History Deaths on April 05

Eastman Johnson, American painter (b. 1824)
#Eastman_Johnson

Herbert Johnston, British runner (b. 1902)
#Herbert_Johnston

Isao Takahata, Japanese director (b. 1935)
#Isao_Takahata

Erich Zeigner, Prime Minister of Saxony (b. 1886)
#Erich_Zeigner

Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)
#Kurt_Cobain

Charles XI, king of Sweden (b. 1655)
#Charles_XI_of_Sweden

Karel Purkyn?, Czech painter (b. 1834)
#Karel_Purkyn?

Earl Derr Biggers, American novelist and playwright (b. 1884)
#Earl_Derr_Biggers

Egidio Forcellini, Italian philologist (b. 1688)
#Egidio_Forcellini

Johann Georg Wille, German engraver (b. 1715)
#Johann_Georg_Wille

A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882)
#A._Y._Jackson

Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (b. 1895)
#Frank_Foss_(athlete)

Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)
#Layne_Staley

Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (b. 1923)
#Jim_Marshall_(businessman)

Roy Kilner, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1890)
#Roy_Kilner

William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle (b. 1909)
#William_Sidney,_1st_Viscount_De_L'Isle

Osman Nuri Pasha, Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (b. 1832)
#Osman_Nuri_Pasha

Alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (b. 1862)
#Alphons_Diepenbrock

Paul Vidal de La Blache, French geographer (b. 1845)
#Paul_Vidal_de_La_Blache

Howard Hughes, American pilot, engineer, and director (b. 1905)
#Howard_Hughes

Bernard I, margrave of Baden-Baden (b. 1364)
#Bernard_I,_Margrave_of_Baden-Baden

Christian Pineau, French Resistance fighter (b. 1904)
#Christian_Pineau

Hans Lunding, Danish military officer (b. 1899)
#Hans_Lunding

Eutychius, Byzantine patriarch
#Eutychius_of_Constantinople

Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawian economist and politician, 3rd President of Malawi (b. 1934)
#Bingu_wa_Mutharika

Charles Freer Andrews, English-Indian priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1871)
#Charles_Freer_Andrews

James Chapin, American ornithologist (b. 1889)
#James_Chapin

Catherine of Palma, Spanish nun (b. 1533)
#Catherine_of_Palma
Paolo Savi, Italian geologist and ornithologist (b. 1798)
#Paolo_Savi

Camille Desmoulins, French journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1760)
#Camille_Desmoulins

Laurent Marqueste, French sculptor (b. 1848)
#Laurent_Marqueste

Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
#Vsevolod_Garshin

Gustav Adolf Deissmann, (b. 1866)
#Gustav_Adolf_Deissmann

Princess Märtha of Sweden, (b. 1901)
#Princess_Märtha_of_Sweden

Charlton Heston, American actor, director, and political activist (b. 1923)
#Charlton_Heston
Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor and director (b. 1920)
#Alf_Kjellin

George Frederick, prince of Nassau-Siegen (b. 1606)
#George_Frederick,_Prince_of_Nassau-Siegen

John Pinette, American comedian (b. 1964)
#John_Pinette

Brian Donlevy, American actor and producer (b. 1901)
#Brian_Donlevy

Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, (b. 1806)
#Pierre_Guillaume_Frédéric_le_Play

Heinrich Müller, Austrian footballer (b. 1909)
#Heinrich_Müller_(footballer,_born_1909)

Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, French princess (b. 1619)
#Anne_Geneviève_de_Bourbon

Abe Fortas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1910)
#Abe_Fortas

Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician and geneticist (b. 1925)
#Baruch_Samuel_Blumberg

Charlene Holt, American actress (b. 1928)
#Charlene_Holt

Song Zheyuan, Chinese general (b. 1885)
#Song_Zheyuan

Ferdinand Joachimsthal, German mathematician (b. 1818)
#Ferdinand_Joachimsthal

Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (b. 1927)
#Peter_Matthiessen

Leabua Jonathan, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (b. 1914)
#Leabua_Jonathan

Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian surgeon and academic (b. 1891)
#Wilder_Penfield

Shah Shujah Durrani, 5th Emir of Afghanistan (b. 1785)
#Shah_Shujah_Durrani

Robert Maillart, Swiss civil engineer (b. 1872)
#Robert_Maillart

Achille Locatelli, Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1856)
#Achille_Locatelli

Joseph Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (b. 1822)
#Joseph_Bertrand

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect, sculptor and historian (b. 1656)
#Johann_Bernhard_Fischer_von_Erlach

Sophie Elkan, Swedish-Jewish writer and translator (b. 1853)
#Sophie_Elkan

Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (b. 1830)
#Ernst_Leopold,_4th_Prince_of_Leiningen

Ramon Berenguer III, Spanish count of Cerdanya and Provence
#Ramon_Berenguer_III,_Count_of_Provence

François Joseph Westermann, French general (b. 1751)
#François_Joseph_Westermann

Franciszek Kleeberg, Polish general (b. 1888)
#Franciszek_Kleeberg

Manfredo Fanti, Italian general (b. 1806)
#Manfredo_Fanti

María Blanchard, Spanish painter (b. 1881)
#María_Blanchard

Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
#Hermann_Joseph_Muller

William Derham, English minister and philosopher (b. 1657)
#William_Derham
Johann Christoph Gatterer, German historian (b. 1727)
#Johann_Christoph_Gatterer

Agnes Morton, British tennis player (b.
#Agnes_Morton

Juan Carlos Cáceres, Argentinian singer and pianist (b. 1936)
#Juan_Carlos_Cáceres

Douglas MacArthur, American general (b. 1880)
#Douglas_MacArthur

William Brouncker, English mathematician (b. 1620)
#William_Brouncker,_2nd_Viscount_Brouncker

George Savile, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1633)
#George_Savile,_1st_Marquess_of_Halifax

Edward Young, English poet and author (b. 1683)
#Edward_Young

Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (b. 1891)
#Mischa_Elman

Sydney Brenner, South African biologist (b.1927)
#Sydney_Brenner

Carlos Prío Socarrás, President of Cuba, (b. 1903)
#Carlos_Prío_Socarrás

Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, (b. 1884)
#Prince_Ferdinand_of_Bavaria

Salvatore Di Giacomo, Italian poet, playwright, songwriter and fascist intellectual (b. 1860)
#Salvatore_Di_Giacomo

Johan Falkberget, Norwegian author (b. 1879)
#Johan_Falkberget

Thomas Hodgkin, British physician (b. 1798)
#Thomas_Hodgkin

Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)
#Jean_Jouvenet

Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)
#Vincent_Ferrer

Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron of Monthermer and Earl of Gloucester (b. c.1270)
#Ralph_de_Monthermer,_1st_Baron_Monthermer

Juliana of Liège, Belgian canoness and saint
#Juliana_of_Liège

Viktor Oliva, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
#Viktor_Oliva

Hjalmar Mellin, Finnish mathematician and functional theorist (b. 1854)
#Hjalmar_Mellin

Vitaly Sevastyanov, Soviet cosmonaut and engineer (b. 1935)
#Vitaly_Sevastyanov

Jay Miller, American basketball player (b. 1943)
#Jay_Miller_(basketball)

François Chabot, French politician (b. 1756)
#François_Chabot

Mariano Díaz, Spanish cyclist (b. 1939)
#Mariano_Díaz

Makoto ?oka, Japanese poet and literary critic (b. 1931)
#Makoto_?oka

Isabel Jewell, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
#Isabel_Jewell

Emil M?ynarski, Polish conductor, violinist, composer, and pedagogue (b. 1870)
#Emil_M?ynarski

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American socialite and philanthropist (b. 1874)
#Abby_Aldrich_Rockefeller

Milivoje Blaznavac, Serbian soldier and politician (b. 1824)
#Milivoje_Blaznavac

Fabre d'Églantine, French actor, dramatist, poet and politician (b. 1750)
#Fabre_d'Églantine

Arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster (b. 1929)
#Arthur_Bisguier

Bernhard Pankok, German painter, artist and architect (b. 1872)
#Bernhard_Pankok
Maria Gripe, Swedish journalist and author (b. 1923)
#Maria_Gripe

Molly Picon, American actress (b. 1898)
#Molly_Picon

Giuseppe Tucci, Italian scholar of oriental cultures (b. 1894)
#Giuseppe_Tucci

Hans Ernst August Buchner, German bacteriologist (b. 1850)
#Hans_Ernst_August_Buchner
Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
#Gene_Pitney

Bob Hite, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
#Bob_Hite

Isidora Sekuli?, Serbian writer (b. 1877)
#Isidora_Sekuli?

