Deaths on 5 February
2000s
Irv Gotti
2025
American record producer (1970–2025)
Toby Keith
2024
American singer (1961–2024)
Pervez Musharraf
2023
President of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008
AWS (band)
2021
Hungarian post-hardcore band
Christopher Plummer
2021
Canadian actor (1929–2021)
Kirk Douglas
2020
American actor (1916–2020)
Ciriaco Cañete
2016
Filipino martial artist
K. N. Choksy
2015
Sri Lankan politician (1933–2015)
Marisa Del Frate
2015
Italian singer and actress (1931–2015)
Val Logsdon Fitch
2015
American nuclear physicist
Herman Rosenblat
2015
Polish-born American author (1929–2015)
Robert Dahl
2014
American political scientist (1915–2014)
Reinaldo Gargano
2013
Uruguayan political figure (1934–2013)
Egil Hovland
2013
Norwegian composer (1924–2013)
Tom McGuigan
2013
New Zealand politician (1921–2013)
Sam Coppola
2012
American actor
Al De Lory
2012
American record producer, arranger, and musician (1930–2012)
John Turner Sargent Sr.
2012
Jo Zwaan
2012
Dutch sprinter
Brian Jacques
2011
English author (1939–2011)
Peggy Rea
2011
American actress (1921–2011)
Brendan Burke
2010
Ice hockey player (1988–2010)
Harry Schwarz
2010
South African activist and politician (1924–2010)
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
2008
Indian guru (1911?-2008)
Leo T. McCarthy
2007
American politician (1930–2007)
Norma Candal
2006
Puerto Rican actress and comedian
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
2005
President of Togo from 1967 to 2005
Michalina Wisłocka
2005
Polish physician (1921–2005)
John Hench
2004
Disney artist (1908–2004)
Claude Autant-Lara
2000
French film director (1901–2000)
1900s
Wassily Leontief
1999
Soviet-American economist and Nobel Laureate (1906–1999)
Tim Kelly (musician)
1998
Musical artist
Pamela Harriman
1997
English-American diplomat and socialite (1920–1997)
René Huyghe
1997
French writer and art historian (1906–1997)
Doug McClure
1995
American actor (1935–1995)
Seán Flanagan
1993
Irish politician (1922–1993)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1993
American filmmaker (1909–1993)
William Pène du Bois
1993
American writer and illustrator (1916–1993)
Miguel Rolando Covian
1992
Argentine-Brazilian physiologist and educator (1913–1992)
Dean Jagger
1991
American actor (1903–1991)
Joe Raposo
1989
American composer (1937–1989)
William Collier Jr.
1987
American actor (1902–1987)
El Santo
1984
Mexican professional wrestler (1917–1984)
Margaret Oakley Dayhoff
1983
American biophysicist
Neil Aggett
1982
South African activist (1953 - 1982)
Ella Grasso
1981
American politician (1919–1981)
Oskar Klein
1977
Swedish physicist (1894–1977)
Rudy Pompilli
1976
American rock and roll musician (1924–1976)
Marianne Moore
1972
American poet (1887–1972)
Rudy York
1970
American baseball player and manager (1913–1970)
Thelma Ritter
1969
American actress (1902–1969)
Leon Leonwood Bean
1967
American businessman (1872–1967)
Jacques Ibert
1962
French composer (1890–1962)
Sami Ibrahim Haddad
1957
Lebanese doctor, surgeon and writer
Victor Houteff
1955
Founder of the Davidian Seventh-day Adventists (1885–1955)
Hossein Sami'i
1954
Iranian poet and politician (1876–1954)
Adela Verne
1952
English pianist (1877–1952)
Johannes Blaskowitz
1948
German general (1883–1948)
George Arliss
1946
English actor, author and playwright (1868–1946)
Banjo Paterson
1941
Australian journalist, author, and poet (1864–1941)
Otto Strandman
1941
Estonian politician, prime minister (1919), head of state (1929–1931)
Hans Litten
1938
German lawyer (1903–1938)
Lou Andreas-Salomé
1937
Psychoanalyst and author (1861–1937)
Josiah Thomas (politician)
1933
19th and 20th-century Australian politician
Athanasios Eftaxias
1931
Greek politician
Inayat Khan
1927
Indian singer, poet and Sufi guide (1882–1927)
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
1922
Croatian engineer and inventor
Jaber II Al-Sabah
1917
8th Ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Ross Barnes
1915
American baseball player (1850–1915)
1800s
Emilie Flygare-Carlén
1892
Swedish novelist
Adolfo Rivadeneyra
1882
Spanish diplomat and editor
Thomas Carlyle
1881
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
Charles XIII
1818
King of Sweden from 1809 to 1818
Pasquale Paoli
1807
Corsican statesman (1725–1807)
Before 1800
William Cullen
1790
Scottish physician and scientist (1710–1790)
Eusebius Amort
1775
German Roman Catholic theologian
Leopold Joseph von Daun
1766
Austrian army officer (1705–1766)
Nicolaas Kruik
1754
Henri François d'Aguesseau
1751
French statesman (1668–1751)
Philipp Spener
1705
German Lutheran theologian (1635–1705)
Shunzhi Emperor
1661
Emperor of China from 1644 to 1661
Giovanni Battista Moroni
1578
Italian painter (c. 1520/24 – 1578)
Zafadola
1146
Ruler of Taifa Rueda de Jalón (1110)
Alfred Ætheling
1036
English prince (c.1012-1036)
Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich
1015
Abbess of Vilich and Christian saint (c. 970 – c. 1015)
William IV, Duke of Aquitaine
994
Duke of Aquitaine from 963 to 990
Avitus of Vienne
523
Late antique bishop and poet