Famous Deaths on April 5

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1976)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1976)

Belgian translator and writer

Mexican politician (1890–1964)

Officer of the Polish Army, Polish association football player and manager (1891-1966)

Swedish meteorologist (1848–1923)

Swiss civil engineer, designer of the Salginatobel Bridge (1872-1940)

Finnish soldier (1890–1938)

Indonesian journalist and politician

Belgian politician (1837-1922)

Georgian writer (1843-1928)

Catholic cardinal (1846–1929)

Polish conductor, violinist, composer and pedagogue (1870–1935)

Irish photographer (1843–1909)

Canadian artist

Brazilian writer, translator, screenwriter and radio and television journalist (1910-1988)

French physicist (1741-1817)

American politician (1786-1839)

Irish poet and novelist

Emir of Afghanistan (1839-1842) and ruler of the Durrani Empire (1803-1809)

Japanese philosopher (1627–1705)

British archbishop (1533-1605)

King of Sweden from 1660 to 1697 (1655-1697)

Roman theologian and Bishop of Milan (c. 340–397)