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In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Joe Hunt
Us tennis player (1919–1945).
Born February 17th, 1919 in San Francisco.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 25 years old in Atlantic Ocean (aircraft crash).
Robert Mallet-Stevens
French architect and designer.
Born March 24th, 1886 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1945 at 58 years old in Paris. [ref]
Antal Szerb
Hungarian writer (1901-1945).
Born May 1st, 1901 in Budapest. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1945 at 43 years old in Balf. [ref]
Johanna Bormann
German nazi concentration camp guard (1893-1945).
Born September 10th, 1893 in Birkenfelde.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 52 years old in Hamelin Prison (hanging).
Frank Craven
American film actor, writer, director (1881-1945).
Born August 24th, 1881 in Boston.
Died September 1st, 1945 at 64 years old in Beverly Hills.
Georg Kaiser
German dramatist (1878-1945).
Born November 25th, 1878 in Magdeburg.
Died June 4th, 1945 at 66 years old in Ascona.
Gerhard Schmidhuber
German general.
Born April 9th, 1894 in Dresden.
Died February 11th, 1945 at 50 years old in Budapest (killed in action).
Arthur Morrison
English writer and journalist (1863–1945).
Born November 1st, 1863 in Poplar.
Died December 4th, 1945 at 82 years old in Chalfont St Peter.
Reynold A. Nicholson
British orientalist.
Born August 18th, 1868 in Yorkshire.
Died August 27th, 1945 at 77 years old in Chester. [ref]
Leonhard Kaupisch
German general.
Born September 1st, 1878 in Bitterfeld.
Died September 26th, 1945 at 67 years old in Weimar.
Deaths 301 to 310 of 727
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