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In the year 1944
562 Notable deaths
Lucien Pissarro
French painter (1863-1944).
Born February 20th, 1863 in Paris. [ref]
Died July 10th, 1944 at 81 years old in London. [ref]
Bernardino Machado
Portuguese president (1851-1944).
Born March 28th, 1851 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died April 29th, 1944 at 93 years old in Porto.
Félix Fénéon
French anarchist and art critic (1861-1944).
Born June 22nd, 1861 in Turin. [ref]
Died February 29th, 1944 at 82 years old in Châtenay-Malabry. [ref]
Caesar von Hofacker
German luftwaffe lieutenant-colonel, member of the 20 july 1944 plot.
Born March 11th, 1896 in Ludwigsburg.
Died December 20th, 1944 at 48 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Patriarch Sergius of Moscow
Head of the russian orthodox church (1867–1944).
Born January 23rd, 1867 in Arzamas.
Died May 15th, 1944 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Joseph Caillaux
French politician (1863-1944).
Born March 30th, 1863 in Le Mans. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1944 at 81 years old in Mamers. [ref]
Eva Heyman
Holocaust victim.
Born February 13th, 1931 in Oradea.
Died October 17th, 1944 at 13 years old in Auschwitz.
Ramón Castillo
Former president of argentina (1873-1944).
Born November 20th, 1873 in Ancasti.
Died October 12th, 1944 at 70 years old in Buenos Aires.
Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld
German resistance member (1902-1944).
Born December 21st, 1902 in Copenhagen.
Died September 8th, 1944 at 41 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Pavel Chesnokov
Pavel grigoryevich chesnokov.
Born October 24th, 1877 in Zvenigorodsky Uyezd. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1944 at 66 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Deaths 221 to 230 of 562
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler