In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
Helmut Kämpfe
German sturmbannführer, in the waffen ss during world war ii.
Died June 9th, 1944 at 34 years old in France (gunshot wound).
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).
George W. Norris
American politician (1861–1944).
Born July 11th, 1861 in York Township.
Died September 2nd, 1944 at 83 years old in McCook.
Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
British diplomat and viceroy of india (1858–1944).
Born June 20th, 1858 in London.
Died August 2nd, 1944 at 86 years old in Kent.
Erich Marcks
German general (1891–1944).
Born June 6th, 1891 in Schöneberg.
Died June 12th, 1944 at 53 years old in Saint-Lô.
Rose O'Neill
American illustrator (1874-1944).
Born June 25th, 1874 in Wilkes-Barre.
Died April 6th, 1944 at 69 years old in Springfield.
Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal
Austrian and portuguese royal (1855–1944).
Born August 24th, 1855 in Kleinheubach.
Died February 12th, 1944 at 88 years old in Vienna.
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).
Henry Wood
English conductor (1869–1944).
Born March 3rd, 1869 in London.
Died August 19th, 1944 at 75 years old in Hertfordshire.
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
President of finland (1861–1944).
Born December 15th, 1861 in Sääksmäki, Rapola.
Died February 29th, 1944 at 82 years old in Kotkaniemi.
Frederic John Walker
Royal navy captain (1896–1944).
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 to death).
Peter Deunov
Christian philosopher, teacher of esoteric christianity (1864–1944).
Born July 11th, 1864 in Nikolaevka.
Died December 27th, 1944 at 80 years old in Sofia.
Yukio Seki
Japanese kamikaze pilot (1921–1944).
Born August 29th, 1921 in Saijō-shi.
Died October 25th, 1944 at 23 years old in Leyte Gulf.
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.
Betsie ten Boom
Dutch concentration camp victim (1885–1944).
Born August 19th, 1885 in Amsterdam.
Died December 16th, 1944 at 59 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp (pernicious anemia).
Walter Heitz
German general (1878–1944).
Born December 8th, 1878 in Berlin.
Died February 9th, 1944 at 65 years old in Moscow (cancer).
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.
Fritz Witt
Ss general (1908–1944).
Born May 27th, 1908 in Hohenlimburg.
Died June 14th, 1944 at 36 years old in Venoix.
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).
Richard Bennett
Actor (1870-1944).
Born May 21st, 1870 in Deacon.
Died October 22nd, 1944 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
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).
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.
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).
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).
Deaths 126 to 150 of 704
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you’re alive, it isn’t. Richard Bach