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In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
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).
Reynold A. Nicholson
British orientalist (1868–1945).
Born August 18th, 1868 in Yorkshire.
Died August 27th, 1945 at 77 years old in Chester.
Ignacio Zuloaga
Spanish painter (1870-1945).
Born July 26th, 1870 in Eibar.
Died October 31st, 1945 at 75 years old in Madrid.
Heisuke Yanagawa
Japanese general (1879–1945).
Born October 2nd, 1879 in Nagasaki Prefecture.
Died January 22nd, 1945 at 65 years old
Hazi Aslanov
Soviet officer (1910–1945).
Born February 4th, 1910 in Lankaran.
Died January 25th, 1945 at 34 years old in Priekuļi Parish.
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.
Émilienne d’Alençon
French dancer, actress and courtesan (1870–1945).
Born July 17th, 1870 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 14th, 1945 at 74 years old in Monaco.
Carl Moll
Austrian artist (1861-1945).
Born April 23rd, 1861 in Vienna.
Died April 13th, 1945 at 83 years old in Vienna.
Nikolai Berzarin
Soviet general (1904–1945).
Born April 1st, 1904 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 16th, 1945 at 41 years old in Berlin (traffic collision).
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
British artist (1872-1945).
Born January 25th, 1872 in London.
Died March 10th, 1945 at 73 years old in London. [ref]
Xian Xinghai
Chinese composer (1905–1945).
Born June 13th, 1905 in Macau.
Died October 30th, 1945 at 40 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
George Maduro
Dutch resistance member (1916–1945).
Born July 15th, 1916 in Willemstad.
Died February 9th, 1945 at 28 years old in Dachau concentration camp.
Pedro Paulet
Peruvian scientist (1874-1945).
Born July 2nd, 1874 in Arequipa. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1945 at 70 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Johannes Popitz
Prussian politician (1884-1945).
Born December 2nd, 1884 in Leipzig.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 60 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Jüri Uluots
Estonian prime minister (1890-1945).
Born January 13th, 1890 in Kirbla parish.
Died January 9th, 1945 at 54 years old in Stockholm (stomach cancer).
Eugen Bolz
German politician (1881-1945).
Born December 15th, 1881 in Rottenburg am Neckar.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 63 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
Gunther Burstyn
Austro-hungarian army officer.
Born July 6th, 1879 in Bad Aussee.
Died April 15th, 1945 at 65 years old in Korneuburg.
Milan Aćimović
Politician, collaborator (1898-1945).
Born May 31st, 1898 in Pinosava.
Died May 25th, 1945 at 46 years old in Zelengora.
Henry Armetta
Italian-american actor (1888-1945).
Born July 4th, 1888 in Palermo.
Died October 21st, 1945 at 57 years old in San Diego (myocardial infarction).
Hélène de Pourtalès
Swiss sailor (1868–1945).
Born April 28th, 1868 in New York City.
Died November 2nd, 1945 at 77 years old in Geneva.
Herbert Lumsden
British army general (1897-1945).
Born April 8th, 1897 in Clanfield.
Died January 6th, 1945 at 47 years old in Philippines.
Franz Augsberger
German general (1905–1945).
Born October 10th, 1905 in Vienna.
Died March 19th, 1945 at 39 years old in Prudnik.
Josef Wagner
German nazi politician (1899-1945).
Born January 12th, 1899 in Algrange.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 46 years old in Berlin.
George Alan Vasey
Australian general (1895-1945).
Born March 29th, 1895 in Malvern East.
Died March 5th, 1945 at 49 years old in Cairns.
Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss
German general (1886-1945).
Born October 7th, 1886 in Korfantów.
Died May 13th, 1945 at 58 years old in Čimelice.
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