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In the year 1945
800 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, 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 18th, 1945 at 66 years old in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (typhus). [ref]
Volin
Russian anarchist (1882–1945).
Born August 11th, 1882 in Voronezh.
Died September 18th, 1945 at 63 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
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.
Charles W. Bryan
American politician (1867–1945).
Born February 10th, 1867 in Salem.
Died March 4th, 1945 at 78 years old in Lincoln.
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).
Franz Oppenhoff
German lawyer and politician (1902-1945).
Born August 18th, 1902 in Aachen.
Died March 25th, 1945 at 42 years old in Aachen (gunshot wound).
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).
George Hogg
British adventurer.
Born February 22nd, 1915 in Harpenden.
Died July 22nd, 1945 at 30 years old in Gansu (tetanus).
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.
Leonid Pasternak
Russian artist (1862-1945).
Born April 3rd, 1862 in Odesa.
Died May 31st, 1945 at 83 years old in Oxford.
Al Dubin
Swiss-american lyricist (1891–1945).
Born June 10th, 1891 in Zurich.
Died February 11th, 1945 at 53 years old in New York City.
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).
Agnes Baden-Powell
British scouting pioneer.
Born December 16th, 1858 in Paddington.
Died June 2nd, 1945 at 86 years old in England.
Lorenz Hackenholt
German nazi ss gas chamber executioner and holocaust perpetrator.
Born June 26th, 1914 in Gelsenkirchen.
Died December 31st, 1945 at 31 years old
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).
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).
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.
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]
Malin Craig
American politician (1875-1945).
Born August 5th, 1875 in St. Joseph.
Died July 25th, 1945 at 69 years old in Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Kenneth J. Alford
English composer (1881–1945).
Born February 21st, 1881 in London.
Died May 15th, 1945 at 64 years old in Reigate.
Christian Weber
German ss general (1883-1945).
Born August 25th, 1883.
Died May 11th, 1945 at 61 years old in Swabian Jura (traffic collision).
Roberto Farinacci
Italian politician (1892-1945).
Born October 16th, 1892 in Isernia.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 52 years old in Vimercate (gunshot wound).
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]
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.
Deaths 226 to 250 of 800
All men think that all men are mortal but themselves. Edward Young