List of Famous people who born in 1945

Claude Challe is a French DJ and club owner, the co-creator of the Buddha Bar restaurant/clubs and music compilations.

Marie-Claire Pauwels was a French journalist, the daughter of Suzanne Brégeon and Louis Pauwels. In April 1980, she launched the magazine Madame Figaro of which she became the first editor-in-chief and received the Prix Roger Nimier in 2003 for her autobiographical work Fille à papa.

Dan van Husen was a German actor. He started his career in the 1960s, playing in a number of Spaghetti Westerns, and also performed in Italian and German films by renowned directors including Frederico Fellini and Werner Herzog and in German TV series. Starting in the 2000s he performed in Hollywood films, and in 2008 had a role in a Dutch World War 2 movie, Winter in Wartime. He died in 2020 of COVID-19.

Kim Yong-chol is a North Korean general and politician who currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea for South Korean affairs and head of the United Front Department. From February 2009 to January 2016 he was the director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country's primary intelligence service.

Bruce Spence is a New Zealand-Australian actor. Spence has "amassed over 100 film and television credits" and has also acted in theater.

Pedro Berruezo Martín was a Spanish footballer who represented CD Málaga and Sevilla. Having already collapsed in games against Alicante, Sabadell and Barakaldo, Berruezo suffered a fatal heart attack during a match against Pontevedra on 7 January 1973.

Eva Bergman is a Swedish film, theatre, and television director, who worked at Dramaten. She is the daughter of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, and was married to crime writer Henning Mankell from 1998 until his death in 2015.

Wu Tse-yuan was a Taiwanese politician, known for his involvement in black gold politics, and ties to gangs.

Sam Arday was a Ghanaian football coach who has managed the Ghana national side on two occasions – from 1996 to 1997, and again in 2004. He retired from the police service where his last position was a Superintendent. He was the originator of the 'multi system' technique of football,which involved playing all attack and all defense simultaneously. This was executed by switching among the 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 and the 4-4-2 formations. He was a scout for the Black Stars prior to the 2006 World Cup in Germany and again when Akwasi Appiah was the coach of the team.

Omar Jazouli was a Moroccan politician.