In the year 1944
562 Notable deaths
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Dutch-american historian, journalist and author.
Born January 14th, 1882 in Rotterdam. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1944 at 62 years old in Old Greenwich. [ref]
Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony
Archduchess of austria (1867-1944).
Born May 31st, 1867 in Dresden.
Died May 28th, 1944 at 76 years old in Schloss Wildenwart.
Ralph H. Fowler
English physicist (1889-1944).
Born January 17th, 1889 in Roydon.
Died July 28th, 1944 at 55 years old in Cambridge.
Rudolf Schmundt
German general.
Born August 13th, 1896 in Metz.
Died October 1st, 1944 at 48 years old in Kętrzyn.
Alexandre Villaplane
French association football player (1905-1944).
Born September 12th, 1905 in Algiers.
Died December 26th, 1944 at 39 years old in Arcueil (ballistic trauma).
Florine Stettheimer
American painter and designer.
Born August 29th, 1871 in Rochester. [ref]
Died May 11th, 1944 at 72 years old in New York City. [ref]
Yoshitsugu Saitō
Japanese general.
Born November 2nd, 1890 in Tokyo.
Died July 10th, 1944 at 53 years old in Saipan.
Eugen Steinach
Austrian sexologist (1861-1944).
Born January 28th, 1861 in Hohenems.
Died May 14th, 1944 at 83 years old in Territet.
Shōji Nishimura
Imperial japanese navy admiral (1889-1944).
Born November 30th, 1889 in Akita.
Died October 24th, 1944 at 54 years old in Surigao Strait.
Charles Glover Barkla
English physicist (1877-1944).
Born June 7th, 1877 in Widnes.
Died October 23rd, 1944 at 67 years old in Edinburgh.
Deaths 171 to 180 of 562
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin