Notable deaths on October 5

American novelist (1932–2024)

Dutch politician

American motorsport journalist (1933–2016)

Belgian film director, screenwriter, and educator (1950–2015)

American social activist, author (1915–2015)

Swedish author (1948–2015)

Filipino politician (1927–2015)

Italian racing driver (1959–2014)

American writer (1924–2014)

Trinidadian-American actor and dancer (1930–2014)

Soviet and Russian stage actor and director

Italian film director, screenwriter and critic

American scientist and inventor (1916–2013)

Japanese comedian and voice actor

French film director and scriptwriter

Armenian composer

American politician

British biologist and university professor (1954–2012)

Serbian law professor, intellectual and human rights activist

Scottish folk musician (1943–2011)

American actor (1936–2011)

American lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist

American civil rights activist (1922–2011)

Turkish photographer and journalist