Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 5 February today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for February 5
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on February 5
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 523 | Avitus of Vienne, Gallo-Roman bishop |
| 806 | Kanmu, emperor of Japan (b. 736) |
| 994 | William IV, duke of Aquitaine (b. 937) |
| 1015 | Adelaide, German abbess and saint |
| 1036 | Alfred Aetheling, Anglo-Saxon prince |
| 1146 | Zafadola, Arab emir of Zaragoza |
| 1578 | Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian painter (b. 1520) |
| 1661 | Shunzhi, Chinese emperor of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1638) |
| 1705 | Philipp Spener, German theologian and author (b. 1635) |
| 1754 | Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch astronomer and cartographer (b. 1678) |
| 1766 | Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705) |
| 1775 | Eusebius Amort, German theologian and academic (b. 1692) |
| 1790 | William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710) |
| 1807 | Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (b. 1725) |
| 1818 | Charles XIII, king of Sweden (b. 1748) |
| 1881 | Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795) |
| 1882 | Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841) |
| 1892 | Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807) |
| 1915 | Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850) |
| 1917 | Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860) |
| 1922 | Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871) |
| 1927 | Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882) |
| 1931 | Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849) |
| 1933 | Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863) |
| 1937 | Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861) |
| 1938 | Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903) |
| 1941 | Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864) |
| 1946 | George Arliss, English actor and playwright (b. 1868) |
| 1948 | Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883) |
| 1952 | Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877) |
| 1955 | Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (b. 1885) |
| 1957 | Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon and author (b. 1890) |
| 1962 | Jacques Ibert, French-Swiss composer (b. 1890) |
| 1967 | Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (b. 1872) |
| 1969 | Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1902) |
| 1970 | Rudy York, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1913) |
| 1972 | Marianne Moore, American poet, author, critic, and translator (b. 1887) |
| 1976 | Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1926) |
| 1977 | Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1894) |
| 1981 | Ella Grasso, American politician, 83rd Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919) |
| 1982 | Neil Aggett, Kenyan-South African physician and union leader (b. 1953) |
| 1983 | Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American chemist and academic (b. 1925) |
| 1987 | William Collier Jr., American actor and producer (b. 1902) |
| 1989 | Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (b. 1937) |
| 1991 | Dean Jagger, American actor (b. 1903) |
| 1992 | Miguel Rolando Covian, Argentinian-Brazilian physiologist and academic (b. 1913) |
| 1993 | Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1922) |
| 1995 | Doug McClure, American actor (b. 1935) |
| 1997 | Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (b. 1920) |
| 1998 | Tim Kelly, American guitarist (b. 1963) |
| 1999 | Wassily Leontief, Russian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) |
| 2000 | Claude Autant-Lara, French director and screenwriter (b. 1901) |
| 2004 | John Hench, American animator (b. 1908) |
| 2005 | Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Togolese general and politician, President of Togo (b. 1937) |
| 2006 | Norma Candal, Puerto Rican-American actress (b. 1927) |
| 2007 | Leo T. McCarthy, New Zealand-American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1930) |
| 2008 | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, founded Transcendental Meditation (b. 1918) |
| 2010 | Brendan Burke, Canadian ice hockey player and activist (b. 1988) |
| 2011 | Brian Jacques, English author and radio host (b. 1939) |
| 2012 | Sam Coppola, American actor (b. 1932) |
| 2013 | Reinaldo Gargano, Uruguayan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Uruguay (b. 1934) |
| 2014 | Robert Dahl, American political scientist and academic (b. 1915) |
| 2015 | K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka (b. 1933) |
| 2016 | Ciriaco Cañete, Filipino martial artist (b. 1919) |
| 2020 | Kirk Douglas, American actor (b. 1916) |
| 2021 | Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (b. 1929) |
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