List of Famous people who died in 1946

Joseph Edward Victor Fairfield Daveran Singleton was an actor of the silent era. An Australian, he appeared in 74 films between 1913 and 1925. He was born in Melbourne.

Albert Sechehaye was a Swiss linguist. He is known for editing Ferdinand de Saussure's lectures, Course in General Linguistics.

Vladimir Ivanovich Belsky was a Russian poet and opera librettist, known for his collaborations with the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908).

Dunham Jackson was a mathematician who worked within approximation theory, notably with trigonometrical and orthogonal polynomials. He is known for Jackson's inequality. He was awarded the Chauvenet Prize in 1935. His book Fourier Series and Orthogonal Polynomials was reprinted in 2004.

René Le Grevès was a French professional road bicycle racer. As an amateur cyclist, he won the silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit. In 1933 Le Grevès became professional, and between 1933 and 1939, he won sixteen stages in the Tour de France.

Edward Alphonso Goldman was an American zoologist and botanist. He worked extensively in Mexico with Edward William Nelson and described and revised many groups of mammals.

Edwin Francis Gay was an American economist, Professor of Economic History and first Dean of the Harvard Business School.

Egon Brecher was an Austria-Hungary-born actor and director, who also served as the chief director of Vienna's Stadttheater, before entering the motion picture industry.

Alexander Alekhine was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns.