August 5 - Deaths

Deaths

• 882 – Louis III of France (b. 863)
• 1063 – Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, Welsh ruler, King of Gwynedd (b. 1007)
• 1364 – Emperor Kōgon of Japan (b. 1313)
• 1579 – Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (b. 1504)
• 1610 – Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier, Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1552)
• 1633 – George Abbot, English Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1562)
• 1678 – Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican tenor and composer (b. 1619)
• 1729 – Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the Newcomen steam engine (b. 1664)
• 1743 – John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)
• 1778 – Charles Clémencet, French historian (b. 1703)
• 1792 – Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1732)
• 1799 – Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English navy admiral (b. 1726)
• 1868 – Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788)
• 1877 – Gustav, Prince of Vasa (b. 1799)
• 1880 – Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)
• 1888 – Anna Bates, Canadian giant (b. 1846)
• 1895 – Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 – Victoria, Princess Royal, English daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1840)
• 1911 – Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864)
• 1921 – Dimitrios Rallis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1923 – Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian linguist (b. 1835)
• 1925 – Jennie Lee, American actress (b. 1848)
• 1929 – Millicent Fawcett, English activist (b. 1847)
• 1935 – David Townsend, American art director (b. 1891)
• 1939 – Béla Jankovich, Hungarian politician (b. 1865)
• 1944 – Maurice Turnbull, English cricketer (b. 1906)
• 1946 – Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
• 1948 – Montagu Toller, English cricket player (b. 1871)
• 1952 – Sameera Moussa, Egyptian scientist (b. 1917)
• 1955 – Carmen Miranda, Portuguese actress and singer (b. 1909)
• 1957 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1959 – Edgar Guest, English poet (b. 1881)
• 1960 – Arthur Meighen, Canadian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1962 – Marilyn Monroe, American actress (b. 1926)
• 1963 – Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
• 1964 – Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (b. 1886)
• 1967 – György Bródy, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1908)
• 1968 – Luther Perkins American guitarist (The Tennessee Three) (b. 1928)
• 1978 – Jesse Haines, American baseball player (b. 1893)
• 1980 – Harold L. Runnels, American politician (b. 1924)
• 1983 – Judy Canova, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1983 – Joan Robinson, English economist (b. 1903)
• 1984 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor (b. 1925)
• 1987 – Georg Gaßmann, German politician (b. 1910)
• 1991 – Paul Brown, American football coach (b. 1908)
• 1991 – Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (b. 1906)
• 1992 – Jeff Porcaro, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Toto and Clover) (b. 1954)
• 1994 – Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer (b. 1908)
• 1994 – Alain de Changy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1922)
• 1998 – Otto Kretschmer, German commander (b. 1912)
• 1998 – Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian dictator (b. 1911)
• 2000 – Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian writer and activist (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Tullio Crali, Italian artist (b. 1910)
• 2000 – Alec Guinness, English actor (b. 1914)
• 2001 – Otema Allimadi, Ugandan politician, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)
• 2001 – Christopher Skase, Australian businessman (b. 1948)
• 2002 – Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982)
• 2002 – Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (b. 1916)
• 2002 – Franco Lucentini, Italian writer (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Matt Robinson, American actor (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast (b. 1936)
• 2005 – Jim O'Hora, American football coach (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Raul Roco, Filipino politician (b. 1941)
• 2006 – Susan Butcher, American sled dog racer (b. 1954)
• 2007 – Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Florian Pittiș, Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1943)
• 2008 – Neil Bartlett, English chemist (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Reg Lindsay, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1929)
• 2009 – Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1914)
• 2011 – Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1954)
• 2011 – Aziz Shavershian, Australian bodybuilder and model (b. 1989)
• 2012 – Erwin Axer, Polish director and writer (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Sister Boom Boom, American drag queen performer and activist (b. 1955)
• 2012 – Michel Daerden, Belgian politician (b. 1949)
• 2012 – Stephen Hill, American singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Fred Matua, American football player (b. 1984)
• 2012 – Martin E. Segal, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Film Society of Lincoln Center (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Kirk Urso, American soccer player (b. 1990)
• 2012 – Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican singer (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Roland Charles Wagner, French author (b. 1960)
• 2012 – Péter Zwack, Hungarian businessman and diplomat (b. 1927)