Deaths in the 1940s

Yeshwant Ghadge

1921–1944 (age 23)

Cassino War Cemetery

Girolamo Savonuzzi

1885–1943 (age 58)

Certosa of Ferrara

Antonio Gambacorti Passerini

1903–1944 (age 41)

urban cemetery of Monza

Roderick Kenneth MacDonald

1912–1944 (age 32)

Cassino War Cemetery

Amalia Guglielminetti

1881–1941 (age 60)

Monumental Cemetery of Turin

Giuseppe Perotti

1895–1944 (age 49)

Monumental Cemetery of Turin

Giuseppe Sapienza

1884–1949 (age 65)

monumental cemetery of Catania

Mario Grecchi

1926–1944 (age 18)

Cimitero monumentale di Perugia

Franz Gall

1884–1944 (age 60)

Costermano German military cemetery

Kurt Niederhagen

1915–1944 (age 29)

Costermano German military cemetery

Countess Mathilde of Bergolo

1885–1949 (age 64)

Monumental Cemetery of Turin

Andrea Geisser

1891–1942 (age 51)

Monumental Cemetery of Turin

Ada Negri

1870–1945 (age 75)

San Francesco Church

Giuseppe Agnelli

1856–1940 (age 84)

Certosa of Ferrara

Cesare Maria Barzaghi

1863–1941 (age 78)

San Francesco Church

Ezio Parenti

d. 1942

Certosa di Bologna

Fanny Tedesco

1850–1943 (age 93)

Certosa di Bologna

Fanny Tedesco (1850–1943) was an Italian woman whose long life encompassed nearly a century of Italian history.

Carlo Fecia di Cossato

1908–1944 (age 36)

Certosa di Bologna

Mario Musolesi

1914–1944 (age 30)

Certosa di Bologna

Mario Musolesi (1914–1944) was an Italian partisan who fought for liberation during World War II.

Pericle Ducati

1880–1944 (age 64)

Certosa di Bologna

Gherardo Gherardi

1891–1949 (age 58)

Certosa di Bologna

Gherardo Gherardi (1891–1949) was an Italian screenwriter who made notable contributions to cinema.

Carlo Zangarini

1874–1943 (age 69)

Certosa di Bologna

Giovanni Palmieri

1921–1944 (age 23)

Certosa di Bologna

Giovanni Palmieri (1921–1944) was an Italian partisan who died fighting for his country's freedom.

Albano Sorbelli

1875–1944 (age 69)

Certosa di Bologna

Emanuel Carnevali

1897–1942 (age 45)

Certosa di Bologna

Emanuel Carnevali (1897–1942) was an Italian writer whose works contributed to twentieth-century literature.

Enio Gnudi

1893–1949 (age 56)

Certosa di Bologna

Giovanni Martini

1916–1944 (age 28)

Certosa di Bologna

Giovanni Martini (1916–1944) was an Italian partisan who died in the struggle for national liberation.

Giuseppe Gualandi

1866–1944 (age 78)

Certosa di Bologna

Giuseppe Muzzioli

1904–1941 (age 37)

Certosa di Bologna

Giuseppe Muzzioli (1904–1941) was an Italian football player known for his athletic achievements.

Luigi Stracciari

1900–1943 (age 43)

Certosa di Bologna

Vittorio Putti

1880–1940 (age 60)

Certosa di Bologna

Vittorio Putti (1880–1940) was an Italian physician whose medical career advanced the practice of healing.

Edoardo Weber

1889–1945 (age 56)

Certosa di Bologna

Arrigo Serato

1877–1948 (age 71)

Certosa di Bologna

Arrigo Serato (1877–1948) was an Italian violinist renowned for his musical artistry and performances.

Giacinto Viola

1870–1943 (age 73)

Certosa di Bologna

Genuzio Bentini

1874–1943 (age 69)

Certosa di Bologna

Genuzio Bentini (1874–1943) was an Italian lawyer whose career was devoted to the practice of justice.

Bruto Carpigiani

1903–1945 (age 42)

Certosa di Bologna

Achille Casanova

1861–1948 (age 87)

Certosa di Bologna

Italian painter whose career spanned from the late 19th century until his death in 1948.

Adolfo Gandino

1878–1940 (age 62)

Certosa di Bologna

Flavio Bertelli

1865–1941 (age 76)

Certosa di Bologna

Italian painter active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Francesca Edera de Giovanni

1923–1944 (age 21)

Certosa di Bologna

Oreste Trebbi

1872–1944 (age 72)

Certosa di Bologna

Italian writer whose literary career contributed to early 20th-century Italian culture.

Gualtiero Pontoni

1875–1941 (age 66)

Certosa di Bologna

Alberto Veggetti

1874–1948 (age 74)

Certosa di Bologna

Italian professor whose academic career contributed to Bologna's intellectual heritage.

Giorgio Giordani

1905–1940 (age 35)

Certosa di Bologna

Lina Bianconcini Cavazza

1862–1942 (age 80)

Certosa di Bologna

Italian philanthropist whose charitable work contributed to social welfare in her community.

Fausto Fornaci

1917–1945 (age 28)

major cemetery of Vicenza

Henry Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington

1912–1943 (age 31)

Salerno War Cemetery

British military officer and 6th Duke of Wellington who died in service during World War II.

Capt. Patrick Cyril Waynflete Alington

1920–1943 (age 23)

Salerno War Cemetery

Plinio Nomellini

1866–1943 (age 77)

Cemetery of San Felice a Ema

Italian painter whose artistic innovations contributed to early 20th-century Italian art.

Giuseppe Amico

1890–1943 (age 53)

Sacrario militare dei Caduti Oltremare