In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
Inigo Campioni
Italian naval officer (1878-1944).
Born November 14th, 1878 in Viareggio.
Died May 24th, 1944 at 65 years old in Parma (gunshot wound).
Bernardino Machado
Portuguese president (1851-1944).
Born March 28th, 1851 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died April 29th, 1944 at 93 years old in Porto.
Ellison D. Smith
American politician (1864–1944).
Born August 1st, 1864 in Lynchburg.
Died November 17th, 1944 at 80 years old in Lynchburg. [ref]
Joseph Jastrow
American psychologist (1863-1944).
Born January 30th, 1863 in Warsaw.
Died January 8th, 1944 at 80 years old in Stockbridge.
Ferdinand Sammern-Frankenegg
Austrian member of the nazi party (1897-1944).
Born March 17th, 1897 in Grieskirchen.
Died September 20th, 1944 at 47 years old in Banja Luka.
Merna Kennedy
Actress (1908-1944).
Born September 7th, 1908 in Kankakee.
Died December 20th, 1944 at 36 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Caesar von Hofacker
German luftwaffe lieutenant-colonel, member of the 20 july 1944 plot.
Born March 11th, 1896 in Ludwigsburg.
Died December 20th, 1944 at 48 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Marion Harris
American singer (1896-1944).
Born April 4th, 1896 in Vanderburgh County, Pigeon Township.
Died April 23rd, 1944 at 48 years old in Manhattan.
Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born August 14th, 1916 in Copenhagen.
Died January 21st, 1944 at 27 years old in Stendal.
Joseph Maréchal
Belgian jesuit priest and philosopher (1878–1944).
Died December 11th, 1944 at 66 years old in Leuven.
Miguel Asín Palacios
Spanish historian (1871-1944).
Born July 5th, 1871 in Zaragoza.
Died August 12th, 1944 at 73 years old in San Sebastián.
Édouard de Castelnau
French general (1851–1944).
Born December 24th, 1851 in Saint-Affrique.
Died March 19th, 1944 at 92 years old in Montastruc-la-Conseillère.
Werner Henke
German navy officer and world war ii u-boat commander.
Born May 13th, 1909 in Toruń, Rudak.
Died June 15th, 1944 at 35 years old in Fort Hunt. [ref]
Kaj Munk
Danish playwright (1898–1944).
Born January 13th, 1898 in Maribo.
Died January 8th, 1944 at 45 years old in Silkeborg (gunshot wound).
Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain
Inventor of snooker (1856–1944).
Born January 13th, 1856 in Upton Park.
Died May 28th, 1944 at 88 years old in Ascot (myocarditis).
Lucien Pissarro
French painter (1863-1944).
Born February 20th, 1863 in Paris.
Died July 10th, 1944 at 81 years old in London.
Joseph Caillaux
French politician (1863-1944).
Born March 30th, 1863 in Le Mans.
Died November 21st, 1944 at 81 years old in Mamers.
Kakuji Kakuta
Japanese admiral (1890-1944).
Born September 23rd, 1890 in Niigata Prefecture.
Died August 2nd, 1944 at 53 years old in Tinian.
Nell Brinkley
American illustrator (1886–1944).
Born September 5th, 1886 in Denver.
Died October 21st, 1944 at 58 years old in United States.
Josef Wirmer
German jurist and resistance fighter against the nazi régime (1901-1944).
Born March 19th, 1901 in Paderborn. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1944 at 43 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Pavel Haas
Czech composer (1899–1944).
Born June 21st, 1899 in Brno. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1944 at 45 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Pavel Chesnokov
Russian composer (1877–1944).
Born October 24th, 1877 in Zvenigorodsky Uyezd.
Died March 14th, 1944 at 66 years old in Moscow.
Ethel Lina White
British writer (1876–1944).
Born April 2nd, 1876 in Abergavenny. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1944 at 68 years old in London (ovarian cancer).
Manfred Freiherr von Killinger
German politician (1886-1944).
Born July 14th, 1886 in Nossen.
Died September 3rd, 1944 at 58 years old in Bucharest (gunshot wound).
Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld
German resistance member (1902-1944).
Born December 21st, 1902 in Copenhagen.
Died September 8th, 1944 at 41 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
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Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. William Shakespeare