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In the year 1945, the Soviets occupy Warzaw (Jan 17), the Soviet Army liberates Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps (Jan 27), the Yalta Conference begins (Feb 4), Korea is divided into two separate parts, which leads later to the Korean War (Sep 8), Gandhi and Nehru demand that all British troops leave India (Sep 20), the United Nations is founded (Oct 24), Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France (Nov 16) - and all these fine people were born:

1945-0104 Vesa-Matti Loiri* actor/ comedian/singer - Helsinki, Finland (2022/77) 1945-0105 1945-0107 Peter Schowtka* politician/ethnic Sorb - Wittichenau, Saxony, Nazi Germany (2022/77) 1945-0107 Yrsa Stenius* journalist/ chief editor - Helsinki, Finland (2018/73) 1945-0109 Frank Biondi* businessman/ entertainment executive - New York City, NY USA (2019/74) 1945-0110 Rod Stewart* singer/songwriter - Highgate, London, England 1945-0112 Steven Hoffenberg* businessman/ fraudster - Brooklyn, NY USA (2022/77) 1945-0120 Mimmi Mustakallio* troubadour - Pyhäjoki, Finland (2002/57) 1945-0124 Eva Janko* (b Egger) athlete (javelin/OB) - Floing, Styria, Nazi Germany 1945-0125 Dave Walker* singer/guitarist (Fleetwood Mac etc) - Walsall, Staffordshire, England 1945-0128 Marthe Keller* actress/ opera director - Basel, Switzerland 1945-0129 Tom Selleck* actor/ film producer - Detroit, MI USA 1945-0201 1945-0204 Merete Mazzarella* author/ literary researcher - Helsinki, Finland 1945-0206 Bob Marley* singer-songwriter - Nine Mile, British Jamaica (1981/36) 1945-0206 Michael Tucker* actor/ producer - Baltimore, MD USA 1945-0207 Matti Puhakka* politician - Eno, Lapland, Finland 1945-0208 1945-0209 Bill Bergey* Am. football player - South Dayton, NY USA (2024/79) 1945-0209 Georg Dolivo* (b Georgij Dolivo-Dobrovolskij) singer (Kivikasvot)/songwriter/theater director - Helsinki, Finland (2023/77) 1945-0209 Mia Farrow* actress/activist - Los Angeles, CA USA 1945-0210 1945-0212 Maud Adams* (b Wickström) model/actress - Luleå, Sweden 1945-0214 Hans-Adam II* Prince of Liechtenstein - Zürich, Switzerland 1945-0216 Jeremy Bulloch* actor - Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England (2020/75) 1945-0217 Brenda Fricker* actress - Dublin, Ireland 1945-0219 1945-0220 Brion James* actor - Redlands, CA USA(1999/54) 1945-0222 1945-0224 Barry Bostwick* actor - San Mateo, CA USA 1945-0226 Marta Kristen* (b Birgit Rusanen) Norwegian-American actress (Lost in Space)/of Finnish and German descent - Oslo, Norway 1945-0227 Brasse Brännström* actor/ comedian - Stockholm, Sweden 1945-03xx Richard Sackler* businessman/ developer of Oxycontin - USA 1945-0306 Dan Wieden* advertising executive/ coined the Nike tagline “Just Do It” - Portland, OR USA (2022/77) 1945-0318 Joy Fielding* novelist/ actress - Toronto, ON Canada 1945-0318 Hiroh Kikai* 鬼海 弘雄 photographer - Daigo, Japan (2020/75) 1945-0321 Linda Lee Cadwell* (b Emery) teacher/ martial artist/wife of Bruce Lee - Everett, WA USA 1945-0324 Curtis Hanson* film director/producer - Reno, NV USA (2016/71) 1945-0325 Gert-Dietmar Klause* cross-country skier/OS (Vasaloppet) - Reumtengrün, Allied-occupied Germany 1944-0328 Rodrigo Duterte* politician/P - Philippines 1945-0330 Eric Clapton* musician - Ripley, Surrey, England 1945-0331 Edwin Catmull* computer scientist/honored for his contributions to 3D computer graphics - Parkersburg, WV USA 1945-0331 Ingvar Oldsberg* television host /sports reporter - Mölnlycke, Sweden 1945-0401 Ali Ahmed Aslam* Pakistani-Scottish chef/inventor of chicken tikka masala - Punjab,  British India (2022/77) 1945-0402 Linda Hunt* actress - Morristown, NJ USA 1945-0402 Gary Painter* highway patrol officer/sheriff - Amherst, TX USA (2019/72) 1945-0402 Don Sutton* baseball player - Clio, AL USA (2021/75) 1945-0402 Richard Taruskin* musicologist/ music critic - New York City, NY USA (2022/77) 1945-0403 Bernie Parent* hockey goalie (NHL 100)/instrumental in better facial gear for goalies - Montreal, QC Canada 1945-0411 Christian Quadflieg* German actor/television director/w Swedish mother - Växjö, Sweden (2023/78) 1945-0412 Laura Esterman* actress - New York City, NY USA 1945-0413 Tony Dow* actor /director/sculptor - Los Angeles, CA USA (2022/77) 1945-0414 John S. Hunkin* banker - Toronto, ON Canada (2025/79) 1945-0416 John Andrew Barnes III* soldier/w posthumous Medal of Honor for his actions in Vietnam - Boston, MA USA (1967/22) 1945-0420 1945-0424 Larry Tesler* computer scientist - The Bronx, NY USA (2020/74) 1945-0425 Richard C. Hoagland* author/ ufologist - Morristown, NJ USA 1945-0425 Björn Ulvaeus* musician/singer (ABBA) - Gothenburg, Sweden 1945-0429 Giora Romm* leader in the Israeli Air Force/military attaché - Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine (2023/78) 1945-0501 1945-0510 1945-0512 Robert Bigelow* businessman/ founder of Bigelow Aerospace/ ufologist - Las Vegas, NV USA 1945-0512 Nicky Henson* actor - London, England (2019/7) 1945-0514 Francesca Annis* actress - Kensington, London, England 1945-0515 Pekka Saarnio* journalist/politician - Helsinki, Finland (2020/74) 1945-0517 Jane Britton* archaelogy student/murder victim - Boston, MA USA (1969/23) 1945-0519 Pete Townshend* musician/ singer (The Who) - Chiswick, Middlesex, England 1945-0521 Rainer Werner Fassbinder* film director - Bad Wörishofen, West Germany (1982/37) 1945-0521 Richard Hatch* actor - Santa Monica, CA USA (2017/71) 1945-0524 Priscilla Presley* (b Wagner) actress/business magnate/wife of Elvis Presley - Brooklyn, NY USA 1945-0529 Gary Brooker* singer/founder of Procol Harum - Hackney, London, England 1945-0531 Blackberri* (b Charles Timothy Ashmore) singer-songwriter/ community activist - Buffalo, NY USA (2021/76) 1945-0601 Niamh Bhreathnach* politician - Dublin, Ireland (2023/77) 1945-0602 Jon Peters* hairdresser/ film producer - Van Nuys, CA USA 1945-0603 Kristiina Halkola* actress/ singer/politician - Kuusankoski, Finland 1945-0610 1945-0611 Adrianne Barbeau* actress/ singer/author - Sacramento, CA USA 1945-0617 Art Bell* radio broadcaster/ founder of Coast to Coast AM/author - Camp Lejeune, NC USA (2018/72) 1945-0617 Eddy Merckx* bicycle racer - Meensel-Kiezegem, Brabant, Belgium 1945-0618 1945-0619 Radovan Karadžić* Bosnian Serb psychiatrist/ politician/ convicted of war crimes - Petnjica, Montenegro, Yugoslavia 1945-0619 Aung San Suu Kyi* politician/ author/N - Rangoon, Burma 1945-0619 Heikki Nousiainen* actor - Helsinki, Finland 1945-0620 Anne Murray* singer (A Love Song) - Springhill, NS Canada 1945-0625 Carly Simon* singer/songwriter (Coming Around Again)/ children’s author- New York City, NY USA 1945-0626 Paul Chun* (b