In the year 1945

664 Notable deaths

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.

Walter Bradford Cannon

American physiologist (1871-1945).

Born October 19th, 1871 in Wisconsin.

Died October 1st, 1945 at 73 years old in Franklin.

Nicola Bombacci

Italian politician and revolutionary (1879-1945).

Born October 24th, 1879 in Civitella di Romagna.

Died April 28th, 1945 at 65 years old in Dongo (ballistic trauma).

Franz Hössler

German ss officer and schutzhaftlagerführer in auschwitz, mittelbau and bergen-belsen concentration camps (1906-1945).

Born February 4th, 1906 in Marktoberdorf.

Died December 13th, 1945 at 39 years old in Hamelin (hanging).

Elfego Baca

American sheriff (1865-1945).

Born February 10th, 1865 in Socorro.

Died August 27th, 1945 at 80 years old in Albuquerque.

Eoin MacNeill

Irish politician and scholar (1867-1945).

Born May 15th, 1867 in Glenarm. [ref]

Died October 15th, 1945 at 78 years old in Dublin. [ref]

Boris Shaposhnikov

Marshal of the soviet union (1882-1945).

Born October 2nd, 1882 in Zlatoust. [ref]

Died March 26th, 1945 at 62 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis). [ref]

Alessandro Pavolini

Italian politician and writer (1903-1945).

Born September 27th, 1903 in Florence. [ref]

Died April 28th, 1945 at 41 years old in Dongo (ballistic trauma). [ref]

Richard Thomalla

Ss officer (1903-1945).

Born October 23rd, 1903 in Sowin, Opole Voivodeship.

Died May 12th, 1945 at 41 years old in Jičín (ballistic trauma).

Hans Fischer

German chemist.

Born July 27th, 1881 in Höchst.

Died March 31st, 1945 at 63 years old in Munich.

Deaths 141 to 150 of 664

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Death commences too early – almost before you’re half-acquainted with life – you meet the other. Tennessee Williams