In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Lilian Rolfe
Allied secret agent in world war ii (1914–1945).
Born April 26th, 1914 in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1945 at 30 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp.
Arthur Symons
British poet (1865-1945).
Born February 28th, 1865 in Milford Haven.
Died January 22nd, 1945 at 79 years old in Wittersham.
Wincenty Witos
Polish politician, three times the prime minister of poland.
Born January 22nd, 1874 in Wierzchosławice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Died October 31st, 1945 at 71 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Sekula Drljević
Montenegrin politician (1884-1945).
Born September 6th, 1884 in Ravni.
Died November 10th, 1945 at 61 years old in Judenburg.
Alexander Siloti
Russian composer and pianist (1863–1945).
Born October 9th, 1863 in Znamenka.
Died December 8th, 1945 at 82 years old in New York City.
Joachim von Kortzfleisch
German general (1890–1945).
Born January 3rd, 1890 in Brunswick.
Died April 20th, 1945 at 55 years old in Wulwesort.
Gerhard Gentzen
German mathematician (1909-1945).
Born November 24th, 1909 in Greifswald.
Died August 4th, 1945 at 35 years old in Prague.
Mihail Sebastian
Romanian writer (1907–1945).
Born October 18th, 1907 in Brăila.
Died May 29th, 1945 at 37 years old in Bucharest (traffic collision).
Óscar R. Benavides
President of peru (1876-1945).
Born March 15th, 1876 in Lima. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1945 at 69 years old in Lima. [ref]
Lev Lvovich Tolstoy
Russian writer (1869-1945).
Born June 1st, 1869 in Yasnaya Polyana.
Died October 18th, 1945 at 76 years old in Helsingborg.
Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin
German resistance member (1890-1945).
Born March 22nd, 1890 in Dobrowo.
Died April 9th, 1945 at 55 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
Florence Bascom
American geologist (1862–1945).
Born July 14th, 1862 in Williamstown. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1945 at 82 years old in Williamstown (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Shigeru Honjō
Japanese general (1876-1945).
Born May 10th, 1876 in Hyōgo Prefecture.
Died November 30th, 1945 at 69 years old in Tokyo (stabbing).
Albrecht Haushofer
German geographer and diplomat.
Born January 7th, 1903 in Munich.
Died April 23rd, 1945 at 42 years old in Invalidenstraße (gunshot wound).
E. R. Eddison
British writer (1882-1945).
Born November 24th, 1882 in Leeds.
Died August 18th, 1945 at 62 years old in Marlborough.
Carl Lotus Becker
American historian (1873–1945).
Born September 7th, 1873 in Waterloo.
Died April 10th, 1945 at 71 years old in Ithaca.
Clem Hill
Australian cricketer (1877-1945).
Born March 18th, 1877 in Hindmarsh.
Died September 5th, 1945 at 68 years old in Parkville.
Paul Pelliot
French sinologist (1878-1945).
Died October 26th, 1945 at 67 years old in Paris (cancer).
Karl Holz
Nazi leader (1895-1945).
Born December 27th, 1895 in Nuremberg.
Died April 20th, 1945 at 49 years old in Nuremberg.
Gustav Simon
German politician (1900-1945).
Born August 2nd, 1900 in Saarbrücken. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1945 at 45 years old in Paderborn (hanging to death). [ref]
Curt von Gottberg
German general (1896–1945).
Born February 11th, 1896 in Znamenskoye.
Died May 31st, 1945 at 49 years old in Grundhof.
André Tardieu
Prime minister of france (1876–1945).
Born September 22nd, 1876 in Paris.
Died September 15th, 1945 at 68 years old in Menton.
René Carmille
Comptroller general of the french army and member of french resistance (1886-1945).
Born January 8th, 1886 in Trémolat.
Died January 25th, 1945 at 59 years old in Dachau concentration camp.
Deaths 276 to 300 of 800
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson