01 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869) |
|
01 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862) |
|
03 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873) |
|
04 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Henri "Hans" Flu: Indonesian / Dutch family doctor / antifascist, murder
|
|
04 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898) |
|
05 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Adolph Goldschmidt: German / Swiss art historian, dies at 80
|
|
06 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878) |
|
06 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Ida Tarbell, American journalist, author, and educator (b. 1857) |
|
07 Jan 1944
|
death
|
J Verleun: Dutch resistance fighter, executed
|
|
07 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek lawyer and poet (b. 1888) |
|
07 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Lou Henry Hoover, American wife of Herbert Hoover, 33rd First Lady of the United States (b. 1874) |
|
08 Jan 1944
|
death
|
William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American businessman (b. 1878) |
|
11 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician; Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1903) |
|
11 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano Italian politician, dies
|
|
12 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915) |
|
14 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Mohammed Emin Yurdakul Turkish poet, dies at about 74
|
|
15 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Robert J. Kirby, American police officer (b. 1890) |
|
19 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Harold Fraser-Simson composer, dies at 71
|
|
20 Jan 1944
|
death
|
James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860) |
|
21 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74
|
|
21 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein German major/pilot, shot down
|
|
23 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863) |
|
29 Jan 1944
|
death
|
William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868) |
|
31 Jan 1944
|
death
|
Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882) |
|
01 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Martin Lunssens: Composer, dies at 72
|
|
01 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (b. 1872) |
|
03 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865) |
|
04 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872) |
|
05 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Robert E Park: Sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79
|
|
07 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1874) |
|
10 Feb 1944
|
death
|
E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and chess player (b. 1870) |
|
11 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Ivan Sollertinski friend of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, dies
|
|
16 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870) |
|
16 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Henri Nathansen, Danish author, playwright, and director (b. 1868) |
|
16 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Edmund von Borck composer, dies at 37
|
|
17 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Fausto Agnelli Swiss painter, dies at 64
|
|
19 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg composer, dies at 76
|
|
21 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873) |
|
22 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist, wife of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1869) |
|
23 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863) |
|
23 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Leo Hendrick Baekeland inventor (Bakelite), dies
|
|
24 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Leo H A Baekeland Belgian/US chemist (bakelite), dies at 80
|
|
29 Feb 1944
|
death
|
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd President of Finland (b. 1861) |
|
01 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Formans: Director Milos Formans mother, dies in Auschwitz
|
|
04 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Emanuel Weiss, American gangster (b. 1906) |
|
04 Mar 1944
|
death
|
René Lefebvre, French businessman (b. 1879) |
|
04 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Louis Capone, Italian-American gangster (b. 1896) |
|
04 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Louis Buchalter, American mob boss (b. 1897) |
|
04 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and activist (b. 1855) |
|
05 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876) |
|
10 Mar 1944
|
death
|
David Vogel Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52
|
|
11 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882) |
|
11 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Hendrik W van Loon Netherlands/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62
|
|
14 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Pavel Grigor'yevich composer, dies at 66
|
|
15 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Otto von Below German commandant (WWI), dies at 86
|
|
18 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Benjamin Delmonte theater director/actor, dies at 79
|
|
19 Mar 1944
|
death
|
William Hale Thompson, American politician, 41st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1869) |
|
20 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Felix Woyrsch composer, dies at 83
|
|
22 Mar 1944
|
death
|
... Pucheu French Internal minister to Vichy, executed
|
|
23 Mar 1944
|
death
|
O C Wingate British General-Major (Burma), dies in air crash
|
|
24 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Orde Wingate, Indian-English general (b. 1903) |
|
