Famous Deaths on 5 Mar

Famous Deaths on 5 Mar

1534 - Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)
1539 - Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)
1592 - Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (b. 1499)
1611 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)
1622 - Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
1695 - Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
1726 - Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician
1770 - Crispus Attucks a free black American
1776 - Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694)
1778 - Thomas Arne, English composer (b. 1710)
1815 - Franz Mesmer, Austrian developer of hypnotism (b. 1734)
1827 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician (b. 1749)
1827 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (b. 1745)
1829 - John Adams, last surviving HMS Bounty mutineer (b. 1766)
1849 - David Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)
1876 - Marie d'Agoult, German-born writer (b. 1805)
1893 - Hippolyte Taine, French historian (b. 1828
1895 - Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer (b. 1831)
1895 - Henry Rawlinson, British soldier and scholar (b. 1810)
1903 - George Francis Robert Henderson, British soldier (b. 1854)
1907 - Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843)
1925 - Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (b. 1859)
1926 - Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841)
1927 - Franz Mertens, German mathematician (b. 1840)
1929 - David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-born American automobile pioneer (b. 1854)
1931 - Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC, Anglican Clergyman prosecuted and imprisoned for ritualist activities (b. 1839)
1940 - Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (b. 1868)
1944 - Max Jacob, French poet and writer (b. 1876)
1945 - Lena Baker, American murderer (b. 1901)
1947 - Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (b. 1883)
1953 - Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter (b. 1897)
1953 - Joseph Stalin, Georgian leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1879)
1953 - Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer, (b. 1891)
1955 - Antanas Merkys, President of Lithuania (b. 1888)
1963 - Patsy Cline, American singer (b. 1932)
1963 - Cowboy Copas, American singer (b. 1913)
1963 - Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer (b. 1921)
1965 - Chen Cheng, Chinese politician (b. 1897)
1965 - Pepper Martin, American baseball player (b. 1904)
1966 - Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (b. 1889)
1967 - Georges Vanier, Governor General of Canada (b. 1888)
1973 - Michael Jeffery, British music manager (b. 1933)
1974 - Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
1974 - Sol Hurok, Russian-born impresario (b. 1888)
1977 - Tom Pryce, Welsh Formula One driver (b. 1949)
1977 - Jansen Van Vuuren, Dutch volunteer safety marshall at the 1977 South African Grand Prix
1980 - Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (b. 1912)
1980 - Winifred Wagner, German opera producer (b. 1897)
1981 - Yip Harburg, American lyricist (b. 1896)
1982 - John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
1984 - Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (b. 1915)
1984 - William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)
1988 - Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian (b. 1933)
1990 - Gary Merrill, American film actor (b. 1915)
1993 - Cyril Collard, French author and filmmaker (b. 1957)
1995 - Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and touring car racer (b. 1952)
1995 - Vivian Stanshall, English musician (Bonzo Dog Band) (b. 1943)
1996 - Whit Bissell, American actor (b. 1909)
1997 - Samm Sinclair Baker, American diet author (b. 1909)
1999 - Richard Kiley, American actor (b. 1922)
2000 - Lolo Ferrari, French pornographic actress (b. 1962)
2004 - Walt Gorney, American actor (b. 1912)
2006 - Richard Kuklinski, American Mafia hit man (b. 1935)
2008 - Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American professor of computer science (b.1923)