In the year 1944
638 Notable deaths
Josef Lhévinne
Russian pianist (1874–1944).
Born December 13th, 1874 in Oryol.
Died December 2nd, 1944 at 69 years old in New York City.
Jimmie Noone
American musician (1895–1944).
Born April 23rd, 1895 in New Orleans.
Died April 19th, 1944 at 48 years old in Los Angeles.
Georg von Boeselager
German noble and army officer (1915-1944).
Born August 25th, 1915 in Burg Heimerzheim.
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 (pancreatic cancer, heart disease).
Tsunesaburō Makiguchi
Japanese educator (1871-1944).
Born June 6th, 1871 in Kashiwazaki. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1944 at 73 years old in Tokyo (mal nutrition). [ref]
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).
Tōyama Mitsuru
Japanese politician (1855-1944).
Born May 21st, 1855 in Nishijin, Fukuoka.
Died October 5th, 1944 at 89 years old in Gotemba.
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.
Paul Cornu
French engineer.
Born June 15th, 1881 in Glos-la-Ferrière.
Died June 6th, 1944 at 62 years old in Lisieux.
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.
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]
Tanya Baramzina
Soviet wwii sniper and heroine of the soviet union (1919–1944).
Born December 19th, 1919 in Glazov.
Died July 5th, 1944 at 24 years old in Smaliavičy (gunshot wound).
Nikolai Roslavets
Russian modernist composer and music theorist (1881–1944).
Born January 4th, 1881 in Surazh.
Died August 23rd, 1944 at 63 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Milan Hodža
Slovak politician and journalist (1878-1944).
Born February 1st, 1878 in Sučany.
Died June 27th, 1944 at 66 years old in Clearwater.
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.
Gedeon Richter
Hungarian pharmacist.
Born September 23rd, 1872 in Ecséd. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1944 at 72 years old in Budapest.
Wilhelm Stemmermann
German general and knight's cross recipient (1888–1944).
Born October 30th, 1888 in Rastatt.
Died February 18th, 1944 at 55 years old in Cherkasy.
Edel Quinn
Roman catholic lay missionary.
Born September 14th, 1907 in Kanturk.
Died May 12th, 1944 at 36 years old in Nairobi (tuberculosis).
Robert Frazer
American actor (1891-1944).
Born June 29th, 1891 in Worcester.
Died August 17th, 1944 at 53 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia).
Alan Dinehart
American actor (1889-1944).
Born October 3rd, 1889 in Saint Paul.
Died July 17th, 1944 at 54 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Itzhak Katzenelson
Jewish teacher, poet and dramatist, murdered in holocaust (1886-1944).
Born July 1st, 1886 in Kareličy.
Died May 1st, 1944 at 57 years old in Auschwitz, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis
Czech educator and artist (1898-1944).
Born July 30th, 1898 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1944 at 46 years old in Auschwitz. [ref]
Harold P. Brown
American inventor (1869-1932).
Born September 16th, 1857 in Janesville. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1944 at 86 years old in Volusia. [ref]
Karl Eglseer
German general and knight's cross recipients (1890-1944).
Born July 5th, 1890 in Bad Ischl.
Died June 23rd, 1944 at 53 years old in Rettenegg.
Berthold von Deimling
German general (1853-1944).
Born March 21st, 1853 in Karlsruhe.
Died February 3rd, 1944 at 90 years old in Baden-Baden.
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In my end is my beginning. Mary, Queen of Scots