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In the year 1945

1,497 Notable birthdays

Geoffrey Van Orden

British politician (born 1945).

Born April 10th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Waterlooville.

Heinz Stuy

Dutch footballer.

Born February 6th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Herne.

Jimmy Jones

American basketball player.

Born January 4th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Tallulah.

Mikhail Voronin

Russian artistic gymnast (1945–2004).

Born March 26th, 1945 in Moscow.

Died May 22nd, 2004 at 59 years old in Krasnogorsky District (cancer).

Daniel Rudisha

Kenyan sprinter.

Born August 11th, 1945 in Kilgoris.

Died March 6th, 2019 at 73 years old in Nakuru. [ref]

Naftali Temu

Kenyan long-distance runner.

Born April 20th, 1945 in Nyamira county.

Died March 10th, 2003 at 57 years old in Nairobi (prostate cancer).

Guy Bonnet

French singer and composer (1942–2024).

Born August 8th, 1945 in Avignon. [ref]

Died January 8th, 2024 at 78 years old in Avignon. [ref]

Henri Emmanuelli

French politician (1945–2017).

Born May 31st, 1945 in Eaux-Bonnes.

Died March 21st, 2017 at 71 years old in Bayonne (infectious disease). [ref]

Tara Devi

Nepalese singer.

Born January 15th, 1945 in Indra Chowk.

Died January 23rd, 2006 at 61 years old in Kathmandu.

Sadok Sassi

Tunisian association football player.

Born November 15th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Tunis.

Ann Christy

Belgian singer (1945–1984).

Born September 22nd, 1945 in Antwerp.

Died August 7th, 1984 at 38 years old in Meise (cervix uterine cancer).

Sergio Ferrara

Italian physicist.

Born May 2nd, 1945 (age 80 years) in Rome.

Svetlana Gerasimenko

Ukrainian soviet and tajik astronomer.

Born February 23rd, 1945 in Baryshivska Hromada. [ref]

Died April 8th, 2025 at 80 years old [ref]

Jan Bucquoy

Belgian film director and actor.

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

Dennis Joseph Sullivan

American roman catholic bishop.

Born March 17th, 1945 (age 81 years) in New York City.

Harley Cokeliss

Director (born 1945).

Born February 11th, 1945 (age 81 years) in San Diego.

Gadzhi Gadzhiyev

Russian association football player and manager.

Born October 28th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Buynaksk.

John M. Quinn

American bishop.

Born December 17th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Detroit.

Brasse Brännström

Swedish actor and comedian (1945-2014).

Born February 27th, 1945 in Stockholm.

Died August 29th, 2014 at 69 years old in Stockholm (disease).

Manfred Frank

German philologist, philosopher.

Born March 22nd, 1945 (age 81 years) in Wuppertal.

Michael Aizenman

Mathematician and physicist.

Born August 28th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Nizhny Tagil.

Gianluigi Gelmetti

Italian composer and conductor (1945–2021).

Born September 11th, 1945 in Rome.

Died August 11th, 2021 at 75 years old in Monte Carlo. [ref]

Helga Vlahović

Croatian journalist, producer, and television personality (1945–2012).

Born January 28th, 1945 in Zagreb.

Died February 27th, 2012 at 67 years old in Zagreb (uterine cancer). [ref]

Brian McGuire

Australian racing driver (1945–1977).

Born December 13th, 1945 in Melbourne.

Died August 29th, 1977 at 31 years old in Brands Hatch.

Fritz Korbach

German association football manager (1945–2011).

Born July 18th, 1945 in Diez.

Died August 14th, 2011 at 66 years old in Leeuwarden (myocardial infarction, laryngeal cancer). [ref]

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