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In the year 1944
561 Notable deaths
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Italian poet and editor, founder of the futurist movement (1876-1944).
Born December 22nd, 1876 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1944 at 67 years old in Bellagio (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Orde Wingate
British army officer, creator of the chindit mission in world war ii.
Born February 26th, 1903 in Nainital. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1944 at 41 years old in Kingdom of Manipur. [ref]
Romain Rolland
French author (1866-1944).
Born January 29th, 1866 in Clamecy. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1944 at 78 years old in Vézelay (tuberculosis). [ref]
Ștefania Mărăcineanu
Romanian physicist (1882-1944).
Born June 30th, 1882 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1944 at 62 years old in Bucharest.
Christian Wirth
Nazi german police chief, extermination camp commandant, holocaust perpetrator.
Born November 24th, 1885 in Balzheim.
Died May 26th, 1944 at 58 years old in Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina (ballistic trauma).
Leo Baekeland
Belgium american inventor (1863-1944).
Born November 14th, 1863 in Ghent. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1944 at 80 years old in Beacon (cerebral hemorrhage).
Harold Lowe
British sailor (1882-1944).
Born November 21st, 1882 in Llanrhos.
Died May 12th, 1944 at 61 years old in Deganwy.
William Heath Robinson
British illustrator.
Born May 31st, 1872 in London. [ref]
Died September 13th, 1944 at 72 years old in London.
William Hale Thompson
American politician (1869–1944).
Born May 14th, 1869 in Boston.
Died March 19th, 1944 at 74 years old in The Blackstone Hotel.
Alexis Carrel
French surgeon and biologist.
Born June 28th, 1873 in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1944 at 71 years old in Paris. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 561
We owe respect to the living; to the dead we owe only truth. Voltaire