Notable people who died on June 5 include: Sima Lun, Epiphanius, Theodosius I, Jacob of Edessa, Eoban.

Notable Deaths on June 5

Q: What is Astrud Gilberto known for?

Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer (born 1940)

89 people 301 – 2023

June 5 has seen 89 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 301 – 2023. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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2023 — Astrud Gilberto

Brazilian singer (born 1940)

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She was the first wife of Brazilian bossa nova guitarist João Gilberto, whose surname she continued to use professionally after their divorce in 1964

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She gained international attention in the mid-1960s following her vocal contribution to the song "The Girl from Ipanema", which was awarded a Grammy in 1965

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Although the best-known part of her career was from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, she had a singing career spanning over 30 years before retiring following the release of her last album in 2002

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Astrud Gilberto was a Brazilian and American bossa nova and samba singer

Did you know

Astrud Gilberto went on to be a popular bossa nova singer in the United States and internationally, being particularly popular in Japan

Sima Lun

Chinese emperor (born 249)

Sima Lun, courtesy name Ziyi (子彛), was titled the Prince of Zhao and the usurper of the Jin dynasty from 3 February to 31 May 301. He is usually not counted in the list of Jin emperors due to his brief reign and was…

301

Epiphanius

patriarch of Constantinople

Epiphanius of Constantinople was the patriarch of Constantinople from 25 February 520 to 5 June 535, succeeding John Cappadocia.

535

Theodosius I

patriarch of Alexandria

Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria was the last Patriarch of Alexandria recognised by both the Coptic Orthodox Christians and the Chalcedonian Melchites.

567

Jacob of Edessa

Syrian bishop (born 640)

Jacob of Edessa or James of Edessa was a Syriac Orthodox bishop of Edessa, scholar, and translator. Renowned for his multilingual mastery, he made lasting contributions to biblical revision, canon law, grammar and…

708

Eoban

bishop of Utrecht

Eoban was a companion of St. Boniface, and was martyred with him on his final mission. In Germany, he is revered as a bishop and martyr.

754

Boniface

English missionary and martyr (born 675)

Boniface was an English Benedictine monk and leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of Francia during the eighth century. He organised significant foundations of the church in Germany and was…

754

Ya'qub ibn al-Layth

Persian emir (born 840)

Ya'qub ibn al-Layth Saffar was a coppersmith and the founder of the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan, with its capital at Zarang. Under his military leadership, he conquered much of the eastern portions of Greater Iran…

879

Louis the Blind

king of Provence

Louis the Blind was king in Provence and Lower Burgundy from 890 to 928, and also king of Italy from 900 to 905, and also the emperor between 901 and 905, styled as Louis III. His father was king Boso, from the Bosonid…

928

Sanjō

emperor of Japan (born 976)

Emperor Sanjō was the 67th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

1017

Robert de Beaumont

1st Earl of Leicester, Norman nobleman and politician (born 1049)

Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, Count of Meulan, also known as Robert of Meulan, was a powerful Norman nobleman, one of the very few proven Companions of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of…

1118

Edmund Crouchback

English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1245)

Edmund Crouchback was a member of the royal Plantagenet Dynasty and the founder of the House of Lancaster. He was Earl of Leicester (1265–1296), Lancaster (1267–1296) and Derby (1269–1296) in England and Count Palatine…

1296

Amalric

prince of Tyre

Amalric, Lord of Tyre, also called Amalric of Lusignan or Amaury de Lusignan was a prince and statesman of the House of Lusignan, a younger son of King Hugh III of Cyprus and Isabella of the House of Ibelin. He was…

1310

Louis X

king of France (born 1289)

Louis X, known as the Quarrelsome, was King of France from 1314 and King of Navarre from 1305 until his death. He emancipated serfs who could buy their freedom and readmitted Jews into the kingdom. His short reign in…

1316

Dmitry of Suzdal

Russian grand prince (born 1324)

