List of Famous people who died in 1946

Carl Emil Paul Lincke was a German composer and theater conductor. He is considered the "father" of the Berlin operetta. His well-known compositions include "Berliner Luft", the unofficial anthem of Berlin, from his operetta Frau Luna; and "The Glow-Worm", from his operetta Lysistrata.

Holger Thiele was a Danish American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets.

Mary Antoinette "Tony" Perry was an American actress, director and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing. She is the eponym of the Tony Awards.

Francis Joseph Rolleston was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.

Jorge Ubico Castañeda, nicknamed Number Five or also Central America's Napoleon, was a Guatemalan dictator. A general in the Guatemalan army, he was elected to the presidency in 1931, in an election where he was the only candidate. He continued his predecessors' policies of giving massive concessions to the United Fruit Company and wealthy landowners, as well as supporting their harsh labor practices. Ubico has been described as "one of the most oppressive tyrants Guatemala has ever known" who compared himself to Adolf Hitler. He was removed by a pro-democracy uprising in 1944, which led to the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.

Frederick Oliver Trench, 3rd Baron Ashtown was an Anglo-Irish landowner and opponent of the United Irish League.

Sir Granville Ransome Bantock was a British composer of classical music.

Victor Clement Georges Philippe Loret was a French Egyptologist.

Heinrich Kaminski was a German composer.