December 5th
180 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]
Le Trong Tan
Vietnamese general (1914-1986).
Born October 3rd, 1914 in Hoài Đức.
Died December 5th, 1986 at 72 years old in Hanoi.
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]
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Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. William Shakespeare