29 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)
Francisco Coloane
military personnelnovelist
Chilean writer (1910–2002)
GB
Godfrey Binaisa
politician
Ugandan President from May 1979 to June 1980
20th Century
16 deaths
Heinrich Wieland
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1927)
Amos Whitney
entrepreneurinventor
American businessman (1832–1920)
Clive Steele
engineermilitary personnel
Australian general
Gentil Theodoor Antheunis
composerpoet
Belgian poet and writer (1840–1907)
Gopinath Bordoloi
freedom fighterpolitician
Indian Independence Activist and 1st Chief Minister of Assam
Moa Martinson
journalistwriter
Swedish writer (1890–1964)
Vatroslav Jagić
classical philologistlinguist
Austrian professor and university educator (1838–1923)
George Bryce
Christian ministereducator
Canadian Presbyterian minister, educator, author and historian (1844–1931)
Tilla Valstad
journalistwriter
Norwegian writer (1871-1957)
Louis Napoleon Le Roux
politicianwriter
Politician (1890-1944)
Andrzej Stawar
editorjournalist
Polish writer, journalist, editor, publisher, literary critic and translator (1900–1961)
Heinz Sandauer
composerconductor
Austrian musician (1911-1979)
DB
Donatien De Bruyne
biblical scholarhistorian
Benedictine biblical scholar
EK
Emin Khachaturian
composerconductor
Soviet conductor, composer and music educator (1930-2000)
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Ernst Melchior
association football coachassociation football player
Austrian association football player (1920-1978)
Mİ
Mustafa İnan
civil engineer
Turkish civil engineer (1911–1967)
19th Century
5 deaths
José Romero y Fernández de Landa
engineermilitary personnel
Spanish naval architect (1735-1807)
Ethan A. Hitchcock
military officerwriter
Union Army general (1798-1870)
Pedro Vélez
judgelawyer
President of Mexico (1787-1848)
Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas
diplomatjournalist
President of Colombia (1830-1900)
Félix de Mûelenaere
judgelawyer
Belgian noble and politician (1793-1862)
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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