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In the year 1944
627 Notable deaths
Miklós Radnóti
Hungarian jewish christian poet.
Born May 5th, 1909 in Budapest. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1944 at 35 years old in Abda (ballistic trauma). [ref]
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.
Patriarch Sergius of Moscow
Head of the russian orthodox church (1867–1944).
Born January 23rd, 1867 in Arzamas.
Died May 15th, 1944 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Benjamin Fondane
Romanian-french writer.
Born November 14th, 1898 in Iași.
Died October 3rd, 1944 at 45 years old in Auschwitz.
Liviu Rebreanu
Romanian writer (1885-1944).
Born November 27th, 1885 in Târlișua.
Died September 1st, 1944 at 58 years old in Valea Mare-Podgoria (lung disease). [ref]
Joseph Jastrow
American psychologist (1863-1944).
Born January 30th, 1863 in Warsaw.
Died January 8th, 1944 at 80 years old in Stockbridge.
Inigo Campioni
Italian naval officer (1878-1944).
Born November 14th, 1878 in Viareggio.
Died May 24th, 1944 at 65 years old in Parma (gunshot wound).
Prince Gustav of Denmark
Danish prince (1887–1944).
Born March 4th, 1887 in Charlottenlund Palace.
Died October 5th, 1944 at 57 years old in Egelund House.
Marion Harris
American singer (1896-1944).
Born April 4th, 1896 in Indiana.
Died April 23rd, 1944 at 48 years old in Manhattan.
Ferdinand Sammern-Frankenegg
Austrian member of the nazi party (1897-1944).
Born March 17th, 1897 in Grieskirchen.
Died September 20th, 1944 at 47 years old in Banja Luka.
Deaths 211 to 220 of 627
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