In the year 1945
799 Notable deaths
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.
Berta Zuckerkandl-Szeps
Austrian writer, art critic and salonholder (1864-1945).
Born April 13th, 1864 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1945 at 81 years old in Paris. [ref]
Paul Daimler
German automotive engineer (1869–1945).
Born September 13th, 1869 in Karlsruhe.
Died December 15th, 1945 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Vilhelms Purvītis
Latvian artist (1872-1945).
Born March 3rd, 1872 in Zaube Parish.
Died January 14th, 1945 at 72 years old in Bad Nauheim.
Edwin W. Kemmerer
American economist (1875–1945).
Born June 29th, 1875 in Scranton.
Died December 16th, 1945 at 70 years old in Princeton.
Torgny Segerstedt
Scholar of comparative religion; publicist (1876–1945).
Born November 1st, 1876 in Karlstad church parish.
Died March 31st, 1945 at 68 years old in Vasa parish.
José María Moncada
President of nicaragua (1870-1945).
Born December 8th, 1870 in Nicaragua.
Died February 23rd, 1945 at 74 years old in Managua.
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).
Karl Gerland
German general (1905-1945).
Born July 14th, 1905 in Gottsbüren.
Died April 21st, 1945 at 39 years old in Frankfurt (Oder).
Lucien Simon
French painter (1861-1945).
Born July 18th, 1861 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1945 at 84 years old in Combrit.
Christa Tordy
German actress (1904-1945).
Born June 30th, 1904 in Bremen.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 40 years old in Bad Saarow.
Mustafa Busuladžić
Bosniak writer and translator, anti-communist, antisemitist, pro-ustasha and pro-ndh.
Born April 14th, 1914 in Trebinje.
Died June 29th, 1945 at 31 years old in Sarajevo (gunshot wound).
Nikolaus Gross
German resistance fighter (1898–1945).
Born September 30th, 1898 in Niederwenigern.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 46 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Camille Mauclair
French writer (1872-1945).
Born December 29th, 1872 in Paris.
Died April 23rd, 1945 at 72 years old in Paris.
James G. Scrugham
American politician (1880-1945).
Born January 19th, 1880 in Lexington.
Died June 23rd, 1945 at 65 years old in San Diego.
Yoshiyuki Kawashima
Japanese general (1878–1945).
Born May 25th, 1878 in Ehime Prefecture.
Died September 8th, 1945 at 67 years old
José Gutiérrez Solana
Spanish painter (1886-1945).
Born February 28th, 1886 in Madrid.
Died June 24th, 1945 at 59 years old in Madrid.
David Young Cameron
British artist (1865-1945).
Born June 28th, 1865 in Glasgow. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1945 at 80 years old in Perth.
Edith Rebecca Saunders
British geneticist (1865-1945).
Born October 14th, 1865 in Brighton.
Died June 6th, 1945 at 79 years old in Cambridge.
Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
Russian entrepreneur, organizer of film production, screenwriter, director.
Born August 8th, 1877 in Nyzhnia Krynka.
Died September 26th, 1945 at 68 years old in Yalta.
Ilya Golosov
Russian architect (1883–1945).
Born July 31st, 1883 in Moscow.
Died January 29th, 1945 at 61 years old in Moscow.
Ademaga Mešić
Bosnian politician and military officer (1868–1945).
Born March 25th, 1868 in Tešanj.
Died July 1st, 1945 at 77 years old in Zagreb.
Otto von Schrader
German admiral (1888–1945).
Born March 18th, 1888 in Ełk.
Died July 19th, 1945 at 57 years old in Bergen.
Wilhelm Wirtinger
Austrian mathematician (1865–1945).
Born July 15th, 1865 in Ybbs an der Donau.
Died January 16th, 1945 at 79 years old in Ybbs an der Donau. [ref]
Hans Winkler
German botanist (1877-1945).
Born April 23rd, 1877 in Oschatz.
Died November 22nd, 1945 at 68 years old in Dresden.
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While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci