Adam Zagajewski

Polish poet (1945-2021).

Born June 21st, 1945 in Lviv.

Died March 21st, 2021 at 75 years old in Kraków. ^[ref]

Henrique Meirelles

Brazilian economist.

Born August 31st, 1945 (age 80 years) in Anápolis.

Yevgeny Petrosyan

Russian comedian.

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

Modestas Paulauskas

Lithuanian basketball player (born 1945).

Born March 19th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Kretinga.

Marek Grechuta

Polish singer and composer (1945-2006).

Born December 10th, 1945 in Zamość.

Died October 9th, 2006 at 60 years old in Kraków. ^[ref]

Posy Simmonds

British cartoonist and writer.

Born August 9th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Cookham.

Lee Jong-wook

South korean social reformer (1945-2006).

Born April 12th, 1945 in Seoul.

Died May 22nd, 2006 at 61 years old in Geneva (stroke). ^[ref]

Sławomir Idziak

Polish cinematographer and director.

Born January 25th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Katowice.

Margherita Cagol

Red brigade leader (1945-1975).

Born April 8th, 1945 in Sardagna.

Died June 5th, 1975 at 30 years old in Melazzo (gunshot wound).

Sasha Gabor

Hungarian-norwegian pornographic actor.

Born June 6th, 1945 in Hungary.

Died June 27th, 2008 at 63 years old in Thailand (heart failure). ^[ref]

Justin McCarthy

American demographer and historian.

Born October 19th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Chicago. ^[ref]

Luis Ocaña

Spanish racing cyclist (1945-1994).

Born June 9th, 1945 in Priego.

Died May 19th, 1994 at 48 years old in Mont-de-Marsan (gunshot wound).

Emel Sayın

Turkish actor and singer (born 1945).

Born November 20th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Şarkışla.

Henry Bean

American film director, actor.

Born August 3rd, 1945 (age 80 years) in Philadelphia.

Pakalitha Mosisili

Prime minister of lesotho.

Born March 14th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Qacha's Nek District.

Philip Chan

Hong kong actor, film director, and producer.

Born January 25th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Hong Kong.

Walter C. Willett

American nutritionist.

Born June 20th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Hart.

Jörg Immendorff

German artist (1945–2007).

Born June 14th, 1945 in Bleckede.

Died May 28th, 2007 at 61 years old in Düsseldorf (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). ^[ref]

Richard Gordon

Filipino politician.

Born August 5th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Castillejos.

Bjarni Tryggvason

Canadian astronaut (1945–2022).

Born September 21st, 1945 in Reykjavík. ^[ref]

Died April 5th, 2022 at 76 years old in London. ^[ref]

Vaidehi

Indian writer.

Born February 12th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Kundapura, Udupi district.

Michael Bishop

American writer (1945–2023).

Born November 12th, 1945 in Lincoln. ^[ref]

Died November 13th, 2023 at 78 years old ^[ref]

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter (1945–2023).

Born May 13th, 1945 in Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district. ^[ref]

Died October 19th, 2023 at 78 years old in Stockholms Sankt Johannes. ^[ref]

Gregory Olsen

American astronaut and businessman.

Born April 20th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Brooklyn.

Michael Boskin

American businessperson; tully m. friedman professor of economics and wohlford family hoover institution senior fellow at stanford university; director at oracle.

Born September 23rd, 1945 (age 80 years) in New York City.