List of Famous people who died in 1945

Hermann Gerhardt Karl Oncken was a German historian and political writer. He was one of the most notable historians of pre-Nazi Germany.

Vikenty Vikentyevich Smidovich, better known by his pen name Vikenty Vikentyevich Veresaev, was a Russian writer and medical doctor of Polish descent.

Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe was a German prince and head of the Náchod branch of the princely house of Schaumburg-Lippe.

John Harbord, 8th Baron Suffield, of Gunton Park, near Norwich, Norfolk, was briefly a British peer and baronet, between 1943 and 1945.

Alfred Saalwächter was a high-ranking German U-boat commander during World War I and General Admiral during World War II.

John Otway Percy Bland, who wrote as J. O. P. Bland, was a British writer and journalist, best known as the author of a number of books on Chinese politics and history. He lived in China for most of the period 1883–1910.

Eugen Anton Bolz was a German politician and a member of the resistance to the Nazi régime.

Christoph Gustav Ernst Ahl was a German zoologist, born in Berlin.

Gigō Funakoshi (1906–1945) was the third son of Gichin Funakoshi and is widely credited with developing the foundation of the modern karate Shotokan style.

José Padilla y Gálvez also known by his nickname Pepe, and his screen name, Mario de Córdova, was a Filipino lawyer, politician and movie actor.