Chiang Chang-nien) Hongkong actor - Shanghai, Republic of China 1945-0628 David Knights* musician (Procol Harum) - Islington, London, England 1945-0629 Chandrika Kumaratunga* Sri Lankan politician/P - Colombo, British Ceylon 1945-0630 Sean Scully* painter/ printmaker/sculptor - Dublin, Ireland 1945-0701 Chris Wilkinson* architect - Amersham, Buckinghamshie, England (2021/76) 1945-0706 Burt Ward* actor (Robin)/activist - Los Angeles, CA USA 1945-0707 Matti Salminen* opera singer - Turku, Finland 1945-0709 Pirjo-Riitta Antvuori* nurse/ politician - Loimaa, Finland 1945-0709 Dean Koontz* author - Everett, PA USA 1945-0710 John Motson* football commentator - Salford, Lancashire, England (2023/77) 1945-0710 Virginia Wade* tennis player - Bournemouth, Dorset, England 1945-0715 Jan-Michael Vincent* actor - Denver, CO USA (2019/73) 1945-0719 George Dzundza* actor - Rosenheim, West Germany 1945-0719 Edwin Schlossberg* designer/ author/artist - Manhattan, NY USA 1945-0720 1945-0726 Helen Mirren* actress - Hammersmith, London, England 1945-0728 Jim Davis* cartoonist (Garfield) - Marion, IN USA 1945-0730 Patrick Modiano* novelist/N - Boulogne-Billancourt, France 1945-0731 1945-0801 Ivan Garanin* cross-country skier/OB (Vasaloppet) - Rudny, Kazakhstan, Soviet Union 1945-0803 Stuart Golland* actor (Heartbeat) - Sheffield, WR of Yorkshire, England (2003/58) 1945-0805 Rune Holmén* athlete (l_ong-distance runner_)/father of Janne Holmén - Föglö, Finland 1945-0805 Martin Lambie-Nairn* designer - Croydon, London, England (2020/75) 1945-0807 Nils Torvalds* politician/father of Linus Torvalds - Ekenäs, Finland 1945-0810 Raimo Vilén* athlete (sprinter) - Artjärvi, Finland 1945-0814 Brenda Benet* (b Nelson) musician/actress/son with Bill Bixby - Los Angeles, CA USA (1982/36) 1945-0814 Steve Martin* actor/comedian/producer - Waco, TX USA 1945-0814 Wim Wenders* film director/playwright - Düsseldorf, West Germany 1945-0817 Katri Helena Kalaoja* singer - Tohmajärvi, Finland 1945-0817 John Townley* astrologer/musician - Washington, D.C. USA 1945-0831 Bob Welch* guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)/singer/songwriter - Hollywood, CA USA (2012/66) 1945-0902 Liisa Jaakonsaari* (b Ollakka) politician - Oulu, Finland 1945-0905 Eva Bergman* film, theater and television director - Helsingborg, Sweden 1945-0907 Jacques Lemaire* hockey player (NHL 100)/coach - LaSalle, QC Canada 1945-0908 Rogie Vachon* hockey goalie - Palmarolle, QC Canada 1945-0911 Franz Beckenbauer* football player/ manager - Munich, West Germany 1945-0913 Raimo Sailas* civil servant - Nivala, Finland (2020/74) 1945-0915 Carmen Maura* actress - Madrid, Spain 1945-0915 Jessye Norman* opera singer/recitalist - Augusta, GA USA (2019/74) 1945-0916 Wolfgang J. Fuchs* journalist/ comics author/film expert - Unsleben, Germany (2020/74) 1945-0918 John McAfee* computer programmer/inmate in Spain - Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England (2021/75) 1945-0919 Kate Adie* journalist - Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, England 1945-0921 Kay Ryan* poet/ educator - San Jose, CA USA 1945-0921 Bjarni Tryggvason* Icelandic-Canadian engineer/astronaut/to Canada at age 8 - Reykjavik, Iceland (2022/76) 1945-0923 Paul Petersen* actor/ novelist/activist - Glendale, CA USA 1945-0924 Janne Schaffer* songwriter/guitarist - Stockholm, Sweden 