Pietro Grasso

Italian magistrate and politician.

Born January 1st, 1945 (age 81 years) in Licata.

Cynthia A. Pratt

Bahamian politician.

Born November 5th, 1945 (age 80 years) in New Providence.

Christiane Krüger

German actress.

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

Stephen Goldblatt

South african film director.

Born April 29th, 1945 (age 81 years) in South Africa.

Zong Qinghou

Chinese businessman.

Born October 11th, 1945 in Suqian.

Died February 25th, 2024 at 78 years old in Hangzhou (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Joe Beck

American musician (1945–2008).

Born July 29th, 1945 in Philadelphia.

Died July 22nd, 2008 at 62 years old in Woodbury (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Lynn Hunt

American historian.

Born November 16th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Panama City.

Fred Donner

American historian and scholar of islam (born 1945).

Born September 30th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Washington, D.C..

Fran Rubel Kuzui

American film director.

Born January 21st, 1945 (age 81 years) in New York City.

Diarmuid Martin

Irish archbishop.

Born April 8th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Dublin.

Brian Oldfield

American shot putter (1945–2017).

Born June 1st, 1945 in Elgin.

Died March 26th, 2017 at 71 years old in Elgin. ^[ref]

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Japanese actress.

Born March 13th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Shibuya.

Teddy Robin

Hong kong-english pop singer-songwriter.

Born March 2nd, 1945 (age 81 years) in Guilin.

Byron Beck

American basketball player.

Born January 25th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Ellensburg. ^[ref]

Elisabeth Leonskaja

Soviet and austrian pianist.

Born November 23rd, 1945 (age 80 years) in Tbilisi.

Tadeusz Rydzyk

Polish priest.

Born May 3rd, 1945 (age 81 years) in Olkusz.

Sheila

French recording artist and yé-yé singer.

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

Harriet A. Hall

American medical doctor and skeptic.

Born July 2nd, 1945 in St. Louis.

Died January 11th, 2023 at 77 years old in Puyallup. ^[ref]

Kadir Topbaş

5th mayor of istanbul metropolitan city (1945–2021).

Born January 8th, 1945 in Yusufeli.

Died February 13th, 2021 at 76 years old in Istanbul (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Ilija Petković

Serbian footballer (1945-2020).

Born September 22nd, 1945 in Knin.

Died June 27th, 2020 at 74 years old in Belgrade (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Antonio Cañizares Llovera

Spanish catholic cardinal, archbishop emeritus of valencia, spain.

Born October 15th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Utiel.

Vladislav Ardzinba

President of abkhazia (1945-2010).

Born May 14th, 1945 in Eshera.

Died March 4th, 2010 at 64 years old in Moscow.

Janne Schaffer

Swedish musician.

Born September 24th, 1945 (age 80 years) in S:t Görans church parish.

Tom Marsters

New zealand politician.

Born August 4th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Palmerston Island.

Kay Ryan

American poet.

Born September 21st, 1945 (age 80 years) in San Jose.