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In the year 1945
728 Notable deaths
Dezső Szabó
Hungarian writer.
Born June 10th, 1879 in Cluj-Napoca. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1945 at 65 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Sigurður Eggerz
Icelandic politician (1875-1945).
Born March 1st, 1875 in Borðeyri.
Died November 16th, 1945 at 70 years old in Reykjavík.
Jelena Dimitrijević
Serbian short story writer, novelist, poet, traveller, social worker, feminist, polyglot.
Born March 27th, 1862 in Kruševac.
Died April 10th, 1945 at 83 years old in Belgrade (disease).
Curt Nimuendajú
German anthropologist (1883-1945).
Born April 17th, 1883 in Jena. [ref]
Died December 10th, 1945 at 62 years old in Amazonas. [ref]
Teresio Olivelli
Italian teacher, blessed (1916-1945).
Born January 7th, 1916 in Bellagio.
Died January 17th, 1945 at 29 years old in Hersbruck concentration camp.
Malva Schalek
Czech painter (1882–1945).
Born February 18th, 1882 in Prague.
Died March 24th, 1945 at 63 years old in Auschwitz, Oświęcim. [ref]
Frederick Hovey
American tennis player (1868-1945).
Born October 7th, 1868 in Newton.
Died October 18th, 1945 at 77 years old in Miami Beach.
František Chvalkovský
Czechoslovak member of czechoslovak national parliament, minister of foreign affairs and czechoslovak politician (1885-1945).
Born July 30th, 1885 in Jílové u Prahy. [ref]
Died February 25th, 1945 at 59 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Italo Santelli
Italian fencer.
Born August 15th, 1866 in Carrodano.
Died February 8th, 1945 at 78 years old in Budapest, Livorno.
István Tóth
Hungarian association football player (b. 1891).
Born July 28th, 1891 in Budapest.
Died February 6th, 1945 at 53 years old in Budapest.
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