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.

Steve JobsSteve Jobs
American
Co-founder of Apple
Rodney DangerfieldRodney Dangerfield
American
Actor, Comedian

TecumsehTecumseh
American
Native American Leader

Raja Ravi VarmaRaja Ravi Varma
Indian
Painter

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess CornwallisCharles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
British
Former Governor-General of India

Eddie KendricksEddie Kendricks
American
Singer
Louis BrandeisLouis Brandeis
American
Former Lawyer & US Supreme Court Associate Justice

Thomas C. DurantThomas C. Durant
American
Investor

Maurice Hugh Frederick WilkinsMaurice Wilkins
British
Biophysicist
Silvestre RevueltasSilvestre Revueltas
Mexican
Music composer, violinist and teacher

Alfred KroeberAlfred L. Kroeber
American
Cultural Anthropologist
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare
Australian
Singer

Gloria GrahameGloria Grahame
American
Actress

Timothy TreadwellTimothy Treadwell
American
Film director

Brian PillmanBrian Pillman
American
Professional wrestler

Leonard RossiterLeonard Rossiter
British
Actor
Grigory PotemkinGrigory Potemkin
Russian
linguist, military personnel

Geoffrey HolderGeoffrey Holder
Spanish, Trinidadian, American
Actor

Emilie SchindlerEmilie Schindler
Austrian, German
Writer, Autobiographer

Chantal AkermanChantal Akerman
Belgian
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Jacques OffenbachJacques Offenbach
German, French
Composer, Cellist, Conductor, Impresario

Philip III of FrancePhilip III of France
French
King
Keith MurdochKeith Murdoch
Australian
War correspondent

Bert JanschBert Jansch
Scottish
Musician

Nancy LincolnNancy Lincoln
American
 
Jogendra Nath MandalJogendra Nath Mandal
Pakistani
Politician

Grace Lee BoggsGrace Lee Boggs
American
Writer, Civil rights advocate, Non-fiction writer
Henning MankellHenning Mankell
Swedish
Writer, Playwright, Children's writer, Crime

Neil PostmanNeil Postman
American
Writer

Andrea de CesarisAndrea de Cesaris
Italian
Racecar driver
Fred ShuttlesworthFred Shuttlesworth
American
Politician

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Hortense de BeauharnaisHortense de Beauharnais
French
Queen
Hal B. WallisHal B. Wallis
American
Film producer

Henry III, Holy Roman EmperorHenry III, Holy Roman Emperor
German
Emperor

PhocasPhocas
Turkish
Emperor

Augustus III of PolandAugustus III of Poland
German, Lithuanian, Polish
King
Ramnath GoenkaRamnath Goenka
Indian
Journalist
Robbie RossRobbie Ross
Canadian, French, British
Journalist

Justin IIJustin II
Turkish
Emperor

Alex LoweAlex Lowe
American
Mountaineer

Seymour CraySeymour Cray
American
Engineer, Computer scientist
Alfonso VIII of CastileAlfonso VIII of Castile
Spanish
King

Sylvia BeachSylvia Beach
American
Bookseller

Henry DreyfussHenry Dreyfuss
American
Industrial Designer

Infante Carlos, Duke of CalabriaInfante Carlos, Duke of Calabria
Spanish
 

Andrew KeirAndrew Keir
British
Actor
Jean VigoJean Vigo
French
Film director, Film editor, Screenwriter

Derrick BellDerrick Bell
American
Lawyer
Earl TupperEarl Tupper
American
Entrepreneur

Lars OnsagerLars Onsager
Norwegian
Physicist, Engineer, Professor, Chemist,

Harry Emerson FosdickHarry Emerson Fosdick
American
Pastor
Dwight MorrowDwight Morrow
American
Businessman

Israel GelfandIsrael Gelfand
American, Russian
mathematician, biologist, university teacher
Zalman ShazarZalman Shazar
Israeli
politician, journalist, writer,poet

Solomon LefschetzSolomon Lefschetz
American
Mathematician, Topologist, University teacher

Alexander AfanasyevAlexander Afanasyev
Russian
Historian and scholar

Joachim PatinirJoachim Patinir
Belgian
Painter

Roy Ward BakerRoy Ward Baker
British
Director
Karl Gordon HenizeKarl Gordon Henize
American
Astronomer, Astronaut, Scientist

Ken OgataKen Ogata
Japanese
Actor

Thomas StoneThomas Stone
American
Lawyer

Zhang ZhidongZhang Zhidong
Chinese
Chinese official
Joker ArroyoJoker Arroyo
Filipino
Politician, Lawyer

Ruth R. BeneritoRuth R. Benerito
American
Chemist
Motoori NorinagaMotoori Norinaga
Japanese
Scholar

István BethlenIstván Bethlen
Hungarian
Statesman

James H. WilkinsonJames H. Wilkinson
British
Mathematician
Richard FoxeRichard Foxe
British
Churchman

Carlo LizzaniCarlo Lizzani
Italian
Film Director
William LassellWilliam Lassell
British
Merchant ,Astronomer

Louis D. BrandeisLouis D. Brandeis
American
Judge

Roland GarrosRoland Garros
French
aviator, rugby union player
Lodovico FerrariLodovico Ferrari
Italian
Mathematician

William HeinemannWilliam Heinemann
British
Publisher
Alexander von BenckendorffAlexander von Benckendorff
Russian
General

Yuri LyubimovYuri Lyubimov
Russian
Stage director

Imre MadáchImre Madách
Hungarian
Writer

Ōtomo no YakamochiŌtomo no Yakamochi
Japanese
Japanese statesman
Achille FouldAchille Fould
French
Financier
J. SlauerhoffJ. Slauerhoff
Dutch
Poet

Kaibara EkkenKaibara Ekken
Japanese
Philosopher

Theophilus PainterTheophilus Painter
American
Zoologist

Johann Andreas SegnerJohann Andreas Segner
Hungarian
Scientist
John GilbertJohn Gilbert
British
Painter

Thomas MitchellThomas Mitchell
Australian, Scottish
Explorer

Alfred TozzerAlfred Tozzer
American
Anthropologist

Thomas CharlesThomas Charles
Welsh
Clergyman

Joachim BarrandeJoachim Barrande
French
Geologist
Christopher BrennanChristopher Brennan
Australian
Poet

Mia SlavenskaMia Slavenska
Croatian, American
Ballerina
UicheonUicheon
North Korean
Monk

Jean BalueJean Balue
French
Political figure
Philippe DesportesPhilippe Desportes
French
Poet
Antoine de ChézyAntoine de Chézy
French
Engineering Technologist