Famous people and celebrities who died in March 1944

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

• March 1 Formans

  Director milos mother, dies in auschwitz

• March 2 Ida Maclean

  British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the london chemical society (b. 1877)

• March 4 Louis Capone

  New york organized crime figure (born 1896) (executed)

• March 4 René Lefebvre

  French businessman (b. 1879)

• March 4 Louis Buchalter

  American mob boss (b. 1897)

• March 4 Fannie Barrier Williams

  American educator and activist (b. 1855)

• March 4 Emanuel Weiss

  American hitman (born in 1906) (executed).

• March 5 Max Jacob

  French poet, painter and writer. he played a key role in the development of modern poetry in the first half of the 20th century. his writing was a complex mixture of jewish, breton and parisian elements.

• March 8 Fredy Hirsch

  German jewish athlete who helped thousands of jewish children in the holocaust (b. 1916)

• March 10 David Vogel

  Ukrainian author, dies in auschwitz at age 52.

• March 11 Hendrik Willem van Loon

  Dutch-american journalist and historian (b. 1882)

• March 11 Edgar Zilsel

  Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the vienna circle (b. 1891)

• March 12 Artur Gavazzi

  Croatian academic and geographer (d. 1944).

• March 15 Otto von Below

  German commandant (wwii), dies at the age of 86.

• March 19 William Hale Thompson

  American rancher and politician, 41st mayor of chicago (b. 1869)

• March 20 Felix Woyrsch

  Composer dies at 83

• March 22 Pucheu

  French internal minister to vichy, executed

• March 23 O C Wingate

  British general-major (burma) dies in an air crash

• March 24 Orde Wingate

  Orde Wingate was a British major general who played a crucial role in World War II, organizing and leading special forces in Burma against Japanese troops. He was known for his innovative military tactics and strategic brilliance, significantly contributing to the Allied war effort.

• March 24 Orde Charles Wingate

  British major-general, prominent zionist, eccentric (born 1903)

• March 28 Stephen Leacock

  English-canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)

• March 28 Chayyim Most

  Nazis kill rabbi / maggid from kovono

• March 31 Mineichi Koga

  Admiral of the japanese fleet, died.