In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Mihail Sebastian
Romanian writer (1907–1945).
Born October 18th, 1907 in Brăila.
Died May 29th, 1945 at 37 years old in Bucharest (traffic collision).
Sekula Drljević
Montenegrin politician (1884-1945).
Born September 6th, 1884 in Ravni, Kolašin.
Died November 10th, 1945 at 61 years old in Judenburg.
Alexander Siloti
Russian composer and pianist (1863–1945).
Born October 9th, 1863 in Znamenka.
Died December 8th, 1945 at 82 years old in New York City.
Joachim von Kortzfleisch
German general (1890–1945).
Born January 3rd, 1890 in Brunswick.
Died April 20th, 1945 at 55 years old in Wulwesort.
Gerhard Gentzen
German mathematician (1909-1945).
Born November 24th, 1909 in Greifswald.
Died August 4th, 1945 at 35 years old in Prague.
Wincenty Witos
Polish politician, three times the prime minister of poland.
Born January 22nd, 1874 in Wierzchosławice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Died October 31st, 1945 at 71 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Lev Lvovich Tolstoy
Russian writer (1869-1945).
Born June 1st, 1869 in Yasnaya Polyana.
Died October 18th, 1945 at 76 years old in Helsingborg.
Florence Bascom
American geologist.
Born July 14th, 1862 in Williamstown. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1945 at 82 years old in Williamstown (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Carl Lotus Becker
American historian.
Born September 7th, 1873 in Waterloo.
Died April 10th, 1945 at 71 years old in Ithaca.
Albrecht Haushofer
German geographer and diplomat.
Born January 7th, 1903 in Munich.
Died April 23rd, 1945 at 42 years old in Invalidenstraße (gunshot wound).
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