Famous people and celebrities who died on May 5

Welcome to Takemeback.to's page dedicated to remembering the celebrities and famous people who passed away on May 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.

• 1821 Chanceler

  Key figure in the Brazilian independence movement.

• 1865 Sebasthian Yradier

  Spanish composer known for his zarzuela La Paloma.

• 1874 Ilija Garašanin

  Serbian statesman known for drafting the Načertanije, a political program for the unification of Serbs.

• 1883 Joshiah Henson

  Key figure in the Underground Railroad movement.

• 1904 Moritz Jokai

  Prolific Hungarian novelist and political figure of the 19th century.

• 1921 Alfred Hermann Fried

  PEA - Austrian journalist and publicist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1864)

• 1928 Ilija Jovanović

  Serbian composer known for his classical music compositions.

• 1959 Carlos Saavedra Lamas

  Nobel Prize laureate for his role as father of the Argentine Antiwar Pact of 1933, which he also used as a means to mediate peace between Paraguay and Bolivia in 1935

• 1963 Clotile Ramsay

  Australian artist known for her landscape paintings.

• 1968 Albert Dekker

  Deaths from accidental suffocation at the age of 62

• 1980 Edmond Vandercammen

  Belgian poet/writer (grand combat) dies at the age of 79.

• 1981 Bobby Sands

  Irish republican army activist, who dies on his 66th day in hunger strike (born 1954).

• 1983 John Williams

  English-american actor (b. 1903)

• 1992 Jean-Claude Pascal

  French actor (golden salamander), dies at 64

• 1995 Mihail Botvinnik

  Mihail Botvinnik was a Soviet chess grandmaster and three-time world chess champion.

• 2005 Elisabeth Fraser

  American television, film and stage actress (born 1920).

• 2005 Debralee Scott

  Debralee Scott was an American actress known for her roles in television sitcoms such as 'Soap' and 'Angie'.

• 2007 Clotilde Grimaldi

  Italian poet recognized for her lyrical and emotional verses.

• 2007 Theodore Maiman

  American scientist and physicist, maiman was the one who patented the first operating laser in may 1960. maiman is the author "the laser odyssey", 2000.

• 2010 Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

  Former President of Nigeria and a trained scientist.

• 2010 Rudolf Schön

  Austrian biologist known for his research in genetics.

• 2011 Dana Wynter

  Actress german-english (d. 2011).

• 2012 Marri Shaw

  Renowned poet known for her evocative and emotional verses.

• 2018 Garl Kasell

  Garl Kasell was an American radio personality and newscaster who was the official judge and scorekeeper for the NPR news quiz show 'Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'.

• 2018 Dereke Bickerton

  Dereke Bickerton was a British linguist known for his work on creole languages and the evolution of language.

• 2018 Farooq Qaiser

  Pakistani puppeteer and artist known for creating the popular puppet character 'Uncle Sargam'.

• 2019 Evoleht Garcia

  Famous painter known for unique style