Famous People Who Died on April 5

• Bellow, Saul (2005)

  Author of Henderson, The Rain King and Seize the Day

• Blackman, Honor (2020)

  Pussy Galore in the James Bond film Goldfinger

• Chiang Kai-shek (1975)

  Leader of The Republic of China (Taiwan), 1949-75

• Cobain, Kurt (1994)

  Lead singer of the group Nirvana

• Ginsberg, Allen (1997)

  The Beat-era poet who wrote Howl

• Heston, Charlton (2008)

  Moses in the 1956 film The Ten Commandments

• Hughes, Howard (1976)

  The 20th century's famous billionaire aviator, businessman and recluse

• MacArthur, Douglas (1964)

  The American general who said "I shall return"

• Matthiessen, Peter (2014)

  The author of At Play in the Fields of the Lord

• Messick, Dale (2005)

  The creator of comic-strip heroine Brenda Starr

• Phar Lap (1932)

  Legendary Australian racing champion of the 1930s

See also: Born on April 5