In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
Sadamichi Kajioka
Admiral in the imperial japanese navy during world war ii.
Born May 18th, 1891 in Ehime Prefecture.
Died September 12th, 1944 at 53 years old in Hainan.
Karl Koller
Austrian ophthalmologist (1857–1944).
Born December 3rd, 1857 in Sušice.
Died March 22nd, 1944 at 86 years old in New York City.
Martin Wilhelm Kutta
German mathematician (1867–1944).
Born November 3rd, 1867 in Byczyna.
Died December 25th, 1944 at 77 years old in Fürstenfeldbruck.
Han Yong-un
Korean writer (1879–1944).
Born August 29th, 1879 in Gyeongsang.
Died June 29th, 1944 at 64 years old in Seoul (disease).
Johan Pitka
Estonian military personnel and politician (1872-1944).
Born February 19th, 1872 in Võhmuta.
Died November 22nd, 1944 at 72 years old in Kõue.
Ilse Weber
Czech composer and writer (1903-1944).
Born January 11th, 1903 in Vítkovice. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1944 at 41 years old in Auschwitz, Oświęcim, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Jun Tsuji
Japanese author, dadaist, nihilist, stirnerite, epicurean, shakuhachi musician, playwright and actor, feminist, and bohemian. (1884–1944).
Born October 4th, 1884 in Tokyo.
Died November 24th, 1944 at 60 years old in Tokyo.
Frederick Richard Simms
Engineer and manufacturer (1863–1944).
Born August 12th, 1863 in Hamburg.
Died April 22nd, 1944 at 80 years old in Stoke Poges.
Fritz Lindemann
German general (1894-1944).
Born April 11th, 1894 in Charlottenburg.
Died September 22nd, 1944 at 50 years old in Plötzensee Prison.
Alois Musil
Czech theologian, orientalist and explorer (1868–1944).
Born June 30th, 1868 in Rychtářov. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1944 at 75 years old in Otryby. [ref]
Sergio Panunzio
Revolutionary syndicalist and italian fascist (1886-1944).
Born July 20th, 1886 in Molfetta.
Died October 8th, 1944 at 58 years old in Rome.
Mainie Harriet Jellett
Irish artist (1897-1944).
Born April 29th, 1897 in Dublin. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1944 at 46 years old in Dublin. [ref]
Adelbert Schulz
German world war ii general (1903–1944).
Born December 20th, 1903 in Berlin.
Died January 28th, 1944 at 40 years old in Shepetivka.
Bronisław Czech
Polish sportsman and artist (1908–1944).
Born July 25th, 1908 in Zakopane.
Died June 5th, 1944 at 35 years old in Auschwitz.
Heinrich von Lehndorff-Steinort
German army officer (1909–1944).
Born June 22nd, 1909 in Hanover.
Died September 4th, 1944 at 35 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Hellmuth Stieff
German general and opponent to nazism (1901-1944).
Died August 8th, 1944 at 43 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Wilhelm Leuschner
German politician and trade unionist (1890-1944), victim of nazism.
Born June 15th, 1890 in Bayreuth.
Died September 29th, 1944 at 54 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Hans Krása
Czech composer (1899-1944).
Born November 30th, 1899 in Prague.
Died October 18th, 1944 at 44 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Horst Ademeit
German world war ii flying ace (1912–1944).
Born August 2nd, 1912 in Wrocław.
Died August 7th, 1944 at 32 years old in Daugavpils.
Suzanne Spaak
Belgian anti-nazi resistance worker and counterintelligence agent.
Born July 6th, 1905 in Brussels.
Died August 12th, 1944 at 39 years old in Fresnes Prison (gunshot wound, shot to the head).
Riccardo Zandonai
Italian composer and conductor.
Born May 30th, 1883 in Rovereto, Borgo Sacco. [ref]
Died June 5th, 1944 at 61 years old in Pesaro.
Christa Winsloe
German-hungarian novelist, playwright and sculptor (1888-1944).
Born December 23rd, 1888 in Darmstadt.
Died June 10th, 1944 at 55 years old in Cluny.
Arthur Smith Woodward
English paleontologist (1864–1944).
Born May 23rd, 1864 in Macclesfield. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1944 at 80 years old in Haywards Heath. [ref]
Peter Struve
Russian journalist (1870–1944).
Born February 7th, 1870 in Perm.
Died February 26th, 1944 at 74 years old in Paris.
George B. Seitz
American film director, producer and screenwriter (1888-1944).
Born January 3rd, 1888 in Boston.
Died July 8th, 1944 at 56 years old in Hollywood.
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner