Famous people and celebrities who died in June 1945

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

• June 4 Georg Kaiser

  German dramatist. mostly known as an expressionist playwright. he was a penniless exile who wrote 70 plays between 1905 and his death. his work encompassed many genres. with "from morning to midnight", 1917, he earned his reputation. he was a strong verbal and structural tightner and possessed an underlying rationality.

• June 6 Meinoud M Rost van Tonningen

  Anti semite / nsb (1937-41), suicide

• June 7 Kitaro Nishida

  Japanese philosopher and academic (b. 1870)

• June 7 Nishida Kitaro

  At 74, a zen practitioner/philosopher/sage dies.

• June 7 Ruben Marcos Campos

  Composer dies at 69

• June 8 Karl Hanke

  Karl Hanke was a Nazi German politician and SS leader who served as the last Gauleiter of Lower Silesia during World War II. He was known for his brutal actions and was considered one of the most fanatical Nazi officials.

• June 15 Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein

  Austrian diplomat

• June 16 Aris Velouchiotis

  A prominent Greek communist leader and key figure in the Greek Resistance during World War II, who led the ELAS guerrilla movement against Nazi occupation and played a crucial role in fighting fascist forces.

• June 18 Florence Bascom

  First woman to receive a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.

• June 18 Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.

  American general (b. 1886)

• June 18 Colonel Roberts

  In battle, commandant 22nd regiment marines, is killed

• June 18 Simon B Buckner

  Us lieutenant general/commandant of the 10th army, is killed in action

• June 20 Bruno Frank

  German-american playwright and poet (d. 1945).

• June 20 Luis Fernando de Orleans y Borbon

  Spanish prince (born 1888).

• June 21 Josef Hora

  Czech poet / writer (sinking shadows), is killed at 53

• June 22 Isamu Chō

  Japanese general (b. 1895)

• June 22 Isamu Tsjo

  Japanese chief of staff 32nd army commits harakiri

• June 22 Mitsuri Ushijima

  Japanese lieutenant general/commandant 32nd army, commits harakiri

• June 23 Lieutenant General Ushijima

  Japanese commander commits suicide at okinawa

• June 26 Emil Hácha

  Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd president of czechoslovakia (b. 1872)

• June 26 Erno Rapee

  Composer dies at 54

• June 26 Nikolay Nikolayevich Tcherepnin

  Composer dies at 72

• June 28 Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu

  Turkish journalist (b. 1879)