History Deaths on May 05

Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)

#Peter_Gustav_Lejeune_Dirichlet

Binyamin Elon, Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician (b. 1954)

#Binyamin_Elon

Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of King Edward I of England (b. 1282)

#Elizabeth_of_Rhuddlan

Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)

#Bret_Harte

Carl Johan Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (b. 1916)

#Carl_Johan_Bernadotte

Mário Quintana, Brazilian poet and translator (b. 1906)

#Mário_Quintana

Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)

#Ty_LaForest

John Williams, English-American actor (b. 1903)

#John_Williams_(actor)

Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)

#Henry_Moret

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1463)

#Frederick_III,_Elector_of_Saxony

Giulietta Simionato, Italian soprano (b. 1910)

#Giulietta_Simionato

Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)

#Jean_Astruc

John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)

#John_MacBride

Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Italian adventurer

#Francesco_Bussone_da_Carmagnola

Napoleon, French general and emperor (b. 1769)

#Napoleon

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian academic and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (b. 1951)

#Umaru_Musa_Yar'Adua

Charlotte of Bourbon, Princess consort of Orange, married to William I of Orange (b. 1547)

#Charlotte_of_Bourbon

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)

#Leopold_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)

#Ernest_Tyldesley

Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)

#Ludwig_Erhard

Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)

#Violet_Jessop

Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)

#Qemal_Stafa

Dana Wynter, British actress (b. 1931)

#Dana_Wynter

Henry Sidney, Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)

#Henry_Sidney

Jobst Brandt, American cyclist, engineer, and author (b. 1935)

#Jobst_Brandt

Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (b. 1926)

#Hugo_Banzer

Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)

#Jean-Charles_Prince

Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)

#Sir_Robert_Inglis,_2nd_Baronet

Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1720)

#Laurence_Shirley,_4th_Earl_Ferrers

Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)

#Carlos_Saavedra_Lamas

August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)

#August_Wilhelm_von_Hofmann

Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)

#Alfred_Hermann_Fried

Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)

#Silas_Adams

George Knobel, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)

#George_Knobel

Charles II of Naples (b. 1254)

#Charles_II_of_Naples

Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)

#Frederick_Augustus_I_of_Saxony

Hans Jansen, Dutch linguist, academic, and politician (b. 1942)

#Hans_Jansen

John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)

#John_O'Shanassy

Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge (b. 1901)

#Donald_Bailey_(civil_engineer)

Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (b. 1901)

#Claude_Choules

Aatos Erkko, Finnish journalist and publisher (b. 1932)

#Aatos_Erkko

Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English general and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1602)

#Edward_Montagu,_2nd_Earl_of_Manchester

Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and coach (b. 1911)

#Mikhail_Botvinnik

A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)

#A._Sabapathy

Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent, English justiciar (b. c. 1160)

#Hubert_de_Burgh,_1st_Earl_of_Kent

Angelo Italia, Italian architect (b. 1628)

#Angelo_Italia

Gerontius, Archbishop of Milan

#Gerontius_(bishop_of_Milan)

Constantine Palaiologos, Byzantine general (b. 1261)

#Constantine_Palaiologos_(son_of_Michael_VIII)

Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (b. 1914)

#Gino_Bartali

Samuel Cooper, English painter and linguist (b. 1609)

#Samuel_Cooper

George Sidney, American director and producer (b. 1916)

#George_Sidney

?eker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)

#?eker_Ahmed_Pasha

Irving Howe, American literary and social critic (b. 1920)

#Irving_Howe

Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Mauritanian politician (b. 1953)

Michael Otedola, Nigerian journalist and politician, 9th Governor of Lagos State (b. 1926)

Robert Ressler, American FBI agent and author (b. 1937)

Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (b. 1935)

Roy Padayachie, South African lawyer and politician, South African Minister of Communications (b. 1950)

Surendranath, Indian cricketer (b. 1937)

Yosef Merimovich, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1924)

Jerry Wallace, American singer and guitarist (b. 1928)

Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (b. 1917)

Theodore Harold Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer, created the laser (b. 1927)

At?f Y?lmaz, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)

Naushad Ali, Indian composer and producer (b. 1919)

Walter Sisulu, South African activist and politician (b. 1912)

Sam Bockarie, Sierra Leonean commander (b. 1964)

Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies (b. 1904)

Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, created CliffsNotes (b. 1918)

Morris Graves, American painter and educator (b. 1910)

Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)

Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1920)

Michael Shaara, American author and academic (b. 1928)

Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901)

Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954)

Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)

John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)

Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)

Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)

Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)

Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)

Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)

Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (b. 1757)

Saint Philotheos, Coptic martyr

Prince Tsunenaga, son of the Japanese Emperor (b. 1324)

Casimir II the Just, Polish son of Boles?aw III Wrymouth (b. 1138)