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In the year 1945
735 Notable deaths
Rudolf Holsti
Finnish politician, journalist and diplomat (1881–1945).
Born October 8th, 1881 in Jyväskylä.
Died August 4th, 1945 at 63 years old in Palo Alto.
Richard Beer-Hofmann
Austrian writer (1866-1945).
Born July 11th, 1866 in Vienna. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1945 at 79 years old in New York City. [ref]
Hermann Jansen
German architect (1869-1945).
Born May 28th, 1869 in Aachen. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1945 at 75 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Kārlis Skalbe
Latvian writer (1879–1945).
Born November 7th, 1879 in Vecpiebalga Municipality.
Died April 14th, 1945 at 65 years old in Stockholm.
Ernst Ahl
German zoologist, ichthyologist and herpetologist (1898–1945).
Born September 1st, 1898 in Berlin.
Died February 14th, 1945 at 46 years old in Yugoslavia, Nevesinje.
Jusztinián György Serédi
Catholic cardinal.
Born April 24th, 1884 in Diakovce. [ref]
Died March 29th, 1945 at 60 years old in Esztergom. [ref]
Dezső Szabó
Hungarian writer.
Born June 10th, 1879 in Cluj-Napoca. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1945 at 65 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Sigurður Eggerz
Icelandic politician (1875-1945).
Born March 1st, 1875 in Borðeyri.
Died November 16th, 1945 at 70 years old in Reykjavík.
Jelena Dimitrijević
Serbian short story writer, novelist, poet, traveller, social worker, feminist, polyglot.
Born March 27th, 1862 in Kruševac.
Died April 10th, 1945 at 83 years old in Belgrade (disease).
Curt Nimuendajú
German anthropologist (1883-1945).
Born April 17th, 1883 in Jena. [ref]
Died December 10th, 1945 at 62 years old in Amazonas. [ref]
Deaths 561 to 570 of 735
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