Famous Deaths Happened In 1944
Sunday, 16 February 2025
Jan 01 C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies on this day in history.
Jan 03 Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died in the year 1944.
Jan 04 Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder died in the year 1944.
Jan 05 In the year 1944 adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80
Jan 06 In the year 1944 death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)
Jan 07 In the year 1944 death of j Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
Jan 08 In the year 1944 death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)
Jan 11 Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies on this day in history.
Jan 12 In the year 1944 death of lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. 1915)
Jan 14 Mohammed Emin Yurdakul, Turkish poet, dies at about 74 on this day in history.
Jan 19 In the year 1944 harold Fraser-Simson, composer, dies at 71
Jan 20 In the year 1944 death of james McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (b. 1860)
Jan 21 Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74 in the year 1944.
Jan 23 Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80 on this day in history.
Jan 29 In the year 1944 william Allen White, US journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75
Jan 31 On this day in history death of jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882)
Feb 01 Martin Lunssens, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1944.
Feb 04 In the year 1944 death of yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1867)
Feb 05 In the year 1944 robert E Park, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79
Feb 07 Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (b. 1874) died in the year 1944.
Feb 08 Clem Wilson, cricketer (bro of Rockley, 2 Tests for Engld 1896), dies in the year 1944.
Feb 10 Eugène Michel Antoniadi, Greek astronomer, a crater on Mars and the Antoniadi crater on the Moon were named in his honor (b. 1870) died on this day in history.
Feb 11 In the year 1944 ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer D Sjostakovitsj, dies
Feb 16 In the year 1944 edmund von Borck, composer, dies at 37
Feb 17 In the year 1944 fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter, dies at 64
Feb 19 On this day in history siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer, dies at 76
Feb 21 In the year 1944 death of ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born race car driver (b. 1873)
Feb 22 In the year 1944 death of kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Gandhi (b. 1869)
Feb 23 On this day in history leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies
Feb 24 In the year 1944 leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80
Feb 29 Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (b. 1861) died on this day in history.
Mar 01 ... Formans, director Milos Formans mother, dies in Auschwitz in the year 1944.
Mar 04 On this day in history death of louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed)
Mar 05 On this day in history max Jacob, French writer, dies in nazi concentration camp at 67