In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
Nelson Stepanyan
Soviet aviator (1913–1944).
Born March 28th, 1913 in Shusha.
Died December 14th, 1944 at 31 years old in Liepāja.
Rudolf Harbig
German middle distance runner (1913–1944).
Born November 8th, 1913 in Dresden.
Died March 5th, 1944 at 30 years old in Kropyvnytskyi.
Robert Bernardis
Austrian resistance fighter involved in the attempt to kill german dictator adolf hitler in the july 20 plot in 1944.
Born August 7th, 1908 in Innsbruck.
Died August 8th, 1944 at 36 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Max Josef Metzger
German priest (1887–1944).
Born February 3rd, 1887 in Schopfheim. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1944 at 57 years old in Görden.
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]
Lev Shestakov
Soviet flying ace.
Born December 28th, 1915 in Avdiivka.
Died March 13th, 1944 at 28 years old in Khmelnytskyi Raion.
Gabriel Hanotaux
French statesman and historian (1853-1944).
Born November 19th, 1853 in Beaurevoir.
Died April 11th, 1944 at 90 years old in Paris.
Vera Belik
Soviet air force navigator, heroine of the soviet union (1921–1944).
Born June 12th, 1921 in Yakymivka Raion, Okhrimivka.
Died August 25th, 1944 at 23 years old in Zambrów.
Nikolai Polikarpov
Russian and soviet aerospace engineer (1892-1944).
Died July 30th, 1944 at 52 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer).
Ferenc Szisz
Grand prix driver (1873-1944).
Born September 20th, 1873 in Szeghalom.
Died February 21st, 1944 at 70 years old in Auffargis.
William Dennison Stephens
American politician (1859–1944).
Born December 26th, 1859 in Eaton.
Died April 25th, 1944 at 84 years old in Los Angeles.
Max Uhle
German archaeologist (1856-1944).
Born March 25th, 1856 in Dresden.
Died May 11th, 1944 at 88 years old in Lubliniec.
Pierre Georges
French resistance member (1919–1944).
Born January 21st, 1919 in Paris.
Died December 27th, 1944 at 25 years old in Habsheim. [ref]
A. Berriedale Keith
Scottish lawyer and indologist (1879-1944).
Born April 5th, 1879 in Edinburgh.
Died October 6th, 1944 at 65 years old in Edinburgh.
Erich Koch-Weser
German politician (1875-1944).
Born February 26th, 1875 in Bremerhaven.
Died October 19th, 1944 at 69 years old in Rolândia.
Nikolai Kolomeitsev
Russian admiral and explorer.
Born July 16th, 1867 in Kherson Governorate.
Died October 6th, 1944 at 77 years old in Paris (struck by vehicle).
Romualdas Marcinkus
Lithuanian pilot and footballer (1907-1944).
Born July 22nd, 1907 in Jurbarkas.
Died March 29th, 1944 at 36 years old in Pruśce (gunshot wound).
Endre Steiner
Hungarian chess player (1901–1944).
Born June 27th, 1901 in Budapest.
Died December 29th, 1944 at 43 years old in Budapest, extermination camp.
George H. Moses
American politician (1869-1944).
Born February 9th, 1869 in Lubec. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1944 at 75 years old in Concord. [ref]
Henrietta Crosman
American actress (1861-1944).
Born September 2nd, 1861 in Wheeling.
Died October 31st, 1944 at 83 years old in Pelham Manor (disease).
Clodomiro Picado
Costa rican scientist (1887-1944).
Born April 17th, 1887 in San Marcos.
Died May 16th, 1944 at 57 years old in San José.
Blair Lee I
American politician (1857-1944).
Born August 9th, 1857 in Silver Spring.
Died December 25th, 1944 at 87 years old in Norwood.
René Olry
French general (1880–1944).
Born June 28th, 1880 in Lille.
Died January 3rd, 1944 at 63 years old in Angoulême.
Ion Minulescu
Romanian writer.
Born January 6th, 1881 in Bucharest.
Died April 11th, 1944 at 63 years old in Bucharest (myocardial infarction).
Leonid Mandelstam
Soviet physicist.
Born May 4th, 1879 in Mogilev.
Died November 27th, 1944 at 65 years old in Moscow (cardiovascular disease).
Deaths 376 to 400 of 704
Death ends a life, not a relationship. Mitch Albom