List of Famous people who died in 1945

Princess Thyra of Denmark was a member of the Danish royal family. She was the sixth child and third daughter of King Frederick VIII and Queen Louise of Denmark, and was also the younger sister of King Christian X of Denmark and King Haakon VII of Norway. Princess Thyra remained unmarried and had no children.

Ernst Alfred Cassirer was a German philosopher. Trained within the Neo-Kantian Marburg School, he initially followed his mentor Hermann Cohen in attempting to supply an idealistic philosophy of science.

Antal Szerb was a noted Hungarian scholar and writer. He is generally considered to be one of the major Hungarian writers of the 20th century.

Bruno Frank was a German author, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and humanist.

Carl Gustaf Ekman was a Swedish politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1911 to 1932, leader of the Freeminded People's Party between 1924 and 1932, and served as Prime Minister from 1926 to 1928 and again from 1930 to 1932.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Stuart Burnett, was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the first half of the 20th century. He was Air Officer Commanding Iraq Command during the early 1930s. During the Second World War, he served as Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force.

Colonel Prince Yi U was a Korean Prince as a member of the imperial family of Korea, the 4th head of Unhyeon Palace, and a lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was killed during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.