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In the year 1945
799 Notable deaths
Hans Källner
German general (1898–1945).
Born October 9th, 1898 in Katowice.
Died April 18th, 1945 at 46 years old in Sokolnice.
Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky
Hero of the soviet union (1925-1945).
Born July 27th, 1925 in Osino-Gai.
Died April 13th, 1945 at 19 years old in East Prussia.
Ernst-Anton von Krosigk
German infantry general (1898-1945).
Born March 5th, 1898 in Potsdam.
Died April 10th, 1945 at 47 years old in Kandava.
József Eisenhoffer
Hungarian association footballer and manager (1900–1945).
Born November 8th, 1900 in Budapest.
Died November 13th, 1945 at 45 years old in Budapest.
Alexander Fersman
Russian mineralogist (1883–1945).
Born November 8th, 1883 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 20th, 1945 at 61 years old in Sochi.
Maximilian Wengler
Recipient of the knight's cross (1890–1945).
Born January 14th, 1890 in Roßwein.
Died April 25th, 1945 at 55 years old in Baltiysk.
Peter Gabrovski
Bulgarian politician (1898-1945).
Born July 9th, 1898 in Razgrad.
Died February 1st, 1945 at 46 years old in Sofia (gunshot wound).
Vikenty Veresaev
Russian doctor and writer (1867–1945).
Born January 16th, 1867 in Tula.
Died June 3rd, 1945 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Seitarō Kitayama
Japanese anime director (1888-1945).
Born March 3rd, 1888 in Wakayama, Tokyo. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1945 at 56 years old in Osaka, Takaishi. [ref]
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
German actor (1888-1945).
Born June 11th, 1887 in Frankfurt.
Died April 30th, 1945 at 57 years old in Berlin.
Pham Quynh
Vietnamese politician.
Born December 17th, 1892 in Hanoi.
Died September 6th, 1945 at 52 years old in Huế.
George Willis Ritchey
American astronomer (1864–1945).
Born December 31st, 1864 in Tuppers Plains.
Died November 4th, 1945 at 80 years old in Azusa.
Heinrich Schroth
German actor (1871–1945).
Born March 23rd, 1871 in Pirmasens.
Died January 14th, 1945 at 73 years old in Berlin.
Şayan Kadın
Consort of ottoman sultan murad v.
Born January 4th, 1853 in Anapa.
Died March 15th, 1945 at 92 years old in Istanbul.
Michał Pius Römer
Lithuanian legal scholar (1880–1945).
Born May 7th, 1880 in Bagdoniškis.
Died February 22nd, 1945 at 64 years old in Vilnius.
Louisa Aslanian
Wwii french-armenian resistance activist.
Died January 30th, 1945 at 38 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp (execution).
Hermann Föttinger
German engineer (1877–1945).
Born February 9th, 1877 in Nuremberg.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 68 years old in Berlin.
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
Polish explorer and writer (1878–1945).
Died January 3rd, 1945 at 66 years old in Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
Aleksei Chichibabin
Russian chemist (1871–1945).
Born March 29th, 1871 in Kuzemin.
Died August 15th, 1945 at 74 years old in Paris.
Francis Bruguière
American photographer (1879-1945).
Born October 15th, 1879 in San Francisco.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 65 years old in London.
Grigory Adamov
Soviet writer (1886–1945).
Born May 18th, 1886 in Kherson.
Died July 14th, 1945 at 59 years old in Moscow.
Paul Koebe
German mathematician (1882–1945).
Born February 15th, 1882 in Luckenwalde.
Died August 6th, 1945 at 63 years old in Leipzig.
Ferenc Csik
Hungarian swimmer (1913–1945).
Born December 12th, 1913 in Kaposvár.
Died March 29th, 1945 at 31 years old in Sopron.
Ida Henrietta Hyde
American physiologist (1857–1945).
Born September 8th, 1857 in Davenport.
Died August 22nd, 1945 at 87 years old in Berkeley.
Adolf Bartels
German writer (1862–1945).
Born November 15th, 1862 in Wesselburen.
Died March 7th, 1945 at 82 years old in Weimar.
Deaths 551 to 575 of 799
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain