Nuruddin Farah

Somali writer.

Born November 24th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Baidoa.

Rogatien Vachon

Canadian ice hockey player and coach.

Born September 8th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Palmarolle.

Anne-Marie Miéville

Swiss film director, screen writer and actress (born 1945).

Born November 11th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Lausanne.

Dan Harrington

American poker player (born 1945).

Born December 6th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Cambridge.

George Miller

American politician (born 1945).

Born May 17th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Richmond.

Igor Ivanov

Russian diplomat.

Born September 23rd, 1945 (age 80 years) in Moscow.

Rodolfo Hernández Suárez

Colombian politician (1945–2024).

Born March 26th, 1945 in Piedecuesta.

Died September 2nd, 2024 at 79 years old in Piedecuesta (surgical complications). ^[ref]

Abdolkarim Soroush

Iranian writer and philosopher.

Born December 16th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Tehran. ^[ref]

Mick Jones

English footballer.

Born April 24th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Worksop.

Steve Katz

American musician.

Born May 9th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Brooklyn.

Amos Sawyer

Liberian politician (1945–2022).

Born June 15th, 1945 in Sinoe County.

Died February 16th, 2022 at 76 years old in Baltimore (cardiac arrest). ^[ref]

Yu Zhengsheng

Chairman of the national committee of the chinese people's political consultative conference.

Born April 1st, 1945 (age 81 years) in Yan'an.

David Drake

American author of science fiction and fantasy literature (1945–2023).

Born September 24th, 1945 in Dubuque. ^[ref]

Died December 10th, 2023 at 78 years old in Silk Hope. ^[ref]

Paul Bérenger

Prime minister of mauritius from 2003 to 2005.

Born March 26th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Curepipe.

Dave Cousins

English musician (1940–2025).

Born January 7th, 1945 in Hounslow. ^[ref]

Died July 13th, 2025 at 80 years old in Canterbury. ^[ref]

Kim Eul-dong

South korean politician and actress.

Born September 5th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Jongno District.

Henry Polic II

American actor (1945-2013).

Born February 20th, 1945 in Pittsburgh.

Died August 11th, 2013 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).

Hanan al-Shaykh

Lebanese writer.

Born November 12th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Beirut.

Betty Stöve

Dutch tennis player.

Born June 24th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Rotterdam.

Steve Vinovich

American actor.

Born January 22nd, 1945 (age 81 years) in Peoria.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel

Iranian politician and former chairman of the parliament.

Born May 4th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Tehran.

Robert Greenwald

American filmmaker.

Born August 28th, 1945 (age 80 years) in New York City.

Leif G. W. Persson

Swedish criminologist and writer.

Born March 12th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Stockholm, Oscar Parish.

Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick

American politician.

Born June 25th, 1945 in Detroit. ^[ref]

Died October 7th, 2025 at 80 years old in Fayetteville. ^[ref]

Katherine Dunn

American novelist, journalist, poet (1945–2016).

Born October 24th, 1945 in Garden City.

Died May 11th, 2016 at 70 years old in Portland (lung cancer). ^[ref]