced new bank reforms, supported banana plantations in the South Pacific region, and established ports at Quepos and Golfito. His administration is often referred to as the "iron bars and cement administration" because of the various construction projects undertaken during his presidency, including the construction of the former International Airport of La Sabana. He was the last of a series of relatively conservative Presidents. He considered changes to allow him to pursue re-election as President, but ultimately backed down due to a Constitutional ban on consecutive terms. He was succeeded by Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, who ultimately broke with tradition and substantially increased the scope of the social state.

Carl Johann Adolf Alexander Witting was a German mathematician.

Newton Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead. In the 1910s and 1920s he was considered America's greatest living author. Several of his stories were adapted to film. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Tarkington, along with Meredith Nicholson, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana.

Frida Richard was an Austrian actress.

Nusch Éluard was a French performer, model and surrealist artist.