Chris Strachwitz
American record company founder and executive Arhoolie Records. Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Deaths on May 5
This archive lists notable deaths associated with May 5 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on May 5, 2026.
Richard E. Carver
American politicianDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Gary Finch
American politicianDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Tom Hornbein
American mountaineerDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Néstor Matamala
Chilean football managerDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
George Fouché
South African motorsport racecar driverDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Newton N. Minow
American attorneyDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Allan Gyngell
Australian diplomatDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Sienna Weir
Australian model (Miss Universe 2022)Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Habib Chaab
Iranian-Swedish political activistDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Michel Cordes
French actor (The Horseman on the RoofDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Petruška Šustrová
Czech dissident (Charter 77)Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Philippe Sollers
French writer and literary criticDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Georgi Stoykovski
Bulgarian Olympic triple jumper (1964Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Mikhail Khleborodov
Russian film directorDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Valeriy Baranov
Ukrainian politicianDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Trần Quang Khôi
Vietnamese military officerDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Susan Frykberg
New Zealand electroacoustic composerDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Nabeesa Ummal
Indian politicianDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Razie Jachya
Indonesian politicianDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Sylvia Bacon
American judgeDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Rob Laakso
American musician (Kurt Vile and the ViolatorsDied on Saturday May 6th 2023
Michael Denneny
American author and editor (And the Band Played On)Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
John Akparibo Ndebugre
Ghanaian politicianDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Leonid Dukhovnyi
Ukrainian-American singer-songwriterDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Du’Vonta Lampkin
American football playerDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Hajdar Muneka
Albanian journalist and diplomatDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Kevin Samuels
American YouTuberDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Mike Hagerty
American actor (The George Carlin ShowDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Deaths in April 2022
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Corey Wittenberg
American-born Australian tennis playerDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Jon A. Reynolds
American brigadier generalDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Adrian Long
80-81Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Julian J. Hook
American politicianDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Eduardo Barbeiro
Portuguese Olympic swimmerDied on Friday May 6th 2022
LeRoy Armstrong
Canadian politicianDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Sir James Anderton
British police officerDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Takuya Miyamoto
Japanese footballerDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Bojjala Gopala Krishna Reddy
Indian politicianDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Serhiy Dyachenko
Ukrainian writer and screenwriter (Dark Planet)Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Leonid Duchovnyi
Ukrainian-American singer-songwriterDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Bert Weaver
American golferDied on Friday May 6th 2022
José Luis Violeta
Spanish footballerDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Sergey Dyachenko
Ukrainian writer and screenwriter (Dark Planet)Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Leonid Duchovniy
Ukrainian-American singer-songwriterDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Jan Béghin
Belgian politicianDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Albin Julius
Austrian musician (Der Blutharsch)Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Théodore Nzue Nguema
Gabonese football manager and playerDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Géza Varasdi
Hungarian athleteDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Ronald Lopatni
Croatian professional water polo playerDied on Friday May 6th 2022
David Walden dead at age 79, Computer scientist
David Walden, a computer scientist and Internet pioneer, died on May 5, 2022. He helped engineer the ARPANET, the network that paved the way for the modern internet, and worked…
Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar
Indian archaeologist and politicianDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Christophe Revault
French footballerDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Wondress Hutchinson
American singer ("Got to Have Your Love")Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Aleksandr Guzenko
Russian footballerDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Shamim Hanfi
Indian dramatist and literary criticDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Jacques Nihoul
Belgian marine biologistDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Vanya Kostova
Bulgarian singerDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Palamadai Muthuswamy Ramachandran
Indian Air Force officerDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Genji Kuniyoshi
Japanese singerDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Paul Aulagnier
French priestDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Oleg Savostyuk
Russian poster artist and graphic artist (Artists' Union of the USSR)Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Jan Hahn
German television presenter and radio hostDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Lucinda Franks
American journalist (The New YorkerDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Matang Sinh
Indian politicianDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Jonathan Bush
American bankerDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Yitzhak Arad
Israeli historianDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Aloísio Hilário de Pinho
Brazilian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Humberto Maturana
Chilean philosopher (Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living) and biologistDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Bożena Bednarek-Michalska
Polish librarian and teacher (Nicolaus Copernicus University Library)Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
G. Muniratnam
Indian social workerDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Del Crandall
American baseball playerDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Bhaskar Maiya
Indian authorDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
David F. Swensen
American investor and philanthropistDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Blaha Ben Ziane
Algerian actor (Nass Mlah CityDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Timergali Kilmukhametov
Russian writer and university teacherDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Fedja Rupel
Slovenian flutist and university teacherDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Polikalepo Kefu
Tongan LGBTIQ+ rights activistDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Guan Yunlong
Taiwanese painterDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Andrzej Ose̜ka
Polish art historianDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Włodzimierz Heliński
Polish speedway riderDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Michael Erlhoff
German writer and university teacher/Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Constantin Arvinte
Romanian composerDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Aldo R. Castañeda
Italian-Guatemalan physician and surgeonDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Victor Ivanovich Shamaev
Russian artistDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Dan Tawfik
Israel biochemist and professor (Weizmann Institute of Science)Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Abelardo González
Spanish footballer (UP LangreoDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Yosef Kleinman
Slovak Holocaust survivorDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Prem Dhoj Pradhan
Nepalese musicianDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Renuka Sharma
Indian film director (AnupamaDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
John Ntegyereize
Kenyan Anglican clergymanDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Urbano Marín
Chilean judgeDied on Thursday May 6th 2021
Cândido Ferreira
Portugues actorDied on Thursday May 6th 2021