Quote Authors Who Died in 1944

Al Smith

American Politician

Dec 30, 1873 - Oct 4, 1944

Alexis Carrel

French Scientist

Jun 28, 1873 - Nov 5, 1944

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

French Novelist

Jun 29, 1900 - Jul 31, 1944

Arthur Eddington

British Scientist

Dec 28, 1882 - Nov 22, 1944

Arthur Quiller-Couch

English Writer

Nov 21, 1863 - May 12, 1944

Charles Davenport

American Scientist

Jun 1, 1866 - Feb 18, 1944

Charles Glover Barkla

British Physicist

Jun 7, 1877 - Oct 23, 1944

Claus von Stauffenberg

German Soldier

Nov 15, 1907 - Jul 21, 1944

Edvard Munch

Norwegian Artist

Dec 12, 1863 - Jan 23, 1944

Edwin Lutyens

British Architect

Mar 29, 1869 - Jan 1, 1944

Erwin Rommel

German Soldier

Nov 15, 1891 - Oct 14, 1944

Frank Knox

American Public Servant

Jan 1, 1874 - Apr 28, 1944

Galeazzo Ciano

Italian Politician

Mar 18, 1903 - Jan 11, 1944

George Ade

American Playwright

Feb 9, 1866 - May 16, 1944

George William Norris

American Politician

Jul 11, 1861 - Sep 2, 1944

Glenn Miller

American Musician

Mar 1, 1904 - Dec 15, 1944

Hendrik Willem Van Loon

American Journalist

Jan 14, 1882 - Mar 11, 1944

Ida Tarbell

American Journalist

Nov 5, 1857 - Jan 6, 1944

Irvin S. Cobb

American Journalist

Jun 23, 1876 - Mar 11, 1944

Jacques Roumain

Haitian Writer

Jun 4, 1907 - Aug 18, 1944

Jean Giraudoux

French Dramatist

Oct 29, 1882 - Jan 31, 1944

Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould

American Writer

1879 - 1944

Leo Baekeland

Belgian Inventor

Nov 14, 1863 - Feb 23, 1944

Lou Henry Hoover

American First Lady

Mar 29, 1874 - Jan 7, 1944

Marc Bloch

French Historian

Jul 6, 1886 - Jun 16, 1944

Max Jacob

French Poet

Jul 12, 1876 - Mar 5, 1944