In the year 1944
638 Notable deaths
Violette Morris
French athlete (1893–1944).
Born April 18th, 1893 in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1944 at 51 years old in Eure.
Louis Renault
French industrialist.
Born February 12th, 1877 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 24th, 1944 at 67 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Erich Fellgiebel
German general (1886–1944).
Born October 4th, 1886 in Popowice.
Died September 4th, 1944 at 57 years old in Plötzensee Prison (gunshot wound).
William Allen White
American newspaper editor and progressive leader (1868–1944).
Born February 10th, 1868 in Emporia.
Died January 31st, 1944 at 75 years old in Emporia.
William Temple
Archbishop of canterbury (1881-1944).
Born October 15th, 1881 in Exeter.
Died October 26th, 1944 at 63 years old in Kent.
Hans-Valentin Hube
German general (1890–1944).
Born October 29th, 1890 in Naumburg.
Died April 21st, 1944 at 53 years old in Ainring.
Sergei Bulgakov
Russian orthodox christian theologian, philosopher, priest and economist (1871-1944).
Born June 28th, 1871 in Livny.
Died July 13th, 1944 at 73 years old in Paris (laryngeal cancer).
James E. Ferguson
American banker and politician (1871-1944).
Born August 31st, 1871 in Salado.
Died September 21st, 1944 at 73 years old in Austin.
Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim
German resistance member (1905-1944).
Born March 25th, 1905 in Munich.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 39 years old in Berlin (gunshot wound).
Robert G. Cole
United states army medal of honor recipient (1915–1944).
Born March 19th, 1915 in San Antonio.
Died September 18th, 1944 at 29 years old in Best.
Robert Ezra Park
American sociologist (1864–1944).
Born February 14th, 1864 in Harveyville.
Died February 7th, 1944 at 79 years old in Nashville.
Vera Menchik
Czech chess player (1906–1944).
Born March 1st, 1906 in Moscow.
Died June 26th, 1944 at 38 years old in Clapham.
Colby Ruckle
Canadian first world war flying ace (1893-1944).
Born December 23rd, 1893 in Carleton Place.
Died March 9th, 1944 at 50 years old in Whitchurch–Stouffville (myocardial infarction).
Mineichi Koga
Japanese admiral (1885–1944).
Born September 25th, 1885 in Nishimatsuura district.
Died March 31st, 1944 at 58 years old in Davao City (falling from height).
Charles Davenport
American biologist.
Born June 1st, 1866 in Stamford.
Died February 18th, 1944 at 77 years old in Cold Spring Harbor (pneumonia). [ref]
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa
Pilot for the imperial japanese navy air service during world war ii (1920–1944).
Born January 27th, 1920 in Minamiogawa.
Died October 26th, 1944 at 24 years old in Mindoro (aircraft shootdown).
Cécile Chaminade
French composer and pianist.
Born August 8th, 1857 in Batignolles. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1944 at 86 years old in Monte Carlo. [ref]
Mehmed Abdülkadir Efendi
Ottoman prince, son of sultan abdul hamid ii (1878–1944).
Born January 16th, 1878 in Istanbul.
Died March 16th, 1944 at 66 years old in Sofia.
Friedrich Dollmann
German general (1882–1944).
Born February 2nd, 1882 in Würzburg.
Died June 28th, 1944 at 62 years old in Le Mans (myocardial infarction).
John Dill
Army officer (1881–1944).
Born December 25th, 1881 in Lurgan.
Died November 4th, 1944 at 62 years old in Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
British diplomat (1858-1944).
Born June 20th, 1858 in London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. [ref]
Died August 2nd, 1944 at 86 years old in United Kingdom, Kent. [ref]
Adolf Diekmann
Ss officer (1914–1944).
Born December 18th, 1914 in Magdeburg.
Died June 29th, 1944 at 29 years old in Normandy.
Helmut Kämpfe
German sturmbannführer, in the waffen ss during world war ii.
Died June 9th, 1944 at 34 years old in France (ballistic trauma).
Milena Jesenská
Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator (1896-1944).
Born April 10th, 1896 in Prague.
Died May 17th, 1944 at 48 years old in Ravensbrück, Ravensbrück concentration camp (kidney failure).
George William Norris
American politician (1861–1944).
Born July 11th, 1861 in York Township.
Died September 2nd, 1944 at 83 years old in McCook.
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain