Here is a list who died on date 5 May today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for May 5
Name | Date |
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465 | Gerontius, Archbishop of Milan |
1194 | Casimir II the Just, Polish son of Bolesław III Wrymouth (b. 1138) |
1243 | Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent, English justiciar (b. c. 1160) |
1306 | Constantine Palaiologos, Byzantine general (b. 1261) |
1309 | Charles II of Naples (b. 1254) |
1316 | Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of King Edward I of England (b. 1282) |
1338 | Prince Tsunenaga, son of the Japanese Emperor (b. 1324) |
1380 | Saint Philotheos, Coptic martyr |
1432 | Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Italian adventurer |
1525 | Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1463) |
1582 | Charlotte of Bourbon, Princess consort of Orange, married to William I of Orange (b. 1547) |
1586 | Henry Sidney, Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529) |
1671 | Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English general and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1602) |
1672 | Samuel Cooper, English painter and linguist (b. 1609) |
1700 | Angelo Italia, Italian architect (b. 1628) |
1705 | Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640) |
1760 | Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1720) |
1766 | Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684) |
1808 | Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (b. 1757) |
1821 | Napoleon, French general and emperor (b. 1769) |
1827 | Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750) |
1833 | Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777) |
1855 | Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786) |
1859 | Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805) |
1860 | Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804) |
1892 | August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818) |
1896 | Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839) |
1902 | Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836) |
1907 | Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841) |
1913 | Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856) |
1916 | John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865) |
1921 | Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864) |
1924 | A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853) |
1931 | Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899) |
1941 | Platon of Banja Luka, Serbian Orthodox bishop (b. 1874) |
1942 | Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920) |
1947 | Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917) |
1957 | Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878) |
1959 | Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878) |
1962 | Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889) |
1965 | Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915) |
1971 | Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887) |
1973 | Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948) |
1977 | Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897) |
1981 | Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954) |
1983 | Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901) |
1985 | Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge (b. 1901) |
1988 | Michael Shaara, American author and academic (b. 1928) |
1993 | Irving Howe, American literary and social critic (b. 1920) |
1994 | Mário Quintana, Brazilian poet and translator (b. 1906) |
1995 | Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and coach (b. 1911) |
1999 | Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1920) |
2000 | Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (b. 1914) |
2001 | Morris Graves, American painter and educator (b. 1910) |
2002 | Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (b. 1926) |
2003 | Sam Bockarie, Sierra Leonean commander (b. 1964) |
2006 | Naushad Ali, Indian composer and producer (b. 1919) |
2007 | Theodore Harold Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer, created the laser (b. 1927) |
2008 | Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (b. 1917) |
2010 | Giulietta Simionato, Italian soprano (b. 1910) |
2011 | Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (b. 1901) |
2012 | Surendranath, Indian cricketer (b. 1937) |
2013 | Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (b. 1935) |
2014 | Michael Otedola, Nigerian journalist and politician, 9th Governor of Lagos State (b. 1926) |
2015 | Jobst Brandt, American cyclist, engineer, and author (b. 1935) |
2017 | Binyamin Elon, Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician (b. 1954) |
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