26 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Benjamin Cr
|
|
27 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Eduino Francini, Italian partisan (b. 1925) |
|
28 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Chayyim Most: Rabbi / Maggid of Kovono, killed by Nazis
|
|
28 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869) |
|
28 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Rabbi Chayyim Most Maggid of Kovono, killed by Nazis
|
|
28 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Stephen Butler Leacock writer/economist (Literary Lapses), dies at 75
|
|
31 Mar 1944
|
death
|
Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (b. 1885) |
|
02 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Mikulas Moyzes: Composer, dies at 71
|
|
04 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Karel Weis: Composer, dies at 82
|
|
05 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Isolde Kurz: German writer / poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90
|
|
05 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Willy Derby [Dieben]: Singer (Hello Bandoeng)
|
|
07 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Johann Gruber, Austrian priest (b. 1889) |
|
09 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski: Composer, dies at 59
|
|
09 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920) |
|
13 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (b. 1857) |
|
13 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Cecile Chaminade composer, dies at 86
|
|
13 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Paul Hazard French literature historian, dies at 65
|
|
15 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901) |
|
17 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893) |
|
17 Apr 1944
|
death
|
J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867) |
|
18 Apr 1944
|
death
|
C
|
|
19 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Tommy Hitchcock polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies at 44
|
|
20 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917) |
|
22 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913) |
|
22 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Mezio Agostini composer, dies at 68
|
|
24 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888) |
|
25 Apr 1944
|
death
|
William Stephens, American engineer and politician, 24th Governor of California (b. 1859) |
|
25 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player (b. 1859) |
|
25 Apr 1944
|
death
|
George Herriman, American cartoonist (b. 1880) |
|
26 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893) |
|
28 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Frank Knox, American journalist and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1874) |
|
28 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Mohammed Alim Khan, Manghud ruler (b. 1880) |
|
29 Apr 1944
|
death
|
Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851) |
|
05 May 1944
|
death
|
Bertha Benz German wife of Karl Benz (b. 1849) |
|
08 May 1944
|
death
|
Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882) |
|
09 May 1944
|
death
|
Ethel Mary Smyth: Composer, dies at 86
|
|
11 May 1944
|
death
|
Henk Hos resistance fighter, executed at 37
|
|
12 May 1944
|
death
|
Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863) |
|
12 May 1944
|
death
|
Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892) |
|
12 May 1944
|
death
|
Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q] British author/critic, dies at 80
|
|
16 May 1944
|
death
|
George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866) |
|
16 May 1944
|
death
|
Leone Sinigaglia composer, dies at 75
|
|
16 May 1944
|
death
|
Max Brand [Frederick Schiller Faust] western author, dies
|
|
26 May 1944
|
death
|
Christian Wirth, German SS officer (b. 1885) |
|
26 May 1944
|
death
|
C M Francois cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for South Africa), dies
|
|
28 May 1944
|
death
|
Katri Vala Finnish poet, dies at 42
|
|
30 May 1944
|
death
|
Jessie Ralph actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79
|
|
05 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Riccardo Zandonai: Composer, dies at 61
|
|
06 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Danny Brotheridge: British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day
|
|
06 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Gerrit John van de Peat: Artist / resistance fighter, executed at 41
|
|
09 Jun 1944
|
death
|
99 inhabitants of Tulle hanged by SS
|
|
10 Jun 1944
|
death
|
French Duwaer: Dutch printer / resistance fighter, executed
|
|
10 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Gerrit Jan van der Veen [Wolffensperger]: Resister, executed at 41
|
|
10 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Johan Limpers: Sculptor / resistance fighter, executed at 28
|
|
10 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician (b. 1910) |
|
14 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Lubor Niederle: Czech archaeologist / slavist, dies at 78
|
|
14 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Robert H Iseley: US pilot / lt-comdr (Saipan), dies in battle
|
|
16 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886) |
|
19 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Han Yong-woon: Zen teacher, dies at 65 in Seoul County, Korea
|
|
21 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Jan Bonekamp: Dutch resistance fighter / friend of Hannie Schaft
|
|
24 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Rio Gebhardt: Composer, dies at 36
|
|
25 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Dénes Berinkey, Hungarian jurist and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1871) |
|
25 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Lucha Reyes, Mexican singer and actress (b. 1906) |
