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In the year 1945
744 Notable deaths
Vahan Tekeyan
Armenian poet (1878–1945).
Born January 21st, 1878 in Ortaköy.
Died April 4th, 1945 at 67 years old in Cairo.
Alexander Roda Roda
Austrian writer.
Born April 13th, 1872 in Drnovice. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1945 at 73 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
Hans Källner
German general (1898–1945).
Born October 9th, 1898 in Katowice.
Died April 18th, 1945 at 46 years old in Sokolnice.
Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky
Hero of the soviet union (1925-1945).
Born July 27th, 1925 in Ossino-Gai.
Died April 13th, 1945 at 19 years old in East Prussia.
Ernst-Anton von Krosigk
German infantry general (1898-1945).
Born March 5th, 1898 in Potsdam.
Died April 10th, 1945 at 47 years old in Kandava.
József Eisenhoffer
Hungarian association footballer and manager (1900–1945).
Born November 8th, 1900 in Budapest.
Died November 13th, 1945 at 45 years old in Budapest.
Alexander Fersman
Russian mineralogist (1883–1945).
Born November 8th, 1883 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 20th, 1945 at 61 years old in Sochi.
Maximilian Wengler
Recipient of the knight's cross (1890–1945).
Born January 14th, 1890 in Roßwein.
Died April 25th, 1945 at 55 years old in Baltiysk.
Petur Gabrovski
Bulgarian politician (1898-1945).
Born July 9th, 1898 in Razgrad.
Died February 1st, 1945 at 46 years old in Sofia (ballistic trauma).
Vikenty Veresaev
Russian doctor and writer (1867–1945).
Born January 16th, 1867 in Tula.
Died June 3rd, 1945 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 531 to 540 of 744
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