In the year 1944
629 Notable deaths
Siegfried Purner
Austrian handball player (1915–1944).
Born February 16th, 1915 in Innsbruck.
Died February 3rd, 1944 at 28 years old in Vitebsk Region. [ref]
Alexey Novikov-Priboy
Russian writer (1877-1944).
Born March 24th, 1877.
Died April 29th, 1944 at 67 years old in Moscow.
François Vergucht
Belgian rower (1885–1944).
Born December 30th, 1885 in Ghent, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
Died June 23rd, 1944 at 58 years old in Ghent.
Benedicto Zacconi
Brazilian footballer and manager (1906–1944).
Born October 31st, 1906 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died February 11th, 1944 at 37 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
John Muldoon
American rugby union player (1896-1944).
Died January 2nd, 1944 at 47 years old in Napa.
Konstantin Pokrovsky
Russian astronomer (1868-1944).
Born May 23rd, 1868 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died November 5th, 1944 at 76 years old in Kyiv.
George William Johnson
American politician (1869-1944).
Born November 10th, 1869 in Charles Town.
Died February 24th, 1944 at 74 years old in Martinsburg.
Charles Paumier du Vergier
Belgian sport shooter.
Born March 11th, 1874 in Schaerbeek. [ref]
Died October 7th, 1944 at 70 years old [ref]
John Symes
English cricket player (1879-1944).
Born January 11th, 1879 in Crediton.
Died September 23rd, 1944 at 65 years old in Newton Abbot. [ref]
Deaths 621 to 629 of 629
When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson