List of Famous people who died in 1944

James Simon was a German composer, pianist and musicologist.

Frederick Bartlett Fancher was an American politician who was the seventh Governor of North Dakota from 1899 to 1901.

Jacques Bingen was a high-ranking member of the French Resistance during World War II who, when captured by the Gestapo, chose to commit suicide rather than risk divulging what he knew under torture.

Jean-Baptiste Lebas was a French Socialist politician, deputy to the National Assembly of France during the Third Republic, who served twice as minister under Léon Blum’s governments. He was mayor of Roubaix and member of the Resistance during World War II.

Willi Lindner was a German footballer.

Heinrich Knirr was an Austrian-born German painter, known for genre scenes and portraits, although he also did landscapes and still-lifes. He is best-known for creating the official portrait of Adolf Hitler for 1937 and is the only artist known to have painted Hitler from life.

Adolf Wagner was a German soldier and high-ranking Nazi Party official born in Algrange, Alsace-Lorraine.

Louisa Augusta Beatrice Acheson, Countess of Gosford, was the wife of the 4th Earl of Gosford.

Charles Joseph King was a vaudeville and Broadway actor who also starred in several movies. He starred as the leading actor in the hit MGM movie, The Broadway Melody (1929), the first all-talking film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Felix Basch (1885–1944) was a German-Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director.