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In the year 1945
799 Notable deaths
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.
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]
Josef Weinheber
Austrian poet (1892–1945).
Born March 9th, 1892 in Vienna.
Died April 8th, 1945 at 53 years old in Kirchstetten (drug overdose).
Antonio Palacios Ramilo
Spanish architect (1874-1945).
Born January 8th, 1874 in O Porriño.
Died October 27th, 1945 at 71 years old in Aravaca.
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]
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]
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]
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.
Adam Stegerwald
German politician (1874-1945).
Born December 14th, 1874 in Greußenheim.
Died December 3rd, 1945 at 70 years old in Würzburg (pneumonia).
John Campbell Merriam
American paleontologist (1869–1945).
Born October 20th, 1869 in Hopkinton.
Died October 30th, 1945 at 76 years old in Oakland.
Oskar Heinroth
German zoologist (1871-1945).
Born March 1st, 1871 in Mainz.
Died May 31st, 1945 at 74 years old in Berlin.
August Zehender
Ss general (1903-1945).
Born April 28th, 1903 in Aalen.
Died February 11th, 1945 at 41 years old in Budapest.
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).
Harry Hillman
American athletics competitor (1881–1945).
Born September 8th, 1881 in Brooklyn.
Died August 9th, 1945 at 63 years old in Hanover.
Vilmos Apor
(1892–1945) hungarian bishop.
Born February 29th, 1892 in Sighișoara.
Died April 2nd, 1945 at 53 years old in Győr.
Victor Perez
Tunisian boxer (1911–1945).
Born March 20th, 1911 in Tunis.
Died January 22nd, 1945 at 33 years old in Auschwitz.
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).
Kazimierz Prószyński
Polish inventor (1875-1945).
Born April 4th, 1875 in Warsaw.
Died March 13th, 1945 at 69 years old in Mauthausen concentration camp.
George F. Marion
American stage and screen actor (1860-1945).
Born July 16th, 1860 in San Francisco.
Died November 30th, 1945 at 85 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea (myocardial infarction).
Stacia Napierkowska
French actor and dancer (1891–1945).
Born September 16th, 1891 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 11th, 1945 at 53 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Mariya Tsukanova
Heroine of the soviet union (1924–1945).
Born September 14th, 1924 in Omsk.
Died August 15th, 1945 at 20 years old in Chongjin.
Margaret Deland
American writer and poet (1857–1945).
Born February 23rd, 1857 in Allegheny.
Died January 13th, 1945 at 87 years old in Boston.
William Miller
British medievalist and journalist.
Born December 8th, 1864 in Wigton.
Died October 23rd, 1945 at 80 years old in Durban.
Theodor Vahlen
German mathematician and nazi party official (1869–1945).
Born June 30th, 1869 in Vienna.
Died November 16th, 1945 at 76 years old in Prague.
Gustav Heistermann von Ziehlberg
German general and knight's cross recipients (1898–1945).
Born December 10th, 1898 in Inowrocław.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 46 years old in Spandau (gunshot wound).
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Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. Amelia Burr