Famous people and celebrities who died in March 1945

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

• March 2 Emily Carr

  Canadian writer and artist, carr is heavily inspired by the pacific northwest coast's indigenous peoples. carr was one of the first canadian painters to adopt a modernist, post-impressionist style. she did not get much recognition for her work until later in life. as she grew older, her subject matter changed from aboriginal to landscape and forest scenes. carr, a writer …

• March 4 Mark Sandrich

  American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1900)

• March 4 Lucille La Verne

  American actress (born in 1872)

• March 6 Jan Thijssen

  Dutch resistance fighter executed at savage farm

• March 6 Rudolph Karel

  Composer dies at 64

• March 7 Adolf Bartels

  German writer/racist dies at the age of 82.

• March 8 Jan Beekes

  At 26 years old, a resistance fighter is executed.

• March 9 Margot Frank

  Sister of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who tragically died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the Holocaust, symbolizing the immense human loss of that period.

• March 12 Friedrich Fromm

  German army officer (born 1861)

• March 12 Anne Frank

  Dutch-jewish diary writer from 14 to 15, while her family lived in complete confinement. non-jewish friends protected them in their attic. anne, her sister margot, and her family were captured at bergen-belsen on march 15, 1945. her father, who survived the war, returned home after the war and found anne's diary.

• March 13 Herbert Bedford

  Composer dies at 78

• March 15 Herman B Wiardi Beckman

  Dutch member of parliament (sdap), dies at the age of 41

• March 16 Börries von Münchhausen

  German poet and activist (d.45)

• March 16 Pierre Drieu la Rochelle

  At 52 years old, a french poet/writer commits suicide.

• March 20 Maria Lacerda de Moura

  Brazilian teacher and anarcha-feminist (b. 1887)

• March 20 Dorothy Campbell

  Scottish-american golfer (b. 1883)

• March 21 Arthur Nebe

  German ss officer (d. 1945).

• March 22 John Hessin Clarke

  American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)

• March 23 Tadamichi Kuribayashi

  Commandant of the japanese garrison at battle of iwo jima (born in 1891)

• March 26 David Lloyd George

  English-welsh lawyer and politician, prime minister of the united kingdom (b. 1863)

• March 26 Isaack Stouten

  Resistance fighter, killed at the age of 29.

• March 27 Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil

  Turkish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1866)

• March 27 Vincent Hugo Bendix

  American engineer and businessman, founded bendix corporation (b. 1881)

• March 30 Béla Balogh

  Hungarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)

• March 31 Hans Fischer

  CHE - German chemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1881)

• March 31 Frank Findlay

  New zealand banker and politician (b. 1884)

• March 31 Maurice Rose

  First us general in germany, killed in action at 45.