In the year 1945
799 Notable deaths
Takakusu Junjirō
Japanese buddhist studies scholar and indologist.
Born June 29th, 1866 in Mihara.
Died June 28th, 1945 at 78 years old
Rudolf Karel
Czech composer and conductor.
Born November 9th, 1880 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1945 at 64 years old in Theresienstadt Small Fortress. [ref]
Florencio Harmodio Arosemena
President of panama, 1928-1931.
Born September 17th, 1872 in Panama City.
Died August 30th, 1945 at 72 years old in New York City.
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]
Hans Brausewetter
German actor (1899–1945).
Born May 27th, 1899 in Málaga.
Died April 29th, 1945 at 45 years old in Berlin.
Lizzi Waldmüller
Austrian actor and singer (1904–1945).
Born May 25th, 1904 in Knittelfeld.
Died April 8th, 1945 at 40 years old in Vienna.
Wacław Sieroszewski
Polish writer (1858-1945).
Born August 21st, 1858 in Wólka Kozłowska.
Died April 20th, 1945 at 86 years old in Piaseczno (pneumonia).
Kitarō Nishida
Japanese philosopher (1870–1945).
Born May 19th, 1870 in Kahoku.
Died June 7th, 1945 at 75 years old in Kamakura (uremia).
Gustav Flatow
German gymnast (1875-1945).
Born January 7th, 1875 in Kościerzyna. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1945 at 70 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov
Russian botanist (1869-1945).
Born October 13th, 1869 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 5th, 1945 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Engelmar Unzeitig
Czechoslovak roman catholic priest (1911–1945).
Born March 1st, 1911 in Hradec nad Svitavou.
Died March 2nd, 1945 at 34 years old in Dachau concentration camp (typhus).
Willibald Borowietz
German general and knight's cross recipient (1893-1945).
Born September 17th, 1893 in Racibórz.
Died July 1st, 1945 at 51 years old in Clinton (electrocution).
Peter Raabe
German conductor (1872-1945).
Born November 27th, 1872 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died April 12th, 1945 at 72 years old in Weimar.
Rudolf Holsti
Finnish politician, journalist and diplomat (1881–1945).
Born October 8th, 1881 in Jyväskylä.
Died August 4th, 1945 at 63 years old in Palo Alto.
Ujō Noguchi
Japanese poet and lyricist (1882–1945).
Born May 29th, 1882 in Isohara. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1945 at 62 years old in Former Residence of Ujō Noguchi. [ref]
Richard Beer-Hofmann
Austrian jewish writer persecuted by nazis (1866-1945).
Born July 11th, 1866 in Vienna.
Died September 26th, 1945 at 79 years old in New York City.
Hermann Jansen
German architect (1869-1945).
Born May 28th, 1869 in Aachen.
Died February 20th, 1945 at 75 years old in Berlin.
Kārlis Skalbe
Latvian writer (1879–1945).
Born November 7th, 1879 in Vecpiebalga Municipality.
Died April 14th, 1945 at 65 years old in Stockholm.
Ernst Ahl
German zoologist, ichthyologist and herpetologist (1898–1945).
Born September 1st, 1898 in Berlin.
Died February 14th, 1945 at 46 years old in Yugoslavia, Nevesinje.
Jusztinián György Serédi
Hungarian catholic cardinal (1884-1945).
Born April 24th, 1884 in Diakovce. [ref]
Died March 29th, 1945 at 60 years old in Esztergom. [ref]
Dezső Szabó
Hungarian writer (1879–1945).
Born June 10th, 1879 in Cluj-Napoca.
Died January 13th, 1945 at 65 years old in Budapest.
Sigurður Eggerz
Icelandic politician (1875-1945).
Born March 1st, 1875 in Borðeyri.
Died November 16th, 1945 at 70 years old in Reykjavík.
Jelena Dimitrijević
Serbian short story writer, novelist, poet, traveller, social worker, feminist, polyglot.
Born March 27th, 1862 in Kruševac.
Died April 10th, 1945 at 83 years old in Belgrade (disease).
Curt Nimuendajú
German anthropologist (1883-1945).
Born April 17th, 1883 in Jena.
Died December 10th, 1945 at 62 years old in Amazonas.
Teresio Olivelli
Italian teacher, blessed (1916-1945).
Born January 7th, 1916 in Bellagio.
Died January 17th, 1945 at 29 years old in Hersbruck concentration camp.
Deaths 576 to 600 of 799
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris