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January 5th
175 Notable deaths
Fritz Wendhausen
German actor, screenwriter and film director (1890-1962).
Born August 7th, 1890 in Wendhausen (Lehre).
Died January 5th, 1962 at 71 years old in Königstein im Taunus.
Karo Halabyan
Soviet architect.
Born July 26th, 1897 in Ganja.
Died January 5th, 1959 at 61 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).
Adolpho Ducke
Brazilian botanist, zoologist and anthropologist from triest, austria-hungary (1876–1959).
Born October 19th, 1876 in Trieste.
Died January 5th, 1959 at 82 years old in Fortaleza.
Dmitri Vasilyev
Soviet film director.
Born November 4th, 1900 in Yeysk.
Died January 5th, 1984 at 83 years old in Moscow.
Camillo Karl Schneider
German botanist and landscape architect (1876-1951).
Born April 7th, 1876 in Wermsdorf.
Died January 5th, 1951 at 74 years old in Berlin.
Mikhail Zhelev
Bulgarian athlete.
Born July 15th, 1943 in Sliven.
Died January 5th, 2021 at 77 years old in Sliven. [ref]
Per Thorén
Swedish figure skater (1885–1962).
Born January 26th, 1885 in Stockholm.
Died January 5th, 1962 at 76 years old in Stockholm.
Franz Theodor Csokor
Austrian author and dramatist.
Born September 6th, 1885 in Vienna.
Died January 5th, 1969 at 83 years old in Vienna.
Viktor Anichkin
Russian footballer (1941-1975).
Born December 8th, 1941 in Yekaterinburg.
Died January 5th, 1975 at 33 years old in Moscow (heart failure).
Dmitry Mirimanoff
Russian-swiss mathematician (1861-1945).
Born September 25th, 1861 in Pereslavl-Zalessky.
Died January 5th, 1945 at 83 years old in Geneva.
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