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In the year 1944
628 Notable deaths
Marie-Victorin
Canadian french botanist (1885-1944).
Born April 3rd, 1885 in Kingsey Falls.
Died July 15th, 1944 at 59 years old in Saint-Hyacinthe (traffic collision).
Ğäbdräşit İbrahimof
Russian journalist and writer (1857-1944).
Born April 23rd, 1857 in Tara.
Died August 31st, 1944 at 87 years old in Tokyo.
Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen
German noble (1915–1944).
Born March 6th, 1915 in Berlin.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 29 years old in Berlin (hand grenade).
Octav Băncilă
Romanian artist (1872-1944).
Born February 4th, 1872 in Botoșani. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1944 at 72 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Herbert-Ernst Vahl
German general (1896–1944).
Born October 9th, 1896 in Poznań.
Died July 22nd, 1944 at 47 years old in Thessaloniki (traffic collision).
Franc Rozman
Slovenian partisan commander (1912-1944).
Born March 27th, 1912 in Spodnje Pirniče.
Died November 7th, 1944 at 32 years old in Lokve.
Paul Hazard
French historian (1878-1944).
Born August 30th, 1878 in Noordpeene.
Died April 12th, 1944 at 65 years old in Paris.
Abdulla Aliş
Soviet tatar poet, playwright, writer and resistance fighter (1908-1944).
Born September 15th, 1908 in Köyek.
Died August 25th, 1944 at 35 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
Otto Blumenthal
German mathematician (1876-1944).
Born July 20th, 1876 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died November 13th, 1944 at 68 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Thomas Edward Campbell
American politician (1878-1944).
Born January 18th, 1878 in Prescott.
Died March 1st, 1944 at 66 years old in Phoenix (cerebral hemorrhage).
Deaths 391 to 400 of 628
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