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In the year 1944
562 Notable deaths
John Walter Christie
Automotive engineer and inventor (1865-1944).
Born May 6th, 1865 in Campbell-Christie House.
Died January 11th, 1944 at 78 years old in Falls Church.
Kurt Gerron
German film actor, director and singer.
Born May 11th, 1897 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1944 at 47 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Fredy Hirsch
German educationist.
Born February 11th, 1916 in Aachen. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1944 at 28 years old in Auschwitz, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Walter Heitz
German general.
Born December 8th, 1878 in Berlin.
Died February 9th, 1944 at 65 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Aliya Moldagulova
Soviet kazakh sniper and heroine of the soviet union.
Born October 25th, 1925 in Bulak.
Died January 14th, 1944 at 18 years old
Jean Giraudoux
French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright.
Born October 29th, 1882 in Bellac. [ref]
Died January 31st, 1944 at 61 years old in Paris. [ref]
George David Birkhoff
American mathematician (1884-1944).
Born March 21st, 1884 in Overisel Township. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1944 at 60 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Charles L. McNary
United states senator from oregon.
Born June 12th, 1874 in Salem.
Died February 25th, 1944 at 69 years old in Fort Lauderdale (brain cancer).
Carl Mayer
British-german screenwriter.
Born November 20th, 1894 in Graz.
Died July 1st, 1944 at 49 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Jessie Ralph
Actress (1864-1944).
Born November 5th, 1864 in Gloucester.
Died May 30th, 1944 at 79 years old in Gloucester (disease).
Deaths 151 to 160 of 562
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