5 April Deaths

April 5 is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 270 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

Deaths

517 – Timothy I of Constantinople
582 – Eutychius of Constantinople (b. 512)
584 – Ruadán of Lorrha, Irish abbot
902 – Al-Mu'tadid, Iraqi caliph (b. 960)
1168 – Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, English politician (b. 1104)
1205 – Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem (b. 1172)
1258 – Saint Juliana of Liège
1340 – William Melton, English archbishop
1419 – Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)
1431 – Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (b. 1364)
1605 – Adam Loftus, English-Irish archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1513)
1617 – Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)
1673 – François Caron, Belgian-French explorer and politician, 8th Governor of Formosa (b. 1600)
1693 – Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (b. 1627)
1695 – George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1633)
1697 – Charles XI of Sweden (b. 1655)
1717 – Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)
1735 – William Derham, English minister and philosopher (b. 1657)
1735 – Samuel Wesley, English clergyman and poet (b. 1662)
1765 – Edward Young, English poet and author (b. 1683)
1794 – Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (b. 1759)
1794 – Camille Desmoulins, French journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1760)
1804 – Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general (b. 1761)
1834 – Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 40th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1757)
1864 – Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (b. 1797)
1900 – Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (b. 1822)
1900 – Osman Nuri Pasha, Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (b. 1832)
1923 – George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and businessman (b. 1866)
1928 – Roy Kilner, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1890)
1936 – Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect (b. 1884)
1940 – Charles Freer Andrews, English-Indian priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1871)
1941 – Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (b. 1876)
1943 – Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-American anthropologist and scholar (b. 1869)
1945 – Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (b. 1897)
1946 – Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (b. 1898)
1952 – Charles Collett, English engineer (b. 1871)
1964 – Douglas MacArthur, American general (b. 1880)
1966 – John Henry Starling, Australian public servant (b. 1883)
1967 – Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (b. 1891)
1967 – Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
1969 – Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian SS officer (b. 1903)
1969 – Shelby Storck, American journalist, actor, director, and producer (b. 1917)
1970 – Alfred Sturtevant, American geneticist and academic (b. 1891)
1972 – Brian Donlevy, American actor and producer (b. 1901)
1972 – Isabel Jewell, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
1972 – Robert Speck, Canadian politician, 1st Mayor of Mississauga (b. 1915)
1973 – John Coleman, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1928)
1974 – A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882)
1975 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)
1976 – Howard Hughes, American pilot, engineer, and director (b. 1905)
1976 – Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian surgeon and academic (b. 1891)
1979 – Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and painter (b. 1893)
1981 – Bob Hite, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
1982 – Abe Fortas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1910)
1983 – Danny Rapp, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
1984 – Nikolai Matvejev, Estonian cyclist (b. 1923)
1987 – Jan Lindblad, Swedish journalist and photographer (b. 1932)
1989 – María Cristina Gómez, Salvadoran educator and activist (b. 1938)
1991 – Sonny Carter, American soccer player, physician, and astronaut (b. 1947)
1991 – John Tower, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1925)
1992 – Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (b. 1918)
1993 – Divya Bharti, Indian actress (b. 1974)
1994 – Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)
1994 – Roy Smeck, American country musician (b. 1900)
1995 – Françoise Loranger, Canadian playwright and producer (b. 1913)
1996 – Larry LaPrise, American songwriter (b. 1913)
1997 – Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
1998 – Cozy Powell, English drummer (b. 1947)
1999 – Paul David, Canadian cardiologist and politician (b. 1919)
2000 – Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)
2001 – Brother Theodore, German-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
2002 – Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)
2004 – Sławomir Rawicz, Polish lieutenant (b. 1915)
2004 – Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician and academic (b. 1936)
2005 – Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
2005 – Dale Messick, American author and illustrator (b. 1906)
2005 – John Sichel, French-English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2005 – Neil Welliver, American painter (b. 1929)
2006 – Allan Kaprow, American painter and educator (b. 1927)
2006 – Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
2007 – Maria Gripe, Swedish journalist and author (b. 1923)
2007 – Leela Majumdar, Indian author and academic (b. 1908)
2007 – Mark St. John, American guitarist (b. 1956)
2007 – Darryl Stingley, American football player and scout (b. 1951)
2007 – Poornachandra Tejaswi, Indian ornithologist, author, and photographer (b. 1938)
2008 – Charlton Heston, American actor, director, and political activist (b. 1923)
2009 – Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman and academic (b. 1946)
2012 – Joe Avezzano, American football player and coach (b. 1943)
2012 – Jim Herr, American businessman, founded Herr's Snacks (b. 1924)
2012 – Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (b. 1923)
2012 – Gil Noble, American journalist and producer (b. 1932)
2012 – Peter Tapsell, New Zealand surgeon and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Defence (b. 1930)
2012 – Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawian economist and politician, 3rd President of Malawi (b. 1934)
2013 – Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (b. 1921)
2013 – Amnon Dankner, Israeli journalist and author (b. 1946)
2013 – Piero de Palma, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1924)
2013 – Dave Hunt, American radio host and author (b. 1926)
2013 – Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian and academic (b. 1946)
2013 – David Kuo, American journalist and author (b. 1968)
2013 – Nikolaos Pappas, Greek admiral and politician, Greek Minister for Mercantile Marine (b. 1930)
2014 – Alan Davie, Scottish saxophonist and painter (b. 1920)
2014 – Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (b. 1927)
2014 – Gordon Smith, Scottish footballer (b. 1954)
2014 – José Wilker, Brazilian actor, director, and producer (b. 1947)
2015 – Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (b. 1949)
2015 – Juan Carlos Cáceres, Argentinian singer and pianist (b. 1936)
2015 – Richard Dysart, American actor (b. 1929)
2015 – Steve Rickard, New Zealand-Australian wrestler, trainer, and promoter (b. 1929)
2015 – Julie Wilson, American actress and singer (b. 1924)
2016 – Koço Kasapoğlu, Turkish footballer (b. 1936)

Source: wikipedia