In the year 1944
701 Notable deaths
Leon Kozłowski
Polish politician and archaeologist (1892-1944).
Born June 6th, 1892 in Rembieszyce.
Died May 11th, 1944 at 51 years old in Berlin.
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
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).
Jurgis Baltrušaitis
Lithuanian poet and translator (1873–1944).
Born May 2nd, 1873 in Paantvardys.
Died January 3rd, 1944 at 70 years old in Paris.
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.
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).
Maria Bard
German actress (1900-1944).
Born July 7th, 1900 in Schwerin.
Died April 5th, 1944 at 43 years old in Potsdam.
David Vogel
Jewish writer (1891-1944).
Born May 15th, 1891 in Sataniv.
Died March 10th, 1944 at 52 years old in Auschwitz.
Juliette Atkinson
Us tennis player (1873-1944).
Born April 15th, 1873 in Rahway.
Died January 12th, 1944 at 70 years old in Lawrenceville.
Otto Wallburg
German film actor (1889–1944).
Born February 21st, 1889 in Berlin.
Died October 29th, 1944 at 55 years old in Auschwitz.
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.
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]
Dénes Berinkey
Hungarian politician (1871-1944).
Born October 17th, 1871 in Dubník.
Died June 25th, 1944 at 72 years old in Budapest.
Eugen Burg
German actor (1871–1944).
Born January 6th, 1871 in Berlin.
Died November 15th, 1944 at 73 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Hamid Olimjon
Writer, poet (1909–1944).
Born December 12th, 1909 in Jizzakh.
Died July 3rd, 1944 at 34 years old in Tashkent (traffic collision).
Nikolaus von Üxküll-Gyllenband
German businessman (1877–1944).
Born February 14th, 1877 in Kőszeg.
Died September 14th, 1944 at 67 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Ernest Townsend
Painter who worked in derby and did camouflage during wwii (1880-1944).
Born January 1st, 1880 in Derby.
Died January 22nd, 1944 at 64 years old in Derby.
Julius Kugy
Slovenian mountain climber.
Born July 19th, 1858 in Gorizia.
Died February 5th, 1944 at 85 years old in Trieste.
Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi
Music critic, translator, advocate for russian music (1877-1944).
Born October 2nd, 1877 in Marseille.
Died February 1st, 1944 at 66 years old in London.
Leone Sinigaglia
Italian composer (1868–1944).
Born August 14th, 1868 in Turin.
Died May 16th, 1944 at 75 years old in Turin (myocardial infarction).
Hermann Struck
German jewish painter, officer, translator and etcher (1876-1944).
Born March 6th, 1876 in Berlin.
Died January 11th, 1944 at 67 years old in Haifa.
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.
Endre Kabos
Hungarian fencer (1906–1944).
Born November 5th, 1906 in Oradea.
Died November 4th, 1944 at 37 years old in Budapest.
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).
Arthur Segal
Romanian artist (1875-1944).
Died June 23rd, 1944 at 68 years old in London (heart failure).
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All men think that all men are mortal but themselves. Edward Young