In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
Sára Salkaházi
Hungarian roman catholic religious sister (1899-1944).
Born May 11th, 1899 in Košice.
Died December 27th, 1944 at 45 years old in Budapest (gunshot wound).
Olga Bancic
French resistance fighter (1912-1944).
Born May 10th, 1912 in Chișinău. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1944 at 32 years old in Stuttgart (decapitation). [ref]
Dietrich Kraiss
German general (1889-1944).
Born November 16th, 1889 in Stuttgart.
Died August 6th, 1944 at 54 years old in Saint-Lô.
Emil Lang
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii (1909–1944).
Born January 14th, 1909 in Fraunberg.
Died September 3rd, 1944 at 35 years old
Friedrich Alpers
German general (1901–1944).
Born March 25th, 1901 in Sonnenberg.
Died September 3rd, 1944 at 43 years old in Mons.
Peter Yorck von Wartenburg
German resistance fighter (1904-1944).
Born November 13th, 1904 in Oleśnica Mała.
Died September 8th, 1944 at 39 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death). [ref]
Gustavs Klucis
Latvian artist (1895-1938).
Born January 4th, 1895 in Rūjiena.
Died March 16th, 1944 at 49 years old in Moscow.
Jean Zay
French politician, minister of national education and fine arts (1904–1944).
Born August 6th, 1904 in Orléans.
Died June 20th, 1944 at 39 years old in Molles (gunshot wound).
Erich Salomon
German photojournalist (1886-1944).
Born April 28th, 1886 in Berlin. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1944 at 58 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
George Clausen
British artist (1852–1944).
Born April 18th, 1852 in London.
Died November 22nd, 1944 at 92 years old in London.
Georg von Boeselager
German noble and army officer (1915-1944).
Born August 25th, 1915 in Heimerzheim Castle.
Died August 29th, 1944 at 29 years old in Western Bug.
Will Marion Cook
African american composer and violinist (1869–1944).
Born January 27th, 1869 in Washington, D.C..
Died July 20th, 1944 at 75 years old in New York City (heart disease, pancreatic cancer).
Tanya Baramzina
Soviet wwii sniper and heroine of the soviet union (1919–1944).
Born December 12th, 1919 in Glazov.
Died July 5th, 1944 at 24 years old in Smaliavičy (gunshot wound).
Josef Lhévinne
Russian pianist (1874–1944).
Born December 13th, 1874 in Oryol.
Died December 2nd, 1944 at 69 years old in New York City.
Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii (1913–1944).
Born March 11th, 1913 in Śrem.
Died March 23rd, 1944 at 31 years old in Schöppenstedt.
Israel Joshua Singer
Polish american yiddish novelist and translator (1893-1944).
Born November 30th, 1893 in Biłgoraj.
Died February 10th, 1944 at 50 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Jimmie Noone
American musician (1895–1944).
Born April 23rd, 1895 in New Orleans.
Died April 19th, 1944 at 48 years old in Los Angeles.
Tōyama Mitsuru
Japanese politician (1855−1944).
Born May 21st, 1855 in Nishijin.
Died October 5th, 1944 at 89 years old in Gotemba.
Tsunesaburō Makiguchi
Japanese educator (1871-1944).
Born June 6th, 1871 in Kashiwazaki. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1944 at 73 years old in Tokyo (malnutrition).
Luigi Maglione
Catholic cardinal (1877–1944).
Born March 2nd, 1877 in Casoria.
Died August 22nd, 1944 at 67 years old in Casoria. [ref]
Milan Hodža
Slovak politician and journalist (1878-1944).
Born February 1st, 1878 in Sučany.
Died June 27th, 1944 at 66 years old in Clearwater.
Robert Benoist
French racing driver (1895–1944).
Born March 20th, 1895 in Auffargis. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1944 at 49 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (hanging to death). [ref]
Carl Flesch
Hungarian violinist and teacher, 1873-1944.
Born October 9th, 1873 in Mosonmagyaróvár, Moson.
Died November 15th, 1944 at 71 years old in Lucerne.
Felice Schragenheim
Lesbian journalist, resistance member, holocaust victim (1922-1944).
Born March 9th, 1922 in Berlin. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1944 at 22 years old in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Paul Cornu
French engineer (1881–1944).
Born June 15th, 1881 in Glos-la-Ferrière.
Died June 6th, 1944 at 62 years old in Lisieux.
Deaths 276 to 300 of 704
Even trees do not die without a groan. Henry David Thoreau