In the year 1944
638 Notable deaths
Edward Johnston
British craftsman, calligrapher and typographer (1872–1944).
Born February 11th, 1872 in San José de Mayo.
Died November 26th, 1944 at 72 years old in West Sussex.
Hàm Nghi
Vietnamese emperor (1871-1944).
Born August 3rd, 1871 in Huế. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1944 at 72 years old in French Algeria (disease). [ref]
Shōji Nishimura
Imperial japanese navy admiral (1889-1944).
Born November 30th, 1889 in Akita.
Died October 24th, 1944 at 54 years old in Surigao Strait.
Carl Mayer
British-german screenwriter (1894-1944).
Born November 20th, 1894 in Graz.
Died July 1st, 1944 at 49 years old in London (cancer).
Paul Otlet
Belgian author, librarian and colonial thinker.
Born August 23rd, 1868 in City of Brussels. [ref]
Died December 10th, 1944 at 76 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Yolande Beekman
French soe agent (1911–1944).
Born November 7th, 1911 in Paris.
Died September 13th, 1944 at 32 years old in Dachau concentration camp (gunshot wound).
Eugen Steinach
Austrian physiologist and sexologist (1861-1944).
Born January 28th, 1861 in Hohenems.
Died May 14th, 1944 at 83 years old in Territet.
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Dutch-american historian, journalist, illustrator, and author (1882-1944).
Born January 14th, 1882 in Rotterdam.
Died March 11th, 1944 at 62 years old in Old Greenwich.
Florine Stettheimer
American painter and designer.
Born August 29th, 1871 in Rochester. [ref]
Died May 11th, 1944 at 72 years old in New York City. [ref]
Adolph Wagner
German nazi politician (1890-1944).
Born October 1st, 1890 in Algrange.
Died April 12th, 1944 at 53 years old in Bad Reichenhall (cerebrovascular disease).
Motobu Chōki
Okinawan karateka (1870–1944).
Born April 5th, 1870 in Shuri.
Died April 15th, 1944 at 74 years old in Shuri.
Josef Bürckel
German nazi politician, gauleiter of vienna (1895–1944).
Born March 30th, 1895 in Lingenfeld.
Died September 28th, 1944 at 49 years old in Neustadt an der Weinstraße.
Hideyoshi Obata
Imperial japanese army general (1890–1944).
Born April 2nd, 1890 in Osaka Prefecture.
Died August 11th, 1944 at 54 years old in Guam.
Otto von Below
German general (1857–1944).
Born January 18th, 1857 in Gdańsk.
Died March 15th, 1944 at 87 years old in Friedland.
Felix Nussbaum
German jewish painter, murdered by nazis in the holocaust (1904–1944).
Born December 11th, 1904 in Osnabrück.
Died August 9th, 1944 at 39 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Günther Korten
German colonel general and chief of the general staff of the luftwaffe in world war ii.
Born July 26th, 1898 in Cologne.
Died July 22nd, 1944 at 45 years old in Kętrzyn (explosive device).
Charles Glover Barkla
English physicist (1877-1944).
Born June 7th, 1877 in Widnes.
Died October 23rd, 1944 at 67 years old in Edinburgh.
Jakob Johann von Uexküll
Baltic german biologist, zoologist, and philosopher (1864-1944).
Born September 8th, 1864 in Koonga Rural Municipality. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1944 at 79 years old in Capri.
Regina Jonas
First woman rabbi.
Born August 3rd, 1902 in Berlin.
Died October 12th, 1944 at 42 years old in Auschwitz.
Takeo Takagi
Admiral in the imperial japanese navy during world war ii.
Born January 25th, 1892 in Fukushima Prefecture.
Died July 8th, 1944 at 52 years old in Saipan.
Emanuel Ringelblum
Polish historian (1900-1944).
Born November 21st, 1900 in Buchach.
Died March 7th, 1944 at 43 years old in Warsaw (gunshot wound).
Edith Durham
British artist (1863-1944).
Born December 8th, 1863 in London.
Died November 15th, 1944 at 80 years old in London.
Fritz von Scholz
German general, ᛋᛋ-gruppenführer (1896-1944).
Born December 9th, 1896 in Plzeň.
Died July 28th, 1944 at 47 years old in Narva.
Bruno Lüdke
German alleged serial killer (1908–1944).
Born April 3rd, 1908 in Köpenick. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1944 at 36 years old in Vienna.
Hans Graf von Sponeck
German general (1888–1944).
Born February 12th, 1888 in Düsseldorf.
Died July 23rd, 1944 at 56 years old in Germersheim (gunshot wound).
Deaths 176 to 200 of 638
Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter. Albert Camus