21 notable people died on May 5, including Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, Rhys ap Gruffydd.
21st Century
2 deaths
Hani Shukrallah
journalistwriter
Egyptian journalist
Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga
comparative literature academicjournalist
Romanian journalist and philologist
20th Century
7 deaths
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1936)
Louis-Amable Jetté
editorjournalist
Canadian politician (1836-1920)
Tomé de Barros Queirós
capitalistpolitician
Portuguese politician (1872-1925)
Alberto Savinio
composerjournalist
Italian painter, writer, and composer (1891–1952)
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Qemal Stafa
politicianresistance fighter
Hero of Albania (1920-1942)
Ján Móry
composerhotel owner
Slovak composer and pedagogue (1892–1978)
Aurel Persu
engineer
Romanian scientist (1890-1977)
19th Century
6 deaths
Joseph Bienaimé Caventou
biochemistchemist
French chemist (1795–1877)
Aleksander Zawadzki
botanistnaturalist
Naturalist (1798-1868)
Ben Hall
bushrangerbutcher
Australian bushranger
Josiah Henson
abolitionistautobiographer
Author, abolitionist, and minister; born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles Co., Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830
Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella
military officermilitary personnel
Belgian politician (1790-1873)
Louis Brassin
composermusic educator
Belgian musician (1836-1884)
18th Century
3 deaths
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
composermonarch
Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705), King of Hungary and Croatia and King of Bohemia (1640–1705)
Olof Arenius
conservatorcourt painter
Swedish artist (1700-1766)
Giovan Battista Caniana
architectcabinetmaker
Italian sculptor and architect (1671-1754)
17th Century
2 deaths
Magnus Celsius
archaeologistastronomer
Swedish astronomer (1621-1679)
Nishiyama Sōin
poetwriter
Japanese writer (1605-1682)
12th Century
1 death
Rhys ap Gruffydd
monarch
Ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth
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