History Deaths on January 05

Giulio Clovio, Dalmatian painter (b. 1498)

#Giulio_Clovio

Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)

#Rogers_Hornsby

Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)

#Tina_Modotti

Margaret Laurence, Canadian author and academic (b. 1926)

#Margaret_Laurence

Sonny Bono, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and politician (b. 1935)

#Sonny_Bono

John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)

#John_Neumann

Charles Mingus, American bassist, composer, bandleader (b. 1922)

#Charles_Mingus

Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)

#Henri_Herz

Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)

#Billy_Bletcher

Ulrich I, Duke of Brno, Moravian ruler

#Ulrich_I,_Duke_of_Brno

Isaac Díaz Pardo, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1920)

#Isaac_Díaz_Pardo

Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter and illustrator (b. 1812)

#Alfred_Thomas_Agate

Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)

#Andrei_Platonov

John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)

#John_Russell,_4th_Duke_of_Bedford

Simon Marius, German astronomer (b. 1573)

#Simon_Marius

Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)

#Harold_Urey

Merlyn Rees, Welsh educator and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (b. 1920)

#Merlyn_Rees

Jill Saward, English rape victim and activist (b. 1965)

#Jill_Saward

Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)

#Ernest_Shackleton

Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet and philosopher (b. 1901)

#Lanza_del_Vasto

George Johnston, Scottish-Australian colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)

#George_Johnston_(British_Marines_officer)

Marko Maruli?, Croatian poet (b. 1450)

#Marko_Maruli?

Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1907)

#Lev_Oborin

Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French racing driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1937)

#Jean-Pierre_Beltoise

Edmund Herring, Australian general and politician, 7th Chief Justice of Victoria (b. 1892)

#Edmund_Herring

Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)

#Calvin_Coolidge

Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1937)

#Dragoslav_Šekularac

Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)

#Karl_Alfred_von_Zittel

Carmen Zapata, American actress (b. 1927)

#Carmen_Zapata

John Young, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)

#John_Young_(astronaut)

Tevfik Rü?tü Aras, Turkish physician and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)

#Tevfik_Rü?tü_Aras

Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)

#Soh_Jaipil

Felix Manz, Swiss martyr (b. 1498)

#Felix_Manz

Jean-Paul L'Allier, Canadian journalist and politician, 38th Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1938)

#Jean-Paul_L'Allier

Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)

#Léon_Walras

Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)

#Joseph_Radetzky_von_Radetz

Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)

#Ezra_Otis_Kendall

Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1912)

#Tip_O'Neill

Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b. 1875)

#Mistinguett

Thomas Bopp, American astronomer best known as the co-discoverer of comet Hale-Bopp (b. 1949)

#Thomas_Bopp

George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)

#George_Washington_Carver

Roy Jenkins, Welsh politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1920)

#Roy_Jenkins

Charles, Duke of Orléans (b. 1394)

#Charles,_Duke_of_Orléans

André Franquin, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1924)

#André_Franquin

Robert Smirke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1753)

#Robert_Smirke_(painter)

Wyatt Emory Cooper, American author and screenwriter (b. 1927)

#Wyatt_Emory_Cooper

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)

#Peter_Christen_Asbjørnsen

Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)

#Christopher_of_Bavaria

Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947)

#Pete_Maravich

Willie Mitchell, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer (b. 1928)

#Willie_Mitchell_(musician)

Edward the Confessor, English king (b. 1004)

#Edward_the_Confessor

Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 796)

#Al-Mu'tasim

Vasko Popa, Serbian poet and academic (b. 1922)

#Vasko_Popa

Asghar Khan, Pakistani three star general and politician (b. 1921)

#Asghar_Khan

Amy Johnson, English pilot (b. 1903)

#Amy_Johnson

Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1925)

#Pierre_Boulez

Jean Chardin, French explorer and author (b. 1643)

#Jean_Chardin

Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (b. 1887)

#Victor_Hope,_2nd_Marquess_of_Linlithgow

John A. Costello, Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1891)

#John_A._Costello

Eusébio, Mozambican-Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1942)

#Eusébio

Griffin Bell, American lawyer and politician, 72nd United States Attorney General (b. 1918)

#Griffin_Bell

Philippe Boiry, French journalist (b. 1927)

#Philippe_Boiry

Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (b. 1891)

#Rabbit_Maranville

Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)

#Elizabeth_of_Russia

Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)

#Max_Born

Catherine de' Medici, queen of Henry II of France (b. 1519)

#Catherine_de'_Medici

Hans Conried, American actor (b. 1917)

#Hans_Conried

Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (b. 1869)

#Hristo_Tatarchev

Bernice Sandler, American women's rights activist (b. 1928)

Karin von Aroldingen, German ballerina (b. 1941)

Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (b. 1912)

Frederica Sagor Maas, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1900)

Kenneth Noland, American painter (b. 1924)

Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods (b. 1910)}}

Danny Sugerman, American talent manager and author (b. 1954)

Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist, co-developed penicillin (b. 1911)

Kumar Ponnambalam, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (b. 1938)

Burton Lane, American composer and songwriter (b. 1912)

Elmar Lipping, Estonian commander and politician, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (b. 1906)

Arthur Kennedy, American actor (b. 1914)

Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (b. 1875)

Robert L. Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1906)

Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American sound designer and engineer (b. 1899)

Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer and scholar (b. 1896)

Charles Schlee, Danish-American cyclist (b. 1873)

Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)

Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)

Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1731)

Antonio Lotti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1667)

Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German noblewoman (b. 1542)

Charles, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1433)

John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (b. 1350)

Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster (b. 1355)

Boles?aw IV the Curly, High Duke of Poland (b. 1120)

Zhang Yanhan, Chinese chancellor (b. 884)