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In the year 1945

728 Notable deaths

Tytus Czyżewski

Polish artist (1880-1945).

Born December 28th, 1885 in Przyszowa.

Died May 5th, 1945 at 59 years old in Kraków.

Karl Dannemann

Actor (1896-1945).

Born March 22nd, 1896 in Bremen. [ref]

Died May 4th, 1945 at 49 years old in Werder (Havel).

Janko Jesenský

Czechoslovak poet, lawyer, politician and translator (1874–1945).

Born December 30th, 1874 in Martin. [ref]

Died December 27th, 1945 at 70 years old in Bratislava. [ref]

Alexey Favorsky

Russian chemist.

Born March 3rd, 1860 in Pavlovo.

Died August 8th, 1945 at 85 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Vyacheslav Shishkov

Russian-soviet writer (1873—1945).

Born October 3rd, 1873 in Bezhetsk.

Died March 6th, 1945 at 71 years old in Moscow.

Albert Tyler

American pole vaulter (1872-1945).

Born January 4th, 1872 in Glendale.

Died July 25th, 1945 at 73 years old in Harpswell (pneumonia).

Karl Grobben

Austrian zoologist.

Born August 27th, 1854 in Brno.

Died April 13th, 1945 at 90 years old in Salzburg.

Dmitry Mirimanoff

Russian-swiss mathematician (1861-1945).

Born September 25th, 1861 in Pereslavl-Zalessky.

Died January 5th, 1945 at 83 years old in Geneva.

Rudolf Lippert

German equestrian (1900–1945).

Born October 29th, 1900 in Leipzig.

Died April 1st, 1945 at 44 years old in Bielefeld.

Paul Leppin

Czech writer (1878-1945).

Born November 27th, 1878 in Prague.

Died April 10th, 1945 at 66 years old in Prague.

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