John Carlos

American track and field athlete.

Born June 5th, 1945 (age 80 years) in New York City.

Barbara Anderson

American actress.

Born November 27th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Brooklyn.

Nicholas Kazan

American screenwriter.

Born September 15th, 1945 (age 80 years) in New York City.

Arthur Lee

American rock musician (1945–2006).

Born March 7th, 1945 in Memphis.

Died August 3rd, 2006 at 61 years old in Memphis (leukemia). ^[ref]

Raymond E. Feist

American novelist.

Born December 23rd, 1945 (age 80 years) in Los Angeles.

John Banville

Irish writer.

Born December 8th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Wexford.

David Milch

American screenwriter and television producer.

Born March 23rd, 1945 (age 81 years) in Buffalo.

Ronee Blakley

Actress, singer.

Born August 24th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Nampa.

Chandrika Kumaratunga

President of sri lanka from 1994 to 2005.

Born June 29th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Colombo.

Amjad Ali Khan

Indian musician.

Born October 9th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Gwalior.

Michael Martin

Speaker of the house of commons (2000-2009), member of parliament (uk) from 1979 to 2009.

Born July 3rd, 1945 in Glasgow.

Died April 29th, 2018 at 72 years old in Glasgow. ^[ref]

Jeannie C. Riley

American singer.

Born October 19th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Stamford.

Max Hastings

English journalist, editor, historian and author (born 1945).

Born December 28th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Lambeth.

Yoshinori Ohsumi

Japanese molecular biologist (1945 - ).

Born February 9th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Fukuoka. ^[ref]

Laurent Gbagbo

4th president of ivory coast.

Born May 31st, 1945 (age 80 years) in Gagnoa.

Linda Harrison

American actress.

Born July 26th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Berlin.

Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza

Pretender to the throne of portugal.

Born May 15th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Bern.

Richard Armitage

American diplomat and government official (1945-2025).

Born April 26th, 1945 in Wellesley. ^[ref]

Died April 13th, 2025 at 79 years old in Arlington County. ^[ref]

Gunther von Hagens

German anatomist.

Born January 10th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Skalmierzyce, Greater Poland Voivodeship.

Harriet Miers

American lawyer and supreme court nominee.

Born August 10th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Dallas.

John Rutter

British composer, conductor and arranger.

Born September 24th, 1945 (age 80 years) in London.

Ken Hensley

British musician (1945-2020).

Born August 24th, 1945 in Plumstead.

Died November 4th, 2020 at 75 years old in Agost. ^[ref]

June Gable

American actress.

Born June 5th, 1945 (age 80 years) in New York City.

Michael Nader

American actor.

Born February 19th, 1945 in St. Louis.

Died August 23rd, 2021 at 76 years old in San Francisco (cancer).

Desi Bouterse

Leader of suriname (1980–1987, 2010–2020).

Born October 13th, 1945 in Domburg.

Died December 23rd, 2024 at 79 years old in Suriname. ^[ref]