List of Famous people who died in 1945

Henry Armetta was an American character actor who appeared in at least 150 American films, beginning in silent movies. His last film was released posthumously in 1946, the year after his death.

Alexandre Edmond Bachelet was a French socialist politician.

André Barde was the pseudonym of André Bourdonneau, a French writer best known for his libretti for operettas. He was active from 1899-1936. He frequently collaborated with Charles Cuvillier - Son petit frère (1907), Afgar (1909), La Reine joyeuse (1912), Florabella (1921), and Nonnette (1922) being some examples. His works include Pas sur la bouche, which has been filmed twice.

André Nicolle was a French film actor.

Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen was a Danish sculptor. Her preferred themes were domestic animals and people, with an intense, naturalistic portrayal of movements and sentiments. She also depicted themes from Nordic mythology. She was "one of the first women to be taken seriously as a sculptor," a trend-setter in Danish art for most of her life. She was married to the Danish composer Carl Nielsen.

Wolfgang Lüth was the second most successful German U-boat captain of World War II. His career record of 46 merchant ships plus the French submarine Doris sunk during 15 war patrols, with a total displacement of 225,204 gross register tons (GRT), was second only to that of Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer, whose 47 sinkings totaled 273,043 GRT.