List of Famous people who died in 1945

Émilienne d'Alençon was a French dancer, actress, and courtesan.

Andrzej Krzeptowski was a Polish skier. He competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics and the 1928 Winter Olympics.

John Curtin was an Australian politician who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Australia from 1941 until his death in 1945. He led the country for the majority of World War II, including all but the last few weeks of the war in the Pacific. He was the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1935 to 1945, and its longest serving leader until Gough Whitlam. Curtin's leadership skills and personal character were acclaimed by his political contemporaries. He is frequently cited as one of Australia's greatest prime ministers.

Robert Elmer Horton was an American civil engineer and soil scientist, considered by many to be the father of modern hydrology.

Ernesto de Fiori was a German painter and sculptor of Italian and Austrian descent. A dazzling personality himself, he rose to fame as a society portraitist and a major protagonist of Berlin's vivid art scene during the Weimar Republic. One of the many artists defamed as "degenerate" by the Nazis in 1937, de Fiori emigrated to Brazil where he died in 1945.