In the year 1944
701 Notable deaths
Grigore Antipa
Romanian biologist and naturalist (1867-1944).
Born November 27th, 1867 in Botoșani.
Died March 9th, 1944 at 76 years old in Bucharest.
Francisco Gómez-Jordana Sousa
Spanish minister of foreign affairs (1876–1944).
Born February 1st, 1876 in Madrid. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1944 at 68 years old in San Sebastián.
Mehdi Huseynzade
Azerbaijani geurilla (1918–1944).
Born December 22nd, 1918 in Baku.
Died November 2nd, 1944 at 25 years old in Vitovlje. [ref]
William Dennison Stephens
American politician (1859–1944).
Born December 26th, 1859 in Eaton.
Died April 25th, 1944 at 84 years old in Los Angeles.
Charles King
American vaudeville and broadway actor (1886-1944).
Born October 31st, 1886 in New York City.
Died January 11th, 1944 at 57 years old in London.
Victor Basch
Hungarian born french literary historian, philosopher, germanist, journalist and university teacher (1863-1944).
Born August 18th, 1863 in Pest. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1944 at 80 years old in Neyron. [ref]
Hippolyte Aucouturier
French cyclist (1876–1944).
Born October 17th, 1876 in La Celle.
Died April 22nd, 1944 at 67 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Charlotte Wilson
British anarchist (1854-1944), editor.
Born May 6th, 1854 in Kemerton. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1944 at 89 years old in Irvington. [ref]
Werner Schrader
German resistance member (1895-1944).
Born March 7th, 1895 in Königslutter am Elm.
Died July 28th, 1944 at 49 years old in Zossen.
Leon Chwistek
Polish painter, philosopher and logician (*1884 – †1944).
Born June 13th, 1884 in Kraków. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1944 at 60 years old in Barvikha.
Karl Freiherr von Thüngen
German general (1893–1944).
Born June 26th, 1893 in Mainz.
Died October 24th, 1944 at 51 years old in Brandenburg an der Havel (gunshot wound).
Tatyana Makarova
Russian aviator and hero of the soviet union (1920–1944).
Born September 25th, 1920 in Moscow.
Died August 25th, 1944 at 23 years old in Ostrołęka.
Carl Meinhof
German linguist (1857-1944).
Born July 23rd, 1857 in Barzowice. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1944 at 86 years old in Greifswald. [ref]
Tadeusz Stefan Zieliński
Polish classico philolgist (1859–1944).
Born September 14th, 1859 in Skrypchyntsi.
Died May 8th, 1944 at 84 years old in Schondorf am Ammersee.
Olga Sanfirova
Soviet aviator, hero of the soviet union (1917-1944).
Died December 13th, 1944 at 27 years old in Hrodna.
Odoardo Focherini
Italian resistance fighter (1907-1944).
Died December 27th, 1944 at 37 years old in Hersbruck concentration camp.
Walther Schroth
German general (1882–1944).
Born June 3rd, 1882 in Wińsko.
Died October 6th, 1944 at 62 years old in Bad Nauheim (traffic collision).
Pyotr Stolyarsky
Ukrainian music educator (1871-1944).
Born November 30th, 1871 in Lypovets.
Died April 29th, 1944 at 72 years old in Yekaterinburg.
Marie-Victorin
Quebecois botanist (1885-1944).
Born April 3rd, 1885 in Kingsey Falls.
Died July 15th, 1944 at 59 years old in Saint-Hyacinthe (traffic collision).
Joseph L. Bristow
American politician (1861-1944).
Born July 22nd, 1861 in Hazel Green.
Died July 14th, 1944 at 82 years old in Fairfax.
Abderrashid Ibrahim
Tatar journalist and writer (1857-1944).
Died August 31st, 1944 at 87 years old in Tokyo.
Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen
German noble (1915–1944).
Born March 6th, 1915 in Berlin.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 29 years old in Berlin (hand grenade).
Octav Băncilă
Romanian artist (1872-1944).
Born February 4th, 1872 in Botoșani. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1944 at 72 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Herbert-Ernst Vahl
German general (1896–1944).
Born October 9th, 1896 in Poznań.
Died July 22nd, 1944 at 47 years old in Thessaloniki (traffic collision).
Franc Rozman
Slovenian partisan commander (1912-1944).
Born March 27th, 1912 in Spodnje Pirniče.
Died November 7th, 1944 at 32 years old in Lokve.
Deaths 401 to 425 of 701
Death ends a life, not a relationship. Mitch Albom