In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu
Turkish journalist (1879–1945).
Born January 1st, 1879.
Died June 28th, 1945 at 66 years old in Geneva.
Nils Edén
Swedish 20th century prime minister (1871-1945).
Born August 25th, 1871 in Piteå.
Died June 16th, 1945 at 73 years old in Engelbrekt church parish (burn, prostate cancer, uremia). [ref]
F. Percy Smith
British nature documentary pioneer (1880-1945).
Born January 12th, 1880 in London.
Died March 24th, 1945 at 65 years old in Southgate.
Fejzi Alizoti
Politician, interim prime minister of albania (1874-1945).
Born September 22nd, 1874 in Gjirokastër.
Died April 14th, 1945 at 70 years old in Tirana.
Stefan Mazurkiewicz
Polish mathematician and cryptographer (1888-1945).
Born September 25th, 1888 in Warsaw.
Died June 19th, 1945 at 56 years old in Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
John Campbell Merriam
American paleontologist (1869–1945).
Born October 20th, 1869 in Hopkinton.
Died October 30th, 1945 at 76 years old in Oakland.
Antonio Palacios Ramilo
Spanish architect (1874-1945).
Born January 8th, 1874 in O Porriño.
Died October 27th, 1945 at 71 years old in Aravaca.
Konstantin Umansky
Soviet diplomat (1902-1945).
Born May 14th, 1902 in Mykolaiv. [ref]
Died January 25th, 1945 at 42 years old in Mexico (aircraft crash). [ref]
Eugene Cook Bingham
American chemist.
Born December 8th, 1878 in Cornwall.
Died November 6th, 1945 at 66 years old in Easton (viral infectious disease).
Josef Weinheber
Austrian poet (1892–1945).
Born March 9th, 1892 in Vienna.
Died April 8th, 1945 at 53 years old in Kirchstetten (drug overdose).
Ragnar Östberg
Swedish architect (1866–1945).
Born July 14th, 1866 in Stockholm.
Died February 5th, 1945 at 78 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Kitarō Nishida
Japanese philosopher (1870–1945).
Born May 19th, 1870 in Kahoku.
Died June 7th, 1945 at 75 years old in Kamakura (uremia).
Vilém Mathesius
Czech linguist, literature historian and science writer (1882-1945).
Born August 3rd, 1882 in Pardubice. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1945 at 62 years old in Josefov. [ref]
Marcel Callo
French typographer (1921–1945).
Born December 6th, 1921 in Rennes.
Died March 19th, 1945 at 23 years old in Mauthausen concentration camp (tuberculosis, dysentery).
Oskar Heinroth
German zoologist (1871-1945).
Born March 1st, 1871 in Mainz.
Died May 31st, 1945 at 74 years old in Berlin.
La Argentinita
Spanish dancer and singer (1898–1945).
Born March 3rd, 1898 in Buenos Aires.
Died September 24th, 1945 at 47 years old in New York City.
Harry Hillman
American athletics competitor (1881–1945).
Born September 8th, 1881 in Brooklyn.
Died August 9th, 1945 at 63 years old in Hanover.
Kazimierz Prószyński
Polish inventor (1875-1945).
Born April 4th, 1875 in Warsaw.
Died March 13th, 1945 at 69 years old in Mauthausen concentration camp.
Vilmos Apor
(1892–1945) hungarian bishop.
Born February 29th, 1892 in Sighișoara.
Died April 2nd, 1945 at 53 years old in Győr.
Nikola Mikhov
Regent of bulgaria (1891-1945).
Born December 11th, 1891 in Veliko Tarnovo.
Died February 1st, 1945 at 53 years old in Sofia (gunshot wound).
Augusto Tasso Fragoso
Brazilian writer, soldier and politician (1869-1945).
Born August 28th, 1869 in São Luís.
Died September 20th, 1945 at 76 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Horace B. Carpenter
Actor, film director (1875-1945).
Born January 31st, 1875 in Grand Rapids.
Died May 21st, 1945 at 70 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Margaret Deland
American writer and poet (1857–1945).
Born February 23rd, 1857 in Allegheny.
Died January 13th, 1945 at 87 years old in Boston.
August Zehender
Ss general (1903-1945).
Born April 28th, 1903 in Aalen.
Died February 11th, 1945 at 41 years old in Budapest.
William Miller
British medievalist and journalist.
Born December 8th, 1864 in Wigton.
Died October 23rd, 1945 at 80 years old in Durban.
Deaths 476 to 500 of 800
Death ends a life, not a relationship. Mitch Albom