In the year 1944
701 Notable deaths
Irma Bandiera
Italian partisan (1915–1944).
Born April 8th, 1915 in Bologna.
Died August 14th, 1944 at 29 years old in Bologna (gunshot wound). [ref]
Carl Christian Mez
German botanist (1866-1944).
Born March 24th, 1866 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Died January 8th, 1944 at 77 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Emil Cohn
German physicist (1854-1944).
Born September 28th, 1854 in Neustrelitz.
Died January 28th, 1944 at 89 years old in Ringgenberg.
Franz Landgraf
German general and knight's cross recipient (1888–1944).
Born July 16th, 1888 in Munich.
Died April 19th, 1944 at 55 years old in Stuttgart.
Tadeusz Gajcy
Polish poet of the time of the war (1922–1944).
Born February 8th, 1922 in Warsaw.
Died August 16th, 1944 at 22 years old in Warsaw.
Romolo Murri
Italian priest and politician (1870–1944).
Born August 27th, 1870 in Monte San Pietrangeli.
Died March 12th, 1944 at 73 years old in Rome.
Paul Schiemann
Baltic german journalist (1876-1944).
Born March 29th, 1876 in Jelgava.
Died June 23rd, 1944 at 68 years old in Riga (diabetes).
François Thureau-Dangin
French archaeologist (1872–1944).
Born January 3rd, 1872 in Paris. [ref]
Died January 24th, 1944 at 72 years old in Paris.
Rada Vranješević
Yugoslavian politician (1918-1944).
Born May 25th, 1918 in Rekavice.
Died May 25th, 1944 at 26 years old in Drvar.
Adolph Goldschmidt
German art historian (1863-1944).
Born January 15th, 1863 in Hamburg.
Died January 5th, 1944 at 80 years old in Basel.
Alfred Beamish
English tennis player (1879–1944).
Born August 6th, 1879 in Richmond.
Died February 28th, 1944 at 64 years old in Nairn.
Kurt Hasse
German equestrian (1907–1944).
Born February 7th, 1907 in Mainz.
Died January 9th, 1944 at 36 years old
Zou Taofen
Chinese journalist (1895–1944).
Born November 5th, 1895 in Yong'an County.
Died July 24th, 1944 at 48 years old in Shanghai.
Klavdiya Nikolayeva
Russian revolutionary and women's rights activist (1893-1944).
Born June 13th, 1893 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 28th, 1944 at 51 years old in Moscow.
Thomas Curtis
American athlete (1873–1944).
Born January 9th, 1873 in San Francisco.
Died May 23rd, 1944 at 71 years old in Nahant.
Krystyna Krahelska
Polish writer (1914-1944).
Born March 24th, 1914 in Mazurki.
Died August 2nd, 1944 at 30 years old in Warsaw.
Konstantin Leselidze
Soviet general (1903–1944).
Born October 15th, 1903 in Ozurgeti.
Died February 21st, 1944 at 40 years old in Moscow (influenza).
Paul Powell
Director and producer of silent films (1881-1944).
Born September 6th, 1881 in Peoria.
Died July 2nd, 1944 at 62 years old in Pasadena.
Edmund Mortimer
Actor (1874-1944).
Born August 21st, 1874 in New York City.
Died May 21st, 1944 at 69 years old in Los Angeles.
Sylvio Lazzari
French composer (1857–1944).
Born December 30th, 1857 in Bolzano.
Died June 10th, 1944 at 86 years old in Suresnes.
Nikolai Samokysh
Ukrainian painter and graphic artist (1860-1944).
Born October 25th, 1860 in Nizhyn.
Died January 18th, 1944 at 83 years old in Simferopol.
Roberto Grau
Argentine chess player (1900–1944).
Born March 18th, 1900 in Buenos Aires.
Died April 12th, 1944 at 44 years old in Buenos Aires.
Josip Vandot
Slovenian writer (1884-1944).
Born January 15th, 1884 in Kranjska Gora.
Died July 11th, 1944 at 60 years old in Trnjanski Kuti.
William Lutley Sclater
British zoologist and museum director (1863–1944).
Born September 23rd, 1863 in Kensington.
Died July 4th, 1944 at 80 years old in London.
Deaths 551 to 575 of 701
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