Remembered
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Romain Rolland
1866 – 1944
Writer, Playwright, Essayist, Historian, Novelist, Musicologist
Romain Rolland (French: [ʁɔmɛ̃ ʁɔlɑ̃]; 29 January 1866 – 30 December 1944) was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded…
Wassily Kandinsky
1866 – 1944
Painter, University teacher, Visual artist, Art theorist, Teacher, Lawyer
Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (16 December [O.S. 4 December] 1866 – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist active in Germany during the late…
Arthur Eddington
1882 – 1944
Astronomer, Astrophysicist, Philosopher, Physicist, Mathematician
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington (28 December 1882 – 22 November 1944) was an English astrophysicist and mathematician. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to th…
Alexis Carrel
1873 – 1944
Surgeon, Physiologist, Sociologist, Biologist
Alexis Carrel (French: [alɛksi kaʁɛl]; 28 June 1873 – 5 November 1944) was a French surgeon and biologist who spent most of his scientific career in the United…
Charles Barkla
1877 – 1944
Physicist, University teacher
Charles Glover Barkla (7 June 1877 – 23 October 1944) was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his discovery of characteristi…
Erwin Rommel
1891 – 1944
Military officer, Resistance fighter, Generalfeldmarschall
Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel (pronounced [ˈɛɐviːn ˈʁɔməl] ; 15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944), known as The Desert Fox (German: Der Wüstenfuchs, pronounced [ˈv…
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1900 – 1944
Aircraft pilot, Novelist, Children's writer, Writer, Journalist, Illustrator
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, vicomte de Saint-Exupéry (29 June 1900 – c. 31 July 1944), known simply as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (UK: , US: ; French: [ɑ̃t…
Reza Shah
1878 – 1944
Politician, Military personnel
Reza Shah Pahlavi (previously Reza Khan; 15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was Shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. Originally an army…
Claus von Stauffenberg
1907 – 1944
Military officer
Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (German: [ˈklaʊs fɔn ˈʃtaʊfn̩bɛʁk] ; 15 November 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German army officer who i…
Prafulla Chandra Ray
1861 – 1944
Chemist, University teacher, Essayist, Autobiographer
Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray CIE FNI FRASB FIAS FCS (also spelled Prafulla Chandra Roy; Bengali: প্রফুল্ল চন্দ্র রায় Prôphullô Côndrô Rāẏ; 2 August 1861 – 16 June…
Mahesh Chandra Bhattacharyya
1858 – 1944
Businessperson, Writer
Mahesh Chandra Bhattacharya (1 December 1858 – 10 February 1944) was a Bengali businessperson, dealing in Homeopathic medicines. Source: Wikipedia — https://en…
Piet Mondrian
1872 – 1944
Painter, Draftsperson, Architectural drafter, Illustrator, Etcher, Visual artist
Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (Dutch: [ˈpitər kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈmɔndrijaːn]; 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), known after 1911 as Piet Mondrian (, US also ; Dutch: [pit ˈ…
Edvard Munch
1863 – 1944
Painter, Graphic artist, Printmaker, Draftsperson, Architectural drafter
Edvard Munch ( MUUNK; Norwegian: [ˈɛ̀dvɑɖ ˈmʊŋk] ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of the i…
Mankumari Basu
1863 – 1943
Poet, Writer
Mankumari Basu (Bengali: মানকুমারী বসু)(25 January 1863 - 26 December 1943) a popular Bengali poet and short story writer. Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wiki…
Beatrix Potter
1866 – 1943
Writer, Illustrator, Painter, Children's writer, Mycologist, Scientific illustrator
Helen Beatrix Heelis (née Potter; 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter ( BEE-ə-triks), was an English writer, illustrator, natural…
Pieter Zeeman
1865 – 1943
Physicist, University teacher, Photographer
Pieter Zeeman (25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943) was a Dutch experimental physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for their discov…
Simone Weil
1909 – 1943
Philosopher, Secondary school teacher, Writer, Autobiographer, Poet, Trade unionist
Simone Adolphine Weil (; French: [simɔn adɔlfin vɛj]; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, political activist and labourer. Despi…
Henrik Pontoppidan
1857 – 1943
Writer, Novelist, Autobiographer, Poet, Prose writer
Henrik Pontoppidan (Danish: [ˈhenˀʁek pʰʌnˈtsʰʌpitæn]; 24 July 1857 – 21 August 1943) was a Danish realist writer who shared with Karl Gjellerup the Nobel Prize…
Dinendra Kumar Roy
1869 – 1943
Writer, Translator, Editor, Children's writer, Novelist, Author
Dinendra Kumar Roy (26 August 1869 – 27 June 1943) was a Bengali novelist and editor. Education: Krishnagar Government College Source: Wikipedia — https://en.…
Karl Landsteiner
1868 – 1943
Physiologist, Immunologist, Physician, Hematologist, Pathologist, Researcher
Karl Landsteiner (German: [kaʁl ˈlantˌʃtaɪnɐ]; 14 June 1868 – 26 June 1943) was an Austrian-American biologist, physician, and immunologist. He emigrated with…