Famous people and celebrities who died in February 1944

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

• Feb. 1 Piet Mondrian

  Cubism inspired dutch artist, who created a highly geometric non-objective style he called neoplasticism. he was co-founder of stijl magazine in 1917 and published a book entitled "le neoplasticisme" in 1920 (french). his theories of abstraction and simplification changed the course of painting and influenced bauhaus, modern architecture and industrial design. his canvases, which are dominated by vertical and horizontal …

• Feb. 1 Martin Lunssens

  Composer dies at 72

• Feb. 3 Yvette Guilbert

  French singer and actress (b. 1865)

• Feb. 4 Arsen Kotsoyev

  Russian translator and author (d. 1944).

• Feb. 5 Robert E Park

  At 79, sociologist (human ecology and marginal man) dies.

• Feb. 7 Lina Cavalieri

  Italian opera singer, actress, and monologist, she was once referred to as "the world's most beautiful woman".

• Feb. 10 E. M. Antoniadi

  Greek-french astronomer and chess player (b. 1870)

• Feb. 10 Eugene Michel Antoniadi

  Greek astronomer (born 1870).

• Feb. 11 Ivan Sollertinski

  D sjostakovitsj, russian composer, is a friend

• Feb. 16 Dadasaheb Phalke

  Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)

• Feb. 16 Edmund von Borck

  Composer dies at 37

• Feb. 16 Henri Nathansen

  Danish stage director and writer (born 1868).

• Feb. 17 Fausto Agnelli

  Swiss painter dies at the age of 64

• Feb. 19 Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg

  Composer dies at 76

• Feb. 21 Ferenc Szisz

  Hungarian-born race car driver (born 1873)

• Feb. 22 Kasturba Gandhi

  Mahatma gandhi's indian wife (d. 1944).

• Feb. 22 Fritz Schmenkel

  Anti-nazi german who joined soviet partisans (b.1916) [99]

• Feb. 23 Leo Baekeland

  Belgian-born chemist who created velox photographic paper (1893), and bakelite (1907), which are popular, inexpensive, non-flammable, flexible, and versatile plastics that mark the beginning of modern plastics manufacturing.

• Feb. 23 Leo Hendrik Baekeland

  Flemish-american chemist, inventor of the first synthetic material, bakelite (born 1863).

• Feb. 29 Pehr Evind Svinhufvud

  Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd president of finland (b. 1861)