In the year 1945
747 Notable deaths
Henrietta Szold
American zionist (1860–1945).
Born December 21st, 1860 in Baltimore.
Died February 13th, 1945 at 84 years old in Jerusalem.
Georges Valois
French politician (1878-1945).
Born October 7th, 1878 in Paris.
Died February 18th, 1945 at 66 years old in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (typhus). [ref]
Al Dubin
Swiss-american lyricist (1891-1945).
Born June 10th, 1891 in Zürich. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1945 at 53 years old in New York City. [ref]
Minoru Ōta
Admiral in the imperial japanese navy.
Born April 7th, 1891 in Nagara.
Died June 13th, 1945 at 54 years old in Former Japanese Navy Underground Headquarters.
Ludwig Müller
Leading member of the german christians and reichsbischof.
Born June 23rd, 1883 in Gütersloh.
Died July 31st, 1945 at 62 years old in Berlin.
Meinoud Rost van Tonningen
Dutch nazi (1894-1945).
Born February 19th, 1894 in Surabaya.
Died June 6th, 1945 at 51 years old in Scheveningen (falling).
John R. Commons
American economist and historian (1862–1945).
Born October 13th, 1862 in Darke County.
Died May 11th, 1945 at 82 years old in Fort Lauderdale. [ref]
William, Prince of Albania
Prince of albania (1876–1945).
Born March 26th, 1876 in Neuwied.
Died April 18th, 1945 at 69 years old in Predeal.
Sanji Iwabuchi
Imperial japanese navy admiral (1895–1945).
Born March 2nd, 1895 in Sanjō-shi.
Died February 26th, 1945 at 49 years old in Manila.
Henry Victor
English character actor (1892–1945).
Born October 2nd, 1892 in London.
Died March 15th, 1945 at 52 years old in Hollywood (brain cancer).
Leonid Pasternak
Russian artist (1862-1945).
Born April 3rd, 1862 in Odesa.
Died May 31st, 1945 at 83 years old in Oxford.
Agnes Baden-Powell
British scouting pioneer.
Born December 16th, 1858 in Paddington.
Died June 2nd, 1945 at 86 years old in England.
Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe
British diplomat (1858-1945).
Born January 12th, 1858 in London.
Died June 20th, 1945 at 87 years old in Cairo.
Kenneth J. Alford
English composer (1881–1945).
Born February 21st, 1881 in London.
Died May 15th, 1945 at 64 years old in Reigate.
Prince Kyril, Prince of Preslav
Bulgarian royal (1895-1945).
Born November 17th, 1895 in Sofia.
Died February 1st, 1945 at 49 years old in Sofia (gunshot wound).
Bogdan Filov
Bulgarian politician and archaeologist (1883-1945).
Born April 10th, 1883 in Stara Zagora.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 61 years old in Sofia (gunshot wound).
Christian Weber
German ss general (1883-1945).
Born August 25th, 1883 in Polsingen.
Died May 11th, 1945 at 61 years old in Swabian Jura (traffic collision).
Denise Bloch
French secret agent (1916-1945).
Born January 21st, 1916 in Paris.
Died February 5th, 1945 at 29 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp.
Arthur Wynne
Inventor of the crossword puzzle (1871-1945).
Born June 22nd, 1871 in Liverpool.
Died January 14th, 1945 at 73 years old in Clearwater.
Archibald James Murray
British army officer, 1860 –1945 (1860–1945).
Born April 23rd, 1860 in Kingsclere.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 84 years old in Reigate.
Heinz-Wilhelm Eck
German navy officer and world war ii u-boat commander (1916-1945).
Born March 27th, 1916 in Hamburg.
Died November 30th, 1945 at 29 years old in Hamburg (gunshot wound).
Theodor Dannecker
German ss officer and holocaust perpetrator (1913–1945).
Born March 27th, 1913 in Tübingen.
Died December 10th, 1945 at 32 years old in Bad Tölz. [ref]
Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes
Royal navy officer (1872-1945).
Born October 4th, 1872 in Punjab.
Died December 26th, 1945 at 73 years old in Buckinghamshire.
Wilhelm Rediess
German waffen-ss general and police leader (1900-1945).
Born October 10th, 1900 in Heinsberg. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1945 at 44 years old in Skaugum (gunshot wound). [ref]
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
Polish explorer and writer.
Born June 8th, 1878 in Ludza. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1945 at 66 years old in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. [ref]
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot