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In the year 1945
747 Notable deaths
Richard Glücks
German general (1889-1945); ss-gruppenführer, head of the inspection of the concentration camps.
Born April 22nd, 1889 in Mönchengladbach.
Died May 10th, 1945 at 56 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).
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.
Kiyoshi Ogawa
Japanese military pilot in world war ii.
Born October 23rd, 1922 in Gunma Prefecture.
Died May 11th, 1945 at 22 years old
Constanze Manziarly
Cook and dietitian to adolf hitler (1920–1945).
Born April 14th, 1920 in Innsbruck.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 25 years old in Berlin.
Charles Spearman
English psychologist (1863-1945).
Born September 10th, 1863 in London.
Died September 17th, 1945 at 82 years old in London.
Alexander M. Patch
United states army general (1889-1945).
Born November 23rd, 1889 in Fort Huachuca.
Died November 21st, 1945 at 55 years old in Fort Sam Houston (pneumonia).
Johan Huizinga
Dutch cultural historian (1872–1945).
Born December 7th, 1872 in Groningen.
Died February 1st, 1945 at 72 years old in De Steeg.
Alessandro Pavolini
Italian politician and writer (1903-1945).
Born September 27th, 1903 in Florence.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 41 years old in Dongo (gunshot wound).
John McCormack
Irish tenor.
Born June 14th, 1884 in Athlone. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1945 at 61 years old in Dublin (disease). [ref]
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology.
Born March 12th, 1863 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 6th, 1945 at 81 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Pavlo Skoropadsky
Ukrainian general (1873-1945).
Born May 15th, 1873 in Wiesbaden.
Died April 26th, 1945 at 71 years old in Metten.
Felix Salten
Austro-hungarian author and critic in vienna.
Born September 6th, 1869 in Pest. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1945 at 76 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Dora
Patient of sigmund freud (1882–1945).
Born November 1st, 1882 in Vienna.
Died December 21st, 1945 at 63 years old in New York City.
Boris Shaposhnikov
Marshal of the soviet union (1882-1945).
Born October 2nd, 1882 in Zlatoust.
Died March 26th, 1945 at 62 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Matome Ugaki
Imperial japanese navy admiral (1890–1945).
Born February 15th, 1890 in Okayama.
Died August 15th, 1945 at 55 years old in Okinawa Prefecture.
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
Indian activist.
Born September 9th, 1872 in Kolkata.
Died August 18th, 1945 at 72 years old in Kolkata.
Jacques Doriot
French journalist, communist, fascist politician (1898-1945).
Born September 26th, 1898 in Bresles.
Died February 22nd, 1945 at 46 years old in Mengen (gunshot wound).
Willis Augustus Lee
Admiral (1888-1945).
Born May 11th, 1888 in Owen County.
Died August 25th, 1945 at 57 years old in Portland (myocardial infarction).
Sara Josephine Baker
American physician (1873-1945).
Born November 15th, 1873 in Poughkeepsie.
Died February 22nd, 1945 at 71 years old in New York City.
Elfego Baca
American sheriff (1865-1945).
Born February 10th, 1865 in Socorro.
Died August 27th, 1945 at 80 years old in Albuquerque.
Franz Hössler
German ss officer and schutzhaftlagerführer in auschwitz, mittelbau and bergen-belsen concentration camps (1906-1945).
Born February 4th, 1906 in Oberdorf bei Immenstadt.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 39 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Otto Neurath
Austrian economist, philosopher and sociologist (1882–1945).
Born December 10th, 1882 in Vienna.
Died December 22nd, 1945 at 63 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk
British princess; youngest child of alexander duff, 1st duke of fife, and louise, princess royal (1893–1945).
Born April 3rd, 1893 in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Died December 14th, 1945 at 52 years old in London (bronchitis).
William Seabrook
American journalist (1884–1945).
Born February 22nd, 1884 in Westminster.
Died September 20th, 1945 at 61 years old in Rhinebeck.
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