Died on August 5
Remembering 22 notable people who died on this day
Alec Guinness
deceasedOscar Winners · 1914–2000
Days lived
Lived 31,538 days
🇭🇺Angéla Németh
deceasedathletics competitor · 1946–2014
Days lived
Lived 25,006 days
🇦🇹Bruno Dallansky
deceasedactor · 1928–2008
Days lived
Lived 29,176 days
🇵🇹Carmen Miranda
deceasedBrazilian singer (1909–1955) · 1909–1955
Days lived
Lived 16,979 days
🇺🇸Charles Quigley
deceasedAmerican actor (1906-1964) · 1906–1964
Days lived
Lived 21,360 days
🇦🇹Christine Böhm
deceasedactor · 1954–1979
Days lived
Lived 9,299 days
🇩🇪Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
deceasedpolitician · 1873–1969
Days lived
Lived 34,998 days
🇺🇸Dutch Clark
deceasedAmerican football player and coach (1906–1978) · 1906–1978
Days lived
Lived 26,232 days
Gustav von Wangenheim
deceasedGerman actor (1895-1975) · 1895–1975
Days lived
Lived 29,388 days
🇩🇪Hanns Seidel
deceasedGerman politician (1901–1961) · 1901–1961
Days lived
Lived 21,848 days
Heinrich Wieland
deceasedchemist · 1877–1957
Days lived
Lived 29,282 days
🇩🇪Hertha Thiele
deceasedGerman actress (1908-1984) · 1908–1984
Days lived
Lived 27,849 days
🇯🇵Issey Miyake
deceasedJapanese fashion designer (1938−2022) · 1938–2022
Days lived
Lived 30,787 days
🇩🇪Martin Elsaesser
deceasedGerman architect (1884–1957) · 1884–1957
Days lived
Lived 26,732 days
🇮🇹Massimiliano Capuzzoni
deceasedItalian rugby union player (1969-1995) · 1969–1995
Days lived
Lived 9,607 days
🇺🇸Nancy King
deceasedsinger · 1940–2025
Days lived
Lived 31,098 days
Richard Burton
deceasedGrammy Winners · 1925–1984
Days lived
Lived 21,454 days
🇺🇸Royal Rife
deceasedscientist · 1888–1971
Days lived
Lived 30,396 days
🇩🇪Rudolf Hagelstange
deceasedGerman writer (1912–1984) · 1912–1984
Days lived
Lived 26,503 days
Todor Zhivkov
deceasedformer General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party · 1911–1998
Days lived
Lived 31,745 days
🇺🇸Toni Morrison
deceasedAfrican American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019) · 1931–2019
Days lived
Lived 32,311 days
🇩🇪Wilhelm Marx
deceasedGerman politician (1863–1946) · 1863–1946
Days lived
Lived 30,518 days