February 5th
166 Notable deaths
Hsing Yun
Taiwanese buddhist monk (1927–2023).
Born August 19th, 1927 in Jiangdu County.
Died February 5th, 2023 at 95 years old in Kaohsiung. [ref]
Ludwig Binswanger
Swiss psychiatrist and essayist (1881-1966).
Born April 13th, 1881 in Kreuzlingen. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1966 at 84 years old in Kreuzlingen. [ref]
Sam Coppola
American actor.
Born July 31st, 1935 in Jersey City.
Died February 5th, 2012 at 76 years old in Leonia (disease). [ref]
Auguste Vaillant
French anarchist.
Born December 27th, 1861 in Charleville-Mézières.
Died February 5th, 1894 at 32 years old in Paris (guillotine, decapitation).
Denise Bloch
French secret agent (1916-1945).
Born January 21st, 1916 in Paris.
Died February 5th, 1945 at 29 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp.
William Morris Davis
American geographer.
Born February 12th, 1850 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1934 at 83 years old in Pasadena. [ref]
Kim Ki-young
South korean film director.
Born October 10th, 1919 in Seoul.
Died February 5th, 1998 at 78 years old in Seoul. [ref]
Dana Vávrová
Czech-german actress and film director (1967-2009).
Born August 9th, 1967 in Prague.
Died February 5th, 2009 at 41 years old in Munich (cervical cancer). [ref]
Oskar Klein
Swedish physicist.
Born September 15th, 1894 in Mörby.
Died February 5th, 1977 at 82 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Su Yu
Chinese general (1907-1984).
Born August 10th, 1907 in Huitong County.
Died February 5th, 1984 at 76 years old in Beijing.
Deaths 61 to 70 of 166
You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman