History Deaths on August 05

Matt Robinson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)

#Matt_Robinson_(actor)

Otto Kretschmer, German commander (b. 1912)

#Otto_Kretschmer

Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)

#Robert_Williams_(Trebor_Mai)

Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer who scored India's first Test century (b. 1911)

#Lala_Amarnath

Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)

#Béla_Jankovich

Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (b. 1916)

#Chick_Hearn

Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast and coach (b. 1936)

#Polina_Astakhova

Harold J. Greene, American general (b. 1962)

#Harold_J._Greene

Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)

#Friedrich_Engels

Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)

#Harold_L._Runnels

Richard Burton, Welsh-Swiss actor and producer (b. 1925)

#Richard_Burton

Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician (b. 1726)

#Richard_Howe,_1st_Earl_Howe

Alec Guinness, English actor (b. 1914)

#Alec_Guinness

Euthymius I of Constantinople (b. 834)

#Euthymius_I_of_Constantinople

Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)

#Jacques_Boucher_de_Crèvecœur_de_Perthes

Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)

#Charles_Harold_Davis

Joan Robinson, English economist and author (b. 1903)

#Joan_Robinson

Florian Pitti?, Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1943)

#Florian_Pitti?

Robert Muldoon, New Zealand politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921)

#Robert_Muldoon

Toni Morrison, American author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Nobel laureate (b. 1931).

#Toni_Morrison

Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine (b. 1664)

#Thomas_Newcomen

Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881)

#Edgar_Guest

George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (b. 1562)

#George_Abbot_(bishop)

Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)

#Spotted_Tail

Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1732)

#Frederick_North,_Lord_North

Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (b. 1370)

#Henry_Scrope,_3rd_Baron_Scrope_of_Masham

Michel Daerden, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)

#Michel_Daerden

Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)

#Bob_Caruthers

Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (b. 1504)

#Stanislaus_Hosius

David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)

#David_Townsend_(art_director)

Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and politician, Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1552)

#Alonso_García_de_Ramón

Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)

#Millicent_Fawcett

Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)

#Dimitrios_Rallis

Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian commander and politician, 36th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1911)

#Todor_Zhivkov

Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1886)

#Art_Ross

Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)

#Wilhelm_Marx

Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917)

#Sameera_Moussa

Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)

#Ferdinand_Ritter_von_Hebra

Roland Charles Wagner, French author and translator (b. 1960)

#Roland_Charles_Wagner

Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (b. 1926)

#Jean-Marie_Lustiger

Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1914)

#Budd_Schulberg

Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer (b. 1908)

#Menachem_Avidom

Paul Brown, American football player and coach (b. 1908)

#Paul_Brown

John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (b. 1696)

#John_Hervey,_2nd_Baron_Hervey

Oswald, king of Northumbria (b. 604)

#Oswald_of_Northumbria

Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (b. 1913)

#Judy_Canova

Shawn Burr, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1966)

#Shawn_Burr

Louis III, Frankish king (b. 863)

#Louis_III_of_France

Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (b. 1898)

#Arnold_Horween

Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)

#Heinrich_Otto_Wieland

Reg Lindsay, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1929)

#Reg_Lindsay

Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)

#Victoria,_Princess_Royal

John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (b. 1395)

#John_Holland,_2nd_Duke_of_Exeter

Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)

#Carmen_Miranda

Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1919)

#Chavela_Vargas

George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)

#George_Dibbs

K?gon, Japanese emperor (b. 1313)

#Emperor_K?gon

Darrell Porter, American baseball player (b. 1952)

#Darrell_Porter

Fred Matua, American football player (b. 1984)

#Fred_Matua

Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1917)

#Erwin_Axer

Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1927)

#Jesse_Leonard_Steinfeld

Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (b. 1375)

#Richard_of_Conisburgh,_3rd_Earl_of_Cambridge

Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (b. 1756)

#Thomas_Linley_the_younger

Andrzej Lepper, Polish farmer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1954)

#Andrzej_Lepper

George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)

#George_Butterworth

Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (b. 1893)

#Jesse_Haines

Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)

#Willie_Dunn

Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)

#Arthur_Meighen

Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)

#Roy_Rubin

Tony Millington, Welsh footballer (b. 1943)

Arthur Walter James, English journalist and politician (b. 1912)

Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1914)

Vladimir Orlov, Russian author (b. 1936)

Rob Wyda, American commander and judge (b. 1959)

May Song Vang, American activist (b. 1951)

Ruth Asawa, American sculptor and educator (b. 1926)

Martin E. Segal, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Film Society of Lincoln Center (b. 1916)

Aziz Shavershian, Russian-born Australian Bodybuilder and internet sensation (b. 1989)

Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (b. 1932)

Eddie Jenkins, Welsh footballer (b. 1909)

Raul Roco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 31st Filipino Secretary of Education (b. 1941)

Jim O'Hora, American football player and coach (b. 1915)

Franco Lucentini, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)

Christopher Skase, Australian-Spanish businessman (b. 1948)

Otema Allimadi, Ugandan politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)

Tullio Crali, Montenegrin-Italian pilot and painter (b. 1910)

Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1920)

Alain de Changy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1922)

Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (b. 1906)

Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1910)

Luther Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1928)

Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)

Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)

Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)

Charles Clémencet, French historian and author (b. 1703)

Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican tenor and composer (b. 1619)

John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, Scottish conspirator (b. 1577)

Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd

Li Decheng, Chinese general (b. 863)

Ingwær, king of Northumbria

Eowils and Halfdan, joint kings of Northumbria

Ranulf II, duke of Aquitaine (b. 850)

Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan, Abbasid vizier

Heizei, Japanese emperor (b. 773)

Eowa, king of Mercia

Xiao Ji, prince of the Liang dynasty (b. 508)