Dmitry Konstantinovich was Prince of Suzdal and Grand Prince of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal from 1365. He took the title of Grand Prince of Vladimir from his son-in-law, Dmitry Donskoy, from 1360 to 1363. The famous Shuisky…

1383

Frederick I

duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Frederick, a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1373 until his death. In May 1400, he unsuccessfully stood as a candidate for the election as…

1400

Braccio da Montone

Italian nobleman (born 1368)

Braccio da Montone, born Andrea Fortebraccio, was a renowned Italian condottiero in the early 15th century. He distinguished himself through innovative military strategies and was among the first mercenary leaders to…

1424

Yuri IV

Russian grand prince (born 1374)

Yury Dmitrievich, also known as George II of Moscow, Yury of Zvenigorod and Jurij Zwenihorodski, was the second son of Dmitry Donskoy. He was the Duke of Zvenigorod and Galich from 1389 until his death. During the…

1434

Ferdinand

Portuguese prince (born 1402)

Ferdinand the Holy Prince, sometimes called the "Saint Prince" or the "Constant Prince", was an infante of the Kingdom of Portugal. He was the youngest of the "Illustrious Generation" of 15th-century Portuguese princes…

1443

Leonel Power

English composer

Leonel Power, c. 1380–1445, was an English composer of the early Renaissance. Along with John Dunstaple he was a dominant figure of 15th-century English music. Mainly a composer of motets and of sections of the Mass, he…

1445

Mercurino Gattinara

Italian statesman and jurist (born 1465)

Mercurino Arborio, marchese di Gattinara, was an Italian statesman and jurist who served, from 1518 to 1530, as the principal chancellor of Charles V, the King of Spain and the Holy Roman Emperor. He was made cardinal…

1530

Lamoral

Count of Egmont (born 1522)

Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere was a general and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years' War, whose execution helped spark the national uprising that eventually led to…

1568

Orlando Gibbons

English organist and composer (born 1583)

Orlando Gibbons was an English composer and keyboard player who was one of the last masters of the English Virginalist School and English Madrigal School. The best known member of a musical family dynasty, by the 1610s…

1625

Francesco Sforza Pallavicino

Italian cardinal and historian (born 1607)

Francesco Maria Sforza Pallavicino or Pallavicini, was an Italian cardinal, philosopher, theologian, literary theorist, and church historian.

1667

Ignatius George II

Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (born 1648)

Ignatius George II was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1687 until his death in 1708.

1708

Roger Cotes

English mathematician and academic (born 1682)

Roger Cotes was an English mathematician, known for working closely with Isaac Newton by proofreading the second edition of his famous book, the Principia, before publication. He also devised the quadrature formulas…

1716

Johann Kuhnau

German organist and composer (born 1660)

Johann Kuhnau was a German polymath, known primarily as a composer today. He was also active as a novelist, translator, lawyer, and music theorist, and was able to combine these activities with his duties in his…

1722

Isaac de Beausobre

French pastor and theologian (born 1659)

Isaac de Beausobre was a French Protestant churchman, now best known for his two-volume history of Manichaeism, Histoire Critique de Manichée et du Manichéisme.

1738

Henry Grey

1st Duke of Kent, English politician and courtier (born 1671)

Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, was a British politician and courtier. None of his sons outlived him, so his new title became extinct on his death. Though the house he built at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire has gone, parts…

1740

Frederick Haldimand

Swiss-Canadian general and politician, 22nd governor of Quebec (born 1718)

Sir Frederick Haldimand, KB was a Swiss military officer best known for his service in the British Army in North America during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. From 1778 to 1786, he served as…

1791

Giovanni Paisiello

Italian composer and educator (born 1741)

Giovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era, and was the most popular opera composer of the late 1700s. His operatic style influenced Mozart and Rossini.

1816

Odysseas Androutsos

Greek soldier (born 1788)

Odysseas Androutsos was a Greek armatolos in eastern continental Greece and a prominent figure of the Greek War of Independence.

