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In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Stamen Grigorov
Bulgarian physician and microbiologist (1878-1945).
Born October 27th, 1878 in Studen izvor.
Died October 27th, 1945 at 67 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Robert Brasillach
French author, journalist, and nazi collaborator (1909-1945).
Born March 31st, 1909 in Perpignan. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1945 at 35 years old in Arcueil, Fort de Montrouge (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Maria Orosa
Filipino chemist (1893-1945).
Born November 29th, 1893 in Taal. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1945 at 51 years old in Manila. [ref]
Robert Desnos
French writer.
Born July 4th, 1910 in Paris. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1945 at 34 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp, Terezín (typhoid fever). [ref]
Walter Bradford Cannon
American physiologist (1871-1945).
Born October 19th, 1871 in Wisconsin.
Died October 1st, 1945 at 73 years old in Franklin.
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]
Richard Thomalla
Ss officer (1903-1945).
Born October 23rd, 1903 in Sowin, Opole Voivodeship.
Died May 12th, 1945 at 41 years old in Jičín (gunshot wound).
Else Lasker-Schüler
Jewish german poet (1869–1945).
Born February 11th, 1869 in Elberfeld.
Died January 22nd, 1945 at 75 years old in Jerusalem.
Thomas McGuire
United states army officer.
Born August 1st, 1920 in Ridgewood.
Died January 7th, 1945 at 24 years old in Negros (killed in action).
Seiichi Itō
Japanese admiral.
Born July 26th, 1890 in Miyama.
Died April 7th, 1945 at 54 years old in Okinawa Prefecture (killed in action).
Deaths 151 to 160 of 727
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