Died on
Who died on October 5
103 figures who shaped history died on October 5.
- 103deaths
- 44events
Best known
Best known
Pradyota dynasty
Dynasty of Avanti
Justin II
Roman emperor from 565 to 578
Phocas
Roman emperor from 602 to 610
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor from 1046 to 1056
Robert II of Flanders
Count of Flanders from 1093 to 1111
Sigebert of Gembloux
Medieval author
Pradyota dynasty — Dynasty of Avanti, who died on October 5 659 BC.
Justin II — Roman emperor from 565 to 578, who died on October 5 578.
Phocas — Roman emperor from 602 to 610, who died on October 5 610.
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor — Holy Roman Emperor from 1046 to 1056, who died on October 5 1056.
Robert II of Flanders — Count of Flanders from 1093 to 1111, who died on October 5 1111.
Sigebert of Gembloux — Medieval author, who died on October 5 1112.
All entries
- 989HHenry III of Bavaria
- 1214AAlfonso VIII of CastileKing of Castile and Toledo from 1158 to 1214
- 1225
Al-NasirAbbasid Caliph in Baghdad (r. 1180–1225) - 1285
Philip III of FranceKing of France from 1270 to 1285 - 1354
Giovanni Visconti (archbishop of Milan)Medieval Italian cardinal and statesman - 1398
Blanche of Navarre, Queen of FranceQueen of France in 1350 - 1399
Raymond of CapuaLeading member of the Dominican Order - 1524
Joachim PatinirFlemish painter (c. 1480 – 1524) - 1528
Richard Foxe15th- and 16th-century English churchman - 1540
Helius Eobanus HessusGerman Latin poet and Lutheran humanist - 1564PPierre de ManchicourtFrench renaissance composer
- 1565
Lodovico FerrariItalian mathematician - 1606
Philippe DesportesFrench poet - 1629HHeribert RosweydeJesuit hagiographer
- 1714
Kaibara EkkenJapanese Confucianist Philosopher, Pre-Linnaean botanist - 1740
Jean-Philippe BaratierGerman scholar - 1777
Johann Andreas SegnerHungarian scientist - 1802
Sanité BélairHaitian revolutionary - 1805
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess CornwallisBritish Army officer - 1813
TecumsehShawnee Native American military leader - 1827WWilliam Mullins, 2nd Baron VentryAnglo-Irish politician
- 1848
Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu HortenburgPolitician from Austria - 1861
Antoni Melchior FijałkowskiCatholic archbishop - 1880
Jacques OffenbachGerman-born French composer - 1885
Thomas C. DurantRailroad promoter, financier - 1895RRalph TollemacheEnglish clergyman
- 1913
Hans von BartelsGerman painter - 1914
Albert SolomonAustralian lawyer and politician - 1918
Roland Garros (aviator)20th-century early French pilot - 1921
John Storey (politician)20th Premier of New South Wales - 1927
Sam WarnerAmerican film studio executive - 1929
Varghese PayyappillyIndian Catholic priest - 1930
Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron ThomsonBritish politician - 1933
Renée AdoréeFrench actress - 1933
Nikolai YudenichRussian general - 1936
J. SlauerhoffDutch poet, writer and doctor - 1938
Faustina KowalskaNun and saint from Poland - 1938
Albert RanftSwedish theatre director and actor - 1940
Ballington BoothAmerican Christian minister - 1940
Lincoln L. McCandlessUS politician - 1940
Silvestre RevueltasMexican composer - 1941
Louis BrandeisUS Supreme Court justice from 1916 to 1939 - 1942
Dorothea KlumpkeAmerican astronomer - 1943LLeon RoppoloAmerican jazz clarinetist
- 1950
Frederic LewyAmerican neurologist
- 1952JJoe JagersbergerAmerican engineer
- 1967
Clifton WilliamsAmerican astronaut - 1976
Barbara NicholsAmerican actress - 1976
Lars OnsagerNorwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist - 1981
Gloria GrahameAmerican actress - 1983
Humberto MauroBrazilian director - 1983EEarl TupperAmerican businessman and inventor
- 1985
Karl MengerAustrian–American mathematician - 1986MMike BurgmannAustralian racing driver
- 1986
Hal B. WallisAmerican film producer - 1986
James H. WilkinsonEnglish mathematician and computer scientist - 1992
Eddie KendricksAmerican singer and songwriter - 1996
Seymour CrayAmerican supercomputer architect
- 1997
Brian PillmanAmerican professional wrestler - 2000
Johanna DöbereinerBrazilian agronomist - 2000
Cătălin HîldanRomanian footballer - 2001
Mike MansfieldAmerican politician and diplomat - 2002
Chuck RaynerCanadian hockey goaltender
- 2003DDan Snyder (ice hockey)Ice hockey player
- 2003
Timothy TreadwellAmerican bear enthusiast and documentary filmmaker - 2004
Rodney DangerfieldAmerican stand-up comedian - 2004WWilliam H. DobelleAmerican medical researcher
- 2004
Maurice WilkinsNew Zealand-born British biophysicist - 2006
Antonio PeñaMexican professional wrestler and promoter - 2010
Bernard ClavelFrench writer - 2010
Mary Leona GageAmerican actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder - 2010
Steve Lee (singer)Swiss Musical artist - 2011
Derrick BellAmerican lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist - 2011
Bert JanschScottish folk musician - 2011
Steve JobsAmerican businessman - 2011
Charles Napier (actor)American actor - 2011
Fred ShuttlesworthAmerican civil rights activist - 2011GGökşin SipahioğluTurkish photographer and journalist
- 2012KKeith Campbell (biologist)British biologist and university professor
- 2012
Vojin DimitrijevićSerbian law professor, intellectual and human rights activist - 2012
James W. Holley IIIAmerican politician - 2012
Edvard MirzoyanArmenian composer
- 2012
Claude PinoteauFrench film director and scriptwriter - 2013
Ruth R. BeneritoAmerican scientist and inventor - 2013
Carlo LizzaniItalian film director, screenwriter and critic - 2013
Yakkun SakurazukaJapanese comedian and voice actor - 2014
David ChavchavadzeAmerican writer
- 2014
Andrea de CesarisItalian racing driver - 2014
Geoffrey HolderTrinidadian-American actor and dancer - 2014
Yuri LyubimovSoviet and Russian stage actor and director - 2015
Chantal AkermanBelgian film director, screenwriter, and educator - 2015
Joker ArroyoFilipino politician - 2015
Grace Lee BoggsAmerican social activist, author - 2015
Henning MankellSwedish author - 2016BBrock YatesAmerican motorsport journalist
- 2017
Eberhard van der LaanDutch politician - 2024
Robert CooverAmerican novelist
Frequently asked questions
Who died on October 5?
103 people with a Wikipedia article died on October 5, including Pradyota dynasty, Justin II, Phocas. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on October 5?
44 documented historical events happened on October 5, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The Fourth Council of Constantinople, the eighth Catholic Ecumenical Council, was convened to discuss the patriarchate of Photios I of Constantinople. On the same day, in another year: French Revolution: Upset about the high price and scarcity of bread, thousands of Parisian women and allies marched (pictured) on the Palace of Versailles. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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