List of Famous people who died in 1945

Stefan Banach was a Polish mathematician who is generally considered one of the world's most important and influential 20th-century mathematicians. He was the founder of modern functional analysis, and an original member of the Lwów School of Mathematics. His major work was the 1932 book, Théorie des opérations linéaires, the first monograph on the general theory of functional analysis.

Alexander Dubin was an American lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren.

Pietro Mascagni was an Italian composer primarily known for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music. While it was often held that Mascagni, like Ruggiero Leoncavallo, was a "one-opera man" who could never repeat his first success, L'amico Fritz and Iris have remained in the repertoire in Europe since their premieres.

William Finlay, 2nd Viscount Finlay, was a British judge and peer who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1938 to 1945.

Johannes Gabrielse was a Dutch artist born in Zeeland, who died in a Japanese internment camp in the Dutch East Indies.

Lucie Dreyfus-Hadamard, was the wife of Alfred Dreyfus, and his main and unwavering support during the Affair that shook the couple from 1894 to 1906. She never ceased to defend the honor of her husband.

Martin Frederick Ansel was the 89th Governor of South Carolina from 1907 to 1911.