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In the year 1945

1,505 Notable birthdays

Al Stewart

Scottish singer-songwriter, folk-rock musician.

Born September 5th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Glasgow.

Raila A Odinga

Prime minister of kenya from 2008 to 2013.

Born January 7th, 1945 in Maseno. [ref]

Died October 15th, 2025 at 80 years old in Koothattukulam (cardiac arrest). [ref]

Michael Nouri

American actor.

Born December 9th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Washington, D.C..

Leonard Lake

American serial killer (1945–1985).

Born October 29th, 1945 in San Francisco.

Died June 6th, 1985 at 39 years old in South San Francisco (cyanide poisoning).

Maud Adams

Swedish actress.

Born February 12th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Luleå.

George Dzundza

American actor.

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

Elaine Joyce

American actress (born 1945).

Born December 19th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Cleveland.

Richard Hatch

American actor (1945–2017).

Born May 21st, 1945 in Santa Monica.

Died February 7th, 2017 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan

American musician (1945–1973).

Born September 8th, 1945 in San Bruno.

Died March 8th, 1973 at 27 years old in Corte Madera (gastrointestinal bleeding).

Brian Connolly

Scottish singer-songwriter (1945–1997).

Born October 5th, 1945 in Hamilton.

Died February 9th, 1997 at 51 years old in Slough (disease). [ref]

Labi Siffre

British poet, songwriter, musician, and singer.

Born June 25th, 1945 (age 80 years) in London.

Keith Jarrett

American jazz/classical pianist and composer (born 1945).

Born May 8th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Allentown.

Madhavrao Scindia

Indian politician (1945-2001).

Born March 10th, 1945 in Mumbai.

Died September 30th, 2001 at 56 years old in Mainpuri district.

Vikram Gokhale

Indian actor.

Born November 14th, 1945 in Pune.

Died November 23rd, 2022 at 77 years old in Pune. [ref]

Miriam Defensor Santiago

Filipina politician, lawyer, and author (1945–2016).

Born June 15th, 1945 in Iloilo City.

Died September 29th, 2016 at 71 years old in St. Luke's Medical Center - Global City (lung cancer). [ref]

Edie McClurg

American comedian and actress.

Born July 23rd, 1945 (age 80 years) in Kansas City. [ref]

Surekha Sikri

Indian actress (1945-2021).

Born April 19th, 1945 in New Delhi.

Died July 16th, 2021 at 76 years old in Mumbai (cardiac arrest). [ref]

Walt Frazier

American basketball player.

Born March 29th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Atlanta. [ref]

Paul Petersen

Actor, writer, activist.

Born September 23rd, 1945 (age 80 years) in Glendale.

Kathy Garver

American actress.

Born December 13th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Long Beach.

Jim Davis

American cartoonist.

Born July 28th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Fairmount.

John Doman

American actor.

Born January 9th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Philadelphia.

Aparna Sen

Indian filmmaker, script writer and actress.

Born October 25th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Kolkata.

Joël Robuchon

French chef (1945-2018).

Born April 7th, 1945 in Poitiers. [ref]

Died August 6th, 2018 at 73 years old in Geneva (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Ken Livingstone

English politician (born 1945); mayor of london from 2000 until 2008.

Born June 17th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Lambeth.

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