In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
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]
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).
Joseph L. Bristow
American politician (1861-1944).
Born July 22nd, 1861 in Hazel Green.
Died July 14th, 1944 at 82 years old in Fairfax.
Rafael Schächter
Czech musician (1905–1944).
Born May 27th, 1905 in Brăila. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1944 at 39 years old in Auschwitz.
Paul Hazard
French historian (1878-1944).
Born August 30th, 1878 in Noordpeene.
Died April 12th, 1944 at 65 years old in Paris.
Franc Rozman
Slovenian partisan commander (1912-1944).
Born March 27th, 1912 in Spodnje Pirniče.
Died November 7th, 1944 at 32 years old in Lokve.
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).
Otto Blumenthal
German mathematician (1876-1944).
Born July 20th, 1876 in Frankfurt.
Died November 18th, 1944 at 68 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Georges Barrère
French flutist (1876-1944).
Born October 31st, 1876 in Bordeaux.
Died June 14th, 1944 at 67 years old in Kingston.
Ludwig Dettmann
German painter (1865-1944).
Born July 25th, 1865 in Adelby.
Died November 19th, 1944 at 79 years old in Berlin.
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.
Alexandru Șerbănescu
Romanian flying ace (1912-1944).
Born May 17th, 1912 in Colonești.
Died August 18th, 1944 at 32 years old in Viperești.
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).
Edgar Zilsel
Austrian historian and philosopher (1891–1944).
Born August 11th, 1891 in Vienna.
Died March 11th, 1944 at 52 years old in Oakland (gunshot wound).
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).
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.
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).
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.
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.
Leon Kozłowski
Polish politician and archaeologist (1892-1944).
Born June 6th, 1892 in Rembieszyce.
Died May 11th, 1944 at 51 years old in Berlin.
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).
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.
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.
Deaths 426 to 450 of 704
There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel