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History Deaths on April 05

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History Deaths on April 05

Eastman Johnson, American painter (b. 1824)

#Eastman_Johnson

In 1906

Herbert Johnston, British runner (b. 1902)

#Herbert_Johnston

In 1967

Isao Takahata, Japanese director (b. 1935)

#Isao_Takahata

In 2018

Erich Zeigner, Prime Minister of Saxony (b. 1886)

#Erich_Zeigner

In 1949

Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)

#Kurt_Cobain

In 1994

Charles XI, king of Sweden (b. 1655)

#Charles_XI_of_Sweden

In 1697

Karel Purkyn?, Czech painter (b. 1834)

#Karel_Purkyn?

In 1868

Earl Derr Biggers, American novelist and playwright (b. 1884)

#Earl_Derr_Biggers

In 1933

Egidio Forcellini, Italian philologist (b. 1688)

#Egidio_Forcellini

In 1768

Johann Georg Wille, German engraver (b. 1715)

#Johann_Georg_Wille

In 1808

A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882)

#A._Y._Jackson

In 1974

Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (b. 1895)

#Frank_Foss_(athlete)

In 1989

Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)

#Layne_Staley

In 2002

Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (b. 1923)

#Jim_Marshall_(businessman)

In 2012

Roy Kilner, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1890)

#Roy_Kilner

In 1928

William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle (b. 1909)

#William_Sidney,_1st_Viscount_De_L'Isle

In 1991

Osman Nuri Pasha, Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (b. 1832)

#Osman_Nuri_Pasha

In 1900

Alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (b. 1862)

#Alphons_Diepenbrock

In 1921

Paul Vidal de La Blache, French geographer (b. 1845)

#Paul_Vidal_de_La_Blache

In 1918

Howard Hughes, American pilot, engineer, and director (b. 1905)

#Howard_Hughes

In 1976

Bernard I, margrave of Baden-Baden (b. 1364)

#Bernard_I,_Margrave_of_Baden-Baden

In 1431

Christian Pineau, French Resistance fighter (b. 1904)

#Christian_Pineau

In 1995

Hans Lunding, Danish military officer (b. 1899)

#Hans_Lunding

In 1984

Eutychius, Byzantine patriarch

#Eutychius_of_Constantinople

In 582

Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawian economist and politician, 3rd President of Malawi (b. 1934)

#Bingu_wa_Mutharika

In 2012

Charles Freer Andrews, English-Indian priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1871)

#Charles_Freer_Andrews

In 1940

James Chapin, American ornithologist (b. 1889)

#James_Chapin

In 1964

Catherine of Palma, Spanish nun (b. 1533)

#Catherine_of_Palma

In 1594

Paolo Savi, Italian geologist and ornithologist (b. 1798)

#Paolo_Savi

In 1871

Camille Desmoulins, French journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1760)

#Camille_Desmoulins

In 1794

Laurent Marqueste, French sculptor (b. 1848)

#Laurent_Marqueste

In 1920

Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)

#Vsevolod_Garshin

In 1888

Gustav Adolf Deissmann, (b. 1866)

#Gustav_Adolf_Deissmann

In 1937

Princess Märtha of Sweden, (b. 1901)

#Princess_Märtha_of_Sweden

In 1954

Charlton Heston, American actor, director, and political activist (b. 1923)

#Charlton_Heston

In 2008

Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor and director (b. 1920)

#Alf_Kjellin

In 1988

George Frederick, prince of Nassau-Siegen (b. 1606)

#George_Frederick,_Prince_of_Nassau-Siegen

In 1674

John Pinette, American comedian (b. 1964)

#John_Pinette

In 2014

Brian Donlevy, American actor and producer (b. 1901)

#Brian_Donlevy

In 1972

Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, (b. 1806)

#Pierre_Guillaume_Frédéric_le_Play

In 1882

Heinrich Müller, Austrian footballer (b. 1909)

#Heinrich_Müller_(footballer,_born_1909)

In 2000

Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, French princess (b. 1619)

#Anne_Geneviève_de_Bourbon

In 1679

Abe Fortas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1910)

#Abe_Fortas

In 1982

Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician and geneticist (b. 1925)

#Baruch_Samuel_Blumberg

In 2011

Charlene Holt, American actress (b. 1928)

#Charlene_Holt

In 1996

Song Zheyuan, Chinese general (b. 1885)

#Song_Zheyuan

In 1940

Ferdinand Joachimsthal, German mathematician (b. 1818)

#Ferdinand_Joachimsthal

In 1861

Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (b. 1927)

#Peter_Matthiessen

In 2014

Leabua Jonathan, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (b. 1914)

#Leabua_Jonathan

In 1987

Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian surgeon and academic (b. 1891)

#Wilder_Penfield

In 1976

Shah Shujah Durrani, 5th Emir of Afghanistan (b. 1785)

#Shah_Shujah_Durrani

In 1842

Robert Maillart, Swiss civil engineer (b. 1872)

#Robert_Maillart

In 1940

Achille Locatelli, Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1856)

#Achille_Locatelli

In 1935

Joseph Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (b. 1822)

#Joseph_Bertrand

In 1900

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect, sculptor and historian (b. 1656)

#Johann_Bernhard_Fischer_von_Erlach

In 1723

Sophie Elkan, Swedish-Jewish writer and translator (b. 1853)

#Sophie_Elkan

In 1921

Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (b. 1830)

#Ernst_Leopold,_4th_Prince_of_Leiningen

In 1904

Ramon Berenguer III, Spanish count of Cerdanya and Provence

#Ramon_Berenguer_III,_Count_of_Provence

In 1183

François Joseph Westermann, French general (b. 1751)

#François_Joseph_Westermann

In 1794

Franciszek Kleeberg, Polish general (b. 1888)

#Franciszek_Kleeberg

In 1941

Manfredo Fanti, Italian general (b. 1806)

#Manfredo_Fanti

In 1865

María Blanchard, Spanish painter (b. 1881)

#María_Blanchard

In 1932

Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)

#Hermann_Joseph_Muller

In 1967

William Derham, English minister and philosopher (b. 1657)

#William_Derham

In 1735

Johann Christoph Gatterer, German historian (b. 1727)

#Johann_Christoph_Gatterer

In 1799

Agnes Morton, British tennis player (b.

#Agnes_Morton

In 1952

Juan Carlos Cáceres, Argentinian singer and pianist (b. 1936)

#Juan_Carlos_Cáceres

In 2015

Douglas MacArthur, American general (b. 1880)

#Douglas_MacArthur

In 1964

William Brouncker, English mathematician (b. 1620)

#William_Brouncker,_2nd_Viscount_Brouncker

In 1684

George Savile, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1633)

#George_Savile,_1st_Marquess_of_Halifax

In 1695

Edward Young, English poet and author (b. 1683)

#Edward_Young

In 1765

Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (b. 1891)

#Mischa_Elman

In 1967

Sydney Brenner, South African biologist (b.1927)

#Sydney_Brenner

In 2019

Carlos Prío Socarrás, President of Cuba, (b. 1903)

#Carlos_Prío_Socarrás

In 1977

Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, (b. 1884)

#Prince_Ferdinand_of_Bavaria

In 1958

Salvatore Di Giacomo, Italian poet, playwright, songwriter and fascist intellectual (b. 1860)

#Salvatore_Di_Giacomo

In 1934

Johan Falkberget, Norwegian author (b. 1879)

#Johan_Falkberget

In 1967

Thomas Hodgkin, British physician (b. 1798)

#Thomas_Hodgkin

In 1866

Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)

#Jean_Jouvenet

In 1717

Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)

#Vincent_Ferrer

In 1419

Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron of Monthermer and Earl of Gloucester (b. c.1270)

#Ralph_de_Monthermer,_1st_Baron_Monthermer

In 1325

Juliana of Liège, Belgian canoness and saint

#Juliana_of_Liège

In 1258

Viktor Oliva, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1861)

#Viktor_Oliva

In 1928

Hjalmar Mellin, Finnish mathematician and functional theorist (b. 1854)

#Hjalmar_Mellin

In 1933

Vitaly Sevastyanov, Soviet cosmonaut and engineer (b. 1935)

#Vitaly_Sevastyanov

In 2010

Jay Miller, American basketball player (b. 1943)

#Jay_Miller_(basketball)

In 1991

François Chabot, French politician (b. 1756)

#François_Chabot

In 1794

Mariano Díaz, Spanish cyclist (b. 1939)

#Mariano_Díaz

In 2014

Makoto ?oka, Japanese poet and literary critic (b. 1931)

#Makoto_?oka

In 2017

Isabel Jewell, American actress and singer (b. 1907)

#Isabel_Jewell

In 1973

Emil M?ynarski, Polish conductor, violinist, composer, and pedagogue (b. 1870)

#Emil_M?ynarski

In 1935

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American socialite and philanthropist (b. 1874)

#Abby_Aldrich_Rockefeller

In 1948

Milivoje Blaznavac, Serbian soldier and politician (b. 1824)

#Milivoje_Blaznavac

In 1873

Fabre d'Églantine, French actor, dramatist, poet and politician (b. 1750)

#Fabre_d'Églantine

In 1794

Arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster (b. 1929)

#Arthur_Bisguier

In 2017

Bernhard Pankok, German painter, artist and architect (b. 1872)

#Bernhard_Pankok

In 1947

Maria Gripe, Swedish journalist and author (b. 1923)

#Maria_Gripe

In 2007

Molly Picon, American actress (b. 1898)

#Molly_Picon

In 1992

Giuseppe Tucci, Italian scholar of oriental cultures (b. 1894)

#Giuseppe_Tucci

In 1984

Hans Ernst August Buchner, German bacteriologist (b. 1850)

#Hans_Ernst_August_Buchner

In 1902

Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)

#Gene_Pitney

In 2006

Bob Hite, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)

#Bob_Hite

In 1981

Isidora Sekuli?, Serbian writer (b. 1877)

#Isidora_Sekuli?

In 1958

Giulio Einaudi, Italian book publisher (b. 1912)

#Giulio_Einaudi

In 1999

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and businessman (b. 1866)

#George_Herbert,_5th_Earl_of_Carnarvon

In 1923

John Tower, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1925)

#John_Tower

In 1991

Richard Chenevix, Irish chemist and playwright (b. 1774)

#Richard_Chenevix_(chemist)

In 1830

Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, (b. 1800)

#Prince_Felix_of_Schwarzenberg

In 1852

Jan Luyken, Dutch poet, illustrator and engraver (b. 1649)

#Jan_Luyken

In 1712

Philip William August, German nobleman (b. 1668)

#Philip_William_August,_Count_Palatine_of_Neuburg

In 1693

José Wilker, Brazilian actor, director, and producer (b. 1947)

#José_Wilker

In 2014

Ivan K?szegi, Hungarian baron and oligarch

#Ivan_K?szegi

In 1308

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, French noblewoman (b. 1627)

#Anne_Marie_Louise_d'Orléans,_Duchess_of_Montpensier

In 1693

Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (b. 1876)

#Nigel_Gresley

In 1941

Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect (b. 1884)

#Chandler_Egan

In 1936

Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)

#Allen_Ginsberg

In 1997

Maksim Kovalevsky, Russian sociologist (b. 1851)

#Maksim_Kovalevsky

In 1916

Al-Mu'tadid, Abbasid caliph

#Al-Mu'tadid

In 902

Ludwig von Sybel, German archeologist (b. 1846)

#Ludwig_von_Sybel

In 1929

Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan novelist and politician (b. 1917)

#Rómulo_Gallegos

In 1969

Roger de Piles, French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat (b. 1635)

#Roger_de_Piles

In 1709

Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, French judge and politician (b. 1759)

#Marie-Jean_Hérault_de_Séchelles

In 1794

Alberto Bonucci, Italian actor and director (b. 1918)

#Alberto_Bonucci

In 1969

Divya Bharti, Indian actress (b. 1974)

#Divya_Bharti

In 1993

Jiro Sato, Japanese tennis player (b. 1908)

#Jiro_Sato

In 1934

José Benlliure y Gil, Spanish painter (b. 1858)

#José_Benlliure_y_Gil

In 1937

François Caron, Belgian-French explorer and politician, 8th Governor of Formosa (b. 1600)

#François_Caron

In 1673

Atanase Sciotnic, Romanian sprint canoeist (b. 1942)

#Atanase_Sciotnic

In 2017

Nikephoros I, Byzantine patriarch

#Nikephoros_I_of_Constantinople

In 828

Francis Aidan Gasquet, English Benedictine monk (b. 1846)

#Francis_Aidan_Gasquet

In 1929

Harold Osborn, American track and fielder (b. 1899)

#Harold_Osborn

In 1975

Tell Berna, American middle and long-distance runner (b. 1891)

#Tell_Berna

In 1975

Jan Matthys, Dutch anabaptist reformer

#Jan_Matthys

In 1534

Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (b. 1759)

#Georges_Danton

In 1794

Victor Hensen, German zoologist (b. 1835)

#Victor_Hensen

In 1924

Bernard Borggreve, German forestry scientist (b. 1836)

#Bernard_Borggreve

In 1914

Marc-Antoine Laugier, Jesuit priest (b. 1713)

#Marc-Antoine_Laugier

In 1769

Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (b. 1918)

#Sam_Walton

In 1992

Nicolaas Cortlever, Dutch chess player (b. 1915)

#Nicolaas_Cortlever

In 1995

Verner Lehtimäki, Finnish revolutionary (b. 1890)

#Verner_Lehtimäki

In 1938

Allan Kaprow, American painter and educator (b. 1927)

#Allan_Kaprow

In 2006

Claude Delvincourt, French pianist and composer (b. 1888)

#Claude_Delvincourt

In 1954

Sonny Carter, American soccer player, physician, and astronaut (b. 1947)

#Sonny_Carter

In 1991

Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, German princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1685)

#Princess_Charlotte_Wilhelmine_of_Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

In 1767

Frances Power Cobbe, Irish writer (b. 1822)

#Frances_Power_Cobbe

In 1904

Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general (b. 1761)

#Jean-Charles_Pichegru

In 1804

Isabella I of Jerusalem, queen regent of Jerusalem (b. 1172)

#Isabella_I_of_Jerusalem

In 1205

George Tupou II, King of Tonga (b. 1874)

#George_Tupou_II

In 1918

Lazzaro Bastiani, Italian painter (b. 1429)

#Lazzaro_Bastiani

In 1512

Jacobus Oud, Dutch architect (b. 1890)

#Jacobus_Oud

In 1963

Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden (b. 1676)

#Frederick_I_of_Sweden

In 1751

Helena Westermarck, Finnish artist and writer (b. 1857)

#Helena_Westermarck

In 1938

Ásgrímur Jónsson, Icelandic painter (b. 1876)

#Ásgrímur_Jónsson

In 1958

Victor Marijnen, Dutch politician (b. 1917)

#Victor_Marijnen

In 1975

Karl Eusebius, prince of Liechtenstein (b. 1611)

#Karl_Eusebius,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein

In 1684

Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)

#Chiang_Kai-shek

In 1975

Manly Wade Wellman, American writer (b. 1903)

#Manly_Wade_Wellman

In 1986

Parvin E'tesami, Persian poet (b. 1907)

#Parvin_E'tesami

In 1941

Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)

#Saul_Bellow

In 2005

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, Dutch artist (b. 1803)

#Barend_Cornelis_Koekkoek

In 1862

Christian Ulrich I, German nobleman and Duke of Württemberg-Oels (b. 1652)

#Christian_Ulrich_I,_Duke_of_Württemberg-Oels

In 1704

Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)

#Alonso_Lobo

In 1617

Ilkka Sinisalo, Finnish ice hockey player (b. 1958)

In 2017

Memè Perlini, Italian actor and director (b. 1947)

In 2017

Tim Parnell, British race car driver (b. 1932)

In 2017

Paul O'Neill, American rock composer and producer (b. 1956)

In 2017

Paul G. Comba, Italian-American computer scientist and astronomer (b. 1926)

In 2017

Attilio Benfatto, Italian cyclist (b. 1943)

In 2017

Koço Kasapo?lu, Turkish footballer (b. 1936)

In 2016

Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (b. 1949)

In 2015

Alan Davie, Scottish saxophonist and painter (b. 1920)

In 2014

Piero de Palma, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1924)

In 2013

Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (b. 1921)

In 2013

Barney McKenna, Irish musician (b. 1939)

In 2012

Pedro Bartolomé Benoit, Dominican Republican politician military officer

In 2012

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, German designer (b. 1935)

In 2012

Ange-Félix Patassé, Central African politician (b. 1937)

