In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Pierre Cérésole
Swiss pacifist, engineer and quaker (1879-1945).
Born August 17th, 1879 in Lausanne.
Died October 23rd, 1945 at 66 years old in Lutry.
Eric Thornton
Belgian association football player (1882-1945).
Born July 5th, 1882 in Worthing.
Died December 5th, 1945 at 63 years old in Antwerp.
Kurt Dinter
German botanist and explorer (1868-1945).
Born June 10th, 1868 in Bautzen.
Died December 16th, 1945 at 77 years old in Neukirch/Lausitz.
Bertil Uggla
Swedish pole vaulter, modern pentathlete and fencer (1890–1945).
Born August 19th, 1890 in Solna.
Died September 29th, 1945 at 55 years old in Karlstad church parish.
Albert Arnheiter
German rower (1890–1945).
Born July 20th, 1890 in Ludwigshafen.
Died April 26th, 1945 at 54 years old in Casalpusterlengo.
Vilém Kurz
Czech music educator and pianist (1872–1945).
Born December 23rd, 1872 in Havlíčkův Brod. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1945 at 72 years old in New Town. [ref]
Georges Colomb
French botanist and pioneer of french comics (1856-1945).
Died January 3rd, 1945 at 88 years old in Nyons.
Maria Pierina De Micheli
Roman catholic religious sister (1890–1945).
Born September 11th, 1890 in Milan.
Died July 26th, 1945 at 54 years old in Madonna del Sasso.
Georgios von Metaxa
Austrian tennis player.
Born October 7th, 1914 in Vienna.
Died April 1st, 1945 at 30 years old in Yugoslavia. [ref]
Max Amann
German water polo player (1905–1945).
Born January 19th, 1905 in Magdeburg.
Died December 24th, 1945 at 40 years old
Hirayama Shin
Japanese astronomer (1867–1945).
Born June 10th, 1867 in Tokyo.
Died February 6th, 1945 at 77 years old in Suwa.
Dorothea Köring
German tennis player (1880–1945).
Born July 1st, 1880 in Chemnitz.
Died February 13th, 1945 at 64 years old in Dresden.
Nikola Avramov
Bulgarian artist (1897-1945).
Born May 21st, 1897 in Yambol.
Died June 15th, 1945 at 48 years old in Sofia.
Yoshiki Hayama
Japanese writer (1894–1945).
Born March 12th, 1894 in Toyotsu.
Died October 18th, 1945 at 51 years old in Manchuria (cerebral hemorrhage).
Kaarlo Sarkia
Finnish poet.
Born May 11th, 1902 in Kiikka.
Died November 16th, 1945 at 43 years old in Sysmä (tuberculosis).
Jenő Janovics
Hungarian film director (1872–1945).
Born December 8th, 1872 in Uzhhorod.
Died November 16th, 1945 at 72 years old in Cluj-Napoca.
Felicija Bortkevičienė
Lithuanian politician, editor.
Born September 1st, 1873 in Linkaučiai. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1945 at 72 years old in Kaunas. [ref]
Ryosuke Nunoi
Japanese tennis player (1909-1945).
Born January 18th, 1909 in Kobe.
Died July 21st, 1945 at 36 years old in Myanmar (gunshot wound).
Walter Jost
German general and knight's cross recipients (1896-1945).
Born July 25th, 1896 in Rastatt.
Died April 24th, 1945 at 48 years old in Villadose.
Alexander Shcherbakov
Soviet politician (1901-1945).
Born October 10th, 1901 in Ruza.
Died May 10th, 1945 at 43 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Richard Henkes
German roman catholic priest, martyr and blessed (1900–1945).
Born May 26th, 1900 in Ruppach-Goldhausen. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1945 at 44 years old in Dachau concentration camp (typhoid fever). [ref]
Pēteris Juraševskis
Prime minister of latvia (1872-1945).
Born April 4th, 1872 in Sesava Parish.
Died January 10th, 1945 at 72 years old in Jelgava.
Teyfuq Abdul
Soviet military officer (1915-1945).
Born December 24th, 1915 in Partenit.
Died March 18th, 1945 at 29 years old in Grodków.
Johan Hübner von Holst
Swedish sport shooter (1881-1945).
Born August 22nd, 1881 in Stockholm.
Died June 13th, 1945 at 63 years old in Stockholm.
Walter Weiler
Swiss footballer (1903-1945).
Born December 4th, 1903 in Winterthur. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1945 at 41 years old in Bern. [ref]
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I discovered to my joy, that it is life, not death, that has no limits. Gabriel García Márquez