In the year 1945
744 Notable deaths
Seitarō Kitayama
Japanese anime director (1888-1945).
Born March 13th, 1888 in Wakayama, Tokyo. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1945 at 56 years old in Osaka, Takaishi. [ref]
Pham Quynh
Vietnamese politician.
Born December 17th, 1892 in Hanoi.
Died September 6th, 1945 at 52 years old in Huế.
George Willis Ritchey
American astronomer (1864–1945).
Born December 31st, 1864 in Tuppers Plains.
Died November 4th, 1945 at 80 years old in Azusa.
Heinrich Schroth
German actor (1871–1945).
Born March 23rd, 1871 in Pirmasens.
Died January 14th, 1945 at 73 years old in Berlin.
Şayan Kadın
Consort of ottoman sultan murad v.
Born January 4th, 1853 in Anapa.
Died March 15th, 1945 at 92 years old in Istanbul.
Michał Pius Römer
Lithuanian legal scholar.
Born May 7th, 1880 in Bagdoniškis. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1945 at 64 years old in Vilnius. [ref]
Hermann Föttinger
German engineer (1877–1945).
Born February 9th, 1877 in Nuremberg.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 68 years old in Berlin.
Aleksei Chichibabin
Russian chemist (1871–1945).
Born March 29th, 1871 in Kuzemin.
Died August 15th, 1945 at 74 years old in Paris.
Francis Bruguière
American photographer (1879-1945).
Born October 16th, 1879 in San Francisco.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 65 years old in London.
Grigory Adamov
Soviet writer.
Born May 18th, 1886 in Kherson.
Died July 14th, 1945 at 59 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 541 to 550 of 744
There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel