In the year 1944
628 Notable deaths
George Clausen
British artist (1852-1944).
Born April 18th, 1852 in London. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1944 at 92 years old in London. [ref]
Erich Salomon
German photojournalist (1886-1944).
Born April 28th, 1886 in Berlin. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1944 at 58 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Jean Zay
French politician, minister of national education and fine arts (1904-1944).
Born August 6th, 1904 in Orléans. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1944 at 39 years old in Molles (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Dietrich Kraiss
German general (1889-1944).
Born November 16th, 1889 in Stuttgart.
Died August 6th, 1944 at 54 years old in Saint-Lô.
Josef Lhévinne
Russian pianist (1874–1944).
Born December 13th, 1874 in Oryol.
Died December 2nd, 1944 at 69 years old in New York City.
Jimmie Noone
American musician.
Born April 23rd, 1895 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1944 at 48 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Georg von Boeselager
German noble and army officer (1915-1944).
Born August 25th, 1915 in Burg Heimerzheim.
Died August 29th, 1944 at 29 years old in Western Bug.
Will Marion Cook
African american composer and violinist (1869–1944).
Born January 27th, 1869 in Washington, D.C..
Died July 20th, 1944 at 75 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer, heart disease).
Tsunesaburō Makiguchi
Japanese educator (1871-1944).
Born June 6th, 1871 in Kashiwazaki. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1944 at 73 years old in Tokyo (mal nutrition). [ref]
Israel Joshua Singer
Polish american yiddish novelist and translator (1893-1944).
Born November 30th, 1893 in Biłgoraj.
Died February 10th, 1944 at 50 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 271 to 280 of 628
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain