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In the year 1944
629 Notable deaths
Rufino Blanco Fombona
Venezuelan writer (1874-1944).
Born June 17th, 1874 in Caracas. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1944 at 70 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Georges Melchior
French actor (1889–1944).
Born September 15th, 1889 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 2nd, 1944 at 54 years old in Levallois-Perret.
Arthur Blake
American middle distance runner (1872–1944).
Born January 26th, 1872 in Boston.
Died October 23rd, 1944 at 72 years old in Boston.
Enrica Calabresi
Italian scientist (1891–1944).
Born November 10th, 1891 in Ferrara.
Died January 20th, 1944 at 52 years old in Florence (poison).
Wolfgang Heine
German politician (1861-1944).
Born May 3rd, 1861 in Poznań. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1944 at 83 years old in Ascona. [ref]
Jaan Kikkas
Estonian weightlifter (1892-1944).
Died March 9th, 1944 at 51 years old in Tallinn (airstrike). [ref]
Ignacio Bolívar
Spanish naturalist (1850-1944).
Born November 9th, 1850 in Madrid.
Died November 19th, 1944 at 94 years old in Mexico City.
Thomas Murray
Scottish curler.
Born October 3rd, 1877 in South Lanarkshire.
Died June 3rd, 1944 at 66 years old in South Lanarkshire.
Émile Achard
French internist.
Born July 24th, 1860 in Paris. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1944 at 84 years old in Versailles. [ref]
Deaths 561 to 570 of 629
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