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In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Margaret Louisa Woods
English writer (1856–1945).
Born November 20th, 1855 in Rugby.
Died December 1st, 1945 at 90 years old
Josip Horvat Međimurec
Croatian painter (1904–1945).
Born February 18th, 1904 in Čakovec.
Died June 2nd, 1945 at 41 years old in Zagreb (gunshot wound).
Leonhard Ragaz
Swiss theologian (1868-1945).
Born July 28th, 1868 in Tamins.
Died December 6th, 1945 at 77 years old in Zurich.
Tytus Czyżewski
Polish artist (1880-1945).
Born December 28th, 1885 in Przyszowa.
Died May 5th, 1945 at 59 years old in Kraków.
Reinhold Frank
German lawyer (1896–1945).
Born July 23rd, 1896 in Bachhaupten.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 48 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Ángel Melogno
Uruguayan footballer (1905-1945).
Born March 22nd, 1905 in Salto.
Died March 27th, 1945 at 40 years old in Montevideo.
Edward Wilber Berry
American paleobotanist (1875-1945).
Born February 10th, 1875 in Newark.
Died September 20th, 1945 at 70 years old
Robert Hawkes
English footballer (1880-1945).
Born October 18th, 1880 in King's Walden.
Died September 12th, 1945 at 64 years old in Luton.
Vyacheslav Shishkov
Russian-soviet writer (1873—1945).
Born October 3rd, 1873 in Bezhetsk.
Died March 6th, 1945 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Janko Jesenský
Czechoslovak poet, lawyer, politician and translator (1874–1945).
Born December 30th, 1874 in Martin. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1945 at 70 years old in Bratislava. [ref]
Karl Dannemann
Actor (1896-1945).
Born March 22nd, 1896 in Bremen.
Died May 4th, 1945 at 49 years old in Werder (Havel).
Lutpulla Mutellip
Chinese poet (1922–1945).
Born November 22nd, 1922 in Sinkiang Province, Nilka County.
Died September 18th, 1945 at 22 years old in Aksu, Sinkiang Province.
Alexey Favorsky
Russian chemist (1860–1945).
Born March 3rd, 1860 in Pavlovo.
Died August 8th, 1945 at 85 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Rudolf Lippert
German equestrian (1900–1945).
Born October 29th, 1900 in Leipzig.
Died April 1st, 1945 at 44 years old in Bielefeld.
Albert Tyler
American pole vaulter (1872-1945).
Born January 4th, 1872 in Glendale.
Died July 25th, 1945 at 73 years old in Harpswell (pneumonia).
Emil Perška
Croatian footballer (1896-1945).
Born August 28th, 1896 in Zagreb.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 48 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Karl Grobben
Austrian zoologist (1854–1945).
Born August 27th, 1854 in Brno.
Died April 13th, 1945 at 90 years old in Salzburg.
Dmitry Mirimanoff
Russian-swiss mathematician (1861-1945).
Born September 25th, 1861 in Pereslavl-Zalessky.
Died January 5th, 1945 at 83 years old in Geneva.
Ignác Kúnos
Hungarian linguist (1860–1945).
Born September 22nd, 1860 in Hajdúsámson. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1945 at 84 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Majda Vrhovnik
Slovenian spy (1922–1945).
Born April 14th, 1922 in Ljubljana.
Died May 4th, 1945 at 23 years old in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (gunshot wound).
Marceli Handelsman
Polish historian (1882-1945).
Born July 8th, 1882 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died March 20th, 1945 at 62 years old in Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp. [ref]
Sándor Szurmay
Hungarian politician (1860-1945).
Born December 19th, 1860 in Bocșa.
Died February 26th, 1945 at 84 years old in Budapest.
Paul Leppin
Czech writer (1878-1945).
Born November 27th, 1878 in Prague.
Died April 10th, 1945 at 66 years old in Prague.
Josef Hora
Czech poet, literary theorist, politic writer and translator (1891–1945).
Born July 8th, 1891 in Dobříň. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1945 at 53 years old in Fakultní nemocnice Královské Vinohrady (encephalitis, brain atrophy, bronchopneumonia). [ref]
Luciano Albertini
1882-1945 italian actor.
Born November 30th, 1882 in Lugo. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1945 at 62 years old in Budrio. [ref]
Deaths 651 to 675 of 800
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