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In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
Eugen Burg
German actor (1871–1944).
Born January 6th, 1871 in Berlin.
Died November 15th, 1944 at 73 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
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).
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.
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.
Julius Kugy
Slovenian mountain climber.
Born July 19th, 1858 in Gorizia.
Died February 5th, 1944 at 85 years old in Trieste.
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.
Leone Sinigaglia
Italian composer (1868–1944).
Born August 14th, 1868 in Turin.
Died May 16th, 1944 at 75 years old in Turin (myocardial infarction).
Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German noble (1884-1944).
Born May 28th, 1884 in Venice.
Died October 26th, 1944 at 60 years old in Bled.
Endre Kabos
Hungarian fencer (1906–1944).
Born November 5th, 1906 in Oradea.
Died November 4th, 1944 at 37 years old in Budapest.
Arthur Segal
Romanian artist (1875-1944).
Died June 23rd, 1944 at 68 years old in London (heart failure).
Margaret Eliza Maltby
American physicist (1860–1944).
Born December 10th, 1860 in Bristolville.
Died May 3rd, 1944 at 83 years old in New York City.
Hugo Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg
German politician (1871-1944).
Born August 21st, 1871 in Köfering.
Died April 13th, 1944 at 72 years old in Munich.
Constant Montald
Belgian muralist, painter, sculptor, teacher (1862-1944).
Born December 4th, 1862 in Ghent.
Died March 5th, 1944 at 81 years old in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe.
Lev Shcherba
Russian and soviet linguist (1880-1944).
Born March 3rd, 1880 in Červień.
Died December 26th, 1944 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Jón Sveinsson
Icelandic writer (1857–1944).
Born November 16th, 1857 in Akureyri.
Died October 16th, 1944 at 86 years old in Cologne.
Franciszek Brodniewicz
Polish actor (1892-1944).
Born November 29th, 1892 in Kwilcz. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1944 at 51 years old in Warsaw (myocardial rupture). [ref]
Paul Laux
German general and knight's cross recipients (1887–1944).
Born November 11th, 1887 in Weimar.
Died September 2nd, 1944 at 56 years old in Riga.
Ida Maclean
English biochemist & academic.
Born June 14th, 1877 in Birmingham.
Died March 2nd, 1944 at 66 years old in London.
Walter Breisky
Austrian politician (1871–1944).
Died September 25th, 1944 at 73 years old in Klosterneuburg.
John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies
Anglo-irish army officer and civil servant (1866-1944).
Born December 5th, 1866 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died January 31st, 1944 at 77 years old in Ascot.
Gustave Hervé
French politician (1871-1944).
Born January 2nd, 1871 in Brest.
Died October 25th, 1944 at 73 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Alexander Koshetz
Ukrainian composer and musicologist (1875–1944).
Born September 12th, 1875 in Kiev Governorate.
Died September 21st, 1944 at 69 years old in Winnipeg.
Paul Ladmirault
French composer (1877–1944).
Born December 8th, 1877 in Nantes.
Died October 30th, 1944 at 66 years old in Camoël.
Jákup Dahl
Faroese provost and translator (1878–1944).
Died June 5th, 1944 at 66 years old in Tórshavn.
Charles Diehl
French byzantinist (1859–1944).
Born July 4th, 1859 in Strasbourg. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1944 at 85 years old in Paris.
Deaths 476 to 500 of 704
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