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 3 Arthur Vanderpoorten

  Flemish internal minister (1940), died at the age of 61.

• March 4 Lucille La Verne

  American actress (born in 1872)

• March 4 Mark Sandrich

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

• March 8 H J Jamin

  Dutch resistance fighter, dies in buchenwald

• 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 16 Börries von Münchhausen

  German poet and activist (d.45)

• March 19 Fritz Fromm

  Execution of the german supreme commander in reserve army

• March 20 Dorothy Campbell

  Scottish-american golfer (b. 1883)

• March 20 Maria Lacerda de Moura

  Brazilian teacher and anarcha-feminist (b. 1887)

• March 21 Arthur Nebe

  German ss officer (d. 1945).

• March 21 J Woortman

  Dutch resistance fighter, dies in bergen-belsen at age 39.

• March 22 John Hessin Clarke

  American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)

• March 22 J Postuma

  Dutch resistance fighter

• March 24 Thomas Rennie

  General-major (dutch command 51st highland division), dies.

• March 26 David Lloyd George

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

• March 27 Vincent Hugo Bendix

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

• March 27 Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil

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

• March 29 Karl T Sapper

  German geographer/geologist (vulkankunde), dies at age 79.

• March 30 Béla Balogh

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

• March 30 Karel Moor

  Composer dies at 71

• March 31 Anne Frank

  German-Dutch Jewish teenager who wrote a powerful diary documenting her life in hiding during the Holocaust. Her writings became a profound symbol of human resilience and suffering during World War II.

• 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)