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In the year 1945
735 Notable deaths
Ada Negri
Italian poet, writer, and teacher (1870–1945).
Born February 3rd, 1870 in Lodi.
Died January 11th, 1945 at 74 years old in Milan (disease).
Franz Breithaupt
German ss general (1880–1945).
Born December 8th, 1880 in Berlin.
Died April 29th, 1945 at 64 years old in Prien am Chiemsee.
Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil
Turkish poet and writer (1865–1945).
Born February 12th, 1865 in Istanbul.
Died March 27th, 1945 at 80 years old in Istanbul.
Erwin Ding-Schuler
German surgeon (1912-1945).
Born September 19th, 1912 in Bitterfeld.
Died August 11th, 1945 at 32 years old in Freising.
Vincent Hugo Bendix
American inventor (1882–1945).
Born December 12th, 1882 in Moline. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1945 at 62 years old in New York City.
Nikolai Tcherepnin
Russian composer.
Born May 15th, 1873 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1945 at 72 years old in Issy-les-Moulineaux. [ref]
Senkichi Awaya
Japanese judoka (1893–1945).
Born November 7th, 1893 in Sendai.
Died August 6th, 1945 at 51 years old in Hiroshima.
Yu Dafu
Chinese writer (1896–1945).
Born December 7th, 1896 in Fuyang District.
Died September 17th, 1945 at 48 years old in Payakumbuh.
Gideon Klein
Czech composer (1919–1945).
Born December 6th, 1919 in Přerov. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1945 at 25 years old in extermination camp, Fürstengrube. [ref]
Enrico Caviglia
Marshal of italy (1862-1945).
Born May 4th, 1862 in Finale Ligure. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1945 at 82 years old in Finale Ligure. [ref]
Deaths 361 to 370 of 735
Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. Haruki Murakami