page_title: 1945
section_title: March
hierarchical_section_title: 1945 / Births / March
caption_attribution_description: Ed Catmull
context_page_description: 1945 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1945th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 945th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1940s decade.
  It marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It also saw the only time nuclear weapons were used in combat.
context_section_description: March 1 – Dirk Benedict, American actor
  March 2
  Hamza Abdullahi, Nigerian politician, military officer (d. 2019)
  Donald Kushner, American producer
  Gordon Thomson, Canadian actor
  March 3
  George Miller, Australian film director
  Hattie Winston, American actress
  March 4
  Dieter Meier, Swiss singer, writer
  Tommy Svensson, Swedish football manager, player
  Andrew Stein, American politician
  Gary Williams, American basketball coach
  March 5
  Kenneth P. Moritsugu, American physician
  John Primer, American singer
  March 6
  Gennadi Bogachyov, Russian theater actor
  Don Reinhoudt, American strongman
  Umeji Sasaki, Japanese actor
  Bob Trumpy, American football player
  March 7
  Bob Herbert, American journalist
  Arthur Lee, American musician (d. 2006)
  Elizabeth Moon, American science-fiction writer
  Thomas A. Schwartz, Retired U.S. Army four-star general
  March 8
  Bruce Broughton, American composer
  Jim Chapman, American politician
  Micky Dolenz, American actor, director and rock musician (The Monkees)
  Anselm Kiefer, German painter
  March 9
  Katja Ebstein, German singer
  Dennis Rader, American serial killer
  Cocoa Samoa, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
  John Wojtowicz, American bank robber (d. 2006)
  March 10
  Nobuhiko Higashikuni, Japanese Imperial prince (d. 2019)
  Katharine Houghton, American actress
  Min Tanaka, Japanese dancer
  March 11
  Harvey Mandel, American guitarist
  Tricia O'Neil, American actress
  March 12 – Sammy Gravano, American mobster
  March 13
  Othman Abdullah, Malaysian footballer (d. 2015)
  Tom Chapin, American musician
  Anatoly Fomenko, Russian mathematician
  Sayuri Yoshinaga, Japanese actress
  March 14
  Michael Martin Murphey, American country singer-songwriter
  Walter Parazaider, American musician
  March 15
  A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi lawyer, politician (d. 2007)
  Tracy Smith, American distance runner
  Danny Yatom, Israeli politician
  March 16
  Eve Slater, American physician
  Diane Grendell, American judge
  March 17
  Katri Helena, Finnish singer
  Bernd Karwofsky, German ski-jumper
  Daniel Onega, Argentine soccer player
  Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (d. 1982)
  March 18
  Joy Fielding, Canadian novelist
  Michael Reagan, American television personality, political commentator and Republican strategist
  Bobby Solo, Italian singer
  Marta Suplicy, Brazilian politician and psychologist
  Susan Tyrrell, American character actress (d. 2012)
  March 19 – Charles Richards, American modern pentathlete
  March 20
  Jay Ingram, Canadian television host, author and journalist
  Bobby Jameson, American singer, songwriter (d. 2015)
  Pat Riley, American basketball coach
  March 21
  Linda Cadwell, American teacher
  Charles Greene, American Olympic athlete
  March 22
  Sheila Frahm, American politician
  Andrey P. Pashkevich, Russian cinematographer
  March 23
  David Milch, American writer
  David Grisman, American musician
  March 24
  Robert T. Bakker, American paleontologist
  Edward Espe Brown, American writer
  Steve Fisher, American basketball coach
  Camilla Hall, American artist (d. 1974)
  Curtis Hanson, American film director, screenwriter (d. 2016)
  March 25
  Jim Huffman, American professor of the U.S. law
  Menas Kafatos, American physicist
  March 26 – Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (d. 2004)
  March 27 – Władysław Stachurski, Polish football player, manager (d. 2013)
  March 28
  Rodrigo Duterte, 16th President of the Philippines
  Raine Loo, Estonian actress
  March 29
  Walt Frazier, African-American basketball player
  Willem Ruis, Dutch game show host (d. 1986)
  March 30 – Eric Clapton, English rock guitarist (Layla)
  March 31
  Edwin Catmull, American computer scientist
  Valerie Curtin, American actress
  Gabe Kaplan, American actor, comedian, and professional poker player (Welcome Back, Kotter)
caption: Edwin Catmull
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