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In the year 1945

664 Notable deaths

Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard

British colonial administrator (1858-1945).

Born January 22nd, 1858 in Chennai. [ref]

Died April 11th, 1945 at 87 years old in Dorking. [ref]

Takeichi Nishi

Japanese army officer and equestrian (1902-1945).

Born July 12th, 1902 in Kōgaichō.

Died March 22nd, 1945 at 42 years old in Iwo Jima.

Ernst Cassirer

German philosopher.

Born July 28th, 1874 in Wrocław. [ref]

Died April 13th, 1945 at 70 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Sigmund Rascher

German schutzstaffel doctor.

Born February 12th, 1909 in Munich.

Died April 26th, 1945 at 36 years old in Dachau concentration camp (ballistic trauma).

Aleksey Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Russian-soviet writer (1882-1945).

Born January 10th, 1883 in Pugachyov. [ref]

Died February 23rd, 1945 at 62 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]

Karl Fritzsch

Ss officer (1903-1945).

Born July 10th, 1903 in Mokřiny.

Died May 2nd, 1945 at 41 years old in Berlin.

Pietro Mascagni

Italian composer known for operas.

Born December 7th, 1863 in Livorno. [ref]

Died August 2nd, 1945 at 81 years old in Rome. [ref]

Franz Ziereis

German ss officer, commandant of the mauthausen concentration camp (1905-1945).

Born August 13th, 1905 in Munich.

Died May 25th, 1945 at 39 years old in Gusen concentration camp.

Stamen Grigorov

Bulgarian physician and microbiologist (1878-1945).

Born October 27th, 1878 in Studen Izvor. [ref]

Died October 27th, 1945 at 67 years old in Sofia. [ref]

Kiyoshi Ogawa

Japanese military pilot in world war ii.

Born October 23rd, 1922 in Gunma Prefecture.

Died May 11th, 1945 at 22 years old

Deaths 101 to 110 of 664

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