Death year 1944 celebrities
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Dietrich Kraiß (16 November 1889 – 6 August 1944) was a German Generalleutnant during World War II, awarded the German Cross in Gold and the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub)
Seth Egbert was born in 1878 in London, England as Charles Sidney Baston. He was an actor and writer, known for The Dustmen’s Outing (1916), The Temperance Lecture (1913) and The Dustman’s Nightmare (1915). He died in 1944 in London.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, KCB, DSO & Bar (11 July 1892 – 14 November 1944) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. Leigh-Mallory served as a Royal Flying Corps pilot and squadron commander during World War I. Remaining in
Walter Francis “Jack” Crangle (June 8, 1899 – August 31, 1944) was an American football fullback. He played college football for the University of Illinois and was selected as an All-American in 1920 and 1921. He was a member of Illinois’ Big Ten C
George Fleming Houston (January 11, 1896 – November 12, 1944) was an American B-western film actor and accomplished singer in the early half of the 20th century.
María de Luz Flores Aceves (23 May 1906 – 25 June 1944), commonly known as Lucha Reyes, was a Mexican singer and actress. Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, she was popular in the 1930s and 1940s and has been called the “mother of ranchera music”.
Grace Henderson (January 1861, Ann Arbor, Michigan – October 30, 1944, Bronx, New York) was a stage actress and prolific performer in silent motion pictures. She made her professional debut at McKiver’s Theatre in Chicago in 1877.
Harry Joseph Swacina (August 22, 1881 – June 21, 1944) was a professional baseball first baseman. Nicknamed “Swats”, he played four seasons in Major League Baseball between 1907 and 1914.
Cameron Carr (1876–?) was a British actor of the silent era.
Frederick Gerald Haxton (1892–1944), a native of San Francisco, was the long term secretary and lover of novelist and playwright W. Somerset Maugham.