24 notable people died on July 5, including Albrecht Kossel, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Ki no Tsurayuki.
21st Century
3 deathsBengt I. Samuelsson
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1982)
Ugo Gregoretti
actorfilm actor
Italian film, television and stage director, actor, screenwriter, author and television host (1930–2019)
Kirsti Ilvessalo
designertextile artist
Finnish textile artist (1920–2019)
20th Century
13 deathsAlbrecht Kossel
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1910)
Tom Mboya
independence activistminister
Kenyan politician anti-colonialist activist (1930-1969)
Oscar Kjellberg
businesspersonengineer
Swedish inventor (1870–1931)
Carl von Than
chemistuniversity teacher
Austro-Hungarian chemist (1834-1908)
Jonas Lie
authorjournalist
Norwegian novelist (1833–1908)
Crescente Errázuriz
Catholic priestwriter
Catholic archbishop
Marcelino Crisólogo
poetpolitician
Filipino writer
Maria Pia of Savoy
photographerpolitician
Queen of Portugal from 1862 to 1889
Portuguese poet (1900-1933)
NC
Nikolay Chentsov
mathematicianuniversity teacher
Russian mathematician (1930-1992)
JD
Jatindranath Dowara
poetwriter
Indian poet
LH
Lesbia Harford
novelistpoet
Australian poet and activist
ĀA
Ādolfs Alunāns
actordirector
Latvian actor, stage director and playwright (1848–1912)
19th Century
4 deathsGeorge Bruce
entrepreneurinventor
Scottish-American inventor and businessman
Adam Kuhn
naturalistphysician
American physician
James Hall
judgelawyer
American writer, born 1793 (1793–1868)
JR
José Luis Ramos
civil servanteducator
Venezuelan journalist and critic
18th Century
2 deathsFrançois Jacquier
mathematicianphysicist
French Franciscan mathematician and physicist
Alexander Roslin
painterportraitist
Swedish painter (1718–1793)
11th Century
1 deathWilliam of Hirsau
monkmusicologist
German abbot and theologian
10th Century
1 deathKi no Tsurayuki
waka poetwriter
Japanese writer
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