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In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
Paul Graener
German composer (1872-1944).
Born January 11th, 1872 in Berlin.
Died November 13th, 1944 at 72 years old in Salzburg.
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.
Carl Wilhelm Oseen
Theoretical physicist (1879-1944).
Born April 17th, 1879 in Lund.
Died November 7th, 1944 at 65 years old in Uppsala.
Harry Chamberlin
Equestrian and us army brigadier general (1887–1944).
Born May 19th, 1887 in Elgin. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1944 at 57 years old in Letterman Army Hospital.
Paul Masson
French cyclist (1876–1944).
Born October 11th, 1876 in Mostaganem. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1944 at 68 years old in Cannes.
Henri Ghéon
French writer (1875–1944).
Born March 15th, 1875 in Bray-sur-Seine.
Died June 13th, 1944 at 69 years old in Paris (cancer).
Frantsishak Alyakhnovich
Belarusian writer and journalist.
Born March 21st, 1883 in Vilnius.
Died March 3rd, 1944 at 60 years old in Vilnius.
Shigeo Arai
Swimmer (1916–1944).
Born August 8th, 1916 in Shizuoka.
Died July 19th, 1944 at 27 years old in State of Burma.
Stuart Paton
British director, screenwriter and actor (1883-1944).
Born July 23rd, 1883 in Glasgow.
Died December 16th, 1944 at 61 years old in Woodland Hills.
Ernst Cohen
Dutch chemist.
Born March 7th, 1869 in Amsterdam.
Died March 6th, 1944 at 74 years old in Auschwitz, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Oleksandr Oles
Ukrainian symbolist poet and playwright (1878–1944).
Born December 5th, 1878 in Bilopillia.
Died July 27th, 1944 at 65 years old in Krč (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Friedrich Klausing
German resistance fighter (1920-1944).
Born May 24th, 1920 in Munich.
Died August 8th, 1944 at 24 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Voldemārs Veiss
Latvian army and latvian legion officer (1899-1944).
Born November 7th, 1899 in Riga.
Died April 17th, 1944 at 44 years old in Riga.
Jean Prévost
French resistance member (1901–1944).
Born June 13th, 1901 in Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours.
Died August 1st, 1944 at 43 years old in Sassenage.
Michael Pedersen Friis
Journalist and an official and 1911-1923 he was the public trustee of denmark.
Born October 22nd, 1857 in Odense.
Died April 24th, 1944 at 86 years old in Copenhagen.
Jacques Pellegrin
French zoologist (1873–1944).
Born June 12th, 1873 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 12th, 1944 at 71 years old in Paris.
Maria Rodziewiczówna
Polish writer (1864–1944).
Born February 2nd, 1864 in Pianiuha. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1944 at 80 years old in Żelazna.
Andrei Toshev
Prime minister of bulgaria (1867-1944).
Born April 16th, 1867 in Stara Zagora.
Died January 10th, 1944 at 76 years old in Sofia.
Pál Hermann
Hungarian composer and cellist (1902-1944).
Born March 27th, 1902 in Budapest.
Died May 18th, 1944 at 42 years old in Kaunas.
Adolf Jäger
German footballer (1889-1944).
Born March 31st, 1889 in Hamburg, Altona.
Died November 21st, 1944 at 55 years old in Hamburg (explosive device).
Yamanashi Hanzō
Japanese general (1864-1944).
Born April 6th, 1864 in Ōsumi district.
Died July 2nd, 1944 at 80 years old in Kamakura.
David Prain
Scottish botanist and phycologist (1857-1944).
Born July 11th, 1857 in Laurencekirk.
Died March 16th, 1944 at 86 years old in Surrey.
Józef Kałuża
Polish footballer (1896-1944).
Born February 11th, 1896 in Przemyśl.
Died October 11th, 1944 at 48 years old in Kraków (meningitis).
Toni Merkens
German racing cyclist (1912–1944).
Born June 21st, 1912 in Cologne.
Died June 20th, 1944 at 31 years old in Bad Wildbad.
Max Halbe
German dramatist (1865-1944).
Born October 4th, 1865 in Gdańsk.
Died November 30th, 1944 at 79 years old in Neuötting.
Deaths 501 to 525 of 704
I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner