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In the year 1945
744 Notable deaths
Paul Koebe
German mathematician (1882–1945).
Born February 15th, 1882 in Luckenwalde.
Died August 6th, 1945 at 63 years old in Leipzig.
Ferenc Csik
Hungarian swimmer (1913–1945).
Born December 12th, 1913 in Kaposvár.
Died March 29th, 1945 at 31 years old in Sopron.
Ida Henrietta Hyde
American physiologist.
Born September 8th, 1857 in Davenport.
Died August 22nd, 1945 at 87 years old in Berkeley.
Adolf Bartels
German writer (1862–1945).
Born November 15th, 1862 in Wesselburen.
Died March 7th, 1945 at 82 years old in Weimar.
Takakusu Junjirō
Japanese buddhist studies scholar and indologist.
Born June 29th, 1866 in Mihara.
Died June 28th, 1945 at 78 years old
Rudolf Karel
Czech composer and conductor.
Born November 9th, 1880 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1945 at 64 years old in Theresienstadt Small Fortress. [ref]
Florencio Harmodio Arosemena
President of panama, 1928-1931.
Born September 17th, 1872 in Panama City.
Died August 30th, 1945 at 72 years old in New York City.
Prince Wilhelm Friedrich
German noble (1872-1945).
Born June 27th, 1872 in Neuwied. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1945 at 72 years old in Neuwied. [ref]
Hans Brausewetter
German actor.
Born May 27th, 1899 in Málaga. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1945 at 45 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Lizzi Waldmüller
Austrian actor and singer.
Born May 25th, 1904 in Knittelfeld. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1945 at 40 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Deaths 551 to 560 of 744
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci