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History Deaths on October 05


Lincoln Loy McCandless
Lincoln Loy McCandless, American rancher and politician (b. 1859)

#Lincoln_Loy_McCandless

Justin II
Justin II, Byzantine emperor (b. 520)

#Justin_II

Hans von Bartels
Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)

#Hans_von_Bartels

Lodovico Ferrari
Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1522)

#Lodovico_Ferrari

Karl Menger
Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)

#Karl_Menger

Albert Solomon
Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)

#Albert_Solomon

Clifton Williams
Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)

#Clifton_Williams

Yuri Lyubimov
Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (b. 1917)

#Yuri_Lyubimov

Al-Nasir
Al-Nasir, Abbasid caliph (b. 1158)

#Al-Nasir

Antoni Melchior Fija?kowski
Antoni Melchior Fija?kowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1778)

#Antoni_Melchior_Fija?kowski

Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison, American novelist (b. 1931)

#Toni_Morrison

David Chavchavadze
David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (b. 1924)

#David_Chavchavadze

Yakkun Sakurazuka
Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer (b. 1976)

#Yakkun_Sakurazuka

Geoffrey Holder
Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1930)

#Geoffrey_Holder

Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founder of Apple Inc. and Pixar (b. 1955)

#Steve_Jobs

Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson
Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)

#Christopher_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Thomson

Vojin Dimitrijevi?
Vojin Dimitrijevi?, Croatian-Serbian lawyer and activist (b. 1932)

#Vojin_Dimitrijevi?

Ballington Booth
Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (b. 1857)

#Ballington_Booth

Steve Lee (singer)
Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (b. 1963)

#Steve_Lee_(singer)

Johann Andreas Segner
Johann Andreas Segner, Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)

#Johann_Andreas_Segner

Raymond of Capua
Raymond of Capua, Italian priest and Master General (b. c. 1330)

#Raymond_of_Capua

John Storey (politician)
John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)

#John_Storey_(politician)

Andrea de Cesaris
Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver (b. 1959)

#Andrea_de_Cesaris

Phocas
Phocas, Byzantine emperor

#Phocas

Blanche of Navarre, Queen of France
Blanche of Navarre, queen of France (b. 1330)

#Blanche_of_Navarre,_Queen_of_France

Mike Mansfield
Mike Mansfield, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1903)

#Mike_Mansfield

Richard Foxe
Richard Foxe, English bishop and academic (b. 1448)

#Richard_Foxe

Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman, Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (b. 1950)

#Chantal_Akerman

Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg
Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (b. 1781)

#Joseph_Hormayr,_Baron_zu_Hortenburg

Philip III of France
Philip III, king of France (b. 1245)

#Philip_III_of_France

Faustina Kowalska
Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (b. 1905)

#Faustina_Kowalska

Gloria Grahame
Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)

#Gloria_Grahame

Renée Adorée
Renée Adorée, French-American actress (b. 1898)

#Renée_Adorée

Eberhard van der Laan
Eberhard van der Laan, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (b. 1955)

#Eberhard_van_der_Laan

Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)

#Bert_Jansch

Grace Lee Boggs
Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (b. 1915)

#Grace_Lee_Boggs

Claude Pinoteau
Claude Pinoteau, French director and screenwriter (b. 1925)

#Claude_Pinoteau

Helius Eobanus Hessus
Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet and educator (b. 1488)

#Helius_Eobanus_Hessus

Philippe Desportes
Philippe Desportes, French poet and author (b. 1546)

#Philippe_Desportes

Maurice Wilkins
Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)

#Maurice_Wilkins

J. Slauerhoff
J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (b. 1898)

#J._Slauerhoff

Barbara Nichols
Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)

#Barbara_Nichols

Eddie Kendricks
Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)

#Eddie_Kendricks

Albert Ranft
Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)

#Albert_Ranft

Thomas C. Durant
Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon (b. 1820)

#Thomas_C._Durant

Roland Garros (aviator)
Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)

#Roland_Garros_(aviator)

Derrick Bell
Derrick Bell, American academic and scholar (b. 1930)

#Derrick_Bell

Tecumseh
Tecumseh, American tribal leader (b. 1768)

#Tecumseh

Seymour Cray
Seymour Cray, American engineer and businessman, founded CRAY Inc (b. 1925)

#Seymour_Cray

Humberto Mauro
Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)

#Humberto_Mauro

Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly
Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)

#Varghese_Payyappilly_Palakkappilly

Robert II, Count of Flanders
Robert II, count of Flanders (b. 1065)

#Robert_II,_Count_of_Flanders

Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (b. 1819)

#Jacques_Offenbach

Joachim Patinir
Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter (b. c. 1480)

#Joachim_Patinir

Mike Alexander (musician)
Mike Alexander, English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1977)

#Mike_Alexander_(musician)

Henning Mankell
Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (b. 1948)

#Henning_Mankell

Jean-Philippe Baratier
Jean-Philippe Baratier, German astronomer and scholar (b. 1721)

#Jean-Philippe_Baratier

Johanna Döbereiner
Johanna Döbereiner, Brazilian agronomist (b. 1924)

#Johanna_Döbereiner

Mary Leona Gage
Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (b. 1939)

#Mary_Leona_Gage

Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1016)

#Henry_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Fred Shuttlesworth
Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (b. 1922)

#Fred_Shuttlesworth

Dorothea Klumpke
Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (b. 1861)

#Dorothea_Klumpke

Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

#Carlo_Lizzani

Sigebert of Gembloux
Sigebert of Gembloux, French monk, historian, and author (b. 1030)

#Sigebert_of_Gembloux

Frederic Lewy
Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic (b. 1885)

#Frederic_Lewy

Charles Napier (actor)
Charles Napier, American actor and singer (b. 1936)

#Charles_Napier_(actor)

Louis Brandeis
Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1856)

#Louis_Brandeis

Giovanni Visconti (archbishop of Milan)
Giovanni Visconti, Italian cardinal (b. 1290)

#Giovanni_Visconti_(archbishop_of_Milan)

Chuck Rayner
Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)

#Chuck_Rayner

Edvard Mirzoyan
Edvard Mirzoyan, Georgian-Armenian composer and educator (b. 1921)

#Edvard_Mirzoyan

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1738)

#Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis

Nikolai Yudenich
Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)

#Nikolai_Yudenich

Silvestre Revueltas
Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)

#Silvestre_Revueltas

Kaibara Ekken
Kaibara Ekken, Japanese botanist and philosopher (b. 1630)

#Kaibara_Ekken

Rodney Dangerfield
Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

#Rodney_Dangerfield

Brock Yates, American journalist and author (b. 1933)
Joker Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and academic (b. 1916)
James W. Holley, III, American dentist and politician (b. 1926)
Keith Campbell, English biologist and academic (b. 1954)
Gök?in Sipahio?lu, Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1926)
Bernard Clavel, French journalist and author (b. 1923)
Antonio Peña, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (b. 1953)
William H. Dobelle, American biologist and academic (b. 1941)
Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist, director, and producer (b. 1957)
Dan Snyder, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1978)
C?t?lin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976)
Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (b. 1962)
James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1919)
Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver and accountant (b. 1947)
Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884)
Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1902)
Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
Ralph Tollemache, English priest (b. 1826)
William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1761)
Sanité Bélair, Haitian freedom fighter (b. 1781)
Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer (b. 1569)
Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1510)
Alfonso VIII, king of Castile and Toledo (b. 1155)
Henry III, duke of Bavaria (b. 940)