In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Arthur Nebe
German police officer (1894-1945).
Born November 13th, 1894 in Berlin.
Died March 21st, 1945 at 50 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Anton Dostler
German general (1891–1945).
Born May 10th, 1891 in Munich.
Died December 1st, 1945 at 54 years old in Aversa (gunshot wound).
Kurt Knispel
German tank commander during world war ii (1921–1945).
Born September 20th, 1921 in Salisov.
Died April 30th, 1945 at 23 years old in Vrbovec. [ref]
Odilo Globočnik
Austrian-german ss officer, ss-group leader and lieutenant general of the police, temporary leader of operation reinhardt (1904–1945).
Born April 21st, 1904 in Trieste.
Died May 31st, 1945 at 41 years old in Paternion (cyanide poisoning).
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist (1866–1945).
Born September 25th, 1866 in Lexington.
Died December 4th, 1945 at 79 years old in Pasadena (myocardial infarction).
Josef Terboven
German politician (1898–1945).
Died May 8th, 1945 at 46 years old in Skaugum (dynamite).
William Joseph Simmons
Ku klux klan founder (1880–1945).
Born May 6th, 1880 in Harpersville.
Died May 18th, 1945 at 65 years old in Atlanta.
Hannie Schaft
Dutch communist resistance fighter and martyr (1920–1945).
Born September 16th, 1921 in Haarlem. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1945 at 23 years old in Bloemendaal (gunshot wound). [ref]
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
German politician and member of the 20 july plot (1884-1945).
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 60 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
N. C. Wyeth
American illustrator and painter (1882–1945).
Born October 22nd, 1882 in Needham. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1945 at 62 years old in Chadds Ford (railway accident). [ref]
Lena Baker
American maid (1901–1945).
Born June 8th, 1900 in Cuthbert.
Died March 5th, 1945 at 44 years old in Reidsville (electrocution).
Philipp Bouhler
German general, head of nazi action t4 euthanasia program for children and the handicapped (1899–1945).
Born September 11th, 1899 in Munich.
Died May 19th, 1945 at 45 years old in Zell am See (poison).
Paul Valéry
French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945).
Born October 30th, 1871 in Sète. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1945 at 73 years old in Paris.
Josef Gangl
German officer as (b. 1910, d. 1945).
Born September 12th, 1910 in Obertraubling.
Died May 5th, 1945 at 34 years old in Itter Castle.
Martin Luther
German diplomat (1895-1945).
Born December 16th, 1895 in Berlin.
Died May 13th, 1945 at 49 years old in Berlin.
Hiram Johnson
California governor (1911-17) and senator (1917-45).
Born September 2nd, 1866 in Sacramento.
Died August 6th, 1945 at 78 years old in Bethesda.
Robert Benchley
American writer and actor (1889-1945).
Born September 15th, 1889 in Worcester.
Died November 21st, 1945 at 56 years old in New York City (cerebral hemorrhage).
Charles Williams
British poet, novelist, theologian, literary critic, and member of the inklings (1886–1945).
Born September 20th, 1886 in London.
Died May 15th, 1945 at 58 years old in Oxford.
Ludwig Stumpfegger
Ss physician (1910-1945).
Born July 11th, 1910 in Munich.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 34 years old in Berlin (cyanide poisoning).
Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard
British colonial administrator (1858-1945).
Born January 22nd, 1858 in Chennai.
Died April 11th, 1945 at 87 years old in Dorking.
Lucille La Verne
American actress (1872–1945).
Born November 7th, 1872 in Nashville.
Died March 4th, 1945 at 72 years old in Culver City (cancer).
Bertram Home Ramsay
Royal navy admiral (1883–1945).
Born January 20th, 1883 in Hampton Court Palace.
Died January 2nd, 1945 at 61 years old in Toussus-le-Noble.
Michael Strank
United states marine.
Born November 10th, 1919 in Jarabina.
Died March 1st, 1945 at 25 years old in Iwo Jima.
Achille Starace
Italian fascist general (1889-1945).
Born August 18th, 1889 in Sannicola.
Died April 29th, 1945 at 55 years old in Milan (execution, gunshot wound).
Wolfram von Richthofen
German military officer and aviator (1895–1945).
Born October 10th, 1895 in Bartoszówek.
Died July 12th, 1945 at 49 years old (brain cancer).
Deaths 76 to 100 of 800
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon