Died on May 5
Remembering 18 notable people who died on this day
🇺🇸Allene Ray
deceasedactor · 1901–1979
Days lived
Lived 28,613 days
🇫🇷Diran Manoukian
deceasedOlympic field hockey player (1919-2020) · 1919–2020
Days lived
Lived 36,936 days
🇺🇸Dudley DeGroot
deceasedAmerican football, basketball, rugby union footballer, American football, basketball, and baseball coach (1899-1970) · 1899–1970
Days lived
Lived 25,744 days
🇩🇪Heinz Mellmann
deceasedwriter · 1913–1945
Days lived
Lived 11,500 days
🇸🇪Herbert Felix
deceasedentrepreneur · 1908–1973
Days lived
Lived 23,677 days
🇩🇪Irmgard Keun
deceasedGerman writer (1905-1982) · 1905–1982
Days lived
Lived 28,213 days
🇦🇺John Flynn
deceasedAustralian Presbyterian minister and founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (1880-1951) · 1880–1951
Days lived
Lived 25,728 days
🇩🇪Ludwig Erhard
deceasedpolitician · 1897–1977
Days lived
Lived 29,310 days
🇬🇧Montagu C. Butler
deceasedmusician · 1884–1970
Days lived
Lived 31,512 days
🇺🇸Myron Charles Taylor
deceasedAmerican diplomat (1874–1959) · 1874–1959
Days lived
Lived 31,153 days
🇰🇷Park Kyung-ni
deceasedSouth Korean writer (1926-2008) · 1926–2008
Days lived
Lived 29,776 days
🇮🇳Philipose Mar Chrysostom
deceasedMetropolitan Emeritus of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of India · 1918–2021
Days lived
Lived 37,630 days
🇺🇸Reverend Gary Davis
deceasedAmerican blues and gospel singer and guitarist (1896–1972) · 1896–1972
Days lived
Lived 27,764 days
Thorvald Eigenbrod
deceasedDanish field hockey player (1892-1977) · 1892–1977
Days lived
Lived 30,835 days
Trimbak Bapuji Thombre
deceasedIndian Marathi poet (1890–1918) · 1890–1918
Days lived
Lived 10,127 days
🇳🇬Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
deceasedPresident of Nigeria (1951-2010) · 1951–2010
Days lived
Lived 21,448 days
Willi Schlage
deceasedGerman chess master (1888–1940) · 1888–1940
Days lived
Lived 18,760 days
🇩🇪Wolfgang Neuss
deceasedmusician · 1923–1989
Days lived
Lived 23,876 days