1945 in the Netherlands

Events in the year 1945 in the Netherlands.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Wilhelmina
 * Prime Minister: Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (until 25 June); Willem Schermerhorn (from 25 June)

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
 * 16 February – L. H. Wiener, writer
 * 17 February – Chris Dolman, martial artist and professional wrestler
 * 3 March – Gee van Enst, rower.
 * 14 March – René de Boer, sculptor
 * 14 March – 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)