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In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
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).
Heinrich Kühn
Austrian photographer (1866–1944).
Born February 25th, 1866 in Dresden.
Died October 9th, 1944 at 78 years old in Birgitz.
Ivan Milutinović
Military officer and revolutionary.
Born September 27th, 1901 in Stijena.
Died October 23rd, 1944 at 43 years old in Višnjica (drowning).
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.
François Anthoine
French army general during world war i (1860–1944).
Born February 28th, 1860 in Le Mans.
Died December 25th, 1944 at 84 years old in Paris.
Margaret Neilson Armstrong
American designer, illustrator, and author (1867-1944).
Born September 24th, 1867 in New York City.
Died July 18th, 1944 at 76 years old
Benjamin M. Miller
American politician (1864–1944).
Born March 13th, 1864 in Oak Hill.
Died February 6th, 1944 at 79 years old in Camden.
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).
Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux
Anglo-french writer (1857-1944).
Born February 27th, 1857 in Leamington Spa, Leamington Hastings, Milverton.
Died February 9th, 1944 at 86 years old in Aurillac.
Hinrich Schuldt
German general (1901–1944).
Born January 14th, 1901 in Blankenese.
Died March 15th, 1944 at 43 years old in Nevel.
Anton Saefkow
German resistance fighter and communist (1903-1944).
Born July 22nd, 1903 in Berlin.
Died September 18th, 1944 at 41 years old in Brandenburg an der Havel (decapitation).
Jurgis Baltrušaitis
Lithuanian poet and translator (1873–1944).
Born May 2nd, 1873 in Paantvardys.
Died January 3rd, 1944 at 70 years old in Paris.
Charles Glover Barkla
English physicist (1877-1944).
Born June 7th, 1877 in Widnes.
Died October 23rd, 1944 at 67 years old in Edinburgh.
Henri Buisson
French physicist (1873–1944).
Born July 15th, 1873 in Paris.
Died January 6th, 1944 at 70 years old in Marseille.
Maria Bard
German actress (1900-1944).
Born July 7th, 1900 in Schwerin.
Died April 5th, 1944 at 43 years old in Potsdam.
Juliette Atkinson
Us tennis player (1873-1944).
Born April 15th, 1873 in Rahway.
Died January 12th, 1944 at 70 years old in Lawrenceville.
Hamid Olimjon
Writer, poet (1909–1944).
Born December 12th, 1909 in Jizzakh.
Died July 3rd, 1944 at 34 years old in Tashkent (traffic collision).
Edmund Schulthess
Member of the swiss federal council (1868-1944).
Born March 2nd, 1868 in Villnachern.
Died April 22nd, 1944 at 76 years old in Bern.
Dénes Berinkey
Hungarian politician (1871-1944).
Born October 17th, 1871 in Dubník.
Died June 25th, 1944 at 72 years old in Budapest.
David Vogel
Jewish writer (1891-1944).
Born May 15th, 1891 in Sataniv.
Died March 10th, 1944 at 52 years old in Auschwitz.
Otto Hoffman
Actor (1879-1944).
Born May 2nd, 1879 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 1944 at 65 years old in Woodland Hills (lung cancer). [ref]
Otto Wallburg
German film actor (1889–1944).
Born February 21st, 1889 in Berlin.
Died October 29th, 1944 at 55 years old in Auschwitz.
Teng Yu-hsien
Taiwanese composer (1906–1944).
Born July 21st, 1906 in Longtan. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1944 at 37 years old [ref]
Alime Abdenanova
Crimean tatar scout for the red army and hero of the russian federation (1924-1944).
Born January 4th, 1924 in Kerch.
Died April 5th, 1944 at 20 years old in Simferopol.
Mary Adela Blagg
British astronomer (1858–1944).
Born May 17th, 1858 in Cheadle.
Died April 14th, 1944 at 85 years old in Cheadle (heart disease).
Deaths 451 to 475 of 704
Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold