Did you know
Fred MacMurray's career as a major film leading man began in 1935, but his most renowned role was in Billy Wilder's 1944 film noir Double Indemnity.
Notable Deaths on November 5
1991 — Fred MacMurray
American actor and businessman (born 1908)
November 5 has 116 recorded notable deaths across history, from 425 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
116 source records
425 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on November 5
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1872 Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100. Source
- 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term. Source
- 2024 Donald Trump becomes the first president of the United States to be elected to a non-consecutive second term in 132 years, since Grover Cleveland won the 1892 election. Source
- 2013 India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe. Source
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Johnny Horton's first number-one country song was in 1959, "When It's Springtime in Alaska ".
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Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon and biologist who spent most of his scientific career in the United States.
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Sir John Fastolf was a late medieval English soldier, landowner, and knight who fought in the Hundred Years' War from 1415 to 1439, latterly as a senior commander against Joan of Arc, among others.
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was an American modernist composer who was one of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century.
More major people who died on November 5
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1960
Johnny Horton
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)
John LaGale Horton was an American country, honky tonk, and rockabilly musician during the 1950s. He is best known for a series of history-inspired narrative country saga songs that became international hits.
1944
Alexis Carrel
French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1873)
Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon and biologist who spent most of his scientific career in the United States.
1459
John Fastolf
English soldier (born 1380)
Sir John Fastolf was a late medieval English soldier, landowner, and knight who fought in the Hundred Years' War from 1415 to 1439, latterly as a senior commander against Joan of Arc, among others.
2012
Elliott Carter
American composer and academic (born 1908)
Elliott Cook Carter Jr. was an American modernist composer who was one of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century.
1992
Jan Oort
Dutch astronomer and academic (born 1900)
Jan Hendrik Oort was a Dutch astronomer who made significant contributions to the understanding of the Milky Way and who was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy.
1963
Luis Cernuda
Spanish poet and critic (born 1902)
Luis Cernuda Bidón was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27.
1986
Adolf Brudes
German race car driver (born 1899)
Adolf Brudes von Breslau was a Formula One driver from Germany and a member of German nobility. He started racing motorcycles in 1919.
1011
Mathilde
Abbess of Essen (born 949)
Mathilde was Abbess of Essen Abbey from 973 to her death. She was one of the most important abbesses in the history of Essen.
1981
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje
16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader (born 1924)
The 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje was the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa and the spiritual leader of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
1997
James Robert Baker
American author and screenwriter (born 1946)
James Robert Baker was an American author of sharply satirical, predominantly gay-themed transgressional fiction. A native Californian, his work is set almost entirely in Southern California.
2000
Bibi Titi Mohammed
Tanzanian politician (born 1926)
Bibi Titi Mohammed was a Tanzanian politician and activist. She was born in June 1926 in Dar es Salaam, at the time the capital of former Tanganyika.
2001
Milton William Cooper
American radio host, author, and activist (born 1943)
Milton William "Bill" Cooper was an American conspiracy theorist, radio broadcaster, and author known for his 1991 book Behold a Pale Horse, in which he warned of multiple global conspiracies, some involving…
1979
Al Capp
American cartoonist (born 1909)
Alfred Gerald Caplin, better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and drawing until 1977.
1992
Adile Ayda
Russian-Turkish engineer and diplomat (born 1912)
Adile Ayda was the first woman career diplomat of Turkey, but is today better remembered as an Etruscologist.
2010
Jill Clayburgh
American actress and singer (born 1944)
Jill Clayburgh was an American actress known for her work in theater, television, and cinema.
1977
René Goscinny
French author and illustrator (born 1926)
René Goscinny was a French comic editor and writer, who created the Asterix comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo.
1938
Thomas Dewing
American painter and educator (born 1851)
Thomas Wilmer Dewing was an American painter working at the turn of the 20th century. Schooled in Paris, Dewing was noted for his figure paintings of aristocratic women.
2010
Adrian Păunescu
Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (born 1943)
Adrian Păunescu was a Romanian writer, publisher, cultural promoter, translator, and politician.
1933
Texas Guinan
American actress and businesswoman (born 1884)
Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan was an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur. Born in Texas to Canadian immigrant parents, Guinan decided at an early age to become an entertainer.