In the year 1945
747 Notable deaths
Ivan Chernyakhovsky
Soviet military commander (1907-1945).
Born June 29th, 1906 in Oksanyna.
Died February 18th, 1945 at 38 years old in Pieniężno.
Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
German female aviator and test pilot in german luftwaffe dive bombers during world war ii.
Born January 9th, 1903 in Krotoszyn.
Died April 8th, 1945 at 42 years old in Straßkirchen.
Shizuichi Tanaka
Japanese general (1887-1945).
Born October 1st, 1887 in Hyōgo Prefecture.
Died August 24th, 1945 at 57 years old in Tokyo.
Kan'in Kotohito
Japanese prince and general (1865–1945).
Born November 10th, 1865 in Kyoto.
Died May 21st, 1945 at 79 years old in Odawara.
Helmuth James Graf von Moltke
German resistance fighter (1907–1945).
Born March 11th, 1907 in Krzyżowa.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 37 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Albert Jay Nock
American journalist (1870-1945).
Born October 13th, 1870 in Scranton.
Died August 19th, 1945 at 74 years old in Wakefield (leukemia).
Kitarō Nishida
Japanese philosopher.
Born May 19th, 1870 in Kahoku.
Died June 7th, 1945 at 75 years old in Kamakura (uremia). [ref]
August Hirt
German anatomist and ss officer (1898-1945).
Born April 28th, 1898 in Mannheim. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1945 at 47 years old in Schluchsee.
Mário de Andrade
Brazilian writer, musicologist and photographer (1893–1945).
Born October 9th, 1893 in São Paulo.
Died February 25th, 1945 at 51 years old in São Paulo.
Hermann Kallenbach
South african architect (1871–1945).
Born March 1st, 1871 in Žemaičių Naumiestis.
Died March 25th, 1945 at 74 years old in South Africa.
Otto Kittel
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii (1917–1945).
Born February 21st, 1917 in Krasov.
Died February 14th, 1945 at 27 years old in Džūkste Parish.
Paul Giesler
German nazi party functionary, premier of bavaria (1895-1945).
Born June 15th, 1895 in Siegen.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 49 years old in Bischofswiesen.
Julian Scherner
German politician (1895-1945).
Born September 23rd, 1895 in Bagamoyo.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 49 years old in Niepołomice.
Franz Schädle
Schutzstaffel officer (1906-1945).
Born November 19th, 1906 in Westerheim.
Died May 1st, 1945 at 38 years old in Berlin (shot to the head).
Hans von Dohnányi
Hungarian-born german jurist, member of the german resistance (1902–1945).
Born January 1st, 1902 in Vienna. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1945 at 43 years old in Sachsenhausen concentration camp (hanging to death).
Harry Chauvel
Australian army officer (1865–1945).
Born April 16th, 1865 in Tabulam.
Died March 4th, 1945 at 79 years old in Melbourne.
Bernhard Rust
German holocaust perpetrator (1883-1945).
Born September 30th, 1883 in Hanover.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 61 years old in Nübel.
Kenji Hatanaka
Japanese military officer and conspirator (1912-1945).
Born March 28th, 1912 in Kyoto Prefecture.
Died August 15th, 1945 at 33 years old in Tokyo (gunshot wound).
Duy Tân
Vietnamese emperor (1899-1945).
Born September 19th, 1900 in Imperial City of Hue.
Died December 25th, 1945 at 45 years old in Lobaye Prefecture.
William Grover-Williams
Racecar driver (1903–1945).
Born January 16th, 1903 in Montrouge.
Died March 18th, 1945 at 42 years old in Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
Emanuel Moravec
Czech military officer, writer, and politician (1893-1945).
Born April 17th, 1893 in Prague. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1945 at 52 years old in Prague (gunshot wound). [ref]
Herbert Lange
Ss officer (1909–1945).
Born September 29th, 1909 in Ziethen.
Died April 20th, 1945 at 35 years old in Bernau bei Berlin.
Peter Högl
Ss officer (1897-1945).
Born August 19th, 1897 in Marklkofen.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 47 years old in Berlin.
Alfred Delp
German jesuit priest, and philosopher of the german resistance (1907-1945).
Born September 15th, 1907 in Mannheim.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 37 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Franklin Carmichael
Canadian artist (1890-1945).
Born May 4th, 1890 in Orillia.
Died October 24th, 1945 at 55 years old in Toronto.
Deaths 176 to 200 of 747
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker