In the year 1944
629 Notable deaths
Kazimierz Szosland
Polish equestrian (1891-1944).
Born February 21st, 1891 in Grzymaczew.
Died April 20th, 1944 at 53 years old in Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
Cornelis Hin
Dutch manufactory director and sailor (1869-1944).
Born October 6th, 1869 in Den Helder.
Died October 21st, 1944 at 75 years old in Overveen.
Rudolf Fickeisen
German rower.
Born May 15th, 1885 in Trippstadt.
Died July 22nd, 1944 at 59 years old in Ludwigshafen.
René Pijpers
Dutch footballer (1917-1944).
Born September 15th, 1917 in Swalmen.
Died March 22nd, 1944 at 26 years old in Swalmen.
Nicolaas Moerloos
Belgian sportsperson.
Born August 10th, 1900 in Sint-Niklaas.
Died September 5th, 1944 at 44 years old in Belsele.
Dezső Wein
Hungarian gymnast (1873–1944).
Born January 19th, 1873 in Budapest.
Died June 5th, 1944 at 71 years old in Budapest.
Manuk Abeghian
Folklorist (1865-1944).
Born March 29th, 1865.
Died September 25th, 1944 at 79 years old in Yerevan.
Edmund Horton
Bobsledder (1896–1944).
Born March 25th, 1896 in Saranac Lake.
Died May 26th, 1944 at 48 years old in New York City.
Walter Middelberg
Dutch rower (1875-1944).
Born January 30th, 1875 in Zwolle.
Died September 15th, 1944 at 69 years old in Zwolle.
Deaths 601 to 610 of 629
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore