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In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen
German princess (1879–1945).
Born May 12th, 1879 in Potsdam.
Died August 26th, 1945 at 66 years old in Kowary.
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).
Konrad Henlein
Czechoslovak german nation politician (1898-1945).
Born May 6th, 1898 in Vratislavice nad Nisou.
Died May 10th, 1945 at 47 years old in Plzeň, Bory (bleeding).
Kurt Gerstein
Ss officer; aid to nazi resistance (1905–1945).
Born August 11th, 1905 in Münster. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1945 at 39 years old in Paris (hanging to death).
Franz Ziereis
German ss officer, commandant of the mauthausen concentration camp (1905-1945).
Born August 13th, 1905 in Munich.
Died May 24th, 1945 at 39 years old in Gusen concentration camp.
Walraven van Hall
Dutch banker and resistance leader (1906-1945).
Born February 10th, 1906 in Amsterdam.
Died February 12th, 1945 at 39 years old in Jan Gijzenbrug (gunshot wound, execution).
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.
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).
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).
Charles Spearman
English psychologist (1863-1945).
Born September 10th, 1863 in London.
Died September 17th, 1945 at 82 years old in London.
Johan Huizinga
Dutch cultural historian (1872–1945).
Born December 7th, 1872 in Groningen.
Died February 1st, 1945 at 72 years old in De Steeg.
Kiyoshi Ogawa
Japanese military pilot in world war ii.
Born October 23rd, 1922 in Gunma Prefecture.
Died May 11th, 1945 at 22 years old
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).
John McCormack
Irish tenor (1884–1945).
Born June 14th, 1884 in Athlone.
Died September 16th, 1945 at 61 years old in Dublin (disease).
Felix Salten
Austro-hungarian author and critic in vienna (1869–1945).
Born September 6th, 1869 in Pest. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1945 at 76 years old in Zurich. [ref]
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).
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).
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).
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.
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.
John Ambrose Fleming
English electrical engineer and physicist (1849-1945).
Born November 29th, 1849 in Lancaster.
Died April 18th, 1945 at 95 years old in Sidmouth.
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.
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
Indian activist.
Born September 9th, 1872 in Kolkata.
Died August 18th, 1945 at 72 years old in Kolkata.
Elfego Baca
American sheriff (1865-1945).
Born February 10th, 1865 in Socorro.
Died August 27th, 1945 at 80 years old in Albuquerque.
Maria Orosa
Filipino chemist (1893-1945).
Born November 29th, 1893 in Taal. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1945 at 51 years old in Manila. [ref]
Deaths 126 to 150 of 800
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson