July 5 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1316 – Infante Ferdinand of Majorca (b. 1278)
• 1375 – Charles III of Alençon, French archbishop (b. 1337)
• 1507 – Crinitus, Florentine humanist (b. 1475)
• 1539 – Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Italian saint (b. 1502)
• 1666 – Albert VI of Bavaria (b. 1584)
• 1676 – Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (b. 1613)
• 1715 – Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (b. 1659)
• 1719 – Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-born British soldier (b. 1641)
• 1773 – Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719)
• 1819 – William Cornwallis, Royal Navy admiral (b.1744)
• 1826 – Sir Stamford Raffles, British statesman (b. 1782)
• 1833 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (b. 1765)
• 1859 – Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (b. 1777)
• 1862 – Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (b. 1800)
• 1863 – Lewis Addison Armistead, American Confederate General (b. 1817)
• 1884 – Victor Massé, French composer (b. 1822)
• 1908 – Jonas Lie, Norwegian novelist (b. 1833)
• 1920 – Max Klinger, German painter, sculptor and printmaker (b. 1857)
• 1927 – Albrecht Kossel, German physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1853)
• 1929 – Henry Lincoln Johnson, American member of 369th regiment (aka Harlem Hell Fighters), the first American to receive the Croix de guerre (b. 1897)
• 1932 – Sasha Cherny, Russian poet (b. 1880)
• 1937 – Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1945 – John Curtin, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
• 1948 – Georges Bernanos, French writer (b. 1888)
• 1948 – Carole Landis, American actress (b. 1919)
• 1957 – Charles Sherwood Noble, American-born inventor (b. 1873)
• 1965 – Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (b. 1909)
• 1966 – George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1885)
• 1969 – Walter Gropius, German architect (b. 1883)
• 1969 – Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (b. 1884)
• 1969 – Leo McCarey, American film director (b. 1898)
• 1969 – Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician (b. 1930)
• 1975 – Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano (b. 1892)
• 1983 – Harry James, American trumpeter (b. 1916)
• 1991 – Howard Nemerov, American poet (b. 1920)
• 1996 – Erik Wickberg, Swedish-born 9th General of the Salvation Army (b. 1904)
• 1997 – Mrs. Elva Miller, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1998 – Sid Luckman, American football player (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Ernie K-Doe, American singer (b. 1936)
• 2002 – Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924)
• 2002 – Ted Williams, American baseball player (b. 1918)
• 2003 – Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1979)
• 2004 – Hugh Shearer, Jamaican politician, the 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Rodger Ward, American race car driver (b. 1921)
• 2005 – James Stockdale, U.S. Navy vice admiral (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Shirley Goodman, American singer (b. 1936)
• 2006 – Gert Fredriksson, Swedish canoer (b. 1919)
• 2006 – Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Kenneth Lay, American businessman (b. 1942)
• 2007 – Régine Crespin, French operatic soprano (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Kerwin Mathews, American actor (b. 1926)
• 2007 – George Melly, British jazz & blues musician (b. 1926)
• 2008 – Hasan Doğan, the 37th president of the Turkish Football Federation (b. 1956)
• 2010 – Bob Probert, Canadian professional ice hockey forward. (b. 1965)