Famous Deaths on August 5, Who Died on August 5
Here is a list who died on August 5. Famous deaths for the 5th of August. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on August 5. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1063 | Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd |
| 1364 | Kōgon, Japanese emperor (b. 1313) |
| 1415 | Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (b. 1375) |
| 1447 | John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (b. 1395) |
| 1579 | Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (b. 1504) |
| 1600 | John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, Scottish conspirator (b. 1577) |
| 1610 | Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and politician, Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1552) |
| 1633 | George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (b. 1562) |
| 1678 | Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican tenor and composer (b. 1619) |
| 1729 | Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine (b. 1664) |
| 1743 | John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (b. 1696) |
| 1778 | Charles Clémencet, French historian and author (b. 1703) |
| 1792 | Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1732) |
| 1799 | Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician (b. 1726) |
| 1868 | Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788) |
| 1877 | Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830) |
| 1880 | Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816) |
| 1881 | Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823) |
| 1895 | Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820) |
| 1901 | Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom and German Empress (b. 1840) |
| 1904 | George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834) |
| 1911 | Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864) |
| 1916 | George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885) |
| 1921 | Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844) |
| 1929 | Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847) |
| 1933 | Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856) |
| 1935 | David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891) |
| 1939 | Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865) |
| 1944 | Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906) |
| 1946 | Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863) |
| 1948 | Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871) |
| 1952 | Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917) |
| 1955 | Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909) |
| 1957 | Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877) |
| 1959 | Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881) |
| 1960 | Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874) |
| 1963 | Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898) |
| 1964 | Moa Martinson, Swedish author (b. 1890) |
| 1968 | Luther Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1928) |
| 1978 | Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (b. 1893) |
| 1980 | Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (b. 1924) |
| 1983 | Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (b. 1913) |
| 1984 | Richard Burton, Welsh-Swiss actor and producer (b. 1925) |
| 1985 | Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (b. 1898) |
| 1987 | Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1910) |
| 1991 | Paul Brown, American football player and coach (b. 1908) |
| 1992 | Robert Muldoon, New Zealand politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921) |
| 1994 | Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer (b. 1908) |
| 1998 | Otto Kretschmer, German commander (b. 1912) |
| 2000 | Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1920) |
| 2001 | Otema Allimadi, Ugandan politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929) |
| 2002 | Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982) |
| 2005 | Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast and coach (b. 1936) |
| 2007 | Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (b. 1926) |
| 2008 | Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (b. 1932) |
| 2009 | Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1914) |
| 2011 | Andrzej Lepper, Polish farmer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1954) |
| 2012 | Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1917) |
| 2013 | Ruth Asawa, American sculptor and educator (b. 1926) |
| 2014 | Harold J. Greene, American general (b. 1962) |
| 2015 | Arthur Walter James, English journalist and politician (b. 1912) |
| 2018 | Alan Rabinowitz, American zoologist (b. 1953) |
| 2019 | Toni Morrison, American author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Nobel laureate (b. 1931). |
| 2020 | Hawa Abdi, Somali human rights activist and physician (b. 1947) |
| 2022 | Judith Durham, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1943) |
| 553 | Xiao Ji, prince of the Liang dynasty (b. 508) |
| 642 | Eowa, king of Mercia |
| 824 | Heizei, Japanese emperor (b. 773) |
| 877 | Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan, Abbasid vizier |
| 882 | Louis III, Frankish king (b. 863) |
| 890 | Ranulf II, duke of Aquitaine (b. 850) |
| 910 | Eowils and Halfdan, joint kings of Northumbria |
| 917 | Euthymius I of Constantinople (b. 834) |
| 940 | Li Decheng, Chinese general (b. 863) |
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