Carrie Snodgress

American actress (1945-2004).

Born October 27th, 1945 in Park Ridge.

Died April 1st, 2004 at 58 years old in Los Angeles (kidney failure).

Jim Gordon

American musician.

Born July 14th, 1945 in Los Angeles.

Died March 13th, 2023 at 77 years old in Vacaville. ^[ref]

Billy Drago

American actor (1945-2019).

Born November 30th, 1945 in Hugoton.

Died June 24th, 2019 at 73 years old in Los Angeles (stroke). ^[ref]

John Wojtowicz

American bank robber (1945–2006).

Born March 9th, 1945 in New York City.

Died January 2nd, 2006 at 60 years old in New York City (cancer). ^[ref]

Leigh Taylor-Young

American actress.

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

Jacqueline du Pré

British cellist (1945–1987).

Born January 26th, 1945 in Oxford.

Died October 19th, 1987 at 42 years old in London (multiple sclerosis).

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 and classical music pianist and composer.

Born May 8th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Allentown.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

German filmmaker, playwright and actor (1945-1982).

Born May 31st, 1945 in Bad Wörishofen. ^[ref]

Died June 10th, 1982 at 37 years old in Munich (cardiac arrest, barbiturates, barbiturate overdose). ^[ref]

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 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]

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.