In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Ernst-Robert Grawitz
German general; reichsarzt; facilitated medical torture and experiments on nazi concentration camp inmates (1899–1945).
Born June 8th, 1899 in Charlottenburg.
Died April 24th, 1945 at 45 years old in Babelsberg (hand grenade).
Cosmo Gordon Lang
British archbishop and clergyman (1864-1945).
Born October 31st, 1864 in Fyvie.
Died December 5th, 1945 at 81 years old in Kew.
Sigmund Rascher
German schutzstaffel doctor (1909–1945).
Born February 12th, 1909 in Munich.
Died April 26th, 1945 at 36 years old in Dachau concentration camp (execution by shooting).
Karl Fritzsch
Ss officer (1903-1945).
Born July 10th, 1903 in Mokřiny.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 41 years old in Berlin.
Korechika Anami
Japanese general (1887–1945).
Born February 21st, 1887 in Tansumachi.
Died August 15th, 1945 at 58 years old in Nagatachō (seppuku).
Tom Pendergast
American politician (1872-1945).
Born July 22nd, 1872 in St. Joseph.
Died January 26th, 1945 at 72 years old in Kansas City.
Max Ehrmann
American writer, poet, and attorney (1872–1945).
Born September 26th, 1872 in Terre Haute.
Died September 9th, 1945 at 72 years old in Terre Haute.
Eduard Wirths
German nazi physician (1909–1945).
Born September 4th, 1909 in Geroldshausen.
Died September 20th, 1945 at 36 years old in Staumühle (hanging to death).
Takeichi Nishi
Japanese army officer and equestrian (1902-1945).
Born July 12th, 1902 in Kōgaichō.
Died March 22nd, 1945 at 42 years old in Iwo Jima.
Emil Hácha
Czech politician, political prisoner, lawyer, translator and judge (1872-1945).
Born July 12th, 1872 in Trhové Sviny.
Died June 27th, 1945 at 72 years old in Pankrác Prison (pneumonia, bronchitis, myocarditis, atherosclerosis). [ref]
Mitsuru Ushijima
General in the imperial japanese army.
Born July 31st, 1887 in Kagoshima.
Died June 22nd, 1945 at 57 years old in Okinawa (seppuku). [ref]
Aleksey Tolstoy
Russian-soviet writer (1883-1945).
Born January 10th, 1883 in Pugachyov.
Died February 23rd, 1945 at 62 years old in Moscow (cancer).
René Lalique
French glass designer (1860–1945).
Born April 6th, 1860 in Aÿ. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1945 at 85 years old in Paris. [ref]
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Filipino heroine and suffragist (1898–1945).
Born September 20th, 1898 in Dingras.
Died January 6th, 1945 at 46 years old in Manila.
Ernst Cassirer
German philosopher (1874–1945).
Born May 28th, 1874 in Wrocław.
Died April 13th, 1945 at 70 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Rudolf Lange
Ss officer (1910-1945).
Born April 18th, 1910 in Weißwasser.
Died February 23rd, 1945 at 34 years old in Poznań.
Isamu Chō
Japanese general (1895-1945).
Born January 19th, 1895 in Fukuoka.
Died June 23rd, 1945 at 50 years old in Okinawa Prefecture (stabbing).
Bobby Hutchins
American actor (1925–1945).
Born March 29th, 1925 in Tacoma.
Died May 17th, 1945 at 20 years old in Merced.
Joseph Darnand
French ss officer (1897-1945).
Born March 19th, 1897 in Coligny.
Died October 10th, 1945 at 48 years old in Châtillon (gunshot wound).
Pietro Mascagni
Italian composer known for operas (1863–1945).
Born December 7th, 1863 in Livorno.
Died August 2nd, 1945 at 81 years old in Rome.
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg
German navy officer, u-boot commander, admiral in the kriegsmarine (1895-1945).
Born May 17th, 1895 in Strasbourg.
Died May 23rd, 1945 at 50 years old in Flensburg (cyanide poisoning).
Nicola Bombacci
Italian politician and revolutionary (1879-1945).
Born October 24th, 1879 in Civitella di Romagna.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 65 years old in Dongo (gunshot wound).
Franz Werfel
Austrian-bohemian novelist, playwright and poet (1890-1945).
Born September 10th, 1890 in Prague. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1945 at 54 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Hans Geiger
German physicist (1882–1945).
Born September 30th, 1882 in Neustadt an der Weinstraße.
Died September 24th, 1945 at 62 years old in Potsdam.
Heber J. Grant
President of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints (1856-1945).
Born November 22nd, 1856 in Salt Lake City.
Died May 14th, 1945 at 88 years old in Salt Lake City.
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Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter. Albert Camus