|
27 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Werner Wehrli: Composer, dies at 52
|
|
27 Jun 1944
|
death
|
Milan Hodža, Czech politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1878) |
|
01 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Carl Mayer, Austrian screenwriter (b. 1894) |
|
01 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Tanya Savicheva, Russian author (b. 1930) |
|
05 Jul 1944
|
death
|
William Gillies Whittaker: Composer, dies at 67
|
|
07 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Erich Salomon: German photographer
|
|
07 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Georges Mandel [Louis Rothschild]: French foreign min (-1940)
|
|
11 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Wolfgang Redlich: German major / pilot, dies in battle
|
|
12 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1887) |
|
14 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (b. 1884) |
|
15 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (b. 1885) |
|
16 Jul 1944
|
death
|
John Post: Dutch farmer / resistance fighter (passage fight), executed
|
|
17 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Hugh Rigby: English portrait Painter (King George V 1928-32)
|
|
17 Jul 1944
|
death
|
William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898) |
|
18 Jul 1944
|
death
|
George A Hartland: English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60
|
|
18 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet and author (b. 1870) |
|
19 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Carl Bock: Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated
|
|
19 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Harry CA Eyres: British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania), dies at 87
|
|
19 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Will Marion Cook: Composer, dies at 75
|
|
20 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Arthur J Treadwell: English Mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71
|
|
20 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Brandt: Col / German staff chief, dies in bombing
|
|
20 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg: Count / German antifascist Colonel
|
|
20 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Friedrich Olbricht: German General (July 20th plotter), executed
|
|
20 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Heinz Burns: German (1936 Olympics - Gold Medalist), dies in bombing
|
|
20 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Korten: Chief General of Germany Luftwaffe, dies in bomb explosion
|
|
20 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Mertz: German Colonel (July 20th plotter), executed
|
|
20 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Werner von Haeffen: German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed
|
|
20 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Ludwig Beck, German general (b. 1880) |
|
20 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Mildred Harris, American actress (b. 1901) |
|
21 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Gerrit van den Bosch: Led illegal Dutch CPN party, dies in Dachau
|
|
21 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Henning von Tresckow: General Major, "July 20th plotter", commits suicide
|
|
21 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier, executed for role in the 20 July plot (b. 1907) |
|
23 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Bernard M Cohen: Attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp
|
|
23 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Helmuth J von Moltke: German Earl (July 20th plotter), executed
|
|
23 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Max HHR Nettlau: Austrian Historian (Der Anarchismus), dies at 79
|
|
24 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Jan Postma: Leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49
|
|
26 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Reza Sjah Pahlawi [Reza Chan]: Cossack officer / shah of Persia
|
|
27 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls: Composer, dies at 68
|
|
31 Jul 1944
|
death
|
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900) |
|
01 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878) |
|
03 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Felix Nussbaum: German Painter (Widerstandskunst), dies in Auschwitz
|
|
03 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Felka Platek: Wife of Painter Felix Nussbaum, dies in Auschwitz
|
|
05 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906) |
|
08 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881) |
|
08 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Michael Wittmann, German commander (b. 1914) |
|
10 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Berthold Schenk von Stauffenberg: Attempt Hitler assassination
|
|
12 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915) |
|
16 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Roman Padlewski: Composer, dies at 28
|
|
17 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (b. 1882) |
|
19 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Henry J Wood: English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75
|
|
22 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Raymond Aimos: Actor (Golem, Mayerling, La Bandera), dies at 55
|
|
23 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets: Composer, dies at 63
|
|
25 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Krijn van den Helm: Resistance fighter (KP Leeuwarden), shot to death
|
|
25 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Mussa Dshalil: Writer
|
|
29 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Attik, Greek composer (b. 1885) |
