In the year 1944
701 Notable deaths
Max Frey
German painter (1874-1944).
Born April 16th, 1874 in Mühlburg.
Died March 11th, 1944 at 69 years old in Bad Harzburg.
Amos Arthur Heller
American botanist (1867-1944).
Born March 21st, 1867 in Danville.
Died May 18th, 1944 at 77 years old in Vacaville.
Vladimir Yermolaev
Soviet aerospace engineer (1909-1944).
Born August 29th, 1909. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1944 at 35 years old (typhus).
Isolde Kurz
German poet (1853–1944).
Born December 21st, 1853 in Stuttgart.
Died April 5th, 1944 at 90 years old in Tübingen.
Arthur Brown
British association football player (1885–1944).
Born April 6th, 1885 in Gainsborough.
Died June 27th, 1944 at 59 years old
Charles Platon
French politician (1886-1944).
Born September 19th, 1886 in Pujols.
Died August 28th, 1944 at 57 years old in Valojoulx (gunshot wound).
Perry McGillivray
American swimmer, water polo player and coach (1893–1944).
Born August 5th, 1893 in Chicago.
Died July 27th, 1944 at 50 years old in Maywood.
Charles Marion
French equestrian (1887–1944).
Born January 14th, 1887 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Died November 16th, 1944 at 57 years old in Annecy.
Maria Jacobini
Italian actress (1892–1944).
Born February 17th, 1892 in Rome.
Died November 20th, 1944 at 52 years old in Rome.
Rolf Witting
Finnish politician (1879-1944).
Born September 30th, 1879 in Vyborg.
Died October 11th, 1944 at 65 years old in Porvoo.
Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski
Polish writer (1885–1944).
Born February 24th, 1885 in Rzeszów.
Died August 8th, 1944 at 59 years old in Warsaw.
Karel Škorpil
Czech archeologist (1859–1944).
Born July 15th, 1859 in Vysoké Mýto. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1944 at 84 years old in Varna. [ref]
Jabbar Garyaghdioglu
Azerbaijani singer (1861–1944).
Born March 31st, 1861 in Shusha.
Died April 28th, 1944 at 83 years old in Baku.
Marat Kazey
Soviet-belarusian partisan and child soldier of ww2.
Born October 10th, 1929 in Stańkava.
Died May 11th, 1944 at 14 years old in Uzda district.
Arsen Kotsoyev
Russian writer (1872–1944).
Born January 15th, 1872 in Gizel.
Died February 4th, 1944 at 72 years old in Vladikavkaz.
Jean Trémoulet
French racing driver (1909–1944).
Born April 12th, 1909 in Dordogne.
Died October 13th, 1944 at 35 years old in Dordogne.
Oszkár Gerde
Hungarian fencer (1883-1944).
Born July 8th, 1883 in Budapest.
Died October 8th, 1944 at 61 years old in Mauthausen concentration camp.
Joseph Noulens
French politician and diplomat (1864–1944).
Born March 29th, 1864 in Bordeaux.
Died September 9th, 1944 at 80 years old in Sorbets.
Olga Menchik
Czech-british chess player (1908-1944).
Born February 16th, 1908 in Moscow.
Died June 26th, 1944 at 36 years old in Clapham.
Karol Irzykowski
Polish writer (1873-1944).
Born January 23rd, 1873 in Błażkowa, Podkarpackie Voivodeship. [ref]
Died November 2nd, 1944 at 71 years old in Żyrardów (gunshot wound). [ref]
Eugénio de Castro
Portuguese poet (1869–1944).
Born March 4th, 1869 in Coimbra.
Died August 17th, 1944 at 75 years old in Coimbra.
Galina Romanova
Ukrainian doctor, member of the german resistance (1918-1944).
Born December 25th, 1918.
Died November 3rd, 1944 at 25 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
Sándor Bródy
Hungarian association football player (1884–1944).
Born May 16th, 1884 in Sekule.
Died April 19th, 1944 at 59 years old
Carl Eduard Hellmayr
Austrian ornithologist (1878-1944).
Born January 29th, 1878 in Vienna.
Died February 24th, 1944 at 66 years old in Orselina.
Kustaa Pihlajamäki
Olympic wrestler (1902–1944).
Born April 7th, 1902 in Nurmo.
Died February 10th, 1944 at 41 years old in Helsinki (peritonitis).
Deaths 576 to 600 of 701
The meaning of life is that it stops. Franz Kafka