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 Soukatzidis

  Greek communist and trade unionist (b. 1909)

• May 8 Themistoklis Diakidis

  High jumper from greece (born 1882).

• May 9 Han Yong-un

  Korean poet and social reformer (b. 1879)

• May 9 Ethel Mary Smyth

  Composer dies at 86

• May 11 Henk Hos

  At 37, a resistance fighter was executed

• May 12 Max Brand

  American journalist and author (b. 1892)

• May 12 Arthur Quiller-Couch

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

• May 16 George Ade

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

• May 16 Filip Mișea

  Aromanian activist, physician and politician (b. 1873)

• May 16 Max Brand [Frederick Schiller Faust]

  Western author

• May 16 Leone Sinigaglia

  Composer dies at 75

• May 26 Christian Wirth

  German military, an ss major, and head of the death camps organisation in poland 1942-1943. although he was killed while fighting yugoslovakian militants in the streets on may 26, 1944, he could have been the victim a jewish revenge squad that was organized to find nazi mass murderers.

• May 28 Katri Vala

  Finnish poet dies at the age of 42

• May 30 Jessie Ralph

  Actress (good earth san francisco), who dies at 79