In the year 1944
628 Notable deaths
Harry Chamberlin
Equestrian and us army brigadier general (1887–1944).
Born May 19th, 1887 in Elgin. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1944 at 57 years old
Ernst Cohen
Dutch chemist.
Born March 7th, 1869 in Amsterdam.
Died March 6th, 1944 at 74 years old in Auschwitz, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Henri Ghéon
French writer (1875–1944).
Born March 15th, 1875 in Bray-sur-Seine.
Died June 13th, 1944 at 69 years old in Paris (cancer).
Margaret Eliza Maltby
American physicist (1860–1944).
Born December 10th, 1860 in Bristolville.
Died May 3rd, 1944 at 83 years old in New York City.
Jean Prévost
French resistance member.
Born June 13th, 1901 in Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1944 at 43 years old in Sassenage. [ref]
Voldemārs Veiss
Latvian army and latvian legion officer.
Born November 7th, 1899 in Riga.
Died April 17th, 1944 at 44 years old in Riga.
Michael Pedersen Friis
Journalist and an official and 1911-1923 he was the public trustee of denmark.
Born October 22nd, 1857 in Odense.
Died April 24th, 1944 at 86 years old in Copenhagen.
Stuart Paton
British director, screenwriter and actor (1883-1944).
Born July 23rd, 1883 in Glasgow. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1944 at 61 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Maria Rodziewiczówna
Polish writer (1864–1944).
Born February 11th, 1863 in Pianiuha. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1944 at 81 years old in Żelazna.
Toni Merkens
German racing cyclist.
Born June 21st, 1912 in Cologne.
Died June 20th, 1944 at 31 years old in Bad Wildbad.
Deaths 461 to 470 of 628
Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters. Horace