Deaths on 5 May
2000s
Jeannie Epper
2024
American stuntwoman and actress (1941–2024)
Bernard Hill
2024
English actor (1944–2024)
César Luis Menotti
2024
Argentine footballer and manager (1938–2024)
Millie Small
2020
Jamaican singer (1947–2020)
Binyamin Elon
2017
Israeli rabbi and politician (1954–2017)
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
2017
Head of State of Mauritania from 2005 to 2007
Jobst Brandt
2015
American bicycle racer (1935–2015)
Hans Jansen
2015
Dutch academic (1942–2015)
Michael Otedola
2014
Nigerian politician (1926–2014)
Sarah Kirsch
2013
German poet
Robert Ressler
2013
FBI criminal profiler (1937–2013)
Surendranath (cricketer)
2012
Carl Johan Bernadotte
2012
Prince Bernadotte
Aatos Erkko
2012
Finnish newspaper editor and publisher
George Knobel
2012
Dutch football manager (1922–2012)
Roy Padayachie
2012
South African politician and activist (1950–2012)
Claude Choules
2011
Last living combat veteran of the First World War
Yosef Merimovich
2011
Football player and manager (1924–2011)
Dana Wynter
2011
German-born English actress (1931–2011)
Giulietta Simionato
2010
Italian opera singer
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
2010
President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010
Irv Robbins
2008
American businessman
Jerry Wallace
2008
American singer (1928–2008)
Theodore Maiman
2007
American physicist (1927–2007)
Naushad
2006
Indian composer (1919–2006)
Atıf Yılmaz
2006
Turkish film director (1925–2006)
Sam Bockarie
2003
Sierra Leonean rebel (1963–2003)
Walter Sisulu
2003
South African anti-apartheid activist (1912–2003)
Hugo Banzer
2002
President of Bolivia (1971–1978; 1997–2001)
Paul Wilbur Klipsch
2002
American engineer (1904–2002)
George Sidney
2002
American film director and producer (1916–2002)
Louis C. Wyman
2002
American politician (1917–2002)
Morris Graves
2001
American painter (1910–2001)
Clifton Hillegass
2001
Creator and publisher of CliffsNotes
Gino Bartali
2000
Italian cyclist (1914–2000)
Bill Musselman
2000
American basketball coach (1940–2000)
1900s
Vasilis Diamantopoulos
1999
Greek actor (1920–1999)
Mikhail Botvinnik
1995
Soviet chess grandmaster (1911–1995)
Mário Quintana
1994
Brazilian writer and translator
Irving Howe
1993
American writer, literary critic, socialist activist (1920–1993)
Michael Shaara
1988
American novelist (1928–1988)
Donald Bailey (civil engineer)
1985
British civil engineer
Horst Schumann
1983
Nazi SS doctor at Auschwitz (1906–1983)
John Williams (actor)
1983
English actor (1903–1983)
Bobby Sands
1981
Irish Provisional IRA member (1954–1981)
Ludwig Erhard
1977
Chancellor of West Germany from 1963 to 1966
Zekai Özger
1973
Turkish poet (born 1948)
Violet Jessop
1971
Titanic and Britannic crew member (1887–1971)
Nikos Gounaris
1965
Greek singer
John Waters (director, born 1893)
1965
American film director
Ernest Tyldesley
1962
English cricketer
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
1959
Argentine academic and politician (1878–1959)
Leopold Löwenheim
1957
German mathematician
Ty LaForest
1947
Canadian baseball player (1917–1947)
Qemal Stafa
1942
Hero of Albania (1920–1942)
Platon of Banja Luka
1941
Serbian Orthodox bishop of Banja Luka (1874–1941)
Glen Kidston
1931
British aviator and racing driver (1899–1931)
A. Sabapathy
1924
Ceylon Tamil politician
Alfred Hermann Fried
1921
Austrian Jewish pacifist and publicist (1864–1921)
John MacBride
1916
Irish republican (1868-1916)
Maurice Raoul-Duval
1916
French polo player
Henry Moret
1913
French painter (1856–1913)
Şeker Ahmed Pasha
1907
Turkish painter (1841–1907)
Bret Harte
1902
American fiction writer and poet (1836–1902)
Mariano Ignacio Prado
1901
President of Peru variously in the 1800s
1800s
Silas Adams
1896
American lawyer and politician
August Wilhelm von Hofmann
1892
German chemist (1818–1892)
John O'Shanassy
1883
Australian politician (1818–1883)
Jean-Charles Prince
1860
Canadian Roman Catholic priest (1804–1860)
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
1859
German mathematician (1805–1859)
Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet
1855
British politician (1786–1855)
Sophia Campbell
1833
Early Australian settler (1777–1833)
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony
1827
Ruler of Saxony from 1763 to 1827
Napoleon
1821
French general and emperor (1769–1821)
Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis
1808
French philosopher
Before 1800
Jean Astruc
1766
French physician and professor (1684–1766)
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers
1760
English nobleman (1720–1760)
Nathaniel Lawrence (British politician)
1714
MP for Colchester (c.1627 – 1714)
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
1705
Holy Roman Emperor from 1658 to 1705
Angelo Italia
1700
Italian Jesuit and Baroque architect (1628–1700)
Samuel Cooper (painter)
1672
17th-century English painter of miniatures
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
1671
English army officer and courtier
Henry Sidney
1586
English politician and courtier (1529–1586)
Charlotte of Bourbon
1582
Princess consort of Orange
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
1525
Elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525
Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola
1432
Italian condottiero
Saint Philotheos
1380
Coptic Orthodox martyr and saint
Prince Tsunenaga
1338
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan
1316
English princess and noblewoman (1282–1316)
Charles II of Naples
1309
King of Naples from 1284 to 1309
Constantine Palaiologos (son of Michael VIII)
1306
Byzantine prince
Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent
1243
Chief Justiciar of England and Ireland (c. 1170–1243)
Casimir II the Just
1194
High Duke of Poland
Gerontius (bishop of Milan)
465
Archbishop of Milan from 462 to 465