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In the year 1944
628 Notable deaths
Christa Winsloe
German-hungarian novelist, playwright and sculptor (1888-1944).
Born December 23rd, 1888 in Darmstadt.
Died June 10th, 1944 at 55 years old in Cluny.
Arthur Smith Woodward
English paleontologist (1864-1944).
Born May 23rd, 1864 in Macclesfield. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1944 at 80 years old in Haywards Heath. [ref]
Léon Brunschvicg
French philosopher (1869–1944).
Born November 10th, 1869 in Paris. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1944 at 74 years old in Aix-les-Bains. [ref]
Isabelino Gradín
Uruguayan footballer and sprinter (1897-1944).
Born July 8th, 1897 in Montevideo.
Died December 21st, 1944 at 47 years old in Montevideo.
Ivan Sollertinsky
Soviet polymath (1902–1944).
Born December 3rd, 1902 in Vitebsk.
Died February 11th, 1944 at 41 years old in Novosibirsk (myocardial infarction).
Otti Berger
Textile artist and weaver murdered in the holocaust (1898-1944).
Born October 4th, 1898 in Zmajevac, Kneževi Vinogradi.
Died April 27th, 1944 at 45 years old in Auschwitz. [ref]
Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven
Member of the german resistance (1899–1944).
Born November 22nd, 1899 in Courland.
Died July 26th, 1944 at 44 years old in Mamerki (hanging to death).
George B. Seitz
American film director, producer and screenwriter (1888-1944).
Born January 3rd, 1888 in Boston.
Died July 8th, 1944 at 56 years old in Hollywood.
Aino Ackté
Finnish soprano (1876-1944).
Born July 23rd, 1876 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1944 at 68 years old in Nummela (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
C. V. Boys
British physicist (1855-1944).
Born March 15th, 1855 in Rutland.
Died March 30th, 1944 at 89 years old in Andover. [ref]
Deaths 331 to 340 of 628
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy