Famous people and celebrities who died on February 5

Welcome to Takemeback.to's page dedicated to remembering the celebrities and famous people who passed away on February 5. On this day, we honor the lives and legacies of notable figures from various fields who left an indelible mark on the world. Explore our list to learn about their remarkable contributions and celebrate their enduring impact.

• 1881 Thomas Carlyle

  Scottish journalist, novelist, biographer, and journalist. he was the eldest child of nine children and a genius. he went to university at the age of 14. he became too independent to be a teacher and turned his attention to writing magazines. the life of schiller, 1825 was his first major publication. in 1836, he wrote "sartor resartus", and in 1837, …

• 1940 Aloysuis Lutz

  Known for his work on tropical disease-carrying insects.

• 1946 George Arliss

  British actor on the stage who rose to fame at the age of 53. before he retired in 1937, he remade some of the films he had seen as talkies. arliss' films included "the man who played god" as well as the oscar-winning "disraeli." arliss wrote two autobiographical books: "up the years from bloomsbury" in 1927, and "my ten years …

• 1959 Gwili Andre

  Actress (no other woman roar of the dragon).

• 1964 Aloise Corbaz

  Swiss outsider artist known for her intricate drawings and paintings created while institutionalized.

• 1967 Violeta Parra

  Violeta del carmen parra sandoval, better known as violeta parra, was a chilean composer and songwriter. she also served as an ethnomusicologist, ethnomusicologist, visual artist, and folklorist. she was the inspiration for "chilean’s new song", the nueva cancia3n chilena, which saw a revival and reinvention of chilean folkmusic that would spread its influence far beyond chile. violeta went to heaven …

• 1969 Thelma Ritter

  American actress and singer (d. 1969)

• 1982 Dolores Moran

  Actress (yankee doodle dandy), passes away at 56

• 1985 Spyros Vassiliou

  Greek artist known for his unique style blending elements of surrealism and realism.

• 1991 Dean Jagger

  Actor in the united states (mr novak rawhide, oscar), has died at around 87 years old (born 1903).

• 1993 Joseph L Mankiewicz

  Us writer/director/producer (all about eve), dies at age 83 (born 1909).

• 1995 Doug McClure

  American actor. he is a handsome, blonde leading man and supporting actor in film and television, including "the virginian" (1962), and "backtrack!" (1969). (1969).

• 1996 Gianandrea Gavazzeni

  Italian composer, conductor and artistic director of milano scala from 1966 to 1968, as well as a permanent guest conductor. he began his career as a composer, and was influenced by pizzeti. in 1933, he conducted his first concert on national radio. he was a conductor for the italian opera from 1940 to 1992.

• 1997 René Huyghe

  French writer about the history, psychology, and philosophy of art. he was also a curator of the louvre's section of paintings, a professor at colla"ge de france, and a member of acada(c).mie franassaise. he was once married and had two children.

• 1997 Pamela Harriman

  British family of noted british, third daughter of lord digby and wife of randolph churchill (the son of winston churchill) in 1939. they divorced in 1945. she married ambassador averell harriman, and later became ambassador to france.

• 1999 Vasili Leontief

  Vasili Leontief was a Soviet-American economist who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1973.

• 1999 Eveny Leontief

  Eveny Leontief was a Russian-American economist who developed the input-output model, which is widely used in economic analysis.

• 1999 Wassily Wassilyevich Leontief

  Nobel Prize laureate for the development of the input-output method and for its application to important economic problems

• 2000 Claude Autant-Lara

  French director. he was active in film from the age of 16 and designed sets and costumes. his actress-mother louise lara, who was a strong pacifist, forced autant to leave his native country and flee to england. he returned to france in 1919 and studied art. later, he worked as a costume designer and set designer for major french filmmakers …

• 2004 John Hench

  Iowa, usa. joined disney studios in 1939, as an artist and story editor. designed disneyland projects, walt disney world plans. animal kingdom. named a disney legend in 1990.

• 2006 Franklin Cover

  American actor (born 1928).

• 2008 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Transcendental meditation was founded by an indian guru (born circa 1917).

• 2015 Val Logsdon Fitch

  PHY - American physicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1923)

• 2020 Kirk Douglas

  American actor. he has appeared in 82 films, including westerns, thrillers, and costume epics. he was nominated for best actor in "champion," “lust for life,” and “the bad and the beautiful.” for his efforts as a u.s. goodwill ambassador, he was awarded the life achievement award of american film institute and the chevalier of french legion of honor.

• 2021 Christopher Plummer

  Christopher Plummer was a Canadian actor known for his versatile performances in films such as 'The Sound of Music', 'Beginners', and 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'.

• 2021 Leon Spinks

  Olympic gold medalist and former heavyweight champion.