Famous people and celebrities who died in January 1945

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in January 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

• Jan. 1 Vit Nejedly

  Composer dies at 33

• Jan. 2 Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay

  British naval commander (born 1883)

• Jan. 2 Betram Home Ramsay

  English admiral/commander naval forces (normandy), is killed at the age of 61.

• Jan. 3 Edgar Cayce

  Known as the 'Sleeping Prophet' for his psychic abilities and medical diagnoses.

• Jan. 3 Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski

  Polish journalist and explorer (b. 1879)

• Jan. 3 Fyodor Akimenko

  Composer dies at 68

• Jan. 6 Edith Frank

  Mother of Anne Frank, the famous Jewish diarist who documented her family's experiences during the Holocaust. She tragically died in Auschwitz concentration camp.

• Jan. 6 Vladimir Vernadsky

  Russian mineralogist and chemist (b. 1863)

• Jan. 8 Karl Ernst Krafft

  Swiss astrologer and author (b. 1900)

• Jan. 8 Jac[obus] P Thijsse

  Dutch biologist (omgang met planten), dies at 79

• Jan. 9 Osman Cemal Kaygılı

  Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1890)

• Jan. 9 Jüri Uluots

  Estonian journalist and politician, 7th prime minister of estonia (b. 1890)

• Jan. 10 Rudolf Borchardt

  Writer dies at 67

• Jan. 14 Sandor Vandor

  Composer dies at 43

• Jan. 15 Wilhelm Wirtinger

  Austrian-german mathematician and theorist (b. 1865)

• Jan. 19 Gustave Mesny

  French general (d. 1945)

• Jan. 21 Rash Behari Bose

  Founder of the indian national army (b. 1886)

• Jan. 22 Else Lasker-Schüler

  Jewish german poet, short-story writer and playwright who was born in wuppertal. she married jonathan lasker in 1894 and moved to berlin where she was a frequent visitor of the upcoming expressionism circles. she divorced lasker in 1903, when her son paul was born. in the same year, she married herwarth walden (a writer with whom she co-founded the expressionist …

• Jan. 22 A Wolfenstein

  Writer dies at 61

• Jan. 22 Carlo Felice Boghen

  Composer dies just a day before his 76th birthday

• Jan. 22 Johan Eykman

  Theologian (world church), dead at 52

• Jan. 23 Helmuth J Moltke

  German politician ("july 20th plot"), executed age 37.

• Jan. 28 Philip "Felix" Bekkers

  Actor (we go on trip), died at 37

• Jan. 30 Gottlieb J Haberlandt

  Hungarian/german botanist dies at the age of 90.

• Jan. 30 William Busch

  Composer dies at 43

• Jan. 31 Eddie Slovik

  US Army soldier who became the first American soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War, a controversial case that highlighted the harsh military justice system during World War II.