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In the year 1945

1,497 Notable birthdays

Anthony Sablan Apuron

Catholic archbishop.

Born November 1st, 1945 (age 80 years) in Hagåtña.

Phil Bloom

Dutch artist (born 1945).

Born November 27th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Berkel en Rodenrijs. [ref]

Javad Tabatabai

Iranian philosopher and political scientist (1945–2023).

Born December 14th, 1945 in Tabriz.

Died February 28th, 2023 at 77 years old in Irvine. [ref]

Amram Mitzna

Israeli politician.

Born February 20th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Afula. [ref]

Leonid Popov

Soviet cosmonaut.

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

Mary Hoffman

British writer.

Born April 20th, 1945 (age 81 years) in United Kingdom, Eastleigh.

Michele Parrinello

Physicist.

Born September 7th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Messina.

Ernst Messerschmid

German astronaut.

Born May 21st, 1945 (age 80 years) in Reutlingen.

Vladislav Achalov

Soviet general (1945–2011).

Born November 13th, 1945 in Arsky District.

Died June 23rd, 2011 at 65 years old in Moscow (disease). [ref]

Frank Ankersmit

Dutch historian and philosopher.

Born March 20th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Deventer.

Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi

President of yemen from 2012 to 2022.

Born September 1st, 1945 (age 80 years) in Abyan Governorate. [ref]

Uri Rosenthal

Dutch former politician.

Born July 19th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Montreux.

Gertrude Mongella

Tanzanian politician.

Born September 13th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Ukerewe Island.

John Sherwood

British hurdler.

Born June 4th, 1945 in Selby.

Died August 19th, 2025 at 80 years old in Sheffield. [ref]

Ettore Gotti Tedeschi

Italian banker and economist, former head of vatican bank.

Born March 3rd, 1945 (age 81 years) in Pontenure.

Alexander Pines

Israeli-born american chemist (1945–2024).

Born June 22nd, 1945 in Tel Aviv.

Died November 1st, 2024 at 79 years old [ref]

Daan Jippes

Cartoonist (born 1945).

Born October 14th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Amsterdam.

Hassan Abshir Farah

Former prime minister of somalia (died: 2020).

Born June 20th, 1945 in Garowe.

Died July 12th, 2020 at 75 years old in Turkey.

Zlatko Tomčić

Croatian politician (born 1945).

Born July 10th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Zagreb.

Ronnie Tober

Dutch singer.

Born April 21st, 1945 (age 81 years) in Bussum. [ref]

Huda Akil

Syrian-american neuroscientist (born 1945).

Born May 19th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Damascus.

Jean-Jacques Kantorow

French violinist and conductor.

Born October 3rd, 1945 (age 80 years) in Cannes.

Pierre Michon

French writer.

Born March 28th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Châtelus-le-Marcheix.

Claude Guéant

French politician and official.

Born January 17th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Vimy.

César Alierta

Spanish businessman (1945–2024).

Born May 5th, 1945 in Zaragoza.

Died January 10th, 2024 at 78 years old in Zaragoza (pneumonia). [ref]

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