Famous people and celebrities who died in October 1944

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

• Oct. 4 Al Smith

  American politician, four-term governor in new york and us presidential candidate for 1928. franklin roosevelt called him "the happy warrior." he was the first roman catholic ever to be nominated by a major party for us president.

• Oct. 5 Joseph B "Aristide" Maillol

  French sculptor/graphic artist

• Oct. 7 Helmut Lent

  Prominent German Luftwaffe night fighter pilot during World War II, known for his significant aerial combat achievements.

• Oct. 8 Wendell Willkie

  Wendell Willkie was an American lawyer and politician who was the Republican Party's nominee in the 1940 presidential election.

• Oct. 8 Wendell Lewis Wilkie

  Republican politician dies at 52

• Oct. 9 Stefanina Moro

  Italian partisan (b. 1927)

• Oct. 14 Erwin Rommel

  German field marshal known for his leadership during World War II.

• Oct. 15 Philip Mechanicus

  Dutch journalist, who traveled as a correspondent to the soviet union and palestine. on 12 october 1944, he was killed in auschwitz.

• Oct. 16 Eric Westberg

  Composer dies at 52

• Oct. 16 John Eigenhuis

  Writer (the dike), passes away at 78

• Oct. 17 Pavel Haas

  Czech composer (d. 1944)

• Oct. 19 Dénes Kőnig

  Hungarian mathematician, theorist (d. 1944).

• Oct. 20 Gabriel Groulez

  Composer dies at 65

• Oct. 21 Alois Kayser

  German missionary to nauru (born in 1877).

• Oct. 23 Charles Glover Barkla

  Nobel Prize laureate for his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements

• Oct. 23 Hana Brady

  Jewish-Czech Holocaust victim who tragically died at Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, symbolizing the innocent victims of Nazi persecution.

• Oct. 24 Louis Renault

  French engineer and businessman, co-founded the renault company (b. 1877)

• Oct. 24 Lauri S A Haarla

  Finnish writer juudas, sukeltaja, dies at 54

• Oct. 25 Fake Krist

  Nazi collaborator, killed

• Oct. 26 William Temple

  English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881)

• Oct. 26 Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom

  Tochter of queen victoria (born in 1857).

• Oct. 27 Iman J Van de Bosch

  Belgian resistance fighter

• Oct. 30 Paul Emile Ladmirault

  Composer dies at 66

• Oct. 31 Joseph Hubert Priestley

  British botanist (b. 1883)