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In the year 1944
628 Notable deaths
David Prain
British botanist (1857-1944).
Born July 11th, 1857 in Laurencekirk. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1944 at 86 years old in Surrey. [ref]
Andrey Toshev
Prime minister of bulgaria (1867-1944).
Born April 16th, 1867 in Stara Zagora.
Died January 10th, 1944 at 76 years old in Sofia.
Yamanashi Hanzō
Japanese general (1864-1944).
Born April 6th, 1864 in Ōsumi District, Kanagawa.
Died July 2nd, 1944 at 80 years old in Kamakura.
Józef Kałuża
Polish footballer (1896-1944).
Born February 11th, 1896 in Przemyśl.
Died October 11th, 1944 at 48 years old in Kraków (meningitis).
Max Halbe
German dramatist (1865-1944).
Born October 4th, 1865 in Gdańsk.
Died November 30th, 1944 at 79 years old in Neuötting.
Jacques Pellegrin
French zoologist.
Born June 12th, 1873 in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1944 at 71 years old in Paris. [ref]
Pál Hermann
Hungarian composer and cellist (1902-1944).
Born March 27th, 1902 in Budapest.
Died May 18th, 1944 at 42 years old in Kaunas.
Adolf Jäger
German footballer (1889-1944).
Born March 31st, 1889 in Hamburg.
Died November 21st, 1944 at 55 years old in Hamburg (explosive device).
Grete Berger
German jewish actress murdered in the holocaust (1883-1944).
Born February 11th, 1883 in Krnov.
Died May 23rd, 1944 at 61 years old in Auschwitz.
Ulrich Wilcken
German historian (1862–1944).
Born December 18th, 1862 in Szczecin.
Died December 10th, 1944 at 81 years old in Baden-Baden.
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The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder