Aged 45
Famous people who died at 45
107 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 45, including Sung Jae-gi, Friedrich Schiller and Freddie Mercury. Here are the 100 best known.
- Sung Jae-giSouth Korean masculism activist · 1967–2013
- Friedrich SchillerGerman playwright, poet, philosopher and historian · 1759–1805
- Freddie MercuryBritish singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen · 1946–1991
- ParmenidesLate 6th/early 5th century BC Greek pre-Socratic philosopher · c. 515–470 BC
- Yukio MishimaJapanese author · 1925–1970
- Jan HusCzech theologian, philosopher and preacher · c. 1370–1415
- Apuleius2nd-century Numidian Latin-language writer, rhetorician and philosopher · c. AD 125–170
- Leo XPope from 1513 to 1521 · 1475–1521
- Clovis IFirst king of the Franks · c. AD 466–511
- Vlad the Impaler15th-century ruler of Wallachia · 1431–1476
- Girolamo SavonarolaItalian Dominican friar and preacher · 1452–1498
- Oliver GoldsmithAnglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician · 1728–1774
- Olympe de GougesFrench playwright and political activist · 1748–1793
- Nat King ColeAmerican singer and jazz pianist · 1919–1965
- Nestor MakhnoUkrainian anarchist revolutionary · 1888–1934
- Philip the ArabRoman Emperor · c. AD 204–249
- Alexander KolchakRussian admiral and military leader of the White movement · 1874–1920
- Henry IV of EnglandKing of England from 1399 to 1413 · 1367–1413
- Domenico GhirlandaioItalian Renaissance painter from Florence · 1448–1494
- Isaak BabelRussian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer · 1894–1940
- Montgomery CliftAmerican actor · 1920–1966
- ÖtziWell-preserved natural prehistoric mummy · c. 3275–3230 BC
- Jochi ↗Military leader; eldest son of Genghis Khan · 1182–1228
- Edward, the Black Prince ↗Prince of Wales · 1330–1376
- Farouk I of Egypt ↗King of Egypt 1936 to 1952 · 1920–1965
- Ferdinand VI of Spain ↗King of Spain, lived · 1713–1759
- Leo VI the Wise ↗Byzantine Emperor · AD 866–912
- Thomas Stamford Raffles ↗British statesman who founded Singapore · 1781–1826
- Rocky Marciano ↗American heavyweight boxing champion · 1923–1969
- Alexander I of Yugoslavia ↗Prince regent of Kingdom of Serbia and later King of Yugoslavia 1921–34 · 1888–1934
- Padmasambhava ↗8th-century Vajrayana Master · c. AD 717–762
- Tito Vilanova ↗Spanish footballer and manager · 1968–2014
- Natasha Richardson ↗British actress · 1963–2009
- C. Wright Mills ↗American sociologist · 1916–1962
- Chlothar II ↗King of Neustria · c. AD 584–629
- Johann Strauss I ↗Austrian Romantic composer · 1804–1849
- Kim Jong-nam ↗Oldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il · 1971–2017
- René Laenne ↗French physician, inventor of stethoscope · 1781–1826
- Childeric I ↗Frankish king · c. AD 436–481
- Georges Perec ↗French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist · 1936–1982
- Carmen Amaya ↗Spanish flamenco dancer and singer · 1918–1963
- Gustave Caillebotte ↗French painter · 1848–1894
- Kurt Tucholsky ↗Jewish-German journalist, satirist and writer · 1890–1935
- Vasily Shukshin ↗Soviet actor, writer, screenwriter and film director · 1929–1974
- Ralphie May ↗American stand-up comedian · 1972–2017
- Libius Severus ↗Western Roman Emperor · c. AD 420–465
- Peter III of Aragon ↗King of Aragon and Valencia (1276–85); King of Sicily · c. 1240–1285
- Samudragupta ↗4th-century ruler of the Gupta Empire · c. AD 335–380
- Chilperic I ↗King of Neustria from 561 to 584 · c. AD 539–584
- Lothair of France ↗King of West Francia from 954 to 986 · c. AD 941–986
- Anne Sexton ↗American poet · 1928–1974
- Saki ↗British writer · 1870–1916
- Ziaur Rahman ↗Chief of Army Staff and President of Bangladesh · 1936–1981
- Giovanni Battista Belzoni ↗Italian antiquarian · 1778–1823
- Ottokar II of Bohemia ↗King of Bohemia · c. 1233–1278
- Abdul Salam Arif ↗Iraqi politician · 1921–1966
- Guido Cavalcanti ↗Italian poet · c. 1255–1300
- James Agee ↗American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic · 1909–1955
- Ricky Nelson ↗American musician and actor · 1940–1985
- Al-Nawawi ↗Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar · c. 1233–1278
- Audie Murphy ↗American soldier and actor · 1925–1971
- Aleksandr Dedyushko ↗Russian actor · 1962–2007
- Alexander Jagiellon ↗King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania · 1461–1506
- Babe Didrikson Zaharias ↗American golfer and athlete · 1911–1956
- Fra Bartolomeo ↗Italian Renaissance painter · 1472–1517
- Al-Mutanabbi ↗Arab poet · c. AD 920–965
- Ernst Toller ↗German writer, politician and leader of the Munich Soviet Republic · 1893–1939
- Heinrich Müller ↗German SS police official SS-General and head of the Gestapo from 1939-1945 · 1900–1945
- John Snow ↗English epidemiologist and physician · 1813–1858
- Andrew I of Hungary ↗King of Hungary · c. 1015–1060
- Emperor Ninkō ↗Emperor of Japan · 1800–1846
- Henry Draper ↗American physician and astronomer · 1837–1882
- Henry II of Castile ↗King of Castile · 1334–1379
- Mamai ↗14th-century Turco-Mongol military commander · c. 1335–1380
- Sonam Gyatso ↗3rd Dalai Lama · 1543–1588
- Urraca of León ↗Spanish queen · c. 1081–1126
- Alexander Afanasyev ↗Russian folklorist, collector of folk tales · 1826–1871
- Francesco Maria Grimaldi ↗Italian physicist · 1618–1663
- Johannes Zukertort ↗German chess master · 1842–1888
- Voltairine de Cleyre ↗American anarchist writer and feminist · 1866–1912
- Al-Mu'tadid ↗16th Abbasid Caliph from 892 to 902 · c. AD 857–902
- Annie Wersching ↗American actress · 1977–2023
- Emily Davison ↗British activist who fought for women's suffrage · 1867–1913
- Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ↗French general · 1902–1947
- Catherine of Lancaster ↗Queen consort of Castille · 1373–1418
- Gertrude the Great ↗Roman Catholic Saint · 1256–1301
- Johann Georg Gmelin ↗German and Russian scientist · 1709–1755
- Rick Husband ↗American astronaut · 1957–2003
- Ernst Udet ↗German flying ace · 1896–1941
- Filippo I, Duke of Parma ↗Monarch of Parma, Piacenza · 1720–1765
- Hugh of Saint Victor ↗German-French canon regular and theologian · c. 1096–1141
- Lord Randolph Churchill ↗British politician, father of Winston Churchill · 1849–1895
- Nikolai Rubinstein ↗Russian pianist, conductor and composer · 1835–1881
- Thomas Hill Green ↗British philosopher · 1836–1882
- Al-Muhtadi ↗14th Abbasid Caliph · c. AD 825–870
- Avidius Cassius ↗Roman general and usurper · c. AD 130–175
- Charles Stewart Parnell ↗Irish politician · 1846–1891
- Olaf I of Denmark ↗King of Denmark · c. 1050–1095
- Scopas ↗Greek sculptor · c. 395–350 BC
- Agathon ↗Athenian tragic poet · c. 445–400 BC
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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