In the year 1944
701 Notable deaths
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Teng Yu-hsien
Taiwanese composer (1906–1944).
Born July 21st, 1906 in Longtan. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1944 at 37 years old [ref]
Jón Sveinsson
Icelandic writer (1857–1944).
Born November 16th, 1857 in Akureyri.
Died October 16th, 1944 at 86 years old in Cologne.
Walter Breisky
Austrian politician (1871–1944).
Died September 25th, 1944 at 73 years old in Klosterneuburg.
Jákup Dahl
Faroese provost and translator (1878–1944).
Died June 5th, 1944 at 66 years old in Tórshavn.
Paul Ladmirault
French composer (1877–1944).
Born December 8th, 1877 in Nantes.
Died October 30th, 1944 at 66 years old in Camoël.
Paul Graener
German composer (1872-1944).
Born January 11th, 1872 in Berlin.
Died November 13th, 1944 at 72 years old in Salzburg.
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.
Charles Diehl
French byzantinist (1859–1944).
Born July 4th, 1859 in Strasbourg. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1944 at 85 years old in Paris.
Arthur Hauffe
German general and knight's cross recipient (1892–1944).
Born December 20th, 1892 in Wittgensdorf.
Died July 22nd, 1944 at 51 years old in Lviv.
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.
Charles Glover Barkla
English physicist (1877-1944).
Born June 7th, 1877 in Widnes.
Died October 23rd, 1944 at 67 years old in Edinburgh.
Paul Masson
French cyclist (1876–1944).
Born October 11th, 1876 in Mostaganem. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1944 at 68 years old in Cannes.
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.
Deaths 476 to 500 of 701
Give me liberty or give me death. Patrick Henry