List of Famous people who died in 1945

Lucille La Verne was an American stage and screen actress known for her appearances in silent, scolding, obnoxious, vituperative, sarcastic, cunning, and vengeful roles in early color films, as well as for her triumphs on the American stage. She is most widely remembered as the voice of the first Disney villain, the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Walt Disney's first feature film as well as her final film role.

Countess Hélène de Pourtalès, born Helen Barbey, was an American-born sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics representing Switzerland and became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal. She was also the first woman to represent Switzerland at the Olympics.

Gabriyel’ Arkadyevich Ureklyan, better known as El-Registan (Эль-Регистан), was a Soviet Armenian poet.

Josef Čapek was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. He invented the word robot, which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek.

Luisa Ferida was an Italian stage and film actress.

Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta was a Spanish painter, born in Eibar (Guipuzcoa), near the monastery of Loyola.

Seiichi Itō was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and the flag officer of the task force centered around the battleship Yamato on her final mission towards the end of World War II.

Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas was a British poet and journalist best known as the lover of Oscar Wilde.

Bogdan Dimitrov Filov was a Bulgarian archaeologist, art historian and politician. He was Prime Minister of Bulgaria during World War II. During his tenure, Bulgaria became the seventh nation to join the Axis Powers.

Emperor Duy Tân, born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh San, was an emperor of the Nguyễn Dynasty who reigned for 9 years between 1907 and 1916.