Editing 1945 (section)

===October===
[[File:Pierre Laval a Meurisse 1931.jpg|thumb|upright=0.45|[[Pierre Laval]]]]
* [[October 1]] – [[Walter Bradford Cannon]], American physiologist (b. [[1871]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr. W.B. Cannon, 73, Neurologist, Dead. Harvard Psychology Professor for 36 Years Noted for His Work on Traumatic Shock Became Professor in 1906 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/10/02/archives/dr-wb-cannon-73-neurologist-dead-harvard-psychology-professor-for.html |work=[[New York Times]] |date=October 2, 1945 |access-date=October 5, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[October 6]] – [[Leonardo Conti]], German physician, Nazi officer (suicide) (b. [[1900]])
* [[October 8]] – [[Felix Salten]], Austrian author (b. [[1869]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Felix-Salten|title=Felix Salten &#124; Austrian novelist &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com|date=September 2, 2023 }}</ref>
* [[October 10]] – [[Joseph Darnand]], Vichy French politician (executed) (b. [[1897]])
* [[October 12]] – [[Dmytro Antonovych]], Soviet politician (b. [[1877]])
* [[October 13]] – [[Milton S. Hershey]], American chocolate tycoon (b. [[1857]])
* [[October 15]] – [[Pierre Laval]], French politician, 2-time [[Prime Minister of France]] (executed) (b. [[1883]])<ref name=Jessup/>
* [[October 18]] – [[Frederick Hovey]], American tennis player (b. [[1868]])
* [[October 19]]
** [[Plutarco Elías Calles]], Mexican general, politician and 40th [[President of Mexico]] (b. 1877)
** [[N. C. Wyeth]], American illustrator (b. [[1882]])
* [[October 21]] 
** [[Henry Armetta]], Italian actor (b. [[1888]])
** [[Felicija Bortkevičienė]], Lithuanian politician and publisher  (b. [[1873]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/felicija-bortkeviciene/|title=Felicija Bortkevičienė|website=www.vle.lt}}</ref>
* [[October 24]] 
** [[Franklin Carmichael]], Canadian landscape painter and graphic designer  (b. [[1890]])<ref>[https://thegroupofseven.ca/franklin-carmichael/ Franklin Carmichael]</ref>
** [[Vidkun Quisling]], Norwegian Nazi collaborator (executed) (b. [[1887]])
* [[October 25]] – [[Robert Ley]], German Nazi politician (suicide) (b. [[1890]])
* [[October 26]]
** [[Adolf von Brudermann]], Austro-Hungarian general (b. [[1854]])
** [[Paul Pelliot]], French explorer (b. [[1878]])
* [[October 30]] – [[Xian Xinghai]], Chinese composer (b. [[1905]])
* [[October 31]]
** [[Henry Ainley]], British actor (b. [[1879]])
** [[Ignacio Zuloaga]], Basque Spanish painter (b. [[1870]])