In the year 1944
581 Notable deaths
Elmer Gedeon
United states navy captain, major league baseball player, one of two mlb players killed in world war ii (1917-1944).
Born April 15th, 1917 in Cleveland.
Died April 20th, 1944 at 27 years old in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (killed in action).
Sir Edmund Backhouse, 2nd Baronet
Quaker, sinologist (1873–1944).
Born October 20th, 1873 in Darlington.
Died January 8th, 1944 at 70 years old in Beijing.
Kakuji Kakuta
Japanese admiral (1890-1944).
Born September 23rd, 1890 in Niigata Prefecture.
Died August 2nd, 1944 at 53 years old in Tinian.
Jacques Roumain
Haitian politician and poet (1907-1944).
Born June 4th, 1907 in Port-au-Prince. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1944 at 37 years old in Port-au-Prince (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Jean Cavaillès
French philosopher and mathematician.
Born May 15th, 1903 in Saint-Maixent-l'École. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1944 at 40 years old in Arras (ballistic trauma).
Pierre Brossolette
French politician (1903-1944).
Born June 25th, 1903 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1944 at 40 years old in Paris (falling). [ref]
Paul von Hase
German general.
Born July 24th, 1885 in Hanover.
Died August 8th, 1944 at 59 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Jakob Johann von Uexküll
Baltic german biologist, zoologist, and philosopher (1864-1944).
Born September 8th, 1864 in Koonga Rural Municipality. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1944 at 79 years old in Capri.
Gerhard Palitzsch
German ss nco (1913-1944).
Born June 17th, 1913 in Großopitz.
Died December 7th, 1944 at 31 years old in Budapest.
Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg
German politician (1902-1944).
Born September 5th, 1902 in London.
Died August 10th, 1944 at 41 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
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Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time… It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. Leo Buscaglia