Bjarni Tryggvason
Icelandic-born Canadian astronautDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Deaths on April 5
This archive lists notable deaths associated with April 5 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on April 5, 2026.
Deaths in March 2022
-Died on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Eric Boehlert
57. American media critic and writerDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
June Shagaloff Alexander
American civil rights activistDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Melvin Hulse
Belizean politicianDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Nehemiah Persoff
American actorDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Mikhail Vasenkov
Russian spyDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Ralf Alex Fichtner
German caricaturistDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Gerd Zimmermann
German footballerDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Tony Mockus Sr.
American actor (The UntouchablesDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Anthony Mockus Sr.
American actor (The UntouchablesDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Alan Hruska
American writerDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Karol Divín
Slovak figure skaterDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Gayda Lagzdyn
Russian children poet and writerDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Kerry-Jayne Wilson
New Zealand biologistDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Joaquim Carvalho
Portuguese footballer (Sporting CPDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Lyubomir Milchev-Dandy
Bulgarian journalistDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Graciela Giannettasio
Argentine politicianDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Grigore Brâncuş
Romanian philologistDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Lyubomir Milchev – Dandy
Bulgarian journalistDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Lyubomir Milchev
Bulgarian journalistDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Boris Brott
Canadian conductorDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Stanisław Kowalski
Polish masters athleteDied on Wednesday April 6th 2022
Tommy Raudonikis
Australian rugby league player (Western SuburbsDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Phil Eason
British actor and puppeteer (LabyrinthDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Joye Hummel
American comics writer (Wonder Woman)Died on Tuesday April 6th 2021
António Almeida Henriques
Portuguese politicianDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Wilber Shirley
American restaurateurDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Fatima Zakaria
Indian journalist (The Times of India) and educationistDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Packy McGarty
Irish Gaelic football player (Leitrim)Died on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Sarah Hughes
British journalistDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Predrag Živković Tozovac
Serbian musicianDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Alcee Hastings
American politicianDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Arcadi Oliveres
Spanish economistDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Ryszard Wasik
Polish politicianDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Jack Veneno
Dominican professional wrestler (WWCDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Zsófia Tallér
50–51Died on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Julen Madariaga
Spanish Basque nationalist militant and lawyerDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Boris Bechet
Moldovan actorDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Nestor Torre
Philippine film writerDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Paul Ritter
English actorDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Tom Gibney
Canadian television journalist (CFTO-DT)Died on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Tony Pola
Australian blues-rock drummer (Beasts of BourbonDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Paulino Lukudu Loro
South Sudanese Roman Catholic prelateDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Jan Purwinski
Latvian-born Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Irene Hernández de Jesús
Mexican activist and politicianDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Ho Lien Siew
Singaporean Olympic basketball player (1956)Died on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Umbu Landu Paranggi
Indonesian artist and poetDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Gene Mullin
American politicianDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Kylie Jaye
Australian fitness trainer and television presenterDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
David A. Shirley
American chemistDied on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Alejandro Alfonso Quijano
Ecuadorian soccer player; COVID-19Died on Tuesday April 6th 2021
Gianfranco Leoncini
Italian footballer (JuventusDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Barry Malkin
American film editor (The Godfather Part IIDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Tiger Merritt
American singer and guitarist (Morning Teleportation)Died on Friday April 5th 2019
Jacqueline Lichtenstein
French philosopher and art historianDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Marilyn Mason
American concert organistDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Jon Østeng Hov
Norwegian photographer and writerDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Havel Rowe
Australian footballerDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Ralph S. Greco
American surgeonDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Yves Préfontaine
Canadian writerDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Joseph Ubalde
Filipino journalistDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Einar Iversen
Norwegian jazz pianist and composerDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Ivan Mrázek
Czech basketball player and coachDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Mabô Kouyaté
French-born Swiss-Burkinabé-Malian actorDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Charles Sanna
American dairy executiveDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Ruth-Margret Pütz
German operatic coloratura sopranoDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Carmelita Pope
American actress (A Streetcar Named Desire)Died on Friday April 5th 2019
Dennis Anderson
Canadian politicianDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Cesare Cadeo
Italian television presenter and journalistDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Sydney Brenner
South African biologistDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Michael William Feast
British-born South African astronomerDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Đồng Sĩ Nguyên
Vietnamese military officer and politicianDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Mike Colbern
American baseball player (Chicago White Sox)Died on Friday April 5th 2019
Sardar Fateh Buzdar
79–80Died on Friday April 5th 2019
Betty G. Bailey
American artistDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Joseph Levi
American politicianDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Angeline Gunathilake
Sri Lankan singerDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Britt Damberg
Swedish singerDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Meyer Brownstone
Canadian activistDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Lasse Pöysti
Finnish actorDied on Friday April 5th 2019
John Winneke
Australian judgeDied on Friday April 5th 2019
Trevor McKee
New Zealand thoroughbred trainer (Sunline)Died on Friday April 5th 2019
Marcel Notzon
American judgeDied on Thursday April 5th 2018
Frederick D. Reese
American civil rights activistDied on Thursday April 5th 2018
Deaths in March 2018
-Died on Thursday April 5th 2018
Isao Takahata
Japanese film directorDied on Thursday April 5th 2018
Eric Bristow
English Hall of Fame darts playerDied on Thursday April 5th 2018
Jánosné Keserű
Hungarian politicianDied on Thursday April 5th 2018
Ron Dunbar
American songwriterDied on Thursday April 5th 2018