In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
Georges Mandel
French jewish politician, resistance fighter and art collector, murdered in the holocaust (1885-1944).
Born June 5th, 1885 in Chatou.
Died July 7th, 1944 at 59 years old in Fontainebleau (execution).
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.
Jessie Ralph
Actress (1864-1944).
Born November 5th, 1864 in Gloucester.
Died May 30th, 1944 at 79 years old in Gloucester (disease).
Margery Williams
Writer (1881-1944).
Born July 22nd, 1881 in Greater London.
Died September 4th, 1944 at 63 years old in New York City.
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).
Hàm Nghi
Vietnamese emperor (1871-1944).
Born August 3rd, 1871 in Huế. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1944 at 72 years old in El Biar (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.
Eugen Steinach
Austrian physiologist and sexologist (1861-1944).
Born January 28th, 1861 in Hohenems.
Died May 14th, 1944 at 83 years old in Territet.
Edward Johnston
British craftsman, calligrapher and typographer (1872–1944).
Born February 11th, 1872.
Died November 26th, 1944 at 72 years old in Ditchling.
Adolf 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).
Jane Haining
British righteous among the nations (1897–1944).
Born June 6th, 1897 in Dunscore.
Died July 17th, 1944 at 47 years old in Auschwitz.
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).
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 anti-colonial thinker (1868–1944).
Born August 23rd, 1868 in Brussels.
Died December 10th, 1944 at 76 years old in Brussels.
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 (1871–1944).
Born August 29th, 1871 in Rochester.
Died May 11th, 1944 at 72 years old in New York City.
Motobu Chōki
Okinawan karateka (1870–1944).
Born April 5th, 1870 in Shuri.
Died April 15th, 1944 at 74 years old in Shuri.
Jakob von Uexküll
Baltic german biologist, zoologist, and philosopher (1864-1944).
Born September 8th, 1864 in Koonga Rural Municipality.
Died July 25th, 1944 at 79 years old in Capri.
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.
Otto von Below
German general (1857–1944).
Born January 18th, 1857 in Gdańsk.
Died March 15th, 1944 at 87 years old in Friedland.
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.
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.
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).
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