In the year 1944
701 Notable deaths
Ivan Sollertinsky
Soviet polymath (1902–1944).
Born December 3rd, 1902 in Vitebsk.
Died February 11th, 1944 at 41 years old in Novosibirsk (myocardial infarction).
Otti Berger
Textile artist and weaver murdered in the holocaust (1898-1944).
Born October 4th, 1898 in Zmajevac, Kneževi Vinogradi.
Died April 27th, 1944 at 45 years old in Auschwitz. [ref]
Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven
Member of the german resistance (1899–1944).
Born November 22nd, 1899 in Courland.
Died July 26th, 1944 at 44 years old in Mamerki (hanging to death).
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.
Aino Ackté
Finnish soprano (1876-1944).
Born July 23rd, 1876 in Helsinki.
Died August 8th, 1944 at 68 years old in Nummela (pancreatic cancer).
C. V. Boys
British physicist (1855-1944).
Born March 15th, 1855 in Wing.
Died March 30th, 1944 at 89 years old in St Mary Bourne. [ref]
Max Ehrlich
German actor, director, screenwriter (1892–1944).
Born December 7th, 1892 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1944 at 51 years old in Auschwitz.
Anton Hafner
German world war ii fighter pilot (1918–1944).
Born June 2nd, 1918 in Erbach.
Died October 17th, 1944 at 26 years old in Gusev.
Max Nettlau
German anarchist and historian (1865–1944).
Born April 30th, 1865 in Neuwaldegg.
Died July 23rd, 1944 at 79 years old in Amsterdam (stomach cancer).
Eliseu Visconti
Brazilian painter (1866-1944).
Born July 30th, 1866 in Giffoni Valle Piana.
Died October 15th, 1944 at 78 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Peter Struve
Russian journalist (1870–1944).
Born February 7th, 1870 in Perm.
Died February 26th, 1944 at 74 years old in Paris.
Grace Chisholm Young
English mathematician (1878–1944).
Born March 15th, 1878 in Haslemere.
Died March 29th, 1944 at 66 years old in Croydon.
David Eugene Smith
American mathematician (1860–1944).
Born January 21st, 1860 in Cortland.
Died July 29th, 1944 at 84 years old in New York City.
Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita
Artist (1868-1944).
Born June 6th, 1868 in Amsterdam.
Died February 11th, 1944 at 75 years old in Auschwitz (asphyxia).
Heinrich Knirr
German painter (1862–1944).
Born September 2nd, 1862 in Pančevo. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1944 at 81 years old in Staudach-Egerndach. [ref]
Alfred William Pollard
British author and bibliographer (1859–1944).
Born August 14th, 1859 in London.
Died March 8th, 1944 at 84 years old in Wimbledon.
Henryk Sławik
Polish politician, social worker, activist, and diplomat (1894–1944).
Born July 15th, 1894 in Szeroka.
Died August 25th, 1944 at 50 years old in Mauthausen concentration camp (execution).
Fritz Thiele
German resistance member (1894–1944).
Born April 14th, 1894 in Berlin.
Died September 4th, 1944 at 50 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Nelson Stepanyan
Soviet aviator (1913–1944).
Born March 28th, 1913 in Shusha.
Died December 14th, 1944 at 31 years old in Liepāja.
Haviva Reik
Jewish slovakian resistance fighter (1914–1944).
Born June 22nd, 1914 in Nadabula.
Died November 20th, 1944 at 30 years old in Kremnička.
Rudolf Harbig
German middle distance runner (1913–1944).
Born November 8th, 1913 in Dresden.
Died March 5th, 1944 at 30 years old in Kropyvnytskyi.
Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky
Hungarian politician (1886–1944).
Born July 6th, 1886 in Szarvas.
Died December 24th, 1944 at 58 years old in Sopronkőhida (hanging to death).
Lev Shestakov
Soviet flying ace.
Born December 28th, 1915 in Avdiivka.
Died March 13th, 1944 at 28 years old in Khmelnytskyi Raion.
Jędrzej Moraczewski
Prime minister of the second polish republic (1870–1944).
Born January 13th, 1870 in Trzemeszno.
Died August 5th, 1944 at 74 years old in Sulejówek.
Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
Turkish poet (1869–1944).
Born May 13th, 1869 in Beşiktaş. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1944 at 74 years old in Istanbul. [ref]
Deaths 351 to 375 of 701
The meaning of life is that it stops. Franz Kafka