Famous people and celebrities who died in February 1945
This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in February 1945. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world
- Feb. 1 Johan Huizinga
Dutch art historian and one the founders modern cultural history.
- Feb. 2 Alfred Delp
Alfred Delp was a courageous German Jesuit priest who actively resisted the Nazi regime and was executed for his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
- Feb. 2 Johannes Popitz
German lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
- Feb. 2 Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
German economist and politician (b. 1884)
- Feb. 2 Karl F Goerdeler
Mayor (leipzig),/july 20th plot, hanged at 60.
- Feb. 3 Roland Freisler
German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
- Feb. 3 Jose Rolon
Composer dies at 61
- Feb. 6 Paul Bos
Dutch resistance fighter executed
- Feb. 8 Italo Santelli
Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
- Feb. 9 Ella D. Barrier
American educator (b. 1852)
- Feb. 9 George J L Maduro
Resistance fighter (madurodam), dies in dachau.
- Feb. 9 Jan Bakker
Resistance fighter executed at 26 years old.
- Feb. 10 Anacleto Díaz
Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1878)
- Feb. 10 Juan de Hernandez
Composer dies at 63
- Feb. 11 Al Dubin
At 53, tiptoe through the tulips, a swiss singer, dies
- Feb. 11 J S H Lokerman
Dutch resistance fighter, dies in neugengamme.
- Feb. 12 Henrietta Szold
American jewish zionist leader and founder of hadassah (the women's zionist organization of america). she co-founded ihud in 1942, a political party in mandate palestine that was dedicated to a binational solution.
- Feb. 12 de Jong
Dutch vicar / resistance fighter, executed
- Feb. 12 Antonio Villa-Real
Filipino jurist (born 1880)
- Feb. 12 Walraven [Wally] van Hall
Dutch banker/resisted germans, execution at 39.
- Feb. 18 Ivan Chernyakhovsky
Soviet military commander and Army General who was one of the youngest generals in the Red Army during World War II. He played a crucial role in several major Eastern Front battles and was killed in action near Königsberg in 1945.
- Feb. 19 John Basilone
United States Marine Corps sergeant who was the first enlisted Marine in World War II to receive the Medal of Honor. He was a heroic figure who played a crucial role in the Guadalcanal Campaign and was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima. His bravery and sacrifice made him a legendary war hero.
- Feb. 21 Eric Liddell
Scottish Olympic gold medalist and missionary who became famous for refusing to run on Sunday during the 1924 Paris Olympics, later serving as a missionary in China and dying in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.
- Feb. 22 Osip Brik
Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)
- Feb. 23 Aleksei Tolstoi
Russian poet / writer (pjotr perroyj) dies at 62
- Feb. 25 Mário de Andrade
Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (b. 1893)
- Feb. 26 Sándor Szurmay
Minister of defence of the hungarian portion of austria-hungary (b. 1860)
- Feb. 27 HJ Lochtman
Dutch chaplain / resistance fighter, dies in bergen-belsen