1945-0928 Jyrki Heliskoski* football coach - Helsinki, Finland (2020/75) 1945-0929 Nadezhda Chizhova* athlete (shot put)/OG - Usolye-Sibirskoye, Russia, Soviet Union 1945-0930 Ehud Olmert* politician - Binyamina, Mandate Palestine 1945-1001 Ram Nath Kovind* politician/P - Paraunkh, British India 1945-1002 Don McLean* singer-songwriter - New Rochelle, NY USA 1945-1003 Viktor Saneyev* athlete (triple jump)/OG - Sokhumi, Georgia, Soviet Union (2022/76) 1945-1004 Marcia Lucas* (b Griffin) film editor/producer/ex-wife of George Lucas - Modesto, CA USA 1945-1007 Stig Wetzell* hockey goalie - Vaasa, Finland 1945-1008 1945-1010 Moana Jackson* lawyer - Hastings, New Zealand (2022/76) 1945-1013 Irene Lindh* actress/ singer - Stockholm, Sweden 1945-1016 Riitta L.** - Finland 1945-1020 1945-1023 Kim Larsen* singer/ musician - Copenhagen, Denmark (2018/72) 1945-1025 1945-1027 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva* trade unionist/politician/P - Caetés, Pernambuco, Brazil 1945-1028 Wayne Fontana* (b Glyn Ellis) singer - Manchester, Lancashire,  England (2020/74) 1945-1030 Henry Winkler* actor/comedian/ producer - New York, NY USA 1945-1031 Farooq Qaiser* Pakistani artist/columnist/puppeteer - Sialkot, British India(2021/75) 1945-1101 1945-1103 Gerhard “Gerd” Müller* football player - Nördlingen, Germany (2021/75) 1945-1104 Jukka Venho** chef - Finland 1945-1108 Joseph James DeAngelo Jr.* the “Golden State Killer”/serial killer - Bath, NY USA 1945-1110 Donna Fargo* country singer - Mount Airy, NC USA 1945-1112 Neil Young* singer-songwriter - Toronto, ON Canada 1945-1115 Roger Donaldson* film director - Ballarat, VIC Australia 1945-1115 Bob Gunton* actor - Santa Monica, CA USA 1945-1115 Anni-Frid Lyngstad* singer (ABBA)/environmentalist - Ballangen, Norway 1945-1116 Paul Raymond* musician (UFO) - St Albans, Hertfordshire, England (2019/73) 1945-1118 Wilma Mankiller* ᎠᏥᎳᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯᏗᎯ (A-ji-luhsgi Asgaya-dihi) community developer/Cherokee activist - Tahlequah, OK USA (2010/64) 1945-1121 Goldie Hawn* actress - Washington, D.C. USA 1945-1121 Kalervo Kummola* hockey leader - Raisio, Finland 1945-1122 Kari Tapio* singer - Pieksämäki, Finland (2010/65) 1945-1126 John McVie* musician (Fleetwood Mac) - Ealing, Middlesex, England 1945-1127 James Avery* actor/ poet - Suffolk, VA USA (2013/68) 1945-1127 Alain de Cadenet* racing driver/television presenter - England (2022/76) 1945-1127 Simon Townsend* journalist/ television presenter - Australia (2025/79) 1945-1129 1945-1130 1945-1201 Bette Midler* singer/actress - Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii 1945-1202 Lisa Kreuzer* actress - Hof, Bavaria, Allied occupation of Germany 1945-1209 Michael Nouri* actor - Washington, D.C. USA 1945-1211 Jarno Saarinen* motorcycle racer/WC - Turku, Finland (1973/27) 1945-1214 Francesca Morvillo* magistrate/together with husband Giovanni Falcone, victim of the Sicilian Mafia - Palermo, Kingdom of Italy (1992/46) 1945-1217 Ernie Hudson* actor - Benton Harbor, MI USA 1945-1222 Diane Sawyer* television journalist/ anchorwoman - Glasgow, KY USA 1945-1226 John Walsh* television host/criminal investigator - Auburn, NY USA 1945-1231 Barbara Carrera* actress - Bluefields, Nicaragua 1945-0 1945-0 1945-0 Updated 2025-0315 Helsinki-Munich Search for another year here