Giulio Einaudi, Italian book publisher (b. 1912)
#Giulio_Einaudi

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and businessman (b. 1866)
#George_Herbert,_5th_Earl_of_Carnarvon

John Tower, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1925)
#John_Tower

Richard Chenevix, Irish chemist and playwright (b. 1774)
#Richard_Chenevix_(chemist)
Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, (b. 1800)
#Prince_Felix_of_Schwarzenberg

Jan Luyken, Dutch poet, illustrator and engraver (b. 1649)
#Jan_Luyken

Philip William August, German nobleman (b. 1668)
#Philip_William_August,_Count_Palatine_of_Neuburg

José Wilker, Brazilian actor, director, and producer (b. 1947)
#José_Wilker

Ivan K?szegi, Hungarian baron and oligarch
#Ivan_K?szegi

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, French noblewoman (b. 1627)
#Anne_Marie_Louise_d'Orléans,_Duchess_of_Montpensier
Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (b. 1876)
#Nigel_Gresley
Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect (b. 1884)
#Chandler_Egan

Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
#Allen_Ginsberg

Maksim Kovalevsky, Russian sociologist (b. 1851)
#Maksim_Kovalevsky

Al-Mu'tadid, Abbasid caliph
#Al-Mu'tadid

Ludwig von Sybel, German archeologist (b. 1846)
#Ludwig_von_Sybel

Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan novelist and politician (b. 1917)
#Rómulo_Gallegos

Roger de Piles, French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat (b. 1635)
#Roger_de_Piles

Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, French judge and politician (b. 1759)
#Marie-Jean_Hérault_de_Séchelles

Alberto Bonucci, Italian actor and director (b. 1918)
#Alberto_Bonucci

Divya Bharti, Indian actress (b. 1974)
#Divya_Bharti

Jiro Sato, Japanese tennis player (b. 1908)
#Jiro_Sato

José Benlliure y Gil, Spanish painter (b. 1858)
#José_Benlliure_y_Gil

François Caron, Belgian-French explorer and politician, 8th Governor of Formosa (b. 1600)
#François_Caron

Atanase Sciotnic, Romanian sprint canoeist (b. 1942)
#Atanase_Sciotnic

Nikephoros I, Byzantine patriarch
#Nikephoros_I_of_Constantinople

Francis Aidan Gasquet, English Benedictine monk (b. 1846)
#Francis_Aidan_Gasquet

Harold Osborn, American track and fielder (b. 1899)
#Harold_Osborn

Tell Berna, American middle and long-distance runner (b. 1891)
#Tell_Berna

Jan Matthys, Dutch anabaptist reformer
#Jan_Matthys

Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (b. 1759)
#Georges_Danton

Victor Hensen, German zoologist (b. 1835)
#Victor_Hensen

Bernard Borggreve, German forestry scientist (b. 1836)
#Bernard_Borggreve

Marc-Antoine Laugier, Jesuit priest (b. 1713)
#Marc-Antoine_Laugier

Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (b. 1918)
#Sam_Walton

Nicolaas Cortlever, Dutch chess player (b. 1915)
#Nicolaas_Cortlever

Verner Lehtimäki, Finnish revolutionary (b. 1890)
#Verner_Lehtimäki

Allan Kaprow, American painter and educator (b. 1927)
#Allan_Kaprow

Claude Delvincourt, French pianist and composer (b. 1888)
#Claude_Delvincourt

Sonny Carter, American soccer player, physician, and astronaut (b. 1947)
#Sonny_Carter

Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, German princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1685)
#Princess_Charlotte_Wilhelmine_of_Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Frances Power Cobbe, Irish writer (b. 1822)
#Frances_Power_Cobbe
Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general (b. 1761)
#Jean-Charles_Pichegru

Isabella I of Jerusalem, queen regent of Jerusalem (b. 1172)
#Isabella_I_of_Jerusalem

George Tupou II, King of Tonga (b. 1874)
#George_Tupou_II

Lazzaro Bastiani, Italian painter (b. 1429)
#Lazzaro_Bastiani

Jacobus Oud, Dutch architect (b. 1890)
#Jacobus_Oud

Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden (b. 1676)
#Frederick_I_of_Sweden

Helena Westermarck, Finnish artist and writer (b. 1857)
#Helena_Westermarck

Ásgrímur Jónsson, Icelandic painter (b. 1876)
#Ásgrímur_Jónsson

Victor Marijnen, Dutch politician (b. 1917)
#Victor_Marijnen

Karl Eusebius, prince of Liechtenstein (b. 1611)
#Karl_Eusebius,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein

Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)
#Chiang_Kai-shek

Manly Wade Wellman, American writer (b. 1903)
#Manly_Wade_Wellman

Parvin E'tesami, Persian poet (b. 1907)
#Parvin_E'tesami

Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
#Saul_Bellow

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, Dutch artist (b. 1803)
#Barend_Cornelis_Koekkoek

Christian Ulrich I, German nobleman and Duke of Württemberg-Oels (b. 1652)
#Christian_Ulrich_I,_Duke_of_Württemberg-Oels

Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)
#Alonso_Lobo