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In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
Olga Menchik
Czech-british chess player (1908-1944).
Born February 16th, 1908 in Moscow.
Died June 26th, 1944 at 36 years old in Clapham.
Rino Della Negra
French footballer and resistance member (1923-1944).
Born August 18th, 1923 in Vimy.
Died February 21st, 1944 at 20 years old in Fort Mont-Valérien (gunshot wound).
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).
Eugénio de Castro
Portuguese poet (1869–1944).
Born March 4th, 1869 in Coimbra.
Died August 17th, 1944 at 75 years old in Coimbra.
Alois Kayser
German missionary.
Born March 29th, 1877 in Lupstein.
Died October 21st, 1944 at 67 years old in Chuuk.
Eugène Louis Bouvier
French entomologist & carcinologist (1856–1944).
Born April 9th, 1856 in Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux.
Died January 14th, 1944 at 87 years old in Maisons-Laffitte.
Otto Lange
German painter (1879-1944).
Born October 23rd, 1879 in Dresden.
Died December 19th, 1944 at 65 years old in Dresden.
Matylda Pálfyová
Slovak gymnast (1912–1944).
Born March 11th, 1912 in Kostoľany nad Hornádom.
Died September 23rd, 1944 at 32 years old in Brestovany (horse fall).
Vladimir Narbut
Russian writer (1888–1938).
Born April 14th, 1888 in Narbutivka.
Died November 15th, 1944 at 56 years old in Kolyma.
Anna Morozova
Hero of the soviet union (1921–1944).
Born May 23rd, 1921 in Mosalsk Uyezd.
Died December 31st, 1944 at 23 years old in Płock.
Nikolai Kochin
Russian mathematician (1901-1944).
Born May 19th, 1901 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1944 at 43 years old in Moscow (sarcoma).
Frank Montgomery
American actor and director (1870-1944).
Born June 14th, 1870 in Petrolia. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1944 at 74 years old in Hollywood.
Tokutaro Ukon
Japanese association football player (1913–1944).
Born September 23rd, 1913 in Kobe.
Died March 1st, 1944 at 30 years old in Bougainville Island.
Zinaida Samsonova
Hero of the soviet union (1924–1944).
Born October 14th, 1924.
Died January 27th, 1944 at 19 years old in Gomel Region (sniper).
William Dickey
American olympic diver (1874-1944).
Born October 20th, 1874 in New York City.
Died May 13th, 1944 at 69 years old in St. Petersburg.
Frans Alfred Meeng
Indonesian footballer (1910-1944).
Born January 18th, 1910 in Palembang.
Died September 18th, 1944 at 34 years old in Indian Ocean, at sea.
Tina Morpurgo
Croatian painter (1907-1944).
Born March 6th, 1907 in Split.
Died June 1st, 1944 at 37 years old in Banjica concentration camp.
Per Lindberg
Swedish director, screenwriter and theatre manager (1890-1944).
Born March 5th, 1890 in Adolf Fredriks parish.
Died February 7th, 1944 at 53 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish.
Enrica Calabresi
Italian scientist (1891–1944).
Born November 10th, 1891 in Ferrara.
Died January 20th, 1944 at 52 years old in Florence (poison).
Károly Zsák
Hungarian association football player (1895-1944).
Born August 30th, 1895 in Budapest.
Died November 2nd, 1944 at 49 years old in Budapest.
Arthur Blake
American middle distance runner (1872–1944).
Born January 26th, 1872 in Boston.
Died October 23rd, 1944 at 72 years old in Boston.
Ignacio Bolívar
Spanish naturalist (1850-1944).
Born November 9th, 1850 in Madrid.
Died November 19th, 1944 at 94 years old in Mexico City.
Deaths 601 to 625 of 704
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