|
30 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Morten Nielsen: Danish resistance fighter
|
|
31 Aug 1944
|
death
|
Killinger: German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide
|
|
02 Sep 1944
|
death
|
George W Norris: US senator (lame duck-amendement)
|
|
02 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Bella Rosenfeld, Russian-American model and author (b. 1895) |
|
03 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Frantisek Alois Drdla: Composer, dies at 75
|
|
04 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Izaak van der Horst: Dutch resistance fighter, executed
|
|
04 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886) |
|
05 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Willem M Groenewegen: Resistance fighter, executed
|
|
06 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Robert Lejour: Belgian lawyer / resistance fighter, murdered
|
|
07 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes: Composer, dies at 70
|
|
08 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1881) |
|
10 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Jaap P Musch: Dutch resistance fighter, murdered by Nazis
|
|
12 Sep 1944
|
death
|
William Stickney, American golfer (b. 1879) |
|
13 Sep 1944
|
death
|
W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (b. 1872) |
|
15 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Walter Middelberg, Dutch rower (b. 1875) |
|
16 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Gustav Bauer, German politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870) |
|
17 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Kussin: German General Major / commanding Arnhem, dies in battle
|
|
17 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Eugen Habermann, Estonian architect (b. 1884) |
|
18 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Anthony Stefanich: British boxer / captain, killed in Arnhem
|
|
18 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Hendrikus Colijn: Dutch Premier (1933-39), dies at 75
|
|
18 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Hubert Ahaus: Chaplin (Godsrijk), dies at 67
|
|
18 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Peter Waddy: British major 1st Para Brigade, dies in battle in Arnhem
|
|
18 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Robert Cole: US Lieutenant Colonel, dies in battle at Best
|
|
18 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915) |
|
19 Sep 1944
|
death
|
David Lord: British lieutenant / Dakota-pilot DFC / VC, dies in battle
|
|
19 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Hilary Barlow: British Colonel
|
|
19 Sep 1944
|
death
|
John AC Fitch: British Lieutenant Colonel, dies in battle in Arnhem
|
|
19 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918) |
|
20 Sep 1944
|
death
|
John Grayburn: English (Victoria Cross), dies in battle in Arnhem
|
|
21 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Artur Phleps, Romanian general (b. 1881) |
|
22 Sep 1944
|
death
|
"Cab" Calloway: British scout, dies in battle of Oosterbeek
|
|
23 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Colijn: Netherlands Prime Minister, buried
|
|
23 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author (b. 1875) |
|
25 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Jakob Schaffner: Swiss writer (Irrfahrten), dies at 68
|
|
25 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Leo Justinus Kauffmann: Composer, dies at 43
|
|
26 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Ernst Isler: Composer, dies at 64
|
|
27 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Aristide Maillol: Fr Sculptor / graphic artist, dies in car crash at 82
|
|
27 Sep 1944
|
death
|
Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (b. 1890) |
|
04 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Al Smith, American politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873) |
|
05 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Joseph B "Aristide" Maillol: French Sculptor / graphic artist
|
|
07 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (b. 1918) |
|
08 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Wendell Lewis Wilkie: Republican politician, dies at 52
|
|
08 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892) |
|
14 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Erwin Rommel, German general (b. 1891) |
|
15 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Philip Mechanicus: Journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau
|
|
16 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Eric Westberg: Composer, dies at 52
|
|
16 Oct 1944
|
death
|
John Eigenhuis: Writer (The Dike), dies at 78
|
|
17 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Pavel Haas: Composer, dies at 45
|
|
20 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Gabriel Groulez: Composer, dies at 65
|
|
21 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877) |
|
23 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877) |
|
23 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931) |
|
24 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Lauri S A Haarla: Finnish writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja), dies at 54
|
|
24 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Louis Renault, French businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877) |
|
25 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Fake Krist: Nazi collaborator, killed
|
|
26 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857) |
|
26 Oct 1944
|
death
|
William Temple, English archbishop (b. 1881) |
|
27 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Iman J Van de Bosch: Belgian resistance fighter
|
|
30 Oct 1944
|
death
|
Paul Emile Ladmirault: Composer, dies at 66
|
|
