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In the year 1945
799 Notable deaths
E. R. Eddison
British writer (1882-1945).
Born November 24th, 1882 in Leeds.
Died August 18th, 1945 at 62 years old in Marlborough.
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]
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]
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).
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Johanna Bormann
German nazi concentration camp guard (1893–1945).
Born September 10th, 1893 in Birkenfelde.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 52 years old in Hamelin Prison (hanging to death).
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.
Georg Kaiser
German dramatist (1878-1945).
Born November 25th, 1878 in Magdeburg.
Died June 4th, 1945 at 66 years old in Ascona.
Gerhard Schmidhuber
German general (1894–1945).
Born April 9th, 1894 in Dresden.
Died February 11th, 1945 at 50 years old in Budapest.
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.
Reynold A. Nicholson
British orientalist (1868–1945).
Born August 18th, 1868 in Yorkshire.
Died August 27th, 1945 at 77 years old in Chester.
Leonhard Kaupisch
German general (1878–1945).
Born September 1st, 1878 in Bitterfeld.
Died September 26th, 1945 at 67 years old in Weimar.
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).
Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky
Russian artist (1868-1945).
Born December 20th, 1868 in Belsky County. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1945 at 76 years old in Berlin.
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.
Alfred Saalwächter
German admiral (1883-1945).
Born January 10th, 1883 in Nowa Sól.
Died December 6th, 1945 at 62 years old in Berlin, Moscow (gunshot wound).
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