1825

Carl Maria von Weber

German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1786)

Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic in the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Best known for his operas, he was a crucial figure in the…

1826

John McDouall Stuart

Scottish explorer and surveyor (born 1815)

John McDouall Stuart, often referred to as simply "McDouall Stuart", was a Scottish explorer and one of the most accomplished of all Australia's inland explorers.

1866

Antonio Luna

Filipino general (born 1866)

Antonio Narciso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta was a Filipino brigadier general and a pharmacist who fought in the Philippine–American War before his assassination on June 5, 1899, at the age of 32.

1899

Stephen Crane

American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1871)

Stephen Crane was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and…

1900

Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann

German philosopher and author (born 1842)

Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann was a German philosopher, independent scholar and writer. He was the author of the influential Philosophy of the Unconscious (1869). von Hartmann's notable ideas include the theory of the…

1906

O. Henry

American short story writer (born 1862)

William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer known primarily for his short stories, though he also wrote poetry and non-fiction. His works include "The Gift of the Magi", "The…

1910

Chris von der Ahe

German-American businessman (born 1851)

Christian Friedrich Wilhelm von der Ahe was a German-American entrepreneur, best known as the owner of the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the American Association, now known as the St. Louis Cardinals.

1913

Herbert Kitchener

1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (born 1850)

Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer and colonial administrator. Kitchener came to prominence for his imperial campaigns, his involvement in the Second Boer…

1916

Rhoda Broughton

Welsh-English author (born 1840)

Rhoda Broughton was a Welsh novelist and short story writer. Her early novels earned a reputation for sensationalism, so that her later, stronger work tended to be neglected by critics, although she was called a queen…

1920

Will Crooks

English trade unionist and politician (born 1852)

William Crooks was a noted trade unionist and politician from Poplar, London, and a member of the Fabian Society. He is particularly remembered for his campaigning work against poverty and inequality.

1921

Georges Feydeau

French playwright (born 1862)

Georges-Léon-Jules-Marie Feydeau was a French playwright of the Belle Époque era, remembered for his farces, written between 1886 and 1914.

1921

Eric Lemming

Swedish athlete (born 1880)

Eric Otto Valdemar Lemming was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed at the 1900, 1906, 1908 and 1912 Olympics in a wide variety of events, which mostly involved throwing and jumping. He had his best results in…

1930

Pascin

Bulgarian-French painter and illustrator (born 1885)

Julius Mordecai Pincas, known as Pascin, Jules Pascin, also known as the "Prince of Montparnasse", was a Bulgarian artist of the School of Paris, known for his paintings and drawings. He later became an American…

1930

Emily Dobson

Australian philanthropist (born 1842)

Emily Dobson was an Australian philanthropist. She was known for her work supporting women's charities.

1934

William Holman

English-Australian politician, 19th premier of New South Wales (born 1871)

William Arthur Holman was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1913 to 1920. He came to office as the leader of the Labor Party, but was expelled from the party in the split of 1916. He…

1934

Nils Olaf Chrisander

Swedish-American actor and director (born 1884)

Nils Olaf Chrisander was a Swedish actor and film director in the early part of the twentieth century.

1947

Eleanor Farjeon

English author, poet, and playwright (born 1881)

Eleanor Farjeon was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire.

1965

Arthur Biram

Israeli philologist, philosopher, and academic (born 1878)

Arthur Yitzhak Biram was a German-born Israeli philosopher, philologist, and educator. He was the founder of the Reali School in Haifa.

1967

Harry Brown

Australian public servant (born 1878)

Sir Harry Percy Brown was a senior Australia public servant. He was Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department from 1923 until 1939.

1967

Conway Twitty

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1933)

Harold Lloyd Jenkins, better known by his stage name Conway Twitty, was an American singer and songwriter. Initially a part of the 1950s rockabilly scene, Twitty was best known as a country music performer. From 1971 to…

1993

Acharya Kuber Nath Rai

Indian poet and scholar (born 1933)

Kuber Nath Rai, also written as Kubernath Ray and Kuber Nath Ray, was a writer and scholar of Hindi literature and Sanskrit.

1996

J. Anthony Lukas

American journalist and author (born 1933)

Jay Anthony Lukas was an American journalist and author, best known for his 1985 book Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families. Common Ground is a study of race relations, class…

1997

Jeanette Nolan

American actress (born 1911)

Jeanette Nolan was an American actress. Nominated for four Emmy Awards, she had roles in the television series The Virginian (1962–1971) and Dirty Sally (1974) and in films such as Macbeth (1948).

1998

Sam Yorty

American soldier and politician, 37th mayor of Los Angeles (born 1909)

Samuel William Yorty was an American politician, attorney, and radio host from Los Angeles, California. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the California State Assembly, but he is…

1998

Mel Tormé

American singer-songwriter (born 1925)

Melvin Howard Tormé, nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells.…

1999

Don Liddle

American baseball player (born 1925)

Donald Eugene Liddle was an American left-handed pitcher in professional baseball who played four seasons in the Major Leagues for the Milwaukee Braves, New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals from 1953 through 1956.…

2000

Dee Dee Ramone

American singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1951)

Douglas Glenn Colvin, better known by his stage name Dee Dee Ramone, was an American musician. He was the bassist, occasional lead vocalist and a founding member of the punk rock band the Ramones. Throughout the band's…

2002

Jürgen Möllemann

German soldier and politician, 10th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (born 1945)

Jürgen Wilhelm Möllemann was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as Minister of State at the Foreign Office (1982–1987), as Minister of Education and Research (1987–1991), as Minister of…

2003

Manuel Rosenthal

French composer and conductor (born 1904)

Manuel Rosenthal was a French composer and conductor who held leading positions with musical organizations in France and the United States. He was friends with many contemporary composers, and despite a considerable…

2003

Iona Brown

English violinist and conductor (born 1941)

Iona Brown, OBE, was a British violinist and conductor.

2004

Ronald Reagan

American actor and politician, 40th president of the United States (born 1911)

Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in the American…

2004

Adolfo Aguilar Zínser

Mexican scholar and politician (born 1949)

Adolfo Aguilar Zínser was a Mexican scholar, diplomat and politician who served as a National Security Advisor to President Vicente Fox and as a UN Security Council Ambassador in the midst of the US invasion of Iraq.

2005

Wee Chong Jin

Singaporean judge (born 1917)

Wee Chong Jin was a Malayan-born Singaporean jurist who served as a chief justice of Singapore for 27 years, from 1963 to 1990, where he was the first Asian lawyer appointed as a judge to head the Supreme Court of…

2005

Frederick Franck

Dutch-American painter, sculptor, and author (born 1909)

Frederick Sigfred Franck was a painter, sculptor, and author of more than 30 books on Buddhism and other subjects, who was known for his interest in human spirituality. He became a United States citizen in 1945. He was…

2006

Edward L. Moyers

American businessman (born 1928)

Edward L. Moyers, Jr. was an American railroad executive of the 20th century. He served as president and CEO of several railroads including MidSouth Rail, Illinois Central Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad. In…

2006

Jeff Hanson

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1978)

Jeff Hanson was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, whose voice was described in a 2005 Paste review as an "angelic falsetto, a cross between Alison Krauss and Art Garfunkel that is often…

2009

Azam Khan

Bangladeshi singer-songwriter (born 1950)

Mahbubul Haque Khan, known professionally as Azam Khan, was a Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, record producer, and the lead singer of the pioneering pop-rock band Uchcharon. Widely referred to as the "Pop Samrat" and…

2011

Ray Bradbury

American science fiction writer and screenwriter (born 1920)

Ray Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and…

2012

Hal Keller

American baseball player and manager (born 1928)

Harold Kefauver Keller was an American professional baseball player and executive who served as the fourth general manager in the history of the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (1984–85). Born on a farm in…

2012

Mihai Pătrașcu

Romanian-American computer scientist (born 1982)

Mihai Pătrașcu was a Romanian-American computer scientist at AT&T Labs in Florham Park, New Jersey, United States.

