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In the year 1944
617 Notable deaths
Violette Morris
French athlete.
Born April 18th, 1893 in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1944 at 51 years old in Eure. [ref]
Louis Renault
French industrialist.
Born February 12th, 1877 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 24th, 1944 at 67 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Erich Fellgiebel
German general (1886–1944).
Born October 4th, 1886 in Popowice.
Died September 4th, 1944 at 57 years old in Plötzensee Prison (gunshot wound).
William Allen White
American newspaper editor and progressive leader (1868–1944).
Born February 10th, 1868 in Emporia.
Died January 31st, 1944 at 75 years old in Emporia.
William Temple
Archbishop of canterbury (1881-1944).
Born October 15th, 1881 in Exeter.
Died October 26th, 1944 at 63 years old in Kent.
Hans-Valentin Hube
German general (1890–1944).
Born October 29th, 1890 in Naumburg.
Died April 21st, 1944 at 53 years old in Ainring.
Sergei Bulgakov
Russian orthodox christian theologian, philosopher, priest and economist (1871-1944).
Born June 28th, 1871 in Livny.
Died July 13th, 1944 at 73 years old in Paris (laryngeal cancer).
James E. Ferguson
American banker and politician (1871-1944).
Born August 31st, 1871 in Salado.
Died September 21st, 1944 at 73 years old in Austin.
Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim
German resistance member (1905-1944).
Born March 25th, 1905 in Munich.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 39 years old in Berlin (ballistic trauma).
Robert G. Cole
United states army medal of honor recipient.
Born March 19th, 1915 in San Antonio.
Died September 18th, 1944 at 29 years old in Best.
Deaths 101 to 110 of 617
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