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In the year 1944
638 Notable deaths
Mala Zimetbaum
Belgian jew resistance member (1918–1944).
Born January 26th, 1918 in Brzesko.
Died September 15th, 1944 at 26 years old in Auschwitz.
Helmut Lent
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born June 13th, 1918 in Pyrzany.
Died October 7th, 1944 at 26 years old in Paderborn.
James McKeen Cattell
American psychologist.
Born May 25th, 1860 in Easton.
Died January 20th, 1944 at 83 years old in Lancaster.
Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony
Archduchess of austria (1867-1944).
Born May 31st, 1867 in Dresden.
Died May 28th, 1944 at 76 years old in Schloss Wildenwart.
Lina Cavalieri
Italian operatic soprano (1874-1944).
Born December 25th, 1874 in Viterbo.
Died February 8th, 1944 at 69 years old in Florence, Fiesole (airstrike).
Charles L. McNary
United states senator from oregon.
Born June 12th, 1874 in Salem.
Died February 25th, 1944 at 69 years old in Fort Lauderdale (brain cancer).
Yoshitsugu Saitō
Japanese general (1890–1944).
Born November 2nd, 1890 in Tokyo.
Died July 10th, 1944 at 53 years old in Saipan.
Frederick Schiller Faust
American novelist, and short story writer.
Born May 29th, 1893 in Seattle.
Died May 12th, 1944 at 50 years old in Santa Maria Infante.
Aliya Moldagulova
Soviet kazakh sniper and heroine of the soviet union (1925–1944).
Born October 25th, 1925 in Bulaq.
Died January 14th, 1944 at 18 years old in Nasva.
Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorf
German politician (1896-1944).
Born October 14th, 1896 in Merseburg.
Died August 15th, 1944 at 47 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Princess Der Ling
Multiracial historian of chinese-american descent (1885-1944), lady-in-waiting of empress dowager cixi.
Born June 8th, 1885 in Wuchang District.
Died December 22nd, 1944 at 59 years old in Berkeley (struck by vehicle).
Eduard Wagner
German army general and quartermaster-general (1894-1944).
Born April 1st, 1894 in Kirchenlamitz.
Died July 23rd, 1944 at 50 years old in Zossen (shot to the head).
John Walter Christie
Automotive engineer and inventor (1865-1944).
Born May 6th, 1865 in Campbell-Christie House.
Died January 11th, 1944 at 78 years old in Falls Church.
George David Birkhoff
American mathematician (1884-1944).
Born March 21st, 1884 in Overisel Township.
Died November 12th, 1944 at 60 years old in Cambridge.
Fredy Hirsch
German educationist (1916–1944).
Born February 11th, 1916 in Aachen. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1944 at 28 years old in Auschwitz, Oświęcim, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Kurt Gerron
German film actor, director and singer.
Born May 11th, 1897 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1944 at 47 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Alexandre Villaplane
French association football player (1905-1944).
Born September 12th, 1905 in Algiers.
Died December 26th, 1944 at 39 years old in Arcueil (gunshot wound). [ref]
Ulrich von Hassell
German diplomat and resistance fighter against national socialism (1881–1944).
Born November 12th, 1881 in Anklam.
Died September 8th, 1944 at 62 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Georges Mandel
French jewish politician, resistance fighter and art collector, murdered in the holocaust (1885-1944).
Born June 5th, 1885 in Chatou. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1944 at 59 years old in Fontainebleau (execution). [ref]
Rudolf Schmundt
German general.
Born August 13th, 1896 in Metz.
Died October 1st, 1944 at 48 years old in Kętrzyn.
Jessie Ralph
Actress (1864-1944).
Born November 5th, 1864 in Gloucester.
Died May 30th, 1944 at 79 years old in Gloucester (disease).
Gustav Bauer
German trade unionist and chancellor (1870–1944).
Born January 6th, 1870 in Ozyorsk. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1944 at 74 years old in Berlin.
Jean Giraudoux
French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944).
Born October 29th, 1882 in Bellac.
Died January 31st, 1944 at 61 years old in Paris.
Franz Kutschera
Austrian policeman and war criminal (1904-1944).
Born February 22nd, 1904 in Oberwaltersdorf.
Died February 1st, 1944 at 39 years old in Warsaw.
Dick Purcell
American actor, best known for playing marvel comics' captain america in the 1943 film serial.
Born August 6th, 1908 in Greenwich.
Died April 10th, 1944 at 35 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 151 to 175 of 638
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