Deaths in the 1940s

Raffaele Rossi

1876–1948 (age 72)

Santa Teresa

Raffaele Rossi was a Catholic priest who lived from 1876 to 1948 and is buried at Santa Teresa.

Maria Raffaella Cimatti

1861–1945 (age 84)

Alatri Cathedral

Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone, 1st Duke of Grazzano Visconti

1879–1941 (age 62)

Mausoleo Visconti di Modrone

Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone, 1st Duke of Grazzano Visconti, was an entrepreneur who lived from 1879 to 1941 and is buri...

Alfonso Casati

1918–1944 (age 26)

mausoleo Casati Stampa di Soncino

Luz Long

1913–1943 (age 30)

Motta St. Anastasia German military cemetery

Luz Long was a lawyer who lived from 1913 to 1943 and is buried at Motta St. Anastasia German military cemetery.

Wilhelm Crisolli

1895–1944 (age 49)

Futapass German military cemetery

Iris Versari

1922–1944 (age 22)

monumental cemetery of Forlì

Iris Versari was a partisan who lived from 1922 to 1944 and is buried in the monumental cemetery of Forlì.

Lionel Wigram

1907–1944 (age 37)

Moro River Canadian War Cemetery

Adolf Maria Bocheński

1909–1944 (age 35)

Polish Cemetery at Loreto

Adolf Maria Bocheński was a journalist who lived from 1909 to 1944 and is buried at the Polish Cemetery at Loreto.

Georg Dörffel

1914–1944 (age 30)

German Military Cemetery of Pomezia

John Thompson McKellar Anderson

1918–1943 (age 25)

Sangro River War Cemetery

John Thompson McKellar Anderson was military personnel who lived from 1918 to 1943 and is buried at Sangro River War Cem...

Maximilian Volke

1915–1944 (age 29)

Futapass German military cemetery

Antoni Maszewski

1908–1944 (age 36)

Polish Cemetery at Loreto

Antoni Maszewski was a military officer who lived from 1908 to 1944 and is buried at the Polish Cemetery at Loreto.

Leonid Fiedoruk

1914–1944 (age 30)

Polish Cemetery at Loreto

Filiberto Mateldi

1885–1942 (age 57)

major cemetery of Milan

Filiberto Mateldi was a painter who lived from 1885 to 1942 and is buried in the major cemetery of Milan.

Władysław Drelicharz

1913–1944 (age 31)

Polish Cemetery at Bologna

Angelina Milazzo

1922–1945 (age 23)

major cemetery of Milan

Italian military personnel who served during World War II.

Stefan Koeb

1896–1945 (age 49)

Polish Cemetery at Bologna

Aldo Sala

1920–1945 (age 25)

major cemetery of Milan

Italian partisan who fought for liberation during World War II.

Roberto Culin

1907–1944 (age 37)

monumental cemetery of Busto Arsizio

Andrew Robb

1909–1944 (age 35)

Sangro River War Cemetery

Military personnel who served in the Sangro River campaign during World War II.

Giovanni Barbera

1916–1944 (age 28)

major cemetery of Milan

Hermann Zang

1905–1945 (age 40)

Futapass German military cemetery

German pedagogue and educator during the World War II era.

Benito Mussolini

1883–1945 (age 62)

major cemetery of Milan

Achille Starace

1889–1945 (age 56)

major cemetery of Milan

Italian politician whose career encompassed the early twentieth century.

Adriano Visconti

1915–1945 (age 30)

major cemetery of Milan

Luisa Ferida

1914–1945 (age 31)

major cemetery of Milan

Italian stage actor whose career contributed to Italian theatrical culture.

Alessandro Pavolini

1903–1945 (age 42)

major cemetery of Milan

Nicola Bombacci

1879–1945 (age 66)

major cemetery of Milan

Italian politician active during the early twentieth century.

Attilio Marinoni

1892–1940 (age 48)

major cemetery of Milan

Erminio Dones

1887–1945 (age 58)

major cemetery of Milan

Italian rower who contributed to the nation's sporting heritage.

Giuseppe Torriani

1904–1942 (age 38)

major cemetery of Milan

Carlo Borsani

1917–1945 (age 28)

major cemetery of Milan

Italian journalist whose career contributed to Italian media and public discourse.

Carlo Minello

1918–1947 (age 29)

major cemetery of Milan

Carlo Negri

1919–1943 (age 24)

major cemetery of Milan

Italian aircraft pilot who served during World War II.

Ernesto Morandi

1893–1947 (age 54)

major cemetery of Milan

Eugenio Curiel

1912–1945 (age 33)

major cemetery of Milan

Italian physicist and anti-fascist resistance fighter executed during World War II.

Francesco Colombo

1899–1945 (age 46)

major cemetery of Milan

Gian Dàuli

1884–1945 (age 61)

major cemetery of Milan

Italian translator who facilitated cultural exchange through his literary work.

Idreno Utimperghe

1901–1945 (age 44)

major cemetery of Milan

Lazzaro Pasini

1861–1949 (age 88)

major cemetery of Milan

Italian painter whose works reflected the aesthetic movements of his era.

Osvaldo Valenti

1906–1945 (age 39)

major cemetery of Milan

Pompilio Seveso

1877–1949 (age 72)

major cemetery of Milan

Italian painter active during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Tullio Masotti

1886–1949 (age 63)

major cemetery of Milan

Vittorio Pelvi

1896–1949 (age 53)

major cemetery of Milan

Italian association football player who contributed to the development of the sport.

Giorgio Bolza

1880–1945 (age 65)

major cemetery of Milan

Pietro Mascagni

1863–1945 (age 82)

Cimitero della Misericordia

Celebrated Italian composer best known for the opera "Cavalleria rusticana."

Galeazzo Ciano

1903–1944 (age 41)

Cimitero della Purificazione

Salvatore Todaro

1908–1942 (age 34)

Cimitero della Purificazione

Italian military officer who served during World War II.

Giovanni Zenatello

1876–1949 (age 73)

Monumental Cemetery of Verona