17 notable people died on August 5, including Heinrich Wieland, Philip I of France, Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine.
21st Century
3 deaths
Ion Iliescu
activistdesign engineer
President of Romania (1990–1996; 2000–2004)
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Francisco Coloane
military personnelnovelist
Chilean writer (1910–2002)
GB
Godfrey Binaisa
politician
Ugandan President from May 1979 to June 1980
20th Century
7 deaths
Heinrich Wieland
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1927)
Clive Steele
engineermilitary personnel
Australian general
Louis Napoleon Le Roux
politicianwriter
Politician (1890-1944)
Gentil Theodoor Antheunis
composerpoet
Belgian poet and writer (1840–1907)
Gopinath Bordoloi
freedom fighterpolitician
Indian Independence Activist and 1st Chief Minister of Assam
George Bryce
Christian ministereducator
Canadian Presbyterian minister, educator, author and historian (1844–1931)
Vatroslav Jagić
classical philologistlinguist
Austrian professor and university educator (1838–1923)
19th Century
2 deaths
José Romero y Fernández de Landa
engineermilitary personnel
Spanish naval architect (1735-1807)
Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas
diplomatjournalist
President of Colombia (1830-1900)
18th Century
1 death
Johann Georg Büsch
economistmathematician
German mathematician
16th Century
2 deaths
Mario Equicola
bibliophilewriter
Italian humanist
Kaspar von Silenen
military officermilitary personnel
Swiss military personnel. 1st Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard (1467-1517)
15th Century
1 death
Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine
monarch
French duke
12th Century
1 death
Philip I of France
monarch
King of the Franks from 1060 to 1108
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