Deaths on 5 July
2000s
Jon Landau (film producer)
2024
American film producer (1960–2024)
Bengt I. Samuelsson
2024
Swedish biochemist (1934–2024)
Vic Seixas
2024
American tennis player (1923–2024)
Raffaella Carrà
2021
Italian singer and actress (1943–2021)
Richard Donner
2021
American filmmaker (1930–2021)
Nick Cordero
2020
Canadian actor and singer (1978–2020)
Uffe Haagerup
2015
Danish mathematician (1949–2015)
Yoichiro Nambu
2015
Japanese-American nobel-winning physicist
Rosemary Murphy
2014
German-American actress (1925–2014)
Volodymyr Sabodan
2014
Ukrainian bishop and Primate (1935–2014)
Hans-Ulrich Wehler
2014
German historian (1931–2014)
Brett Wiesner
2014
American soccer player
Bud Asher
2013
American politician, football coach, and lawyer
David Cargo
2013
American politician (1929–2013)
William Tebeau
2013
American engineer and educator
Lambert Jackson Woodburne
2013
South African admiral (1939–2013)
Rob Goris
2012
Belgian cyclist
Gerrit Komrij
2012
Dutch writer
Colin Marshall, Baron Marshall of Knightsbridge
2012
British businessman and politician
Ruud van Hemert
2012
Dutch film director
Cy Twombly
2011
American painter, sculptor and photographer (1928–2011)
Bob Probert
2010
Canadian ice hockey player (1965–2010)
Hasan Doğan
2008
Turkish football administrator (1956–2008)
Régine Crespin
2007
French singer (1927–2007)
George Melly
2007
English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer, and lecturer (1926–2007)
Gert Fredriksson
2006
Swedish canoeist (1919–2006)
Thirunalloor Karunakaran
2006
Indian writer (1924–2006)
Kenneth Lay
2006
Founder of Enron Corporation (1942–2006)
Amzie Strickland
2006
American actress (1919–2006)
James Stockdale
2005
US Navy admiral and aviator (1923–2005)
Hugh Shearer
2004
3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (1967–72)
Rodger Ward
2004
American racing driver (1921–2004)
Katy Jurado
2002
Mexican actress (1924–2002)
Ted Williams
2002
American baseball player (1918–2002)
1900s
Sid Luckman
1998
American football player (1916–1998)
A. Thangathurai
1997
20th-century Sri Lankan Tamil politician and lawyer
Jüri Järvet
1995
Estonian actor (1919–1995)
Howard Nemerov
1991
American poet
Chic Murray (politician)
1984
Canadian politician
Harry James
1983
American trumpeter, big band leader (1916–1983)
Walter Giesler
1976
American soccer player, administrator, and coach
Gilda dalla Rizza
1975
Italian soprano
Wilhelm Backhaus
1969
German pianist (1884–1969)
Walter Gropius
1969
German-American architect (1883–1969)
Tom Mboya
1969
Kenyan politician and independence activist (1930–1969)
Leo McCarey
1969
American film director (1898–1969)
George de Hevesy
1966
Hungarian radiochemist (1885–1966)
Porfirio Rubirosa
1965
Dominican diplomat and playboy (1909–1965)
Anugrah Narayan Sinha
1957
Indian politician (1887–1957)
Bill Burgess
1950
British swimmer (1872–1950)
Georges Bernanos
1948
French writer (1888–1948)
Carole Landis
1948
American actress (1919–1948)
Piet Aalberse Sr.
1948
Dutch politician (1871–1948)
John Curtin
1945
Prime Minister of Australia from 1941 to 1945
Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski
1943
Polish actor (1880–1943)
Karin Swanström
1943
Swedish actress
Daniel Sawyer
1937
American golfer (1882–1937)
Bernard de Pourtalès
1935
Swiss sailor
Sasha Chorny
1932
Russian poet and satirist
Henry Johnson (World War I soldier)
1929
United States Army soldier
Albrecht Kossel
1927
German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics
Max Klinger
1920
German artist (1857–1920)
Jonas Lie (writer)
1908
Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright (1833–1908)
1800s
Victor Massé
1884
French composer
Lewis Armistead
1863
Confederate general (1817–1863)
Heinrich Georg Bronn
1862
German geologist and paleontologist
Charles Cagniard de la Tour
1859
French engineer and physicist (1777–1859)
Nicéphore Niépce
1833
French inventor (1765–1833)
Stamford Raffles
1826
British colonial official (1781–1826)
William Cornwallis
1819
Royal Navy officer and politician (1744–1819)
Before 1800
Francisco José Freire
1773
Portuguese historian and philologist (1719–1773)
Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg
1719
German-born military officer and peer
Charles Ancillon
1715
French jurist and diplomat
Carl Gustaf Wrangel
1676
Field Marshal of Sweden (1613–1676)
Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria
1666
German nobleman
Sir Hugh Speke, 1st Baronet
1661
Anthony Zaccaria
1539
Italian Roman Catholic saint
Crinitus
1507
Italian humanist (1474–1507)
Musa Çelebi
1413
Ottoman prince (d. 1413), claimant to the throne
Charles III, Count of Alençon
1375
French archbishop and noble (1337–1375)
Ferdinand of Majorca
1316
Prince of Majorca (1278–1316)
William of Hirsau
1091
Benedictine abbot and reformer (c.1030–1091)
Ísleifur Gissurarson
1080
First bishop of Iceland
Emperor Murakami
967
Emperor of Japan from 946 to 967
Xu Ji
936
Chinese politician from Former Shu (d. 936)
Cui Yuan (died 905)
905
Chinese Tang dynasty official
Dugu Sun
905
Lu Yi (Tang dynasty)
905
Pei Shu
905
Chancellor in Tang dynasty China
Wang Pu (Tang dynasty)
905