List of Famous people who born in 1945

Yukio Okamoto was a Japanese diplomat, diplomatic analyst, and proponent of strong economic and political Japan–United States relations. Okamoto guided Japanese and American diplomatic relations throughout the 1980s, during an era when both countries simultaneously competed for economic influence on the global stage. He served as a diplomatic advisor and analyst for several Japanese prime ministers, including Ryutaro Hashimoto from 1996 to 1998 and Junichiro Koizumi from 2003 until 2004.

Thomas Anthony Scannell was an Irish actor, known for his role as DS Ted Roach in ITV's The Bill.

Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was a member of the House of Sabah and a Kuwaiti military officer who was also the founder of the Asian Handball Federation and Kuwait Olympic Committee. Fahad died fighting alongside the Kuwait Emiri Guard in defending Dasman Palace.

Bonnie M. Watson Coleman is an American politician. She has served as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district since 2015. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Watson Coleman previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly, from 1998 to 2015 for the 15th Legislative District. She is the first African-American woman to represent New Jersey in Congress.

Michel Maurice Daniel Denisot is a French journalist, producer, TV host and director of a football club and television.

Iosif Grigor'evich Alliluyev was a Russian cardiologist and a grandson of Joseph Stalin.

Faruk Süren is a Turkish businessman and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray.

Sean Scully is an Irish-born American-based artist working as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and photographer. His work is held in museum collections worldwide and he has twice been named a Turner Prize nominee. Moving from London to New York in 1975, Scully helped lead the transition from Minimalism to Emotional abstraction in painting, abandoning the reduced vocabulary of Minimalism in favor of a return to metaphor and spirituality in art.

Katsuei Hirasawa is a Japanese politician, currently serving as Minister of Reconstruction in Yoshihide Suga's cabinet. A member of the House of Representatives, Hirasawa is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and is openly affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996.

Saïd Chengriha is a senior official in the Algerian People's National Army. He was the commander of the ground forces and served as the army's interim chief of staff after the death of Ahmed Gaid Salah on 23 December 2019 until 3 July 2020 when he was officially appointed by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.