Famous people and celebrities who died in September 1946

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in September 1946. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Sept. 3 Carl Emil Paul Lincke

  Composer dies at 79

• Sept. 4 Paul Lincke

  German theater director and composer. he is considered to be the "father of the berlin operetta. his significance for berlin is the same as johann strauss' for vienna or jacques offenbach's for paris. he is best known for his compositions "berliner luft", which is the unofficial anthem to berlin. it was part of his operetta frau luna. "the glow-worm" is …

• Sept. 7 Paul Zech

  Writer dies at 65

• Sept. 9 Mynona

  Writer, dies at 74

• Sept. 13 Amon Göth

  Notorious Nazi SS officer and commandant of the Płaszów concentration camp, infamous for his extreme cruelty during the Holocaust.

• Sept. 13 William Watt

  Australian lawyer and politician, 24th premier of victoria (b. 1871)

• Sept. 13 Eugene Lanceray

  Russian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1875)

• Sept. 16 James Hopwood Jeans

  English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1877)

• Sept. 16 James Jeans

  English physicist/mathematician/astronomer dies at 69

• Sept. 17 Frank Burke

  American baseball player (born 1880).

• Sept. 20 Raimu

  French actor (born 1883)

• Sept. 21 Olga Engl

  Actress from austria (d. 1946).

• Sept. 21 Leo Bittermieux

  Flemish missionary (congo) dies at 66

• Sept. 25 Hans Eppinger

  Austrian academic and physician (d. 1946).

• Sept. 26 William Strunk Jr.

  American author and educator (b. 1869)

• Sept. 28 Jean Van de Eeckhoudt

  Belgian painter

• Sept. 30 Takashi Sakai

  Japanese general and politician, governor of hong kong (b. 1887)