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In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Le Pétomane
French entertainer (1857-1945).
Born June 1st, 1857 in Marseille.
Died August 8th, 1945 at 88 years old in Toulon.
Plutarco Elías Calles
47th president of mexico.
Born September 25th, 1877 in Heroica Guaymas.
Died October 19th, 1945 at 68 years old in Mexico City.
Princess Stéphanie of Belgium
Archduchess of austria (1864–1945).
Born May 21st, 1864 in Brussels metropolitan area.
Died August 23rd, 1945 at 81 years old in Pannonhalma.
Emily Carr
Canadian painter and writer (1871–1945).
Born December 13th, 1871 in Victoria.
Died March 2nd, 1945 at 73 years old in Victoria (myocardial infarction).
Anders Lassen
Recipient of the victoria cross (1920-1945).
Born September 22nd, 1920 in Høvdingsgård.
Died April 9th, 1945 at 24 years old in Comacchio.
Käthe Kollwitz
German printmaker and sculptor (1867–1945).
Born July 8th, 1867 in Königsberg. [ref]
Died April 22nd, 1945 at 77 years old in Moritzburg. [ref]
Theodore Dreiser
American novelist and journalist (1871–1945).
Born August 27th, 1871 in Terre Haute.
Died December 28th, 1945 at 74 years old in Hollywood.
Violette Szabo
French-british soe spy.
Born June 26th, 1921 in Levallois-Perret.
Died February 5th, 1945 at 23 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp (gunshot wound).
Eduard Bloch
Austrian physician (1872-1945).
Born January 30th, 1872 in Hluboká nad Vltavou.
Died June 1st, 1945 at 73 years old in The Bronx (stomach cancer).
Robert Ritter von Greim
German field marshal (1892–1945).
Born June 22nd, 1892 in Bayreuth.
Died May 24th, 1945 at 52 years old in Salzburg (cyanide poisoning).
Elisabeth Volkenrath
Female nazi concentration camp guard (1919–1945).
Born September 5th, 1919 in Świerzawa.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 26 years old in Hamelin Prison (hanging to death).
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues musician (1897–1945).
Born January 22nd, 1897 in Pendleton, Brenham.
Died September 18th, 1945 at 48 years old in Beaumont.
Hans Oster
German general (1887–1945).
Born August 9th, 1887 in Dresden.
Died April 9th, 1945 at 57 years old in Flossenbürg concentration camp (hanging to death).
Sarah Chapman
Leader of the 1888 bryant & may matchgirls' strike (1862-1945).
Born October 31st, 1862 in Mile End.
Died November 27th, 1945 at 83 years old in Bethnal Green.
Wilhelm Burgdorf
German general (1895–1945).
Born February 15th, 1895 in Fürstenwalde.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 50 years old in Berlin.
Rash Behari Bose
Indian independence activist (1886–1945).
Born May 25th, 1886 in Bardhaman, Bengal Presidency.
Died January 21st, 1945 at 58 years old in Tokyo, Empire of Japan.
Jack Thayer
Titanic survivor (1894–1945).
Born December 24th, 1894 in Philadelphia.
Died September 20th, 1945 at 50 years old in Philadelphia.
Stefan Banach
Polish mathematician (1892–1945).
Born March 30th, 1892 in Kraków.
Died August 31st, 1945 at 53 years old in Lviv (lung cancer). [ref]
Anton Webern
Austrian composer and conductor.
Born December 3rd, 1883 in Vienna.
Died September 15th, 1945 at 61 years old in Mittersill.
John Amery
British nazi collaborator (1912–1945).
Born March 14th, 1912 in Chelsea.
Died December 19th, 1945 at 33 years old in HM Prison Wandsworth (hanging to death).
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
American lieutenant general during world war ii (1886–1945).
Born July 18th, 1886 in Munfordville.
Died June 18th, 1945 at 58 years old in Okinawa Prefecture.
Hans Kammler
German architect, ss general, head of construction and armament projects in the german reich (1901-1945).
Born August 26th, 1901 in Szczecin. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1945 at 43 years old in Jílové u Prahy.
Georg Elser
German opponent of nazism, planned and carried out an assassination attempt on adolf hitler on 8 november 1939 (1903–1945).
Born January 4th, 1903 in Hermaringen.
Died April 9th, 1945 at 42 years old in Dachau concentration camp (gunshot wound).
Giovanni Agnelli
Italian entrepreneur (1866–1945).
Born August 13th, 1866 in Villar Perosa.
Died December 16th, 1945 at 79 years old in Turin.
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Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld