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In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
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.
Thomas Murray
Scottish curler.
Born October 3rd, 1877 in South Lanarkshire.
Died June 3rd, 1944 at 66 years old in South Lanarkshire.
Juhan Kikas
Estonian weightlifter (1892-1944).
Born June 5th, 1892 in Koikküla.
Died March 9th, 1944 at 51 years old in Tallinn (airstrike). [ref]
Zenon Przesmycki
Polish poet, translator and art critic of the literary period of młoda polska.
Born December 22nd, 1861 in Radzyń Podlaski. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1944 at 82 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Jonas Vailokaitis
Lithuanian politician (1886–1944).
Born June 25th, 1886 in Pikžirniai.
Died December 16th, 1944 at 58 years old in Blankenburg.
Torleif Torkildsen
Norwegian tennis player (1892–1944).
Died October 14th, 1944 at 52 years old in Oslo.
Fritz Stuckenberg
German artist (1881-1944).
Born August 16th, 1881 in Munich.
Died May 18th, 1944 at 62 years old in Füssen.
Émile Achard
French internist (1860–1944).
Born July 24th, 1860 in Paris.
Died August 8th, 1944 at 84 years old in Versailles.
Karel Hartmann
Czechoslovak ice hockey player (1885–1944).
Born July 6th, 1885 in Trhové Dušníky. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1944 at 59 years old in Auschwitz, Oświęcim. [ref]
Tarsykiya Matskiv
Ukrainian greek catholic nun (1919–1944).
Born March 23rd, 1919 in Khodoriv.
Died July 18th, 1944 at 25 years old in Sheptytskyi (gunshot wound).
Sandra Drouker
Russian musician (1876–1944).
Born May 7th, 1876 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 1st, 1944 at 67 years old in Hamar Municipality.
Heinrich Retschury
Austrian football player (1887-1944).
Born January 5th, 1887 in Vienna.
Died December 15th, 1944 at 57 years old in Vienna.
Romans Suta
Latvian painter, potter, sculptor and designer (1896-1944).
Born April 28th, 1896 in Dzērbene Parish.
Died July 14th, 1944 at 48 years old in Tbilisi.
August Liebmann Mayer
German jewish art historian (1885-1944), murdered in the holocaust.
Born October 27th, 1885 in Griesheim.
Died March 12th, 1944 at 58 years old in Auschwitz.
Rutger Sernander
Swedish scientist (1866-1944).
Born November 2nd, 1866 in Viby parish. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1944 at 77 years old in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Felka Płatek
Polish painter (1899-1944).
Born January 3rd, 1899 in Warsaw.
Died August 2nd, 1944 at 45 years old in Auschwitz.
Eduard Engelmann
Austrian figure skater, engineer, and cyclist (1864–1944).
Born July 14th, 1864 in Vienna.
Died October 31st, 1944 at 80 years old in Vienna.
Leander Czerny
Austrian entomologist (1859-1944).
Born October 4th, 1859 in Modřice.
Died November 22nd, 1944 at 85 years old in Payerbach, Kremsmünster.
Corneel Seys
Belgian footballer (1912-1944).
Born February 12th, 1912 in Antwerp.
Died January 13th, 1944 at 31 years old [ref]
Samuli Paulaharju
Finnish teacher, ethnographer and writer (1875–1944).
Born April 14th, 1875 in Kurikka.
Died February 6th, 1944 at 68 years old in Oulu.
Dariia Diachenko
Hero of the soviet union (1924–1944).
Born April 2nd, 1924 in Vradiivka Raion. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1944 at 20 years old in Tiraspol (gunshot wound). [ref]
Francesco Salata
Italian politician and historian (1876-1944).
Born September 17th, 1876 in Osor.
Died March 10th, 1944 at 67 years old in Rome.
Gregor Adlercreutz
Equestrian (1898–1944).
Born August 16th, 1898 in Stockholm.
Died June 3rd, 1944 at 45 years old
Georg Dascher
German handball player (1911-1944).
Born June 27th, 1911 in Darmstadt.
Died November 25th, 1944 at 33 years old
Deaths 626 to 650 of 704
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