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In the year 1945
744 Notable deaths
Reinhold Frank
German lawyer.
Born July 23rd, 1896 in Bachhaupten.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 48 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Edward Wilber Berry
American paleobotanist (1875-1945).
Born February 10th, 1875 in Newark.
Died September 20th, 1945 at 70 years old
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.
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 (1860–1945).
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.
Deaths 621 to 630 of 744
Life is hard. After all, it kills you. Katharine Hepburn