1944 deaths

French writer and aviator (1900–1944)

French author (1866-1944)

Norwegian painter (1863–1944)

German field marshal (1891-1944)

avant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866-1944)

Dutch painter (1872–1944)

French surgeon and biologist

Reza Shah Pahlavi was Shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. Originally an army officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war and prime minister of Iran, and was elected shah following the deposition of Ahmad Shah, the last monarch of the Qajar dynasty.

English physicist (1877-1944)

German aristocrat, army officer and resistance fighter (1907-1944)

British astrophysicist (1882-1944)

Italian poet and editor, founder of the Futurist movement (1876-1944)

German communist politician, leader of Communist Party of Germany (1886–1944)

American band leader, arranger, and composer (1904–1944)

French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944)

French historian (1886–1944)

Soviet spy in Germany and Japan (1895－1944)

last caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty (1868–1944)

Italian noble, diplomat and politician (1903-1944)

President of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944

Russian chemist and photographer (1863–1944)

President of Finland (1861–1944)

Belgium American inventor (1863-1944)

French poet, painter, writer and critic (1876-1944)

first President of Lithuania from 4 April 1919 until 19 June 1920 (1874-1944)

First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933

Japanese association football player (1913–1944)

German trade unionist and chancellor (1870–1944)

Khedive of Egypt (1874-1944) (r. 1892-1914)

Italian philosopher, educator, fascist theoretician and politician (1875-1944)

American child prodigy (1898-1944)

Greek prince; father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1882-1944)

WW2 SOE British agent (1914–1944)

Soviet general

sculptor from France (1861–1944)

German general (1882-1944)

wife of Mahatma Gandhi, an Indian leader of British era (1869-1944)

Chinese politician, leader of Wang Jingwei regime (1883-1944)

German automobile pioneer, with husband Karl Benz (1849–1944)

Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator (1896-1944)

Japanese admiral

British architect (1869–1944)

German field marshal (1881–1944)

American chess player

German general (1880–1944)

Soviet poet

Canadian writer and economist (1869–1944)

Member of the House of Battenberg (1857–1944)

German general and member of the resistance of 20 July 1944 (1901-1944)

Italian General (1866-1944)

Indian film producer, director and screenwriter (1870–1944)

Swedish artist (1862–1944)

German Waffen-SS tank commander

American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability (1868–1944)

German general (1888–1944)

Russian Orthodox Christian theologian, philosopher, priest and economist (1871–1944)

German general (1886–1944)

American actress (1901–1944)

American statesman and governor (1873–1944)

Greek astronomer