In 2011

I. J. Good, British mathematician (b. 1916)

In 2009

Thomas Stoltz Harvey, American pathologist (b. 1912)

In 2007

Mark St. John, American guitarist (b. 1956)

In 2007

Werner Maser, German historian and journalist (b. 1922)

In 2007

Leela Majumdar, Indian author and academic (b. 1908)

In 2007

Pasquale Macchi, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1923)

In 2006

Yevgeny Seredin, Russian swimmer (b. 1958)

In 2006

Chung Nam-sik, South Korean footballer (b. 1917)

In 2005

Robert Borg, American military officer and equestrian (b. 1913)

In 2005

Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician and academic (b. 1936)

In 2004

S?awomir Rawicz, Polish lieutenant (b. 1915)

In 2004

Fernand Goyvaerts, Belgian footballer (b. 1938)

In 2004

Keizo Morishita, Japanese painter (b. 1944)

In 2003

Kim Won-gyun, North Korean composer and politician (b. 1917)

In 2002

Aldo Olivieri, Italian footballer (b. 1910)

In 2001

Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)

In 2000

Cozy Powell, English drummer (b. 1947)

In 1998

Frederick Charles Frank, British theoretical physicist (b. 1911)

In 1998

Emilio Greco, Italian sculptor and engraver (b. 1913)

In 1995

Takeshi Inoue, Japanese footballer (b. 1928)

In 1992

Ji?í Mucha, Czech journalist, writer and screenwriter (b. 1915)

In 1991

Karel Zeman, Czech director, artist, production designer and animator (b. 1910)

In 1989

Pinchus Kremegne, French artist (b. 1890)

In 1981

Émile Hanse, Belgian footballer (b. 1892)

In 1981

Yuri Zavadsky, Russian actor and director (b. 1894)

In 1977

Harry Wyld, British cyclist (b. 1900)

In 1976

Bino Bini, Italian fencer (b. 1900)

In 1974

Alla Tarasova, Russian ballerina (b. l898)

In 1973

David Murray, British race car driver (b. 1909)

In 1973

José Cubiles, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1894)

In 1971

Karl von Spreti, German diplomat (b. 1907)

In 1970

Alfred Sturtevant, American geneticist and academic (b. 1891)

In 1970

Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist (b. 1877)

In 1970

Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian SS officer (b. 1903)

In 1969

Giuseppe Paris, Italian gymnast (b. 1895)

In 1968

Lajos Csordás, Hungarian footballer

In 1968

Félix Couchoro, Togolese writer (b. 1900)

In 1968

Sándor Szalay, Hungarian figure skater (b. 1893)

In 1965

Pedro Sernagiotto, Italian-Brazilian footballer (b. 1908)

In 1965

Aloïse Corbaz, Swiss artist (b. 1886)

In 1964

Boo Kullberg, Swedish gymnast (b. 1889)

In 1962

Nikolai Kryukov, Russian composer (b. 1908)

In 1961

William Titt, British gymnast (b. 1881)

In 1956

Hiroshi Yoshida, Japanese painter (b. 1876)

In 1950

Elis Strömgren, Swedish-Danish astronomer (b. 1870)

In 1947

Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (b. 1898)

In 1946

Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (b. 1897)

In 1945

Heinrich Borgmann, German officer (b. 1912)

In 1945

Jay O'Brien, American bobsledder (b. 1883)

In 1940

Franz von Vecsey, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1893)

In 1935

Angelo Messedaglia, Italian social scientist and statistician (b. 1820)

In 1901

Johann Hermann Bauer, (b. 1861)

In 1891

Paul-Auguste-Ernest Laugier, French astronomer (b. 1812)

In 1872

Pierre Léonard Vander Linden, Belgian entomologist (b. 1797)

In 1831

Pierre Philippeaux, French lawyer (b. 1754)

In 1794

Christian Heinrich, German prince and member of the House of Hohenzollern (b. 1661)

In 1708

Anna Koltovskaya, Russian tsarina

In 1626

Ibn al-Kharrat al-Dawalibi, Iraqi Islamic scholar, Arabic grammarian and poet. (b. 1240)

In 1328

Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, English politician (b. 1104)

In 1168

Ruadán of Lorrha, Irish abbot

In 584

Timothy I, Byzantine patriarch

In 517

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