Deaths in the 1940s

Rosario F. Squatrito

1922–1944 (age 22)

Florence

Italian military personnel who served in Florence during World War II.

Inigo Campioni

1878–1944 (age 66)

Bari

Giuseppe Tellera

1882–1941 (age 59)

Bari

Italian military officer who served in Bari during World War II.

Giuseppe Cenni

1915–1943 (age 28)

Parma

Giovanni Agnelli

1866–1945 (age 79)

Villar Perosa

Engineer from Villar Perosa who contributed to Italian industrial development.

Cesare Mori

1871–1942 (age 71)

Pavia

Pore Mosulishvili

1916–1944 (age 28)

Arona

National hero who resisted Nazi occupation in Arona during World War II.

Edgardo Zauli Sajani

1874–1944 (age 70)

Campo Verano

Franc Nemgar

1911–1945 (age 34)

Monrupino

Partisan who resisted Nazi occupation in Monrupino during World War II.

Giovanni Maria Visconti Venosta

1887–1947 (age 60)

Grosio

Mario Cicogna Mozzoni

1875–1946 (age 71)

Bisuschio

Notable figure from Bisuschio during a transformative period in Italian history.

Fulco Ruffo di Calabria

1884–1946 (age 62)

Campo Verano

Mariano Fortuny

1871–1949 (age 78)

Campo Verano

Accomplished photographer whose artistic work contributed to Italian visual culture.

Leone Ginzburg

1909–1944 (age 35)

Campo Verano

Vincenzo Lapuma

1874–1943 (age 69)

Campo Verano

Catholic priest who served his faith community at Campo Verano.

Giovanni Baroni

1860–1949 (age 89)

Crespiatica

Franco Lucchini

1917–1943 (age 26)

Campo Verano

Italian military officer who served during World War II.

Francesco Marmaggi

1876–1949 (age 73)

Campo Verano

Attilio Trerè

1887–1943 (age 56)

Campo Verano

Italian association football coach who contributed to the development of Italian football.

Lorenzo Lauri

1864–1941 (age 77)

Campo Verano

Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

1880–1946 (age 66)

Campo Santo Teutonico

German noblewoman and governess who dedicated herself to education and child welfare.

Otto Wächter

1901–1949 (age 48)

Campo Verano

Prince Georg of Bavaria

1880–1943 (age 63)

Campo Santo Teutonico

Bavarian prince and politician who served during a transformative period in European history.

Clara Petacci

1912–1945 (age 33)

Campo Verano

Giorgi Varazashvili

1914–1945 (age 31)

Cison di Valmarino

Georgian national hero who fought for his country's independence and freedom.

Nicolò Cobolli Gigli

1918–1941 (age 23)

Campo Verano

Pietro Pintor

1880–1940 (age 60)

Campo Verano

Italian military personnel who served his country during the early twentieth century.

Giacomo Emilio Curatulo

1864–1948 (age 84)

Campo Verano

Mario Musco

1912–1940 (age 28)

Campo Verano

Italian military personnel who served during World War II.

Mario Trabucchi

1908–1942 (age 34)

Campo Verano

Mario Rizzatti

1892–1944 (age 52)

Campo Verano

Virgilio Narducci

1860–1944 (age 84)

Campo Verano

Mario Menghini

1865–1945 (age 80)

Campo Verano

Italian historian who contributed significantly to the preservation of Italian cultural knowledge.

Barbara Leoni

1862–1949 (age 87)

Campo Verano

Marcello Petacci

1910–1945 (age 35)

Campo Verano

Italian surgeon who served his patients with medical expertise during World War II.

Władysław Szulczewski

1902–1948 (age 46)

Campo Verano

Giovanni Gentile

1875–1944 (age 69)

Basilica of Santa Croce

Giovanni Gentile was an Italian philosopher and politician whose idealist philosophy influenced early twentieth-century ...

Claudio Granzotto

1900–1947 (age 47)

Chiampo

Lev Nussimbaum

1905–1942 (age 37)

Positano

Lev Nussimbaum was a versatile writer and journalist whose multilingual works explored themes of identity and culture.

Marcantonio VII Colonna

1881–1947 (age 66)

Paliano

Giuseppe Rensi

1871–1941 (age 70)

Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno

Giuseppe Rensi was an Italian lawyer and legal scholar whose work contributed to the development of Italian jurisprudenc...

Ottavio Barbieri

1899–1949 (age 50)

Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno

Daniil Varfolomeevič Avdeev

1917–1944 (age 27)

Clauzetto

Daniil Varfolomeevič Avdeev was a military personnel who served during World War II.

Zdzisław Taczalski

1918–1944 (age 26)

Casamassima

Piero Zuccheretti

1931–1944 (age 13)

Campo Verano

Piero Zuccheretti lived during a transformative period in twentieth-century history.

Fidelis von Stotzingen

1871–1947 (age 76)

Campo Verano

Giuseppe Emanuele Modigliani

1872–1947 (age 75)

Campo Verano

Giuseppe Emanuele Modigliani was an Italian politician dedicated to public service and civic engagement.

Guglielmo Chiarini

1917–1941 (age 24)

Campo Verano

Ildebrando Goiran

1882–1943 (age 61)

Campo Verano

Ildebrando Goiran was a military officer whose service spanned a significant period of twentieth-century history.

Isaia Levi

1863–1949 (age 86)

Campo Verano