In the year 1944
629 Notable deaths
Jack Murdoch
Canadian rower.
Born July 18th, 1908 in Toronto.
Died October 10th, 1944 at 36 years old in Terneuzen.
Alfred Schmalzer
Austrian handball player (1912-1944).
Born October 28th, 1912 in Vienna.
Died January 21st, 1944 at 31 years old
Kuzma Chorny
Soviet playwright, opinion journalist and writer (1900-1944).
Born June 24th, 1900 in Kapyĺ District.
Died November 22nd, 1944 at 44 years old in Minsk.
Emil Juracka
Austrian handball player.
Born June 11th, 1912 in Vienna.
Died February 21st, 1944 at 31 years old
Siegfried Powolny
Austrian handball player (1915–1944).
Born September 20th, 1915 in Linz.
Died July 19th, 1944 at 28 years old
Robert Monier
French yacht racer and rugby union player (1885-1944).
Born February 20th, 1885 in Bordeaux. [ref]
Died December 6th, 1944 at 59 years old in Bordeaux. [ref]
János Krizmanich
Hungarian gymnast (1889-1944).
Born January 27th, 1889 in Kroatisch Minihof.
Died July 26th, 1944 at 55 years old in Budapest.
Gus Voerg
American rower.
Born June 7th, 1870 in Germany.
Died April 21st, 1944 at 73 years old in St. Louis.
Gaston Giran
French rower.
Born February 12th, 1892 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 26th, 1944 at 52 years old
Gösta Lundqvist
Swedish competitive sailor (1892-1944).
Born August 15th, 1892 in Gothenburg.
Died October 10th, 1944 at 52 years old in Gothenburg.
Deaths 611 to 620 of 629
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau