In the year 1944
701 Notable deaths
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).
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.
Alois Kayser
German missionary.
Born March 29th, 1877 in Lupstein.
Died October 21st, 1944 at 67 years old in Chuuk.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gina Lombroso
Italian physician and writer (1872-1944).
Born October 5th, 1872 in Pavia.
Died March 27th, 1944 at 71 years old in Geneva.
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.
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).
Rufino Blanco Fombona
Venezuelan writer (1874-1944).
Born June 17th, 1874 in Caracas.
Died October 16th, 1944 at 70 years old in Buenos Aires.
Károly Zsák
Hungarian association football player (1895-1944).
Born August 30th, 1895 in Budapest.
Died November 2nd, 1944 at 49 years old in Budapest.
Georges Melchior
French actor (1889–1944).
Born September 15th, 1889 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 2nd, 1944 at 54 years old in Levallois-Perret.
Arthur Blake
American middle distance runner (1872–1944).
Born January 26th, 1872 in Boston.
Died October 23rd, 1944 at 72 years old in Boston.
Enrica Calabresi
Italian scientist (1891–1944).
Born November 10th, 1891 in Ferrara.
Died January 20th, 1944 at 52 years old in Florence (poison).
Juhan Kikas
Estonian weightlifter (1892-1944).
Born June 5th, 1892 in Koikküla.
Died March 9th, 1944 at 51 years old in Tallinn (airstrike). [ref]
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 701
Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan