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Famous people and celebrities who died in April 1945

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in April 1945. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

  • Heinrich Borgmann
    April 5 Heinrich Borgmann

    German officer (b. 1912).

  • Karl-Otto Koch
    April 5 Karl-Otto Koch

    German ss officer (d. 1945).

  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer
    April 9 Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    A prominent German theologian and Lutheran pastor who actively resisted the Nazi regime.

  • Hans von Dohnányi
    April 9 Hans von Dohnányi

    German jurist and prominent resistance member who actively opposed the Nazi regime, ultimately executed for his involvement in the July 20...

  • Johann Georg Elser
    April 9 Johann Georg Elser

    German carpenter (b. 1903).

  • Hans Oster
    April 9 Hans Oster

    German general, member the german resistance (born in 1887).

  • Wilhelm Canaris
    April 9 Wilhelm Canaris

    German military admiral; was involved in the assassination plot against hitler on 7/20/1944.

  • Karl Sack
    April 9 Karl Sack

    German jurist, member the german resistance (born in 1896).

  • Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman
    April 10 Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman

    Dutch printer and typographer (b. 1882).

  • Franklin Roosevelt
    April 12 Franklin Roosevelt

    American politician, u.s.

  • Ernst Cassirer
    April 13 Ernst Cassirer

    German philosopher.

  • Hermann Florstedt
    April 15 Hermann Florstedt

    German ss officer (b. 1895).

  • Ernie Pyle
    April 18 Ernie Pyle

    Legendary World War II war correspondent who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1943 and was killed in action in Okinawa.

  • John Ambrose Fleming
    April 18 John Ambrose Fleming

    English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (b. 1849).

  • Erwin Bumke
    April 20 Erwin Bumke

    Polish-german jurist and politician (b. 1874).

  • Walter Model
    April 21 Walter Model

    German field marshal (born in 1891).

  • Wilhelm Cauer
    April 22 Wilhelm Cauer

    Wilhelm Cauer was a prominent German electrical engineer and mathematician who made significant contributions to filter theory and network...

  • Käthe Kollwitz
    April 22 Käthe Kollwitz

    German painter and sculptor (b. 1867).

  • Ernst-Robert Grawitz
    April 24 Ernst-Robert Grawitz

    German physician (born 1899).

  • Huldreich Georg Früh
    April 25 Huldreich Georg Früh

    Swiss composer (b. 1903).

  • Pavlo Skoropadskyi
    April 26 Pavlo Skoropadskyi

    German-ukrainian general and politician, hetman of ukraine (b. 1871).

  • Claretta Petacci
    April 28 Claretta Petacci

    Mistress of Benito Mussolini who was executed alongside him at the end of World War II, symbolizing the dramatic fall of the Italian Fascist...

  • Hermann Fegelein
    April 28 Hermann Fegelein

    Nazi SS General who was Hitler's brother-in-law and was executed by Hitler in the final days of World War II for alleged desertion in the...

  • Benito Mussolini
    April 28 Benito Mussolini

    Italian journalist and politician, 27th prime minister of italy (b. 1883).

  • Roberto Farinacci
    April 28 Roberto Farinacci

    Italian soldier and politician (b. 1892).

  • Eva Braun
    April 30 Eva Braun

    Eva Braun was Adolf Hitler's long-time mistress and wife for a single day before their joint suicide in Berlin.

  • Adolph Hitler
    April 30 Adolph Hitler

    German dictator who led the Nazi Party and initiated World War II.