In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
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.
Bud Jamison
Actor (1894-1944).
Born February 15th, 1894 in Vallejo.
Died September 30th, 1944 at 50 years old in Hollywood (kidney cancer).
Mala Zimetbaum
Belgian jew resistance member (1918–1944).
Born January 26th, 1918 in Brzesko.
Died September 15th, 1944 at 26 years old in Auschwitz.
Frank Marshall
American chess player.
Born August 10th, 1877 in New York City, Brooklyn.
Died November 9th, 1944 at 67 years old in New York City.
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).
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).
Helmut Lent
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii (1918–1944).
Born June 13th, 1918 in Pyrzany.
Died October 7th, 1944 at 26 years old in Paderborn.
James McKeen Cattell
American psychologist (1860–1944).
Born May 25th, 1860 in Easton.
Died January 20th, 1944 at 83 years old in Lancaster.
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 to death).
Wilhelm Falley
German general (1897-1944).
Born September 25th, 1897 in Metz.
Died June 6th, 1944 at 46 years old in Sainte-Mère-Église.
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).
Yoshitsugu Saitō
Japanese general (1890–1944).
Born November 2nd, 1890 in Tokyo.
Died July 10th, 1944 at 53 years old in Saipan (seppuku).
Charles L. McNary
American politician.
Born June 12th, 1874 in Salem.
Died February 25th, 1944 at 69 years old in Fort Lauderdale (brain cancer).
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.
Princess Der Ling
Multiracial historian of chinese-american descent (1885-1944), lady-in-waiting of empress dowager cixi.
Born June 8th, 1881 in Wuchang District.
Died December 22nd, 1944 at 63 years old in Berkeley (struck by vehicle).
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]
Frederick Schiller Faust
American novelist, and short story writer (1892–1944).
Born May 29th, 1892 in Seattle.
Died May 12th, 1944 at 51 years old in Santa Maria Infante.
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).
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]
George David Birkhoff
American mathematician (1884-1944).
Born March 21st, 1884 in Overisel Township.
Died November 12th, 1944 at 60 years old in Cambridge.
Rudolf Schmundt
German general (1896–1944).
Born August 13th, 1896 in Metz.
Died October 1st, 1944 at 48 years old in Kętrzyn.
Kurt Gerron
German jewish film actor, director and singer murdered at auschwitz (1897-1944).
Born May 11th, 1897 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1944 at 47 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp, Auschwitz.
Kitty Marion
Actress and political activist, militant suffragette (1871-1944).
Born March 12th, 1871 in Rietberg.
Died October 9th, 1944 at 73 years old in New York City.
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.
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).
Deaths 151 to 175 of 704
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