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In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Anton de Kom
Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist author.
Born February 22nd, 1898 in Paramaribo. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1945 at 47 years old in Stalag X-B (tuberculosis). [ref]
Henri Dentz
French general (1881–1945).
Born December 16th, 1881 in Roanne.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 63 years old in Fresnes.
Alexander Stirling Calder
American artist (1870–1945).
Born January 11th, 1870 in Philadelphia.
Died January 7th, 1945 at 74 years old in New York City.
Frederic Clements
American ecologist (1874–1945).
Born September 16th, 1874 in Lincoln.
Died July 26th, 1945 at 70 years old in Santa Barbara.
David Lindsay
Scottish author (1876–1945).
Born March 3rd, 1876 in Lewisham.
Died July 16th, 1945 at 69 years old in Hove.
Julius Dorpmüller
German politician and railway manager (1869-1945).
Born July 24th, 1869 in Wuppertal.
Died July 5th, 1945 at 75 years old in Malente (cancer).
Alwin-Broder Albrecht
Nazi officer (1903-1945).
Born September 18th, 1903 in Sankt Peter-Ording.
Died May 1st, 1945 at 41 years old in Berlin.
William Rothenstein
British painter, printmaker, draughtsman, lecturer and writer on art (1872-1945).
Born January 29th, 1872 in Bradford.
Died February 14th, 1945 at 73 years old in London.
Lothar Sieber
Test pilot (1922–1945).
Born April 7th, 1922 in Dresden.
Died March 1st, 1945 at 22 years old in Stetten am kalten Markt.
Prince Rainier, 6th Prince of Koháry
Prince of saxe-coburg and gotha.
Died January 7th, 1945 at 44 years old in Budapest.
Antal Szerb
Hungarian literary scholar and writer (1901–1945).
Born May 1st, 1901 in Budapest.
Died January 27th, 1945 at 43 years old in Balf.
Joe Hunt
Us tennis player (1919–1945).
Born February 17th, 1919 in San Francisco.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 25 years old in Atlantic Ocean (aircraft crash).
Robert Mallet-Stevens
French architect and designer (1886–1945).
Born March 24th, 1886 in 8th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1945 at 58 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Maximilian von Herff
German ss general (1893-1945).
Born April 17th, 1893 in Hanover.
Died September 6th, 1945 at 52 years old in Windermere (cerebrovascular disease).
Frank Craven
American film actor, writer, director (1881-1945).
Born August 24th, 1881 in Boston.
Died September 1st, 1945 at 64 years old in Beverly Hills.
Gerhard Schmidhuber
German general (1894–1945).
Born April 9th, 1894 in Dresden.
Died February 11th, 1945 at 50 years old in Budapest.
Leonhard Kaupisch
German general (1878–1945).
Born September 1st, 1878 in Bitterfeld.
Died September 26th, 1945 at 67 years old in Weimar.
Georg Kaiser
German dramatist (1878-1945).
Born November 25th, 1878 in Magdeburg.
Died June 4th, 1945 at 66 years old in Ascona.
Pavlo Skoropadsky
Ukrainian general (1873-1945).
Born May 15th, 1873 in Wiesbaden.
Died April 26th, 1945 at 71 years old in Metten.
Maurice Baring
British dramatist, poet, novelist, translator and essayist (1874-1945).
Born April 27th, 1874 in London.
Died December 16th, 1945 at 71 years old in Beaufort Castle (Parkinson's disease).
Arthur Morrison
English writer and journalist (1863–1945).
Born November 1st, 1863 in Poplar.
Died December 4th, 1945 at 82 years old in Chalfont St Peter.
Julius Leber
German politician of the spd and member of the german resistance against the nazi régime (1891-1945).
Born November 16th, 1891 in Biesheim.
Died January 5th, 1945 at 53 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Avhustyn Voloshyn
Carpatho-ukrainian politician, czechoslovak member of czechoslovak national parliament (1874-1945).
Born March 17th, 1874 in Kelechin.
Died July 19th, 1945 at 71 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Mladen Lorković
Croatian politician, lawyer and ustasha leader (1909-1945).
Born March 1st, 1909 in Zagreb.
Died April 30th, 1945 at 36 years old in Lepoglava prison.
Jonas Lie
Norwegian councillor of state (1899-1945).
Born December 31st, 1899 in Christiania.
Died May 11th, 1945 at 45 years old in Skallum.
Deaths 301 to 325 of 800
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