Famous people and celebrities who died in July 1956

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in July 1956. 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

• July 7 Gottfried Benn

  German novelist, essayist, and expressionist poet. he was a doctor of medicine and initially supported the national socialist regime, but he soon criticized it.

• July 8 Giovanni Papini

  Italian journalist, polemical literary criticism, essayist and poet. his avant-garde polemics made papini one of the most controversial italian literary figures during the early and middle 20th centuries. giovanni papini was a proponent of breaking with tradition and submitting to the new generation. however, his influence as an opinion leader diminished after world war ii. his ideological development was fraught …

• July 8 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart

  Dutch minister of justice (nobel 55)

• July 10 Joe Giard

  American baseball player (born 1898).

• July 12 Maurice Lippens

  Belgian governor of congo (1921-1923), dies at age 80

• July 14 Jaroslav Ridky

  Composer dies at 58

• July 18 Willem J A Kerncamp

  At 57, a dutch minister to the overseas (islam & woman) dies.

• July 20 James Alexander Calder

  Canadian educator and politician, canadian minister of militia and defence (b. 1868)

• July 26 Miguel Bernal Jiminez

  Composer dies at 46