Died On October 5th

Discover the most famous people who died on October 5. The list includes people like Steve Jobs, Tecumseh, Raja Ravi Varma, Louis Brandeis, Maurice Wilkins. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, actors, lawyers and mathematicians and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, France, Russia & United Kingdom and many more countries.

This ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet.

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1 Steve Jobs

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Listed In: Business People

Famous As: Co-founder of Apple

Birthdate: February 24, 1955

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Died: 2011

2 Rodney Dangerfield

30 7

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actor, Stand-up Comedian

Birthdate: November 22, 1921

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Deer Park, New York, United States

Died: 2004

3 Tecumseh

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Listed In: Leaders

Famous As: Native American Leader, Shawnee chief

Birthdate: February 29, 1768

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Ohio, United States

Died: 1813

4 Eddie Kendricks

50 8

Listed In: Singers

Famous As: Co-founder of the Motown Singing Group 'The Temptations'

Birthdate: December 17, 1939

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Union Springs, Alabama, United States

Died: 1992

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

5 Gloria Grahame

6 1

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actress

Birthdate: November 28, 1923

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: 1981

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

6 Geoffrey Holder

6 1

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actor

Birthdate: August 1, 1930

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Died: 2014

Height: 6'6" (198 cm)

7 Emilie Schindler

5 2

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Known for Humanitarian work, with her husband Oskar Schindler helped to save the lives of 1,200 Jews during World War II

Birthdate: October 22, 1907

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Moravia, Czechia

Died: 2001

8 Jacques Offenbach

6 0

Listed In: Musicians

Famous As: Composer

Birthdate: June 20, 1819

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Cologne, Germany

Died: 1880

9 Faustyna Kowalska

5 2

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Saint

Birthdate: August 25, 1905

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Głogowiec, Poland

Died: 1938

10 Roland Garros

5 0

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: aviator, rugby union player

Birthdate: October 6, 1888

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Saint-Denis

Died: 1918

11 Louis Brandeis

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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges

Famous As: Former Lawyer & US Supreme Court Associate Justice

Birthdate: November 13, 1856

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Died: 1941

12 Maurice Wilkins

9 1

Listed In: Scientists

Famous As: Biophysicist

Birthdate: December 15, 1916

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Pongaroa, Wairarapa, New Zealand

Died: 2004

13 Philip III of France

3 0

Listed In: Historical Personalities

Famous As: King

Birthdate: April 30, 1245

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Poissy

Died: 1285

14 Grace Lee Boggs

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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Famous As: Author & Social Activist - Key Figure in the 'Asian American Movement'

Birthdate: June 27, 1915

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Died: 2015

15 Ike Jones

1 0

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Film Producer

Birthdate: December 23, 1929

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States

Died: 2014

16 Thomas C. Durant

2 1

Listed In: Business People

Famous As: Investor

Birthdate: February 6, 1820

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Lee, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1885

17 Augustus III of Poland

3 1

Listed In: Historical Personalities

Famous As: King

Birthdate: October 17, 1696

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Dresden, Germany

Died: 1763

18 Henning Mankell

1 0

Listed In: Writers

Famous As: Best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander

Birthdate: February 3, 1948

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden

Died: 2015

19 Chantal Akerman

2 1

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Director

Birthdate: June 6, 1950

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium

Died: 2015

20 Andrea de Cesaris

2 0

Listed In: Sportspersons

Famous As: Racecar driver

Birthdate: May 31, 1959

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Rome

Died: 2014

21 Keith Murdoch

1 1

Listed In: Media Personalities

Famous As: War correspondent

Birthdate: August 12, 1885

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Melbourne

Died: 1952

22 Linda Gary

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actress

Birthdate: November 4, 1944

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Died: 1995

23 Ramnath Goenka

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Listed In: Media Personalities

Famous As: Journalist

Birthdate: April 22, 1904

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Bihar, India

Died: 1991

24 Anil Devgan

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Film director, Screenwriter

Birthdate: May 25, 1969

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Died: 2020

25 Seymour Cray

1 0

Listed In: Engineers

Famous As: Engineer, Computer scientist

Birthdate: September 28, 1925

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Chippewa Falls

Died: 1996

26 Thomas Mitchell

2 0

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Explorer

Birthdate: June 15, 1792

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Craigend, Glasgow, Scotland

Died: 1855

27 Shirley Ellis

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Listed In: Singers

Famous As: American soul music singer and songwriter of West Indian heritage

Birthdate: January 19, 1929

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States

Died: 2005

28 Jogendra Nath Mandal

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Listed In: Leaders

Famous As: Politician

Birthdate: January 29, 1904

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Bengal Presidency

Died: 1968

29 Alex Lowe

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Mountaineer

Birthdate: December 24, 1958

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Frederick, Maryland, United States

Died: 1999

30 Justin II

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Listed In: Leaders

Famous As: Emperor

Birthdate: 0520 AD

Birthplace: Constantinople

Died: 0578

31 Oscar Charleston

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Listed In: Sportspersons

Famous As: Former Baseball Player Center fielder

Birthdate: October 14, 1896

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Died: 1954

32 Alfonso VIII of Castile

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Listed In: Historical Personalities

Famous As: King

Birthdate: November 11, 1155

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Soria, Spain

Died: 1214

33 Steve Lee

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Listed In: Singers

Famous As: Musician

Birthdate: August 5, 1963

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Zurich, Switzerland

Died: 2010

34 Alfred L. Kroeber

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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Famous As: Cultural Anthropologist

Birthdate: June 11, 1876

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

Died: 1960

35 Harry Emerson Fosdick

1 0

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Pastor

Birthdate: May 24, 1878

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, United States

Died: 1969

36 Helena Roerich

2 0

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Famous As: Writer

Birthdate: February 12, 1879

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia

Died: 1955

37 Anne Wiazemsky

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Listed In: Writers

Famous As: Former Actress, novelist who made her cinema debut at the age of 18, playing Marie, the lead character in Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)

Birthdate: May 14, 1947

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Berlin, Germany

Died: 2017

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)