Famous Deaths on May 5

Romanian journalist and philologist

Egyptian journalist

Belgian historian (1920–2012)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1936)

Canadian politician (1836-1920)

Italian painter, writer, and composer (1891–1952)

English academic & author (1846–1937)

Portuguese politician (1872-1925)

Hero of Albania (1920-1942)

Slovak composer and pedagogue (1892–1978)

Romanian scientist (1890-1977)

Indian film director

Naturalist (1798-1868)

French chemist (1795–1877)

British painter (1794-1859)

Australian bushranger

Belgian politician (1790-1873)

Author, abolitionist, and minister; born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles Co., Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830

Belgian musician (1836-1884)

Belgian sculptor (1787-1867)

Belgian concert pianist, piano teacher and composer (1835-1886)

Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705), King of Hungary and Croatia and King of Bohemia (1640–1705)

Spanish priest and historian

Italian sculptor and architect (1671-1754)

Swedish artist (1700-1766)

Swedish astronomer (1621-1679)

Japanese writer (1605-1682)

Ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth