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In the year 1945

1,505 Notable birthdays

Dirk Benedict

American actor (b. 1945).

Born March 1st, 1945 (age 81 years) in Helena.

Daniel Ortega

Nicaraguan politician.

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

Kristin Nelson

American actress, painter (1945-2018).

Born June 25th, 1945 in Burbank.

Died April 27th, 2018 at 72 years old in Santa Fe (myocardial infarction).

Donny Hathaway

American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979).

Born October 1st, 1945 in Chicago.

Died January 13th, 1979 at 33 years old in New York City (falling).

Joanna Cassidy

American actress.

Born August 2nd, 1945 (age 80 years) in Haddonfield.

Marie Christine, Princess Michael of Kent

Wife of prince michael of kent.

Born January 15th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Karlovy Vary. [ref]

Shekhar Kapur

Indian film director.

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

Ian Gillan

English singer.

Born August 19th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Chiswick.

George Miller

Australian filmmaker (born 1945).

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

David Chase

American screenwriter, director and producer.

Born August 22nd, 1945 (age 80 years) in Mount Vernon.

Brenda Fricker

Irish actress.

Born February 17th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Dublin.

Vince Foster

American lawyer (1945-1993).

Born January 15th, 1945 in Hope.

Died July 20th, 1993 at 48 years old in Fairfax County.

Martin Shaw

British actor.

Born January 21st, 1945 (age 81 years) in Birmingham.

Bubba Smith

American football player and actor (1945–2011).

Born February 28th, 1945 in Beaumont, Orange.

Died August 3rd, 2011 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (cardiac arrest). [ref]

Ken Stabler

American football player (1945-2015).

Born December 25th, 1945 in Foley.

Died July 8th, 2015 at 69 years old in Gulfport (colorectal cancer). [ref]

Shiv Nadar

Indian businessman.

Born July 14th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Thoothukudi.

Vinod Mehra

Indian actor (1945-1990).

Born February 13th, 1945 in Amritsar.

Died October 30th, 1990 at 45 years old in Mumbai (cardiovascular disease).

Piero Ferrari

Italian engineer.

Born May 22nd, 1945 (age 81 years) in Castelvetro di Modena.

Bob Gunton

American film, television and stage actor.

Born November 15th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Santa Monica. [ref]

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide.

Born June 19th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Petnjica. [ref]

Kim Carnes

American singer and songwriter.

Born July 20th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Los Angeles.

Bob Balaban

American actor, director and producer.

Born August 16th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Chicago.

Barry Bostwick

American actor.

Born February 24th, 1945 (age 81 years) in San Mateo.

Wim Wenders

German filmmaker (born 1945).

Born August 14th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Düsseldorf. [ref]

Ron Glass

American actor (1945-2016).

Born July 10th, 1945 in Evansville. [ref]

Died November 25th, 2016 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (respiratory failure). [ref]

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