Deaths on 5 November
2000s
Ben Baldanza
2024
American business executive (1961–2024)
Elwood Edwards
2024
American voice actor (1949–2024)
Pat E. Johnson
2023
American martial artist (1939–2023)
Aaron Carter
2022
American singer (1987–2022)
Marília Mendonça
2021
Brazilian singer and songwriter (1995–2021)
Geoffrey Palmer (actor)
2020
British actor (1927–2020)
George Barris (auto customizer)
2015
American automobile customizer (1925–2015)
Nora Brockstedt
2015
Norwegian singer
Soma Edirisinghe
2015
Sri Lankan businesswoman
Czesław Kiszczak
2015
Polish general and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Poland
Hans Mommsen
2015
German historian (1930–2015)
Manitas de Plata
2014
Spanish flamenco guitarist (1921–2014)
Lane Evans
2014
American politician (1951–2014)
Wally Grant
2014
American ice hockey player (1927–2014)
Abdelwahab Meddeb
2014
French-language writer (1946–2014)
Habibollah Asgaroladi
2013
Iranian politician (1932–2013)
Juan Carlos Calabró
2013
Argentine actor and comedian
Tony Iveson
2013
Royal Air Force officer
Charles Mosley (genealogist)
2013
British genealogist (1948–2013)
Charlie Trotter
2013
American chef and resaurateur (1959–2013)
Stuart Williams (footballer)
2013
Welsh footballer
Olympe Bradna
2012
French actress (1920–2012)
Elliott Carter
2012
American composer (1908–2012)
Leonardo Favio
2012
Argentine singer, actor and filmmaker (1938–2012)
Bob Kaplan
2012
Canadian politician and lawyer
Louis Pienaar
2012
South African lawyer and diplomat
Bhupen Hazarika
2011
Indian singer (1926–2011)
Jill Clayburgh
2010
American actress (1944–2010)
Adrian Păunescu
2010
Romanian poet and politician (1943–2010)
Shirley Verrett
2010
American opera singer (1931–2010)
Félix Luna
2009
Argentine historian and writer (1925–2009)
Nils Liedholm
2007
Swedish footballer and manager (1922–2007)
Bülent Ecevit
2006
Prime Minister of Turkey (1974; 1977; 1978–79; 1999–2002)
John Fowles
2005
English novelist (1926–2005)
Virginia MacWatters
2005
Operatic soprano and pedagogue.
Link Wray
2005
American guitarist (1929–2005)
Donald Jones (actor)
2004
American-born Dutch actor (1932–2004)
Bobby Hatfield
2003
American singer (1940–2003)
Boulting brothers
2001
English twin brothers and filmmakers
Milton William Cooper
2001
American conspiracy theorist (1943–2001)
Jimmie Davis
2000
American singer, songwriter, and 47th Governor of Louisiana (1899–2000)
Bibi Titi Mohammed
2000
Tanzanian feminist, independence activist, and politician
1900s
James Goldstone
1999
American film and television director
Colin Rowe
1999
British architectural historian
James Robert Baker
1997
American author (1947–1997)
Isaiah Berlin
1997
British philosopher (1909–1997)
Peter Jackson (rugby league)
1997
Australian rugby league footballer
Eddie Harris
1996
American jazz musician (1934–1996)
Adile Ayda
1992
Turkish diplomat
Arpad Elo
1992
American-Hungarian physicist (1903–1992)
Jan Oort
1992
Dutch astronomer (1900–1992)
Robert Maxwell
1991
British media proprietor (1923–1991)
Fred MacMurray
1991
American actor (1908–1991)
Vladimir Horowitz
1989
Russian and American pianist (1903–1989)
Eamonn Andrews
1987
Irish TV and radio personality (1922–1987)
Adolf Brudes
1986
German racing driver (1899–1986)
Claude Jutra
1986
Canadian actor, film director, and screenwriter
Bobby Nunn (doo-wop musician)
1986
American boxer; R&B singer
Arnold Chikobava
1985
Georgian linguist and philologist (1898–1985)
Spencer W. Kimball
1985
President of the LDS Church (1895–1985)
16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje
1981
Tibetan spiritual leader (1924–1981)
Louis Alter
1980
American pianist, songwriter and composer
Al Capp
1979
American cartoonist and humorist (1909–1979)
René Goscinny
1977
French comic book writer (1926–1977)
Guy Lombardo
1977
Canadian bandleader and violinist (1902–1977)
Alexei Stakhanov
1977
Soviet miner (1906–1977)
Edward Tatum
1975
American geneticist (1909–1975)
Lionel Trilling
1975
American literary critic (1905–1975)
Alfred Schmidt (weightlifter)
1972
Estonian weightlifter
Sam Jones (baseball)
1971
American baseball player (1925–1971)
Buddy Cole (musician)
1964
American jazz pianist and orchestra leader (1916–1964)
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer
1964
Politician and United States Army officer (1893-1964)
Luis Cernuda
1963
Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27 (1902 – 1963)
Ward Bond
1960
American actor (1903–1960)
Donald Barnhouse
1960
American pastor and author
August Gailit
1960
Estonian writer
Johnny Horton
1960
American singer (1925–1960)
Mack Sennett
1960
Canadian-American film producer (1880–1960)
Art Tatum
1956
American jazz pianist (1909–1956)
Maurice Utrillo
1955
French painter (1883–1955)
Reggie Walker (sprinter)
1951
South African athlete
Mary Harris Armor
1950
American and international temperance leader
Joseph Stella
1946
American painter
Alexis Carrel
1944
French surgeon and biologist (1873–1944)
George M. Cohan
1942
American actor, singer, composer and playwright (1878–1942)
Arndt Pekurinen
1941
Finnish pacifist
Mary W. Bacheler
1939
Thomas Dewing
1938
19th/20th-century American painter
Texas Guinan
1933
American actress and Prohibition era saloon keeper and entrepreneur (1884–1933)
Walther von Dyck
1933
German mathematician (1856–1934)
Konrad Stäheli
1931
Swiss sports shooter (1866–1931)
Christiaan Eijkman
1930
Dutch physician (1858–1930)
Luigi Facta
1930
Prime Minister of Italy from February to October 1922
Vlasios Tsirogiannis
1928
Greek soldier
Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen
1923
French writer and poet (1880–1923)
1800s
James Clerk Maxwell
1879
Scottish physicist and mathematician (1831–1879)
Theodor von Heuglin
1876
19th-century German explorer and ornithologist
Thomas Sully
1872
American painter (1783-1872)
Angelica Kauffman
1807
Swiss artist (1741–1807)
Before 1800
Hans Egede
1758
Norwegian priest and missionary
Carl Andreas Duker
1752
German classical scholar and jurist (1670–1752)
Bernardino Ramazzini
1714
Italian physician (1633–1714)
Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield
1701
English politician
Alexandre de Rhodes
1660
Jesuit missionary and lexicographer in Vietnam
Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle
1660
17th-century courtier
Nyaungyan Min
1605
King of Toungoo
Kanō Motonobu
1559
Japanese painter (1476–1559)
Mariotto Albertinelli
1515
Italian painter
John Fastolf
1459
15th-century English knight
Jean IV, Count of Armagnac
1450
French nobleman (1396–1450)
Casimir III the Great
1370
King of Poland from 1333 to 1370
Elisabeth of Swabia
1235
Queen of Castile from 1219 to 1235
Diego Martínez de Villamayor
1176
Mathilde, Abbess of Essen
1011
Abbess of Essen
Fan Zhi
964
Atticus of Constantinople
425
Archbishop of Constantinople from 406 to 425