List of Famous people who died in 1944

William Henry O'Connell was an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Boston from 1907 until his death in 1944, and was made a cardinal in 1911.

François Thureau-Dangin was a French archaeologist, assyriologist and epigrapher. He played a major role in the deciphering of Sumerian and Akkadian languages.

Eugenio Colorni was an Italian philosopher and anti-fascist activist.

Eugene Bloch was a French physicist and professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, and at the Faculty of Science of the University of Paris.

Eugénio de Castro e Almeida was a Portuguese writer and a poet. He was a professor at the Faculty of Letters at the University of Coimbra and attended Escola Normal Superior in the same university.

Michael Pedersen Friis was Prime Minister of Denmark from 5 April 1920 to 5 May 1920. His cabinet was called the Cabinet of M.P. Friis.

Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz was a Dutch explorer in New Guinea and diplomat in South Africa.

Fernand Charpin was a French actor. He is known for his role as Honoré Panisse in Marcel Pagnol's Marseille trilogy, beginning with Marius in 1931.