Died On September 5th
Discover the most famous people who died on September 5. The list includes people like Mother Teresa, Neerja Bhanot, Auguste Comte, Rudolf Virchow, Ludwig Boltzmann. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, soldiers, actors and military leaders and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, Germany, France & India and many more countries.
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Mother Teresa(Roman Catholic Nun, Founder and Active Member of the ‘Missionaries of Charity’)
Birthdate: August 26, 1910
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Skopje, North Macedonia
Died: 1997
An Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and a missionary, Mother Teresa was the founder of Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation. She was both an admired and controversial figure and was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. While she was admired by many for her charitable work, she also earned criticism for her stance against abortion and contraception.
Birthplace: Rapid City, South Dakota
Died: 1877
Nineteenth-century Lakota war lord Crazy Horse, of the Oglala subtribe, is remembered as a legendary hero who fought against white encroachment of Native American territories. He was part of the Black Hills War and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He died fighting at Camp Robinson, in modern-day Nebraska.
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Auguste Comte(French Philosopher and Founder of Sociology and Positivism )
Birthdate: January 19, 1798
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Montpellier, France
Died: 1857
Known as the pioneer of sociology and positivism, philosopher Auguste Comte had an elite schooling at the prestigious École Polytechnique. Though infamous for being egocentric, he was known for his dedication to society and social upliftment. He authored The Positive Philosophy and was influenced by Henri de Saint-Simon.
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Douglas Bader(Royal Air Force Flying Ace During the Second World War)
Birthdate: February 21, 1910
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1982
Sir Douglas Bader was a RAF pilot during World War II. Although he lost both his legs in an aerobatics accident in 1931, he recovered and rejoined the RAF. Following the war, he joined the oil industry. The film and book Reach for the Sky details his life.
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Rudolf Virchow(The Father of Modern Pathology' & the Founder of 'Social Medicine')
Birthdate: October 13, 1821
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Swidwin, Poland
Died: 1902
Rudolf Virchow was a German physician, pathologist, anthropologist, biologist, prehistorian, editor, writer, and politician. Nicknamed the Pope of medicine by his colleagues, Virchow is credited with founding the field of social medicine. He is also widely regarded as the father of modern pathology. Rudolf Virchow was the first person to name diseases, such as thrombosis, leukemia, ochronosis, embolism, and chordoma.
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Hugh O'Brian
(American actor)
Birthdate: April 19, 1925
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rochester, New York, United States
Died: 2016
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: February 20, 1844
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vienna
Died: 1906
Austrian physicist and philosopher, Ludwig Boltzmann, played a key role in the development of statistical mechanics. As a young man, he was appointed a professor of mathematical physics at the University of Graz. He worked extensively with other physicists over the course of his brilliant academic career. He suffered from bipolar disorder and died by suicide in 1906.
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Simone Battle
(Actor, Singer, Television actor)
Birthdate: June 17, 1989
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Los Angeles
Died: 2014
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Georg Solti(Hungarian-British Orchestral and Operatic Conductor Who has appeared With Opera Companies in Munich, Frankfurt and London)
Birthdate: October 21, 1912
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 1997
Georg Solti was an operatic and orchestral conductor. He is best remembered for his association with opera companies in London, Frankfurt, and Munich. He also worked with the popular Chicago Symphony Orchestra where he served as a music director for a long time. Solti became the subject of a 1987 biographical TV documentary titled This Is Your Life.
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Jochen Rindt
(German-Born Austrian Racer Who Became the First Posthumous F-1 Champion)
Birthdate: April 18, 1942
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mainz, Germany
Died: 1970
Though born in Germany, racer Jochen Rindt competed for Austria throughout his illustrious career, which saw him score 6 Grand Prix wins. At 28, he was killed in a practice race for the Italian Grand Prix. He later became the only racer to be posthumously named the F-1 World Champion.
Birthdate: September 16, 1914
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New York City, New York, U.S.
Died: 1999
Birthdate: August 27, 1921
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1998
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Birthdate: January 29, 1962
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Died: 2017
The daughter of Kannada poet P. Lankesh, Gauri Lankesh began her career as a journalist for The Times of India. She also worked as an editor of Lankesh Patrike. Later, she was known for her firebrand left-wing activism against Hindutva and was eventually shot dead by three men near her Bengaluru home.
Birthdate: February 28, 1940
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Died: 2012
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Quinn Martin
(Television Producer)
Birthdate: May 22, 1922
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 1987
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Paul Bern
(American Film Director, Screenwriter, and Producer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Birthdate: December 3, 1889
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wandsbek, Germany
Died: 1932
Filmmaker and producer Paul Bern was the man behind the launch of American sex symbol Jean Harlow. He, unfortunately, died of a gunshot wound only 2 months after his marriage to Bern, which gave rise to numerous theories, one of them being suicide. The handwritten suicide not found was not conclusive.
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
(Activist)
Birthdate: August 7, 1890
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Concord, New Hampshire, U.S.
Died: 1964
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Arthur MacArthur Jr.
(General)
Birthdate: June 2, 1845
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1912
Birthdate: September 7, 1963
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chandigarh, India
Died: 1986
Neerja Bhanot was an Indian purser and model who died at the age of 22 while trying to save passengers on an airplane that had been hijacked by terrorists. She was posthumously honored with the Ashok Chakra Award, India's highest peacetime gallantry, becoming the youngest recipient of the honor. Her life inspired the 2016 biographical thriller film, Neerja.
