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History Deaths on July 05


Jonas Lie (writer)
Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)

#Jonas_Lie_(writer)

Uffe Haagerup
Uffe Haagerup, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1949)

#Uffe_Haagerup

David Cargo
David Cargo, American politician, 22nd Governor of New Mexico (b. 1929)

#David_Cargo

Amzie Strickland
Amzie Strickland, American actress (b. 1919)

#Amzie_Strickland

George de Hevesy
George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)

#George_de_Hevesy

Tom Mboya
Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician, 1st Kenyan Minister of Justice (b. 1930)

#Tom_Mboya

Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)

#Anugrah_Narayan_Sinha

Albrecht Kossel
Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)

#Albrecht_Kossel

Wilhelm Backhaus
Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (b. 1884)

#Wilhelm_Backhaus

Colin Marshall, Baron Marshall of Knightsbridge
Colin Marshall, Baron Marshall of Knightsbridge, English businessman and politician (b. 1933)

#Colin_Marshall,_Baron_Marshall_of_Knightsbridge

Charles Ancillon
Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat (b. 1659)

#Charles_Ancillon

Carl Gustaf Wrangel
Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1613)

#Carl_Gustaf_Wrangel

Emperor Murakami
Murakami, Japanese emperor (b. 926)

#Emperor_Murakami

Karin Swanström
Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (b. 1873)

#Karin_Swanström

Kazimierz Junosza-St?powski
Kazimierz Junosza-St?powski, Polish actor (b. 1880)

#Kazimierz_Junosza-St?powski

Rob Goris
Rob Goris, Belgian cyclist (b. 1982)

#Rob_Goris

Musa Çelebi
Musa Çelebi, Ottoman prince and co-ruler

#Musa_Çelebi

Daniel Sawyer
Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (b. 1884)

#Daniel_Sawyer

George Melly
George Melly, English singer-songwriter and critic (b. 1926)

#George_Melly

James Stockdale
James Stockdale, American admiral (b. 1923)

#James_Stockdale

Max Klinger
Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)

#Max_Klinger

Porfirio Rubirosa
Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat (b. 1909)

#Porfirio_Rubirosa

William of Hirsau
William of Hirsau, German abbot

#William_of_Hirsau

Gilda dalla Rizza
Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1892)

#Gilda_dalla_Rizza

Ruud van Hemert
Ruud van Hemert, Dutch actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)

#Ruud_van_Hemert

Gert Fredriksson
Gert Fredriksson, Swedish canoe racer (b. 1919)

#Gert_Fredriksson

Victor Massé
Victor Massé, French composer (b. 1822)

#Victor_Massé

Katy Jurado
Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924)

#Katy_Jurado

Hans-Ulrich Wehler
Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (b. 1931)

#Hans-Ulrich_Wehler

Heinrich Georg Bronn
Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1800)

#Heinrich_Georg_Bronn

Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius, German architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building and Werkbund Exhibition (b. 1883)

#Walter_Gropius

Nicéphore Niépce
Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, created the first known photograph (b. 1765)

#Nicéphore_Niépce

Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg
Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (b. 1641)

#Meinhardt_Schomberg,_3rd_Duke_of_Schomberg

Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria
Albert VI, German nobleman (b. 1584)

#Albert_VI,_Duke_of_Bavaria

Henry Johnson (World War I soldier)
Henry Johnson, American sergeant (b. 1897)

#Henry_Johnson_(World_War_I_soldier)

Georges Bernanos
Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (b. 1888)

#Georges_Bernanos

Yoichiro Nambu
Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)

#Yoichiro_Nambu

Francisco José Freire
Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719)

#Francisco_José_Freire

Sasha Chorny
Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)

#Sasha_Chorny

Rosemary Murphy
Rosemary Murphy, American actress (b. 1925)

#Rosemary_Murphy

John Curtin
John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)

#John_Curtin

Harry James
Harry James, American trumpet player and actor (b. 1916)

#Harry_James

Ferdinand of Majorca
Ferdinand, prince of Majorca (b. 1278)

#Ferdinand_of_Majorca

William Cornwallis
William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician (b.1744)

#William_Cornwallis

Volodymyr Sabodan
Volodymyr Sabodan, Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1935)

#Volodymyr_Sabodan

Lewis Armistead
Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817)

#Lewis_Armistead

Crinitus
Crinitus, Italian scholar and academic (b. 1475)

#Crinitus

Gerrit Komrij
Gerrit Komrij, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1944)

#Gerrit_Komrij

Carole Landis
Carole Landis, American actress (b. 1919)

#Carole_Landis

Thirunalloor Karunakaran
Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (b. 1924)

#Thirunalloor_Karunakaran

Kenneth Lay
Kenneth Lay, American businessman (b. 1942)

#Kenneth_Lay

Charles III, Count of Alençon
Charles III, French nobleman (b. 1337)

#Charles_III,_Count_of_Alençon

Ted Williams
Ted Williams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1918)

#Ted_Williams

Stamford Raffles
Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore (b. 1782)

#Stamford_Raffles

Archduchess Dorothea of Austria (b. 1920)
Brett Wiesner, American soccer player (b. 1983)
Lambert Jackson Woodburne, South African admiral (b. 1939)
Bud Asher, American lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
Cy Twombly, American-Italian painter, sculptor, and photographer (b. 1928)
Bob Probert, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host (b. 1965)
Hasan Do?an, Turkish businessman (b. 1956)
Régine Crespin, French soprano (b. 1927)
Rodger Ward, American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1921)
Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923)
Sid Luckman, American football player (b. 1916)
A. Thangathurai, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
Jüri Järvet, Estonian actor and screenwriter (b. 1919)
Howard Nemerov, American poet and essayist (b. 1920)
Chic Murray, Canadian politician, 2nd Mayor of Mississauga (b. 1914)
Leo McCarey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1898)
Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician (b. 1871)
Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)
Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (b. 1777)
Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Italian saint (b. 1502)
Ísleifur Gissurarson, Icelandic bishop (b. 1006)
Xu Ji, Chinese official and chancellor
Wang Pu, Chinese chancellor
Pei Shu, Chinese chancellor (b. 841)
Lu Yi, Chinese chancellor (b. 847)
Dugu Sun, Chinese chancellor
Cui Yuan, Chinese chancellor