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History Deaths on February 05


Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)

#Thomas_Carlyle

Oskar Klein
Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1894)

#Oskar_Klein

Victor Houteff
Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (b. 1885)

#Victor_Houteff

Alfred Worm
Alfred Worm, Austrian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1945)

#Alfred_Worm

Zafadola
Zafadola, Arab emir of Zaragoza

#Zafadola

Jo Zwaan
Jo Zwaan, Dutch sprinter (b. 1922)

#Jo_Zwaan

Nicolaas Kruik
Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch astronomer and cartographer (b. 1678)

#Nicolaas_Kruik

Rudy Pompilli
Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1926)

#Rudy_Pompilli

Dean Jagger
Dean Jagger, American actor (b. 1903)

#Dean_Jagger

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)

#Joseph_L._Mankiewicz

K. N. Choksy
K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka (b. 1933)

#K._N._Choksy

Josiah Thomas
Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)

#Josiah_Thomas

Emilie Flygare-Carlén
Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)

#Emilie_Flygare-Carlén

Giovanni Battista Moroni
Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian painter (b. 1520)

#Giovanni_Battista_Moroni

George Arliss
George Arliss, English actor and playwright (b. 1868)

#George_Arliss

Marianne Moore
Marianne Moore, American poet, author, critic, and translator (b. 1887)

#Marianne_Moore

Robert A. Dahl
Robert A. Dahl, American political scientist and academic (b. 1915)

#Robert_A._Dahl

Emperor Kanmu
Kanmu, emperor of Japan (b. 736)

#Emperor_Kanmu

Jaber II Al-Sabah
Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)

#Jaber_II_Al-Sabah

Harry Schwarz
Harry Schwarz, South African lawyer, anti-apartheid leader, and diplomat, 13th South Africa Ambassador to United States (b. 1924)

#Harry_Schwarz

Tom McGuigan
Tom McGuigan, New Zealand soldier and politician, 23rd New Zealand Minister of Health (b. 1921)

#Tom_McGuigan

Sami Ibrahim Haddad
Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon and author (b. 1890)

#Sami_Ibrahim_Haddad

Val Logsdon Fitch
Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)

#Val_Logsdon_Fitch

Banjo Paterson
Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864)

#Banjo_Paterson

Avitus of Vienne
Avitus of Vienne, Gallo-Roman bishop

#Avitus_of_Vienne

Otto Strandman
Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1875)

#Otto_Strandman

Alfred Aetheling
Alfred Aetheling, Anglo-Saxon prince

#Alfred_Aetheling

Eusebius Amort
Eusebius Amort, German theologian and academic (b. 1692)

#Eusebius_Amort

Athanasios Eftaxias
Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)

#Athanasios_Eftaxias

Tim Kelly (musician)
Tim Kelly, American guitarist (b. 1963)

#Tim_Kelly_(musician)

Philipp Spener
Philipp Spener, German theologian and author (b. 1635)

#Philipp_Spener

Hossein Sami'i
Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (b. 1876)

#Hossein_Sami'i

Johannes Blaskowitz
Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)

#Johannes_Blaskowitz

Brian Jacques
Brian Jacques, English author and radio host (b. 1939)

#Brian_Jacques

Wassily Leontief
Wassily Leontief, Russian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)

#Wassily_Leontief

Herman Rosenblat
Herman Rosenblat, Polish-American author (b. 1929)

#Herman_Rosenblat

Neil Aggett
Neil Aggett, Kenyan-South African physician and union leader (b. 1953)

#Neil_Aggett

William Cullen
William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)

#William_Cullen

Jacques Ibert
Jacques Ibert, French-Swiss composer (b. 1890)

#Jacques_Ibert

Rudy York
Rudy York, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1913)

#Rudy_York

Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)

#Slavoljub_Eduard_Penkala

Leon Leonwood Bean
Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (b. 1872)

#Leon_Leonwood_Bean

Marisa Del Frate
Marisa Del Frate, Italian actress and singer (b. 1931)

#Marisa_Del_Frate

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, founded Transcendental Meditation (b. 1918)

#Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi

Lou Andreas-Salomé
Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)

#Lou_Andreas-Salomé

Gnassingbé Eyadéma
Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Togolese general and politician, President of Togo (b. 1937)

#Gnassingbé_Eyadéma

Shunzhi Emperor
Shunzhi, Chinese emperor of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1638)

#Shunzhi_Emperor

Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich
Adelaide, German abbess and saint

#Adelaide,_Abbess_of_Vilich

Thelma Ritter
Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1902)

#Thelma_Ritter

Doug McClure
Doug McClure, American actor (b. 1935)

#Doug_McClure

Ross Barnes
Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)

#Ross_Barnes

Reinaldo Gargano
Reinaldo Gargano, Uruguayan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Uruguay (b. 1934)

#Reinaldo_Gargano

Pete Robinson (drag racer)
Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson, drag racer (b. 1933)

#Pete_Robinson_(drag_racer)

Henri François d'Aguesseau
Henri François d'Aguesseau, French jurist and politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)

#Henri_François_d'Aguesseau

Inayat Khan
Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)

#Inayat_Khan

Christiaan de Wet
Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)

#Christiaan_de_Wet

René Huyghe
René Huyghe, French historian and author (b. 1906)

#René_Huyghe

Pasquale Paoli
Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (b. 1725)

#Pasquale_Paoli

Michalina Wis?ocka
Michalina Wis?ocka, Polish gynecologist and sexologist (b. 1921)

#Michalina_Wis?ocka

Ciriaco Cañete, Filipino martial artist (b. 1919)
Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer and conductor (b. 1924)
John Turner Sargent, Sr., American publisher (b. 1924)
Al De Lory, American keyboard player, conductor, and producer (b. 1930)
Sam Coppola, American actor (b. 1932)
Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (b. 1921)
Brendan Burke, Canadian ice hockey player and activist (b. 1988)
Leo T. McCarthy, New Zealand-American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1930)
Norma Candal, Puerto Rican-American actress (b. 1927)
John Hench, American animator (b. 1908)
Claude Autant-Lara, French director and screenwriter (b. 1901)
Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (b. 1920)
William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1922)
Miguel Rolando Covian, Argentinian-Brazilian physiologist and academic (b. 1913)
Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (b. 1937)
William Collier, Jr., American actor and producer (b. 1902)
Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American chemist and academic (b. 1925)
Ella T. Grasso, American politician, 83rd Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919)
Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877)
Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
Charles XIII, king of Sweden (b. 1748)
Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
William IV, duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)