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In the year 1945
743 Notable deaths
Nils Edén
Swedish 20th century prime minister (1871-1945).
Born August 25th, 1871 in Piteå. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1945 at 73 years old in Engelbrekt church parish (burn). [ref]
Josef Weinheber
Austrian poet (1892–1945).
Born March 9th, 1892 in Vienna.
Died April 8th, 1945 at 53 years old in Kirchstetten (drug overdose).
Antonio Palacios Ramilo
Spanish architect (1874-1945).
Born January 8th, 1874 in O Porriño.
Died October 27th, 1945 at 71 years old in Aravaca.
Ragnar Östberg
Swedish architect.
Born July 14th, 1866 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1945 at 78 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Vilém Mathesius
Czech linguist, literature historian and science writer (1882-1945).
Born August 3rd, 1882 in Pardubice. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1945 at 62 years old in Prague. [ref]
La Argentinita
Spanish dancer and singer (1898–1945).
Born March 3rd, 1898 in Buenos Aires.
Died September 24th, 1945 at 47 years old in New York City.
Adam Stegerwald
German politician (1874-1945).
Born December 14th, 1874 in Greußenheim.
Died December 3rd, 1945 at 70 years old in Würzburg (pneumonia).
John Campbell Merriam
American paleontologist (1869–1945).
Born October 20th, 1869 in Hopkinton.
Died October 30th, 1945 at 76 years old in Oakland.
Oskar Heinroth
German zoologist (1871-1945).
Born March 1st, 1871 in Mainz.
Died May 31st, 1945 at 74 years old in Berlin.
Marcel Callo
French typographer (1921–1945).
Born December 6th, 1921 in Rennes.
Died March 19th, 1945 at 23 years old in Mauthausen concentration camp (tuberculosis, dysentery).
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