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
May 1 Napoleon SoukatzidisGreek communist and trade unionist (b. 1909).
May 4 Maceo Carloni
May 4 Burton L. King
May 6 Giacomo Montanelli
May 6 Carl Engel
May 8 Themistoklis DiakidisHigh jumper from greece (born 1882).
May 9 Han Yong-unKorean poet and social reformer (b. 1879).
May 9 Totò Majorana
May 9 Venanzio Gabriotti
May 12 Max BrandAmerican journalist and author (b. 1892).
May 12 Arthur Quiller-CouchEnglish author, poet, and critic (b. 1863).
May 13 Giovanni Maria Longinotti
May 13 William Dickey
May 13 Carlo Magnaghi
May 16 George AdeAmerican journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866).
May 16 Filip MișeaAromanian activist, physician and politician (b. 1873).
May 21 Edmund Mortimer
May 21 Raimondo Saverino
May 22 Adolf Tortilowicz von Batocki-Friebe
May 26 Christian WirthGerman military, an ss major, and head of the death camps organisation in poland 1942-1943.
May 26 Guglielmo Cartia
May 26 Edmund Horton
May 26 Heinrich Knirr
May 26 Vincenzo Pacifici
May 28 Michelangelo Peroglio
May 28 Maria Giuseppina di Sassonia
May 30 Eugenio Colorni
May 30 Delfino Thermignon
May 30 William Sorelle
May 30 Newman Samuel