Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Maarouf Al Rasafi
Iraqi poet.
Born January 1st, 1875 in Al-Rusafa. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1945 at 70 years old [ref]
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus
French writer and sculptor.
Born November 3rd, 1874 in Honfleur.
Died April 26th, 1945 at 70 years old in Château-Gontier.
Charles Sands
American golfer, tennis and real tennis player (1865–1945).
Born December 22nd, 1865 in New York City.
Died August 9th, 1945 at 79 years old in New York City.
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.
Alexander Fersman
Russian mineralogist (1883–1945).
Born November 8th, 1883 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 20th, 1945 at 61 years old in Sochi.
Prince Wilhelm Friedrich of Wied
German noble (1872-1945).
Born June 27th, 1872 in Neuwied. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1945 at 72 years old in Neuwied. [ref]
Vahan Tekeyan
Armenian poet (1878–1945).
Born January 21st, 1878 in Ortaköy.
Died April 4th, 1945 at 67 years old in Cairo.
Vikenty Veresaev
Russian doctor and writer (1867–1945).
Born January 16th, 1867 in Tula.
Died June 3rd, 1945 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Peter Gabrovski
Bulgarian politician (1898-1945).
Born July 9th, 1898 in Razgrad.
Died February 1st, 1945 at 46 years old in Sofia (gunshot wound).
Pham Quynh
Vietnamese politician.
Born December 17th, 1892 in Hanoi.
Died September 6th, 1945 at 52 years old in Huế.
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.
Şayan Kadın
Consort of ottoman sultan murad v.
Born January 4th, 1853 in Anapa.
Died March 15th, 1945 at 92 years old in Istanbul.
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.
Hans Källner
German general (1898–1945).
Born October 9th, 1898 in Katowice.
Died April 18th, 1945 at 46 years old in Sokolnice.
George Willis Ritchey
American astronomer (1864–1945).
Born December 31st, 1864 in Tuppers Plains.
Died November 4th, 1945 at 80 years old in Azusa.
Michał Pius Römer
Lithuanian legal scholar (1880–1945).
Born May 17th, 1880 in Bagdoniškis.
Died February 22nd, 1945 at 64 years old in Vilnius.
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.
Yun Dong-ju
Korean poet (1917–1945).
Born December 30th, 1917 in Longjing.
Died February 16th, 1945 at 27 years old in Fukuoka.
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.
Louisa Aslanian
Wwii french-armenian resistance activist.
Died January 30th, 1945 at 38 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp (execution).
Heinrich Schroth
German actor (1871–1945).
Born March 23rd, 1871 in Pirmasens.
Died January 14th, 1945 at 73 years old in Berlin.
Francis Bruguière
American photographer (1879-1945).
Born October 15th, 1879 in San Francisco.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 65 years old in London.
Adolf Bartels
German writer (1862–1945).
Born November 15th, 1862 in Wesselburen.
Died March 7th, 1945 at 82 years old in Weimar.
Hermann Föttinger
German engineer (1877–1945).
Born February 9th, 1877 in Nuremberg.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 68 years old in Berlin.
Deaths 551 to 575 of 800
He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan