Famous people died on August 5

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Josh Ryan Evans 6

American Actor

Francesco Quinn 5

Italian Actor

Richard Trumka 15

American Activist

John Blair Moore 1

Hawa Abdi 7

Somali Activist

George Duke 11

American Musician

Gerald Cohen 10

Canadian Philosopher

Ernst Zundel 17

German Activist

Issey Miyake 19

Japanese Designer

Pete Hamill 6

American Journalist

Toni Morrison 245

American Novelist

O.B. Hardison Jr. 1

American Philologist

Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger 2

French Cardinal

Charlotte Rae 5

American Actress

Ruth Asawa 6

American Sculptor

Richard Burton 38

Welsh Actor

George Cole 2

British Actor

Robert Muldoon 5

Minister

Chavela Vargas 2

Costa Rican Musician

Chick Hearn 5

American Journalist

George E. Mendenhall 1

Alec Guinness 8

English Actor

Budd Schulberg 10

American Writer

Todor Zhivkov 8

Bulgarian General

Carmen Miranda 4

Portuguese Musician

Paul Brown 6

American Coach

Soichiro Honda 8

Japanese Engineer

Banesh Hoffmann 2

American Mathematician

Joan Robinson 51

English Economist

Francis Pegahmagabow 3

Edgar Guest 61

American Writer

Anna Yesipova 1

Russian Pianist

Millicent Fawcett 7

British Activist

Philip Sheridan 2

James Pierpont 1

Songwriter

Friedrich Engels 97

German Philosopher

Adin Ballou 4

American Minister

Lord North 2

British Statesman

Sabuktigin 7

See also: Famous people born on August 5