December 5th
175 Notable deaths
Claudius Dornier
German aerospace engineer and inventor.
Born May 14th, 1884 in Kempten. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1969 at 85 years old in Zug. [ref]
Peter Gethin
British racing driver (1940-2011).
Born February 21st, 1940 in Ewell.
Died December 5th, 2011 at 71 years old in Haslemere (brain cancer). [ref]
Evgeny Velikhov
Soviet physicist (1935–2024).
Born February 2nd, 1935 in Moscow.
Died December 5th, 2024 at 89 years old in Moscow, Mersin. [ref]
Fyodor Sologub
Russian writer.
Born March 1st, 1863 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1927 at 64 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Heinz Auerswald
German member of the ss (1908-1970).
Born July 26th, 1908 in Berlin.
Died December 5th, 1970 at 62 years old in Düsseldorf.
Geydar Dzhemal
Azerbaijani-russian philosopher, politician, and writer (1947-2016).
Born November 6th, 1947 in Moscow.
Died December 5th, 2016 at 69 years old in Almaty. [ref]
Günther Förg
German visual artist (1952-2013).
Born December 5th, 1952 in Füssen. [ref]
Died December 5th, 2013 at 61 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Edoardo Amaldi
Italian physicist.
Born September 5th, 1908 in Carpaneto Piacentino. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1989 at 81 years old in Rome. [ref]
Joseph Erlanger
American doctor (1874-1965).
Born January 5th, 1874 in San Francisco.
Died December 5th, 1965 at 91 years old in St. Louis.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 175
I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. Jimi Hendrix