Notable deaths on August 5

Australian pop singer-songwriter, musician (1936–2025)

Syrian military officer (1932–2022)

Filipino actress (1963–2022)

Irish hurler (1998–2022)

Japanese fashion designer (1938–2022)

Australian singer, songwriter and musician (1943–2022)

Somali activist, physician (1947–2020)

American novelist and editor (1931–2019)

American zoologist

British politician (1912–2015)

Welsh footballer

English journalist (1914–2014)

United States Army general (1959–2014)

United States Surgeon general

Russian novelist (1936–2014)

American Hmong community leader and activist

American judge

American basketball coach (1925–2013)

American sculptor (1926–2013)

Canadian ice hockey player (1966-2013)

Canadian politician, writer, filmmaker, and musician

Mexican singer (1919–2012)

Polish theatre director, writer and university professor

American football player (1984–2012)