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Famous People Who Died In 1944

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1944. This list includes people like Erwin Rommel, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include soldiers, political leaders, military leaders and artists who died in 1944. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & France and many more countries.

This ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet.

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 1 Noor Inayat Khan

Noor Inayat Khan.
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Spy
Birthdate: January 1, 1914
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Russian Empire
Died: September 13

 2 Erwin Rommel

Erwin Rommel.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: General
Birthdate: November 15, 1891
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany
Died: October 14
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

 3 Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark

Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark.
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: Son of King of Greece and Denmark, King George I
Birthdate: February 2, 1882
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Old Royal Palace, Athens, Greece
Died: December 3

 4 Florence Foster Jenkins

Florence Foster Jenkins.
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Listed In: Singers
Famous As: Socialite
Birthdate: July 19, 1868
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: November 26

 5 Claus von Stauffenberg

Claus von Stauffenberg.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Military Leader
Birthdate: November 15, 1907
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Jettingen-Scheppach, Germany
Died: July 21
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

 6 Josephine Earp

Josephine Earp
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: actor
Birthdate: 1861 AD
Birthplace: Brooklyn
Died: December 19

 7 Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Military Leader
Birthdate: September 13, 1887
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, USA
Died: July 12
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 8 Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch.
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: December 12, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ådalsbruk
Died: January 23

 9 Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Trombonist
Birthdate: March 1, 1904
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Clarinda, Iowa, United States
Died: December 15

 10 Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky.
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: December 16, 1866
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: December 13
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

 11 Rezā Shāh

Rezā Shāh.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Political figure
Birthdate: March 15, 1878
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Alasht
Died: July 26

 12 Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom

Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom.
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: Youngest Child of Queen Victoria
Birthdate: April 14, 1857
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Buckingham Palace, London, United Kingdom
Died: October 26

 13 Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Novelist, Aviator & Journalist
Birthdate: June 29, 1900
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Died: July 31

 14 Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr..
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Pilot
Birthdate: July 25, 1915
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hull, Massachusetts
Died: August 12
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

 15 Piet Mondrian

Piet Mondrian.
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: February 29, 1872
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Amersfoort, Netherlands
Died: January 31

 16 Manuel L. Quezon

Manuel L. Quezon.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Former President of the Philippines
Birthdate: August 19, 1878
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Baler
Died: August 1

 17 Kasturba Gandhi

Kasturba Gandhi.
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Listed In: Activists
Famous As: Wife of Mahatama Gandhi
Birthdate: April 11, 1869
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Porbandar
Died: February 22

 18 Lupe Vélez

Lupe Vélez
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Film actor, Stage actor
Birthdate: July 18, 1908
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: San Luis Potosí
Died: December 13
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)

 19 Violette Morris

Violette Morris
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Famous As: Athletic
Birthdate: April 18, 1893
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 26
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

 20 Abdülmecid II

Abdülmecid II
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Caliph
Birthdate: May 29, 1868
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Died: August 23

 21 Mildred Harris

Mildred Harris.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: November 29, 1901
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Died: July 20

 22 Thomas Midgley, Jr.

Thomas Midgley, Jr.
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: May 19, 1889
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Beaver Falls
Died: November 2

 23 Dadasaheb Phalke

Dadasaheb Phalke.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Father of Indian Cinema
Birthdate: April 30, 1870
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tryambakeshwar, Bombay Presidency
Died: February 16

 24 Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Politician
Birthdate: March 14, 1855
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 7

 25 Michael Wittmann

Michael Wittmann.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Military Officer
Birthdate: April 22, 1914
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vogelthal, Dietfurt, Germany
Died: August 8

 26 Aimee Semple McPherson

Aimee Semple McPherson
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Evangelist
Birthdate: October 9, 1890
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Salford, Ontario, Canada
Died: September 27

 27 Chuichi Nagumo

Chuichi Nagumo
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Admiral
Birthdate: March 25, 1887
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture
Died: July 6

 28 Wang Jingwei

Wang Jingwei.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Politician, Diplomat
Birthdate: May 4, 1883
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sanshui, Guangdong, Qing Dynasty, China
Died: November 10

 29 Alfred Emanuel Smith

Alfred Emanuel Smith.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Governor of New York
Birthdate: December 30, 1873
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York City
Died: October 4

 30 Galeazzo Ciano

Galeazzo Ciano
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Diplomat
Birthdate: March 18, 1903
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Livorno, Italy
Died: January 11

 31 Henning von Tresckow

Henning von Tresckow.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Military Officer
Birthdate: January 10, 1901
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Magdeburg, Germany
Died: July 21

 32 Richard Sorge

Richard Sorge.
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Journalist, Intelligence Officer
Birthdate: October 4, 1895
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Baku, Azerbaijan
Died: November 7

 33 Hilma af Klint

Hilma af Klint.
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: October 26, 1862
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Karlberg Palace, Solna, Sweden
Died: October 21

 34 Edwin Lutyens

Edwin Lutyens.
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Listed In: Architects
Famous As: Architect
Birthdate: March 29, 1869
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom
Died: January 1

 35 Prafulla Chandra Ray

Prafulla Chandra Ray.
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Listed In: Scientists
Famous As: Chemist
Birthdate: August 2, 1861
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Khulna
Died: June 16

 36 Günther von Kluge

Günther von Kluge
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Officer
Birthdate: October 30, 1882
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Poznań
Died: August 17

 37 Ludwig Beck

Ludwig Beck
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Writer, Military personnel
Birthdate: June 29, 1880
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wiesbaden-Biebrich
Died: July 20

 38 Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Famous As: Jurist
Birthdate: November 20, 1866
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Millville, Ohio, United States
Died: November 25

 39 Ernst Thälmann

Ernst Thälmann
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Politician, Worker, Revolutionary, Trade unionist
Birthdate: April 16, 1886
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hamburg
Died: August 18

 40 Giovanni Gentile

Giovanni Gentile
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Philosopher
Birthdate: May 30, 1875
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Castelvetrano, Italy
Died: April 15

 41 Mariya Oktyabrskaya

Mariya Oktyabrskaya
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Tankman
Birthdate: August 16, 1905
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Crimea, Russian
Died: March 15

 42 Wendell Willkie

Wendell Willkie
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Famous As: Lawyer
Birthdate: February 18, 1892
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Elwood, Indiana, USA
Died: October 8
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

 43 Arthur Eddington

Arthur Eddington.
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Listed In: Scientists
Famous As: Astronomer
Birthdate: December 28, 1882
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kendal
Died: November 22

 44 Erwin von Witzleben

Erwin von Witzleben
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Military personnel, Officer
Birthdate: December 4, 1881
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wrocław
Died: August 8

 45 Leo Baekeland

Leo Baekeland.
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Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Famous As: Chemist & Inventor
Birthdate: November 14, 1863
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Died: February 23

 46 Guy Gibson

Guy Gibson
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Military personnel
Birthdate: August 12, 1918
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Shimla
Died: September 19

 47 Louis Buchalter

Louis Buchalter.
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Listed In: Criminals
Famous As: Gangster
Birthdate: February 6, 1897
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City
Died: March 4

 48 Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii

Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii
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Listed In: Scientists
Famous As: Chemist
Birthdate: August 30, 1863
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Murom
Died: September 27

 49 Lou Henry Hoover

Lou Henry Hoover
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: U.S. First Lady, Philanthropist
Birthdate: March 29, 1874
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Waterloo, Iowa, United States
Died: January 7

 50 Ida Tarbell

Ida Tarbell.
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Journalist
Birthdate: November 5, 1857
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hatch Hollow, Amity Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 6