2012

Charlie Sutton

Australian footballer and coach (born 1924)

Charlie Sutton was an Australian rules footballer who represented Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He captained the Bulldogs to their first VFL premiership in 1954.

2012

Helen McElhone

Scottish politician (born 1933)

Helen Margaret McElhone was a Scottish politician. She worked together with her husband, Frank McElhone, during his time as a Member of Parliament (MP) representing Glasgow from 1969. After his sudden death, McElhone…

2013

Stanisław Nagy

Polish cardinal (born 1921)

Stanisław Kazimierz Nagy, SCI was a Polish member of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians) and a cardinal. He was born in 1921 in Bieruń, Silesia, Poland, to a Hungarian father and Polish mother. In 1937…

2013

Ruairí Ó Brádaigh

Irish republican activist and politician (born 1932)

Ruairí Ó Brádaigh was an Irish republican political and military leader. He was Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) from 1958 to 1959 and again from 1960 to 1962, president of Sinn Féin from 1970 to 1983,…

2013

Michel Ostyn

Belgian physiologist and physician (born 1924)

Michel Ostyn was a Belgian physiologist, sports physician and sports medicine pioneer.

2013

Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi

Iraqi commander (born 1971)

Adnan Ismail Najm al-Bilawi Al-Dulaimi, better known by the nom de guerre Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi al-Anbari, was a top commander in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the head of its Military Council, prior…

2014

Don Davis

American songwriter and producer (born 1938)

Donald Davis was an American record producer, songwriter, and guitarist who combined a career in music with one in banking.

2014

Reiulf Steen

Norwegian journalist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications (born 1933)

Reiulf Steen was a Norwegian politician with the Norwegian Labour Party. He was active in the Labour Party from 1958 to 1990, serving as deputy party chairman from 1965 to 1975 and chairman from 1975 to 1981. Steen…

2014

Tariq Aziz

Iraqi journalist and politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1936)

Tariq Aziz was an Iraqi politician and journalist who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1991. He was a close advisor of President Saddam Hussein.…

2015

Alan Bond

English-Australian businessman (born 1938)

Alan Bond was an English-born Australian businessman noted for his high-profile and often corrupt business dealings. These included his central role in the WA Inc scandals of the 1980s; the biggest corporate collapse in…

2015

Richard Johnson

English actor (born 1927)

Richard Keith Johnson was an English stage and screen actor, writer and producer. Described by Michael Coveney as "a very 'still' actor – authoritative, calm and compelling," he was a staple performer in British films…

2015

Roger Vergé

French chef and author (born 1930)

Roger Vergé was a French chef and restaurateur. He is considered one of the greatest chefs of his time. The Gault Millau described him as "the very incarnation of the great French chef for foreigners".

2015

Jerome Bruner

American psychologist (born 1915)

Jerome Seymour Bruner was an American psychologist who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology. Bruner was a senior research fellow at the New…

2016

Andy Cunningham

English actor (born 1950)

Andrew Cunningham was an English actor, puppeteer, ventriloquist and writer. He was the creator and main writer of the children's BBC television series Bodger & Badger, in which he acted as the likeable but…

2017

Cheick Tioté

Ivorian footballer (born 1986)

Cheick Ismaël Tioté was an Ivorian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

2017

Kate Spade

American fashion designer (born 1962)

Katherine Noel Valentine Brosnahan Spade was an American fashion designer and entrepreneur. She was the co-founder and co-owner of the designer brand Kate Spade New York.

2018

T. B. Joshua

Nigerian televangelist (born 1963)

Temitope Balogun Joshua was a Nigerian charismatic pastor and televangelist. He was the leader and founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), a Christian megachurch that runs the Emmanuel TV television station…

2021

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Astrud Gilberto — Brazilian singer (1940–2023)

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Known forShe was the first wife of Brazilian bossa nova guitarist João Gilberto, whose surname she continued to use professionally after their divorce in 1964

Deaths on this date89 (301 – 2023)

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