Famous people and celebrities who died in December 1944

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in December 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

• Dec. 2 Eiji Sawamura

  Famous Japanese baseball player and soldier who died during World War II, known for his exceptional pitching skills and tragic early death.

• Dec. 2 Josef Lhévinne

  Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)

• Dec. 2 Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

  Egyptian-italian poet and composer (b. 1876)

• Dec. 2 JW Ummels

  Dutch resistance fighter (house of saxon nazi)

• Dec. 3 Delfien Vanhaute

  Flemish pastor/poet (ark of noah), died at 75

• Dec. 4 Roger Bresnahan

  American baseball manager and player (d. 1944).

• Dec. 10 John Brunt

  British military hero awarded the Victoria Cross for exceptional bravery during World War II, killed in action in 1944.

• Dec. 10 Paul Otlet

  Belgian author, entrepreneur and visionary. he is also a lawyer and peace activist. otlet is credited with the creation of the universal decimal classification (one of the most famous examples of faceted classification). otlet was responsible to the widespread adoption of the american 3x5-inch index card in europe. this card was used up until recently in all library catalogs in …

• Dec. 13 Lupe Velez

  Mexican-American actress known for her fiery personality and prominent roles in Hollywood during the Golden Age of cinema, particularly in the 1930s and 1940s.

• Dec. 13 Wassily Kandinsky

  Russian-french painter and theorist (b. 1866)

• Dec. 15 Glenn Miller

  Legendary big band leader and trombonist who revolutionized swing music during the 1930s and 1940s. He was a pivotal figure in American popular music, creating iconic hits that defined the swing era. Miller tragically disappeared during a World War II military flight in 1944.

• Dec. 16 Betsie ten Boom

  Dutch holocaust victim (b. 1885)

• Dec. 17 Pieter A Roodenburgh

  26. death of student/resistance fighter

• Dec. 19 Rudolph Karstadt

  German entrepreneur (born 1856)

• Dec. 19 Abbas II

  Abbas ii of egypt (d. 444)

• Dec. 20 Abbas Hilmi II

  Viceroy of egypt (1892-1914), died at the age of 70.

• Dec. 22 Harry Langdon

  American actor, comedian, and vaudevillian (b. 1884)

• Dec. 22 Antoine Mariotte

  French composer, chemical researcher, and physicist.

• Dec. 24 Joseph Gustav Mraczek

  Composer dies at 66

• Dec. 25 George Steer

  South african-english journalist and author (b. 1909)

• Dec. 27 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach

  Composer dies at 77

• Dec. 29 Khasan Israilov

  Chechen rebel (b. 1910)

• Dec. 30 Romain Rolland

  LIT - French writer and Nobel Prize laureate known for his novel 'Jean-Christophe'.