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In the year 1944
629 Notable deaths
Karol Irzykowski
Polish writer (1873-1944).
Born January 23rd, 1873 in Błażkowa, Podkarpackie Voivodeship. [ref]
Died November 2nd, 1944 at 71 years old in Żyrardów (gunshot wound). [ref]
Eugénio de Castro
Portuguese poet (1869–1944).
Born March 4th, 1869 in Coimbra.
Died August 17th, 1944 at 75 years old in Coimbra.
Galina Romanova
Ukrainian doctor, member of the german resistance (1918-1944).
Born December 25th, 1918.
Died November 3rd, 1944 at 25 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
Carl Eduard Hellmayr
Austrian ornithologist (1878-1944).
Born January 29th, 1878 in Vienna.
Died February 24th, 1944 at 66 years old in Orselina.
Kustaa Pihlajamäki
Olympic wrestler.
Born April 7th, 1902 in Nurmo.
Died February 10th, 1944 at 41 years old in Helsinki (peritonitis).
Eugène Louis Bouvier
French entomologist & carcinologist.
Born April 9th, 1856 in Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1944 at 87 years old in Paris. [ref]
Alois Kayser
German missionary.
Born March 29th, 1877 in Lupstein.
Died October 21st, 1944 at 67 years old in Chuuk.
Otto Lange
German painter (1879-1944).
Born October 29th, 1879 in Dresden.
Died December 19th, 1944 at 65 years old in Dresden.
Matylda Pálfyová
Slovak gymnast (1912–1944).
Born March 11th, 1912 in Kostoľany nad Hornádom.
Died September 23rd, 1944 at 32 years old in Brestovany (horse fall).
Vladimir Narbut
Russian writer.
Born April 14th, 1888 in Narbutivka.
Died November 15th, 1944 at 56 years old in Kolyma.
Deaths 541 to 550 of 629
Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius