8 notable people died on August 5, including Heinrich Wieland, Philip I of France, Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine.
21st Century
2 deaths
Ion Iliescu
activistdesign engineer
President of Romania (1990–1996; 2000–2004)
Godfrey Binaisa
politician
Ugandan President from May 1979 to June 1980
20th Century
1 death
Heinrich Wieland
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1927)
19th Century
1 death
José Romero y Fernández de Landa
engineermilitary personnel
Spanish naval architect (1735-1807)
18th Century
1 death
Johann Georg Büsch
economistmathematician
German mathematician
16th Century
1 death
Mario Equicola
bibliophilewriter
Italian humanist
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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