History Deaths on March 05

Paul Bearer, American wrestler and manager (b. 1954)

#Paul_Bearer

Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1954)

#Hugo_Chávez

Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)

#Ranuccio_I_Farnese,_Duke_of_Parma

Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1888)

#Antanas_Merkys

Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American businessman (b. 1888)

#Sol_Hurok

Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)

#Pierre-Simon_Laplace

Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)

#Edgar_Lee_Masters

Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734)

#Franz_Mesmer

Joseph Weizenbaum, German computer scientist and author (b. 1923)

#Joseph_Weizenbaum

Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician (b. 1932)

#Hassan_Al-Turabi

Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1897)

#Herman_J._Mankiewicz

Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)

#Friedrich_Blass

Franz Mertens, Polish-Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1840)

#Franz_Mertens

Crispus Attucks, American slave (b. 1723)

#Crispus_Attucks

Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)

#Johan_Jensen_(mathematician)

Lena Baker, African American maid and murderer (b. 1900)

#Lena_Baker

Manuel III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1364)

#Manuel_III_of_Trebizond

Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1655)

#Evelyn_Pierrepont,_1st_Duke_of_Kingston-upon-Hull

David Scott, Scottish historical painter (b. 1806)

#David_Scott_(painter)

Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1889)

#Otto_Tief

Paul Haines, New Zealand-Australian author (b. 1970)

#Paul_Haines_(fiction_writer)

Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)

#Marie_d'Agoult

Tito Gobbi, Italian operatic baritone (b. 1913)

#Tito_Gobbi

Gary Merrill, American actor and director (b. 1915)

#Gary_Merrill

Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1904)

#Pepper_Martin

Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter and educator (b. 1489)

#Antonio_da_Correggio

Guido Panciroli, Italian historian and jurist (b. 1523)

#Guido_Panciroli

Re?it Galip, Turkish academic and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Education (b. 1893)

#Re?it_Galip

Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (b. 1922)

#Richard_Kiley

Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)

#Billy_De_Wolfe

David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick (b. 1854)

#David_Dunbar_Buick

Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (b. 1912)

#Jay_Silverheels

John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)

#John_Belushi

Samm Sinclair Baker, American writer (b. 1909)

#Samm_Sinclair_Baker

John Adams, English sailor and mutineer (b. 1766)

#John_Adams_(mutineer)

Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (b. 1888)

#Georges_Vanier

Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)

#Cai_Yuanpei

Chen Cheng, Chinese general and politician, 27th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1897)

#Chen_Cheng

Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (b. 1877)

#Roque_Ruaño

Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (b. 1907)

#Roman_Shukhevych

Henry Wharton, English writer and librarian (b. 1664)

#Henry_Wharton

Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891)

#Sergei_Prokofiev

Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor (b. 1905)

#Mischa_Auer

Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator and politician of Georgian descent, 2nd leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)

#Joseph_Stalin

Edward Egan, American cardinal (b. 1932)

#Edward_Egan

Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese admiral and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (b. 1487)

#Nuno_da_Cunha

Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimy? (b. 1533)

#Shimazu_Yoshihisa

Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian and actor (b. 1933)

#Alberto_Olmedo

Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)

#Max_Jacob

Vivian Stanshall, English singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1943)

#Vivian_Stanshall

Thomas Arne, English composer and educator (b. 1710)

#Thomas_Arne

Vlada Divljan, Serbian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)

#Vlada_Divljan

Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (b. 1941)

#Ray_Tomlinson

Geoff Edwards, American actor and game show host (b. 1931)

#Geoff_Edwards

Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1745)

#Alessandro_Volta

Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian political scientist and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1882)

#Mohammad_Mosaddegh

Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)

#Nikolai_Leskov

Hippolyte Taine, French historian and critic (b. 1828)

#Hippolyte_Taine

Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)

#Alfredo_Casella

Hermann Balk, German knight

#Hermann_Balk

Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet, author, and translator (b. 1889)

#Anna_Akhmatova

Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)

#Sir_Henry_Rawlinson,_1st_Baronet

William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)

#William_Powell

Lolo Ferrari, French dancer, actress and singer (b. 1963)

#Lolo_Ferrari

Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1925)

#Robert_B._Sherman

William O. Wooldridge, American sergeant (b. 1922)

#William_O._Wooldridge

John Samuel Bourque, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1894)

#John_Samuel_Bourque

Al Wistert, American football player and coach (b. 1920)

#Al_Wistert

Kurt Moll, German opera singer (b. 1938)

Leopoldo María Panero, Spanish poet and translator (b. 1948)

Ailsa McKay, Scottish economist and academic (b. 1963)

Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic (b. 1921)

Philip Madoc, Welsh-English actor (b. 1934)

Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1945)

Richard Stapley, British actor and writer (b. 1923)

Charles B. Pierce, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)

David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop (b. 1929)

Jean Dréville, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)

Whit Bissell, American character actor (b. 1909)

Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (b. 1924)

Yip Harburg, American songwriter and composer (b. 1896)

Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (b. 1949)

Robert C. O'Brien, American journalist and author (b. 1918)

Allan Nevins, American journalist and author (b. 1890)

Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)

Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913)

Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)

#Patsy_Cline

Matthew of Kraków, Polish reformer (b. 1335)

Suppo I, Frankish nobleman

Pope Lucius I (b. 200)