In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Yakov Protazanov
Russian film director and screenwriter (1881–1945).
Born February 4th, 1881 in Moscow.
Died August 9th, 1945 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Giuseppe Girotti
Italian dominican priest (1905-1945).
Died April 1st, 1945 at 39 years old in Dachau concentration camp (lethal injection).
Russell Hopton
Actor (1900-1945).
Born February 18th, 1900 in New York City.
Died April 7th, 1945 at 45 years old in North Hollywood.
Klaus Junge
German chess player (1924–1945).
Born January 1st, 1924 in Concepción.
Died April 17th, 1945 at 21 years old in Welle.
Heinrich Fehlis
German ss officer and ss-oberfuhrer (senior colonel/brigadier).
Born November 1st, 1906 in Wulften am Harz.
Died May 11th, 1945 at 38 years old in Porsgrunn (gunshot wound).
Walter Hohmann
German engineer (1880-1945).
Born March 18th, 1880 in Hardheim.
Died March 11th, 1945 at 64 years old in Essen.
Georg Scholz
German artist (1890-1945).
Born October 10th, 1890 in Wolfenbüttel.
Died November 27th, 1945 at 55 years old in Waldkirch.
Jacob Tamarkin
Russian-american mathematician (1888–1945).
Born July 11th, 1888 in Chernihiv.
Died November 18th, 1945 at 57 years old in Bethesda.
Gustav Fehn
German general (1892–1945).
Born February 21st, 1892 in Nuremberg.
Died June 5th, 1945 at 53 years old in Ljubljana.
Josef Fitzthum
German general (1896-1945).
Born September 14th, 1896 in Engelhartstetten.
Died January 10th, 1945 at 48 years old in Wiener Neudorf (traffic collision).
Ludwig Steeg
German politician (1894-1945).
Born December 22nd, 1894 in Ottweiler.
Died September 6th, 1945 at 50 years old
Heinz Thilo
German ss officer (1911-1945).
Born October 8th, 1911 in Elberfeld.
Died May 13th, 1945 at 33 years old in Vrchlabí.
Frank M. Chapman
American ornithologist (1864–1945).
Born June 12th, 1864 in Teaneck.
Died November 15th, 1945 at 81 years old in New York City.
Charles Delestraint
French general (1879-1945).
Born March 12th, 1879 in Biache-Saint-Vaast.
Died April 19th, 1945 at 66 years old in Dachau concentration camp.
Dragiša Vasić
Serbian writer, jurist, journalist, and political intellectual; a liberal and nationalist who later adopted republican views, active from the pre–world war i period to world war ii (1885–1945).
Born November 2nd, 1885 in Gornji Milanovac. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1945 at 59 years old in Jasenovac concentration camp.
Henri Maspero
French sinologist (1883–1945).
Born December 15th, 1883 in Paris.
Died March 17th, 1945 at 61 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp.
Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman
Dutch artist (1882-1945).
Born April 29th, 1882 in Leens.
Died April 10th, 1945 at 62 years old in Bakkeveen (gunshot wound).
Jane Horney
World war ii spy.
Born July 8th, 1918 in Gustav Vasa parish. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1945 at 26 years old in Øresund.
Ekai Kawaguchi
Japanese buddhist monk (1866–1945).
Born February 26th, 1866 in Sakai.
Died February 24th, 1945 at 78 years old in Daita (intracranial hemorrhage).
Bruno Frank
German author, poet, dramatist, and humanist (1887–1945).
Born June 13th, 1887 in Stuttgart.
Died July 20th, 1945 at 58 years old in Beverly Hills.
William M. Calder
American politician (1869-1945).
Born March 3rd, 1869 in Brooklyn.
Died March 3rd, 1945 at 76 years old in Brooklyn.
Friedrich von Rabenau
German general (1884–1945).
Born October 10th, 1884 in Berlin.
Died April 15th, 1945 at 60 years old in Flossenbürg concentration camp (hanging to death).
Osvaldo Valenti
Italian actor (1906–1945).
Born February 17th, 1906 in Constantinople.
Died April 30th, 1945 at 39 years old in Milan (gunshot wound).
Theodor Haecker
German writer (1879-1945).
Born June 4th, 1879 in Mulfingen.
Died April 9th, 1945 at 65 years old in Ustersbach.
Rosina Storchio
Italian opera singer (1876–1945).
Born May 19th, 1872 in Venice.
Died July 24th, 1945 at 73 years old in Milan.
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan