Death year 1945 celebrities

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Death year 1945

Mary Ansell Facts

Mary Ann Ansell, a housemaid, was hanged at St Albans Prison, England on 19 July 1899, for poisoning her sister Caroline, who was an inmate in an asylum. Her motive was asserted to be to obtain £11.5s from a life insurance policy which she had taken

Hans Brausewetter Facts

Hans Brausewetter (27 May 1899 – 29 April 1945) was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 135 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film The Treasure, which was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. He was killed in Berlin

Jim Hughey Facts

Jim Hughey was born on March 8th, 1869 in Wakeshma, Michigan and died in Coldwater, Michigan at the age of 76. He was a pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1891, the Chicago Colts in 93, the Pittsburgh Pirates from 96 to 97, the St. Louis Browns/St.

Sara Josephine Baker Facts

Sara Josephine Baker (November 15, 1873 – February 22, 1945) was an American physician notable for making contributions to public health, especially in the immigrant communities of New York City. Her fight against the damage that widespread urban p

Aleksei Tolstoy Facts

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Толсто́й; 10 January 1883 [O.S. 29 December 1882] – 23 February 1945), nicknamed the Comrade Count, was a Russian and Soviet writer who wrote in many genres but

Florence Bascom Facts

Florence Bascom (July 14, 1862 – June 18, 1945) was an American geologist known for her innovative use of petrography in studying crystalline rocks and identifying their origins. In 1896, she became the first woman hired by the United States Geolog

Kalmi Baruh Facts

Kalmi Baruh (Serbian Cyrillic: Калми Барух); 26 December 1896 – 1945) was a Bosnian Jewish scholar in the field of Judeo-Spanish language, pioneer of the Sephardic studies and Hispanic studies in former Yugoslavia.

Lou Nordyke Facts

Louis Ellis Nordyke (August 7, 1876 – September 27, 1945) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the St. Louis Browns for one season, from April 18 to June 27, 1906. He was sold to the Browns by the Tacoma Tigers of the

Friedrich Kayßler Facts

Friedrich Kayßler (7 April 1874 – 30 April 1945) was a German theatre and film actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1913 and 1945.

Toon Oprinsen Facts

Antonius Adrianus Henricus Oprinsen (25 November 1910 – 14 January 1945) was a Dutch football midfielder who played for Netherlands in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He also played for NOAD Tilburg.

George Egerton Facts

Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright (14 December 1859 – 12 August 1945), better known by her pen name George Egerton, (pronounced Edg’er-ton) was a New Woman writer and feminist. Egerton is widely considered to be one of the most important of the “New Woma

Malcolm McGregor Facts

Malcolm McGregor (October 13, 1892 – April 29, 1945) was an American actor of the silent era.