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Holger Czukay
(German musician)
Birthdate: March 24, 1938
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Free City of Danzig
Died: 2017
Birthdate: July 22, 1917
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Pematangsiantar
Died: 1984
Former Indonesian vice-president and UN general assembly president Adam Malik was initially a journalist. He had launched the news agency Antara. Part of the youth group that kidnapped leaders Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta to snatch Indonesian independence, he later restored relations with other South Asian countries as a foreign minister.
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Yossef Romano
(Former Israeli Weightlifter Who was Killed in the 1972 Munich Massacre)
Birthdate: April 15, 1940
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Benghazi, Libya
Died: 1972
Yossef Romano was an Israeli weightlifter who competed in the 1972 Munich Oympics in West Germany. An Israeli weight-lifting champion for nine years, Romano was among the 11 Israeli team members who were killed in the 1972 Munich massacre, an attack by a terrorist group named Black September. Romano was 32 years old at the time of his death.
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George Stoneman
(Officer, Politician)
Birthdate: August 8, 1822
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Busti
Died: 1894
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Camille Doncieux
(French Painter, Model and First Wife of Painter Claude Monet)
Birthdate: January 15, 1847
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Died: 1879
Birthdate: June 17, 1920
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Yokohama, Japan
Died: 2015
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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Emperor Ming of Han
(Prince)
Birthdate: June 15, 0028
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Luoyang, China
Died: 0075
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Gert Fröbe(German Actor Known for His Negative Role 'Auric Goldfinger' in the James Bond Film 'Goldfinger')
Birthdate: February 25, 1913
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Oberplanitz, Zwickau, Germany
Died: 1988
German actor Gert Fröbe is best remembered as Auric Goldfinger from the James Bond film Goldfinger and as Baron Bomburst from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He initially gained fame with German films such as Berliner Ballade. He was also part of the Canadian-German series The Little Vampire.
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Shoya Tomizawa
(Motorcycle racer)
Birthdate: December 10, 1990
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Asahi
Died: 2010
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Ildaura Murillo-Rohde
(Nurse)
Birthdate: September 6, 1920
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Panama
Died: 2010
Birthdate: March 11, 1920
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dordrecht, Netherlands
Died: 2017
Birthdate: March 21, 1920
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: 1975
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: November 3, 1930
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia, United States
Died: 2007
D. James Kennedy was a pastor, evangelist, broadcaster, and author. He was the senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale for almost five decades. In the 1970s, he started a weekly religious television program The Coral Ridge Hour, which was aired in 200 countries. He was also a founding member of the board of Moral Majority.
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Bartolina Sisa
(Revolutionary, Indigenous people)
Birthdate: 1750 AD
Birthplace: Corregimiento de La Paz
Died: 1782
Birthdate: January 7, 1946
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Battambang Province, Cambodia
Died: 2011
Birthdate: August 15, 1926
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, United States
Died: 1997
Birthdate: October 8, 1890
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Beilngries, Germany
Died: 1926
Birthdate: July 29, 1917
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Stare Siołkowice, Poland
Died: 2013
Rochus Misch was a German sergeant in the LSSAH. After suffering serious injuries during the Second World War, Misch served in the Führer Escort Command as a telephone operator, courier, and bodyguard for Adolf Hitler. His death in September 2013 attracted the attention of the media as he was the last surviving former inhabitant of the Führerbunker.
Birthdate: 1030 AD
Birthplace: Kievan Rus'
Died: 1075
The third wife of King Henry I of France, Queen Anne of Keiv ruled France as a coregent of their minor son King Philip I until her controversial second marriage to Count Ralph IV of Valois. Also the founder of Abbey of St. Vincent, Senlis, she signed royal charters in Cyrillic, one of which is held in French National Library.
Birthdate: December 24, 1910
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1992
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Lewis Nkosi
(South African Novelist, Essayist and Poet)
Birthdate: December 5, 1936
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Died: 2010
South African writer Lewis Nkosi had initially been a journalist for the Zulu-English paper Ilanga lase Natal. After receiving a scholarship to Harvard, he was exiled from his country by the Suppression of Communism Act. His critical essays appeared in Home and Exile, and his themes included politics and sexuality.
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Justin Wilson
(Former Chef Who Entertained Audiences With His Homespun Tales of Cajun Cooking)
Birthdate: April 24, 1914
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Roseland, Louisiana, United States
Died: 2001
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Boardman Robinson
(Caricaturist and painter)
Birthdate: September 6, 1876
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Somerset, Canada
Died: 1952
Birthdate: March 16, 1865
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Zaļenieki parish, Latvia
Died: 1943
Birthdate: November 10, 1812
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Xiangyin County
Died: 1885
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Robert Farrar Capon
(Priest)
Birthdate: October 26, 1925
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 2013
Birthdate: February 23, 1938
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Died: 2020
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Richard Walther Darré
(Politician, Agronomist)
Birthdate: July 14, 1895
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: 1953
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Charles Péguy
(French Poet, Editor, and Essayist)
Birthdate: January 7, 1873
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Orléans, France
Died: 1914
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Constance, Duchess of Brittany
(Queen)
Birthdate: June 12, 1161
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brittany, France
Died: 1201
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Pan Tianshou
(Chinese Art Educator and Painter)
Birthdate: March 14, 1897
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ninghai County, Ningbo, China
Died: 1971