In the year 1944
638 Notable deaths
Erich Marcks
German general.
Born June 6th, 1891 in Schöneberg.
Died June 12th, 1944 at 53 years old in Saint-Lô.
Harry Langdon
American actor and comedian (1884-1944).
Born June 15th, 1884 in Council Bluffs. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1944 at 60 years old in Hollywood (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Henry Wood
English conductor (1869–1944).
Born March 3rd, 1869 in London.
Died August 19th, 1944 at 75 years old in Hertfordshire.
Rose O'Neill
American illustrator.
Born June 25th, 1874 in Wilkes-Barre.
Died April 6th, 1944 at 69 years old in Springfield.
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
President of finland (1861–1944).
Born December 15th, 1861 in Rapola, Sääksmäki.
Died February 29th, 1944 at 82 years old in Kotkaniemi.
Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal
Archduchess of austria.
Born August 24th, 1855 in Kleinheubach.
Died February 12th, 1944 at 88 years old in Vienna.
Frederic John Walker
Royal navy captain.
Born June 3rd, 1896 in Plymouth.
Died July 9th, 1944 at 48 years old in Seaforth.
Adam von Trott zu Solz
German noble and diplomat (1909-1944).
Born August 9th, 1909 in Potsdam.
Died August 26th, 1944 at 35 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Peter Deunov
Christian philosopher, teacher of esoteric christianity.
Born July 11th, 1864 in Varna Province. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1944 at 80 years old in Sofia.
Franz Reichleitner
Ss officer, second commandant of sobibór extermination camp (1906-1944).
Born December 2nd, 1906 in Ried im Traunkreis.
Died January 3rd, 1944 at 37 years old in Rijeka.
Yukio Seki
Japanese kamikaze pilot.
Born August 29th, 1921 in Saijō.
Died October 25th, 1944 at 23 years old in Leyte Gulf.
Fritz Witt
Ss general.
Born May 27th, 1908 in Hohenlimburg.
Died June 14th, 1944 at 36 years old in Venoix.
Alma Rosé
Austrian musician (1906–1944).
Born November 3rd, 1906 in Vienna.
Died July 1st, 1944 at 37 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Richard Bennett
Actor (1870-1944).
Born May 21st, 1870 in Deacon.
Died October 22nd, 1944 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Aristide Maillol
Sculptor from france (1861–1944).
Born December 8th, 1861 in Banyuls-sur-Mer.
Died September 27th, 1944 at 82 years old in Banyuls-sur-Mer (traffic collision).
Bella Rosenfeld
American writer and artist model (1889-1944).
Born December 14th, 1889 in Vitebsk. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1944 at 54 years old in New York City (viral infectious disease).
Ubaidullah Sindhi
Indian scholar and political activist (1872–1944).
Born March 10th, 1872 in Sialkot.
Died August 21st, 1944 at 72 years old in Rahim Yar Khan District, Din Pur Sharif.
Frank Marshall
American chess player.
Born August 10th, 1877 in Brooklyn.
Died November 9th, 1944 at 67 years old in New York City.
Missak Manouchian
Armenian resistance fighter and poet (1906-1944).
Born September 1st, 1906 in Adıyaman. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1944 at 37 years old in Fort Mont-Valérien (gunshot wound).
Wilhelm Falley
German general (1897-1944).
Born September 25th, 1897 in Metz.
Died June 6th, 1944 at 46 years old in Sainte-Mère-Église.
Bud Jamison
Actor (1894-1944).
Born February 15th, 1894 in Vallejo.
Died September 30th, 1944 at 50 years old in Hollywood (kidney cancer).
Félix Éboué
French guiana politician (1884-1944).
Born December 26th, 1884 in Cayenne.
Died May 17th, 1944 at 59 years old in Cairo (myocardial infarction).
Walter Heitz
German general (1878–1944).
Born December 8th, 1878 in Berlin.
Died February 9th, 1944 at 65 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Józef Beck
Polish diplomat and military officer (1894-1944).
Born October 4th, 1894 in Warsaw.
Died June 5th, 1944 at 49 years old in Stănești (tuberculosis).
Arthur Quiller-Couch
British writer and literary critic (1863–1944).
Born November 21st, 1863 in Bodmin.
Died May 12th, 1944 at 80 years old in Fowey (traffic collision).
Deaths 126 to 150 of 638
Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter. Albert Camus