Events in the year 1945 in the Netherlands.
Incumbents Monarch: Wilhelmina Prime Minister: Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (until 25 June); Willem Schermerhorn (from 25 June)
Events
Births
4 January – Jean Bessems, carom and artistic billiards player 6 January – Anja Meulenbelt, politician and writer 10 January – Henri Bol, still life painter (d. 2000) 25 January – Lennaert Nijgh, lyricist (d. 2002) 3 February – Willeke Alberti, singer and actress 16 February Toon van Driel, cartoonist, comics writer and comics artist L. H. Wiener, writer 17 February – Chris Dolman, martial artist and professional wrestler 21 February – John Bröcheler, operatic baritone (d. 2026) 3 March – Gee van Enst, rower. 14 March René de Boer, sculptor Herman van Veen, stage performer, actor, author, singer/songwriter and musician 28 March – Bert Groen, corporate director, civil servant and politician 29 March – Willem Ruis, game show presenter (d. 1986) 4 May – Jan Mulder, footballer, writer, columnist, and TV personality 8 May – Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, politician, jurist and civil servant 20 May – Saskia Holleman, actress, lawyer and model (d. 2013). 25 May – Nicolaas Matsier, novelist 12 June – Gaby Minneboo, cyclist 15 June – Corrie Bakker, track and field athlete. 16 June – Roy Ho Ten Soeng, politician 20 June – Jan Dietz, information systems researcher 9 July – Erik van der Wurff, pianist, composer, arranger, producer and conductor (d. 2014) 17 August – Rudi Lubbers, boxer. 27 August – Jan Sloot, electronics engineer (d. 1999) 28 September – Vincent Mentzel, photographer 24 October – Ernst Jansen Steur, neurologist 30 October – Fred Rompelberg, cyclist 2 November – Cees Stam, track cyclist 19 November – Hans Monderman, road traffic engineer and innovator (d. 2008) 27 November – Phil Bloom, artist, entertainer and actress
Full date missing Christian Dumolin, businessman Henk van der Flier, psychologist Jan Plas, kickboxer (d. 2010) Madelon Vriesendorp, artist
Deaths
2 January – Arie Bijl, physicist (b. 1908) 30 January – Jur Haak, footballer (b. 1890) 1 February – Johan Huizinga, historian (b. 1972) 9 February – Piet Klijnveld, accountant (b. 1874) 12 February – Walraven van Hall, banker and resistance leader (b. 1906) 17 February – Gabrielle Weidner, resistance fighter (b. 1914) 1 April – Piet Tekelenburg, footballer (b. 1894) 15 April – Joannes Cassianus Pompe, pathologist (b. 1901) 17 April – Hannie Schaft, communist resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1920) 28 May – Lothar van Gogh, footballer (b. 1888) 16 August – Nico Richter, composer (b. 1915) 25 August – Henriëtte van der Meij, feminist (b. 1850) 7 September – Harry Kuneman, governor (b. 1886) 22 October – Jac. van Ginneken, linguist, priest and Jesuit (b. 1877) 13 November – Albert Heijn, entrepreneur (b. 1865)
Full date missing Anne Frank, diarist (b. 1929) Margot Frank (b. 1926)
See also Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II
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