25 notable people died on March 5, including Pierre-Simon Laplace, Trung Trac, Wartislaw VII, Duke of Pomerania.
21st Century
1 deathS'
Surendra Jha 'Suman'
poetpolitician
Indian writer (1910–2002)
20th Century
13 deaths
Franz Mertens
mathematicianuniversity teacher
Polish-Austrian mathematician
Arthur Dudley Dobson
civil engineerexplorer
New Zealand engineer and surveyor (1841–1939)
Alexander Stuart Murray
anthropologistarchaeologist
British archaeologist (1841-1904)
Emilio Lussu
politicianscreenwriter
Italian writer and politician (1890–1975)
Manuel de Arriaga
lawyerpoet
Portuguese president (1840-1917)
Ahmad Lutfi al-Sayyid
intellectualjournal editor
Egyptian academic and politician (1872-1963)
Béla Komjádi
coachjournalist
Olympic water polo coach (1892-1933)
Jan Dobraczyński
journalistplaywright
Polish writer (1910-1994)
Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci
scientist
Romanian scientist (1872-1925)
Paul Kletzki
composerconductor
Conductor and composer from Poland (1900-1973)
Vladas Putvinskis
writer
Lithuanian activist (1873-1929)
LV
Léo Vaz
journalistlibrarian
Brazilian writer, librarian, teacher and journalist
AP
Abraham Polak
historianmedievalist
Israeli historian (1910-1970)
19th Century
3 deaths
Pierre-Simon Laplace
astronomermathematician
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)
Claude-Louis Mathieu
astronomermathematician
French astronomer (1783-1875)
Ferdinand Hurter
chemistphotographer
Swiss chemist (1844–1898)
18th Century
3 deaths
Clas Alströmer
agronomistbotanist
Swedish botanist (1736-1794)
Ramón de la Cruz
librettistplaywright
Spanish writer (1731-1794)
Thomas Arne
actorcomposer
18th-century British composer
17th Century
2 deaths
Countess Palatine Barbara of Zweibrücken-Neuburg
alchemistcountess
Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken by birth and by marriage Countess of Oettingen-Oettingen (1559-1618)
CS
Cornelis Symonsz van der Schalcke
draftspersonpainter
Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1617-1671)
16th Century
1 death
Augustin Hirschvogel
cartographerdraftsperson
16th century German artist, mathematician, and cartographer (1503-1553)
14th Century
1 death
Duke of Pomerania-Stolp
1st Century
1 deathTT
Trung Trac
military leaderqueen regnant
Vietnamese military leader, first queen
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