Deaths on 5 August
2000s
Col Joye
2025
Australian pop singer-songwriter, musician (1936–2025)
Judith Durham
2022
Australian singer, songwriter and musician (1943–2022)
Cherie Gil
2022
Filipino actress (1963–2022)
Ali Haydar (Syrian army officer)
2022
Syrian military officer (1932–2022)
Issey Miyake
2022
Japanese fashion designer (1938–2022)
Dillon Quirke
2022
Irish hurler (1998–2022)
Hawa Abdi
2020
Somali activist, physician (1947–2020)
Toni Morrison
2019
American novelist and editor (1931–2019)
Alan Rabinowitz
2018
American zoologist
Arthur Walter James
2015
British politician (1912–2015)
Tony Millington
2015
Welsh footballer
Harold J. Greene
2014
United States Army general (1959–2014)
Vladimir Orlov (author)
2014
Russian novelist (1936–2014)
Chapman Pincher
2014
English journalist (1914–2014)
Jesse Leonard Steinfeld
2014
United States Surgeon general
Ruth Asawa
2013
American sculptor (1926–2013)
Shawn Burr
2013
Canadian ice hockey player (1966-2013)
Willie Dunn
2013
Canadian politician, writer, filmmaker, and musician
Roy Rubin (basketball)
2013
American basketball coach (1925–2013)
May Song Vang
2013
American Hmong community leader and activist
Rob Wyda
2013
American judge
Erwin Axer
2012
Polish theatre director, writer and university professor
Michel Daerden
2012
Belgian politician
Fred Matua
2012
American football player (1984–2012)
Martin E. Segal
2012
Chavela Vargas
2012
Mexican singer (1919–2012)
Roland Charles Wagner
2012
French writer
Andrzej Lepper
2011
Polish politician (1954–2011)
Zyzz
2011
Australian bodybuilder and internet celebrity (1989–2011)
Budd Schulberg
2009
American writer (1914–2009)
Neil Bartlett (chemist)
2008
British chemist (1932–2008)
Reg Lindsay
2008
Musical artist
Jean-Marie Lustiger
2007
French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Florian Pittiș
2007
Romanian actor, singer, and director
Polina Astakhova
2005
Soviet gymnast (1936–2005)
Jim O'Hora
2005
American football player and coach (1915–2005)
Raul Roco
2005
Filipino politician (1941–2018)
Eddie Jenkins (footballer, born 1909)
2005
Welsh footballer
Josh Ryan Evans
2002
American actor (1982–2002)
Chick Hearn
2002
American basketball sportscaster (1916–2002)
Franco Lucentini
2002
Italian writer
Darrell Porter
2002
American baseball player (1952–2002)
Matt Robinson (actor)
2002
American actor, writer and producer (1937–2002)
Otema Allimadi
2001
Ugandan politician
Christopher Skase
2001
Australian businessman (1948–2001)
Otto Buchsbaum
2000
Austrian-born Brazilian activist
Tullio Crali
2000
Dalmatian Italian artist
Lala Amarnath
2000
Indian cricketer (1911–2000)
Alec Guinness
2000
English actor (1914–2000)
1900s
Otto Kretschmer
1998
German naval officer (1912–1998)
Todor Zhivkov
1998
Leader of Bulgaria from 1956 to 1989
Menachem Avidom
1994
Israeli composer of Polish descent (1908–1995)
Alain de Changy
1994
Belgian racing driver (1922–1994)
Robert Muldoon
1992
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984
Paul Brown
1991
American football coach and executive (1908–1991)
Soichiro Honda
1991
Japanese businessman
Georg Gaßmann
1987
German politician
Arnold Horween
1985
American football player and coach (1898–1985)
Richard Burton
1984
Welsh actor (1925–1984)
Judy Canova
1983
American comedian, actress, singer, and radio personality
Joan Robinson
1983
English economist (1903–1983)
Harold L. Runnels
1980
American politician
Jesse Haines
1978
American baseball player (1893–1978)
Luther Perkins
1968
American guitarist (1928–1968)
Moa Martinson
1964
Swedish writer (1890–1964)
Art Ross
1964
Canadian ice hockey player (1885–1964)
Salvador Bacarisse
1963
Spanish composer
Arthur Meighen
1960
Prime Minister of Canada (1920–1921; 1926)
Edgar A. Guest
1959
British-born American writer and poet (1881–1959)
Heinrich Otto Wieland
1957
German Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1877–1957)
Carmen Miranda
1955
Brazilian singer (1909–1955)
Sameera Moussa
1952
Egyptian nuclear physicist
Montagu Toller
1948
English cricketer (1871–1948)
Wilhelm Marx
1946
Chancellor of Germany (1923–1925, 1926–1928)
Maurice Turnbull
1944
English cricketer & rugby union player
Béla Jankovich
1939
Hungarian politician (1865–1939)
David Townsend (art director)
1935
American art director (1891–1935)
Charles Harold Davis
1933
American landscape painter (1856–1933)
Millicent Fawcett
1929
English politician, writer, and activist (1847–1929)
Dimitrios Rallis
1921
Greek politician (1844–1921)
George Butterworth
1916
English composer (1885–1916)
Bob Caruthers
1911
American baseball player (1864–1911)
George Dibbs
1904
Australian politician (1834–1904)
Victoria, Princess Royal
1901
German Empress in 1888
1800s
Friedrich Engels
1895
German philosopher and socialist (1820–1895)
Spotted Tail
1881
Sichangu ("Brulé") Sioux chief (1823–1881)
Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra
1880
Austrian physician and dermatologist (1816–1880)
Robert Williams (Trebor Mai)
1877
Welsh poet (1830–1877)
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
1868
Before 1800
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
1799
Royal Navy officer and politician (1726–1799)
Frederick North, Lord North
1792
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782
Charles Clémencet
1778
French Benedictine historian
Thomas Linley the younger
1778
English composer and violinist (1756–1778)
John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey
1743
English courtier and political writer
Thomas Newcomen
1729
English inventor, preacher and ironmonger
Juan García de Zéspedes
1678
Mexican composer, singer, viol player and teacher
George Abbot (bishop)
1633
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1611 to 1633
Alonso García de Ramón
1610
Royal Governor of Chile
John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie
1600
16th-century Scottish nobleman
Stanislaus Hosius
1579
Polish cardinal
John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter
1447
English nobleman and admiral (1395–1447)
Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge
1415
English noble (1385–1415)
Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham
1415
English baron (1373–1415)
Emperor Kōgon
1364
Japanese Northern Emperor from 1331 to 1333
Gruffudd ap Llywelyn
1063
King of Wales from 1055 to 1063
Li Decheng
940
Euthymius I of Constantinople
917
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 907 to 912
Eowils and Halfdan
910
Early 10th century Danish rulers of Northumbria
Ingwær
910
King of Northumbria
Ranulf II of Aquitaine
890
Frankish noble (850–890)
Louis III of France
882
King of West Francia from 879 to 882
Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan
877
9th-century Abbasid vizier and court official
Emperor Heizei
824
Emperor of Japan from 806 to 809
Eowa of Mercia
642
7th-century King of Mercia
Oswald of Northumbria
642
King of Northumbria from 634 to 641/42; Christian saint
Xiao Ji
553
Chinese imperial pretender (508–553)