In the year 1945
664 Notable deaths
Josef Terboven
German politician (1898–1945).
Died May 8th, 1945 at 46 years old in Asker (dynamite).
N. C. Wyeth
American illustrator, painter (1882-1945).
Born October 22nd, 1882 in Needham. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1945 at 62 years old in Delaware County (railway accident). [ref]
Paul Valéry
French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945).
Born October 30th, 1871 in Sète. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1945 at 73 years old in Paris. [ref]
Robert Benchley
American writer and actor (1889-1945).
Born September 15th, 1889 in Worcester.
Died November 21st, 1945 at 56 years old in New York City (cerebral hemorrhage).
Ludwig Stumpfegger
Ss physician (1910-1945).
Born July 11th, 1910 in Munich.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 34 years old in Berlin (cyanide poisoning).
Bertram Home Ramsay
Royal navy admiral.
Born January 20th, 1883 in Hampton Court Palace.
Died January 2nd, 1945 at 61 years old in Toussus-le-Noble.
Philipp Bouhler
German general, head of nazi action t4 euthanasia program for children and the handicapped (1899–1945).
Born September 11th, 1899 in Munich.
Died May 19th, 1945 at 45 years old in Zell am See (poison).
Hiram Johnson
23rd governor of california from 1911 to 1917.
Born September 2nd, 1866 in Sacramento.
Died August 6th, 1945 at 78 years old in Bethesda.
Michael Strank
United states marine.
Born November 10th, 1919 in Jarabina.
Died March 1st, 1945 at 25 years old in Iwo Jima.
Walraven van Hall
Dutch banker and resistance leader (1906-1945).
Born February 10th, 1906 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1945 at 39 years old in Haarlem (ballistic trauma, execution). [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 664
After your death, you will be what you were before your birth. Arthur Schopenhauer