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In the year 1944
701 Notable deaths
Paul Hazard
French historian (1878-1944).
Born August 30th, 1878 in Noordpeene.
Died April 12th, 1944 at 65 years old in Paris.
Abdulla Aliş
Soviet tatar poet, playwright, writer and resistance fighter (1908-1944).
Born September 15th, 1908 in Köyek.
Died August 25th, 1944 at 35 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
Otto Blumenthal
German mathematician (1876-1944).
Born July 20th, 1876 in Frankfurt.
Died November 18th, 1944 at 68 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Alexandru Șerbănescu
Romanian flying ace (1912-1944).
Born May 17th, 1912 in Colonești.
Died August 18th, 1944 at 32 years old in Viperești.
Lela Karagianni
Greek resistance leader.
Died September 8th, 1944 at 46 years old in Haidari concentration camp (gunshot wound, execution). [ref]
Thomas Edward Campbell
American politician (1878-1944).
Born January 18th, 1878 in Prescott.
Died March 1st, 1944 at 66 years old in Phoenix (cerebral hemorrhage).
Violeta Yakova
Partisan and member of the bulgarian communist party (1923–1944).
Born June 2nd, 1923 in Dupnitsa.
Died June 18th, 1944 at 21 years old in Kondofrey.
Ludwig Dettmann
German painter (1865-1944).
Born July 25th, 1865 in Adelby.
Died November 19th, 1944 at 79 years old in Berlin.
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Actor (1858-1944).
Born February 28th, 1858 in London.
Died November 10th, 1944 at 86 years old in London.
Eberhard Finckh
German army officer and a member of the german resistance (1899–1944).
Born November 7th, 1899 in Kupferzell.
Died August 30th, 1944 at 44 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Georges Barrère
French flutist (1876-1944).
Born October 31st, 1876 in Bordeaux.
Died June 14th, 1944 at 67 years old in Kingston.
Heinrich Kühn
Austrian photographer (1866–1944).
Born February 25th, 1866 in Dresden.
Died October 9th, 1944 at 78 years old in Birgitz.
E. M. Antoniadi
Greek astronomer.
Born March 1st, 1870 in Constantinople. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1944 at 73 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Arthur Henry Reginald Buller
British–canadian mycologist (1874-1944).
Born August 19th, 1874 in Moseley.
Died July 3rd, 1944 at 69 years old in Winnipeg.
Wallace Worsley
American actor-film director (1878-1944).
Born December 8th, 1878 in Wappingers Falls.
Died March 26th, 1944 at 65 years old in Hollywood.
Klaus Riedel
German rocket scientist (1907-1944).
Born August 2nd, 1907 in Wilhelmshaven.
Died August 4th, 1944 at 37 years old in Karlshagen (traffic collision).
Albrecht von Hagen
German politician (1904-1944).
Born March 11th, 1904 in Gmina Połczyn-Zdrój.
Died August 8th, 1944 at 40 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Paul-Émile Janson
French-speaking belgian liberal politician (1872–1944).
Born May 30th, 1872 in Brussels.
Died March 3rd, 1944 at 71 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp.
Matt McQueen
Scottish footballer and manager (1863-1944).
Born May 18th, 1863 in Harthill. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1944 at 81 years old in Liverpool.
Hinrich Schuldt
German general (1901–1944).
Born January 14th, 1901 in Blankenese.
Died March 15th, 1944 at 43 years old in Nevel.
Benjamin M. Miller
American politician (1864–1944).
Born March 13th, 1864 in Oak Hill.
Died February 6th, 1944 at 79 years old in Camden.
Julius Schäffer
German mycologist (1882-1944).
Born June 3rd, 1882 in Markgröningen.
Died October 21st, 1944 at 62 years old in Weilheim in Oberbayern (foodborne illness).
Alberts Kviesis
Latvian politician, president of latvia (1881-1944).
Born December 22nd, 1881 in Ērgļi.
Died August 9th, 1944 at 62 years old in Riga (myocardial infarction).
Jan van Gilse
Dutch composer and conductor (1881-1944).
Born May 11th, 1881 in Rotterdam.
Died September 8th, 1944 at 63 years old in Oegstgeest.
Henri Buisson
French physicist (1873–1944).
Born July 15th, 1873 in Paris.
Died January 6th, 1944 at 70 years old in Marseille.
Deaths 426 to 450 of 701
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