In the year 1945

799 Notable deaths

Milena Pavlović-Barili

Serbian artist and poet (1909-1945).

Born November 5th, 1909 in Požarevac. [ref]

Died March 6th, 1945 at 35 years old in New York City (horse fall). [ref]

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.

Ernst-Günther Baade

German general (1897-1945).

Born August 20th, 1897 in Pritzwalk.

Died May 8th, 1945 at 47 years old in Bad Segeberg.

Josef Wagner

German nazi politician (1899-1945).

Born January 12th, 1899 in Algrange.

Died May 2nd, 1945 at 46 years old in Berlin.

Gottlieb Haberlandt

Austrian botanist (1854-1945).

Born November 28th, 1854 in Magyaróvár.

Died January 30th, 1945 at 90 years old in Berlin.

Père Jacques

Discalced carmelite friar and priest, concentration camp victim, righteous among the nations (1900–1945).

Born January 29th, 1900 in Barentin.

Died June 2nd, 1945 at 45 years old in Linz (tuberculosis).

Charles Fabry

French physicist.

Born June 11th, 1867 in Marseille.

Died December 11th, 1945 at 78 years old in Paris.

Erich Bärenfänger

German officer (1915-1945).

Born January 12th, 1915 in Menden (Sauerland).

Died May 2nd, 1945 at 30 years old in Berlin.

Nina Petrova

Wwii sniper, one of only four women to be full cavalier of order of glory (1893-1945).

Born July 27th, 1893 in Lomonosov.

Died May 1st, 1945 at 51 years old in Daleszewo.

Boris Galerkin

Russian mathematician (1871–1945).

Born March 4th, 1871 in Polatsk. [ref]

Died July 12th, 1945 at 74 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Joachim Albrecht Eggeling

German ss general (1884-1945).

Born November 30th, 1884 in Blankenburg.

Died April 15th, 1945 at 60 years old in Halle (Saale) (gunshot wound).

Eberhard Kinzel

German general and knight's cross recipients (1897-1945).

Born October 18th, 1897 in Friedenau.

Died May 23rd, 1945 at 47 years old in Idstedt.

Osip Brik

Russian lawyer, literary critic and chekist (1888–1945).

Born January 28th, 1888 in Moscow.

Died February 22nd, 1945 at 57 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).

Rolf Carls

German admiral (1885–1945).

Born May 29th, 1885 in Rostock.

Died April 29th, 1945 at 59 years old in Bad Oldesloe.

Fritz Freitag

German general (1894–1945).

Born April 28th, 1894 in Olsztyn.

Died May 10th, 1945 at 51 years old in Graz.

George Barbier

American actor.

Born November 19th, 1865 in Philadelphia.

Died July 19th, 1945 at 79 years old in Hollywood.

Karl Decker

German general (1897-1945).

Born November 30th, 1897 in Szczecinek.

Died April 21st, 1945 at 47 years old in Groß Brunsrode.

Kuno von Westarp

German lawyer, civil servant and politician (dkp, dnvp, kvp), mdr (1864-1945).

Born August 12th, 1864 in Ludomy.

Died July 30th, 1945 at 80 years old in Berlin.

Ada Negri

Italian poet, writer, and teacher (1870–1945).

Born February 3rd, 1870 in Lodi.

Died January 11th, 1945 at 74 years old in Milan (disease).

Rafael Estrella Ureña

President of dominican republic (1889-1945).

Born November 10th, 1889 in Santiago de los Caballeros.

Died May 25th, 1945 at 55 years old

Franz Breithaupt

German ss general (1880–1945).

Born December 8th, 1880 in Berlin.

Died April 29th, 1945 at 64 years old in Prien am Chiemsee.

Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil

Turkish poet and writer (1865–1945).

Born February 12th, 1865 in Istanbul.

Died March 27th, 1945 at 80 years old in Istanbul.

Enno Lolling

Head physician of nazi concentration camps (1888–1945).

Born July 19th, 1888 in Cologne.

Died May 27th, 1945 at 56 years old in Flensburg.

Erwin Ding-Schuler

German surgeon (1912-1945).

Born September 19th, 1912 in Bitterfeld.

Died August 11th, 1945 at 32 years old in Freising.

Vincent Hugo Bendix

American inventor (1882–1945).

Born December 12th, 1882 in Moline. [ref]

Died March 27th, 1945 at 62 years old in New York City.

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