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Famous people and celebrities who died in May 1944

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in May 1944. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

  • Napoleon Soukatzidis
    May 1 Napoleon Soukatzidis

    Greek communist and trade unionist (b. 1909).

  • Maceo Carloni
    May 4 Maceo Carloni
  • Burton L. King
    May 4 Burton L. King
  • Giacomo Montanelli
    May 6 Giacomo Montanelli
  • Carl Engel
    May 6 Carl Engel
  • Themistoklis Diakidis
    May 8 Themistoklis Diakidis

    High jumper from greece (born 1882).

  • Han Yong-un
    May 9 Han Yong-un

    Korean poet and social reformer (b. 1879).

  • Totò Majorana
    May 9 Totò Majorana
  • Venanzio Gabriotti
    May 9 Venanzio Gabriotti
  • Max Brand
    May 12 Max Brand

    American journalist and author (b. 1892).

  • Arthur Quiller-Couch
    May 12 Arthur Quiller-Couch

    English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863).

  • Giovanni Maria Longinotti
    May 13 Giovanni Maria Longinotti
  • William Dickey
    May 13 William Dickey
  • Carlo Magnaghi
    May 13 Carlo Magnaghi
  • George Ade
    May 16 George Ade

    American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866).

  • Filip Mișea
    May 16 Filip Mișea

    Aromanian activist, physician and politician (b. 1873).

  • Edmund Mortimer
    May 21 Edmund Mortimer
  • Raimondo Saverino
    May 21 Raimondo Saverino
  • Adolf Tortilowicz von Batocki-Friebe
    May 22 Adolf Tortilowicz von Batocki-Friebe
  • Christian Wirth
    May 26 Christian Wirth

    German military, an ss major, and head of the death camps organisation in poland 1942-1943.

  • Guglielmo Cartia
    May 26 Guglielmo Cartia
  • Edmund Horton
    May 26 Edmund Horton
  • Heinrich Knirr
    May 26 Heinrich Knirr
  • Vincenzo Pacifici
    May 26 Vincenzo Pacifici
  • Michelangelo Peroglio
    May 28 Michelangelo Peroglio
  • Maria Giuseppina di Sassonia
    May 28 Maria Giuseppina di Sassonia
  • Eugenio Colorni
    May 30 Eugenio Colorni
  • Delfino Thermignon
    May 30 Delfino Thermignon
  • William Sorelle
    May 30 William Sorelle
  • Newman Samuel
    May 30 Newman Samuel