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In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
Kang Gyeong-ae
Korean writer, novelist and poet (1906–1944).
Born April 20th, 1907 in Songhwa County.
Died April 26th, 1944 at 37 years old in Hwanghae (disease).
Alexey Novikov-Priboy
Russian writer (1877-1944).
Born March 24th, 1877.
Died April 29th, 1944 at 67 years old in Moscow.
Frédéric Blanchy
Olympic sailor (1868-1944).
Born July 1st, 1868 in Bordeaux.
Died October 1st, 1944 at 76 years old in Bordeaux.
Edmund Horton
Bobsledder (1896–1944).
Born March 25th, 1896 in Saranac Lake.
Died May 26th, 1944 at 48 years old in New York City.
Jack Murdoch
Canadian rower (1908–1944).
Born July 18th, 1908 in Toronto.
Died October 10th, 1944 at 36 years old in Terneuzen.
Antonin Perbosc
Occitan writer (1861–1944).
Born October 25th, 1861 in Labarthe.
Died August 6th, 1944 at 82 years old in Montauban.
Walter Middelberg
Dutch rower (1875-1944).
Born January 30th, 1875 in Zwolle.
Died September 15th, 1944 at 69 years old in Zwolle.
Alfred Schmalzer
Austrian handball player (1912-1944).
Born October 28th, 1912 in Vienna.
Died January 21st, 1944 at 31 years old
Robert Monier
French yacht racer and rugby union player (1885-1944).
Born February 20th, 1885 in Bordeaux. [ref]
Died December 6th, 1944 at 59 years old in Bordeaux. [ref]
Emil Juracka
Austrian handball player (1912–1944).
Born June 11th, 1912 in Vienna.
Died February 21st, 1944 at 31 years old in Mogilev.
Siegfried Powolny
Austrian handball player (1915–1944).
Born September 20th, 1915 in Linz.
Died July 19th, 1944 at 28 years old
János Krizmanich
Hungarian gymnast (1889-1944).
Born January 27th, 1889 in Kroatisch Minihof.
Died July 26th, 1944 at 55 years old in Budapest.
Gus Voerg
American rower (1870–1944).
Born June 7th, 1870 in Germany.
Died April 21st, 1944 at 73 years old in St. Louis.
Gaston Giran
French rower.
Born February 12th, 1892 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 26th, 1944 at 52 years old
Gösta Lundqvist
Swedish competitive sailor (1892-1944).
Born August 15th, 1892 in Gothenburg.
Died October 10th, 1944 at 52 years old in Gothenburg.
Benedicto Zacconi
Brazilian footballer and manager (1906–1944).
Born October 30th, 1906 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died February 11th, 1944 at 37 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Siegfried Purner
Austrian handball player (1915–1944).
Born February 16th, 1915 in Innsbruck.
Died February 3rd, 1944 at 28 years old in Vitebsk Region. [ref]
François Vergucht
Belgian rower (1885–1944).
Born December 30th, 1885 in Ghent, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
Died June 23rd, 1944 at 58 years old in Ghent.
Maria Grollmuß
German teacher (1896-1944).
Born April 24th, 1896 in Leipzig.
Died August 6th, 1944 at 48 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp.
Robert Curry
Olympic wrestler (1882-1944).
Born August 14th, 1882 in New York City.
Died November 12th, 1944 at 62 years old
John Muldoon
American rugby union player (1896-1944).
Died January 2nd, 1944 at 47 years old in Napa.
Ferenc Kemény
Educator (1860–1944).
Born July 17th, 1860 in Zrenjanin.
Died November 21st, 1944 at 84 years old in Budapest.
Konstantin Pokrovsky
Russian astronomer (1868-1944).
Born May 23rd, 1868 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died November 5th, 1944 at 76 years old in Kyiv.
Kuzma Chorny
Soviet playwright, opinion journalist and writer (1900–1944).
Born June 24th, 1900 in Kapyĺ District.
Died November 22nd, 1944 at 44 years old in Minsk.
Deaths 676 to 700 of 704
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