02 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer (b. 1889) |
|
05 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873) |
|
06 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Hannah Senesh: Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest
|
|
06 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Lord Moyne: British prefect (Middle-East), murdered
|
|
06 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Segundo "Boy" Ecury: Aruba -- WWII resistance fighter, executed at 22
|
|
07 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Richard Sorge & Ozaki: Spies, hanged in Tokyo
|
|
08 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Walter Nowotny: German combat / jet fighter pilot
|
|
12 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Edgar Stillman Kelley: US Composer (Gulliver), dies at 87
|
|
12 Nov 1944
|
death
|
George D Birkhoff: US Mathematician (Aesthetic measure), dies at 60
|
|
12 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Roy Agnew: Composer, dies at 51
|
|
13 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Paul Graener: Composer, dies at 72
|
|
13 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Wang Tjing-Wei: Premier China (1932-35)
|
|
15 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Maarten Reuchlin: Resistance fighter, executed
|
|
20 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Sekio Nishina: Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine)
|
|
22 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Arthur Stanley Eddington
|
|
24 Nov 1944
|
death
|
EMHCH Houtappel: Resistance fighter: in Neuengamme
|
|
24 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Vaclav Stepan: Composer, dies at 54
|
|
25 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Kenesaw Mountain Landis: Judge / baseball commisioner, dies at 78
|
|
25 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Kenesaw Landis baseball commisioner, dies
|
|
27 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Leonid Mandelstam, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1879) |
|
28 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Bijnen: Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn
|
|
28 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Camille Looten: Belgian priest / literature historian
|
|
28 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Joop Brouwer de Koning: Youngest Dutch radio operator, executed at 25
|
|
28 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Lode Zielens: Flemish Author / journalist, dies at 43
|
|
30 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Max Halbe: Writer, dies at 79
|
|
30 Nov 1944
|
death
|
Paul Masson, French cyclist (b. 1876) |
|
02 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Filippo T Marinetti: Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67
|
|
02 Dec 1944
|
death
|
JW Ummels: Dutch resistance fighter (House of Saxon-Nazi)
|
|
02 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874) |
|
02 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876) |
|
02 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (b. 1917) |
|
03 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Delfien Vanhaute: Flemish pastor / Poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75
|
|
04 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879) |
|
09 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Laird Cregar, American actor (b. 1913) |
|
10 Dec 1944
|
death
|
John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1922) |
|
13 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Vassily Kandinsky: Abstract artist (Dreamy Inspiration), dies at 78
|
|
13 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (b. 1866) |
|
13 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Lupe Vélez, Mexican-American actress and singer (b. 1908) |
|
13 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Vassily V Kandinsky abstract artist (Dreamy Inspiration), dies at 78
|
|
13 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Lupe Velez actress (Joe Palooka), overdoses on seconal at 34
|
|
15 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904) |
|
16 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Betsie ten Boom, Dutch holocaust victim (b. 1885) |
|
16 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Glenn Miller US jazz composer/orchestra leader (Danny boy), dies at 40
|
|
17 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Vassily V Kandinsky: Russian / German / French painter
|
|
17 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Pieter A Roodenburgh student/resistance fighter, dies at 26
|
|
18 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Alexander Cudmore, American soccer player (b. 1888) |
|
19 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Abbas II of Egypt (b. 1874) |
|
19 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Rudolph Karstadt, German businessman (b. 1856) |
|
20 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Abbas Hilmi II viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at 70
|
|
22 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Harry Langdon, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1884) |
|
22 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Eleni Papadaki, Greek actress and singer (b. 1903) |
|
22 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Antoine Mariotte composer, dies on 69th birthday
|
|
24 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Joseph Gustav Mraczek composer, dies at 66
|
|
25 Dec 1944
|
death
|
George Steer, South African-English journalist and author (b. 1909) |
|
27 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach composer, dies at 77
|
|
30 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866) |
|
30 Dec 1944
|
death
|
Romain Roland French writer/pacifist (Nobel 1915), dies at 78
|
|