| 76771 | July 5 | Death | 1539 – Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Italian saint (b. 1502) |
| 76772 | July 5 | Death | 1666 – Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1584) |
| 76773 | July 5 | Death | 1676 – Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1613) |
| 76774 | July 5 | Death | 1715 – Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat (b. 1659) |
| 76775 | July 5 | Death | 1719 – Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (b. 1641) |
| 76776 | July 5 | Death | 1773 – Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719) |
| 76777 | July 5 | Death | 1819 – William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician (b.1744) |
| 76778 | July 5 | Death | 1826 – Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore (b. 1782) |
| 76779 | July 5 | Death | 1833 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, created the first known photograph (b. 1765) |
| 76780 | July 5 | Death | 1859 – Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (b. 1777) |
| 76781 | July 5 | Death | 1862 – Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1800) |
| 76782 | July 5 | Death | 1863 – Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817) |
| 76783 | July 5 | Death | 1884 – Victor Massé, French composer (b. 1822) |
| 76784 | July 5 | Death | 1908 – Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833) |
| 76785 | July 5 | Death | 1920 – Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857) |
| 76786 | July 5 | Death | 1927 – Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853) |
| 76787 | July 5 | Death | 1929 – Henry Johnson, American sergeant (b. 1897) |
| 76788 | July 5 | Death | 1932 – Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880) |
| 76789 | July 5 | Death | 1935 – Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870) |
| 76790 | July 5 | Death | 1937 – Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (b. 1884) |
| 76791 | July 5 | Death | 1943 – Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski, Polish actor (b. 1880) |
| 76792 | July 5 | Death | 1943 – Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (b. 1873) |
| 76793 | July 5 | Death | 1945 – John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885) |
| 76794 | July 5 | Death | 1948 – Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (b. 1888) |
| 76795 | July 5 | Death | 1948 – Carole Landis, American actress and singer (b. 1919) |
| 76796 | July 5 | Death | 1957 – anugrah Narayan Sinha, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887) |
| 76797 | July 5 | Death | 1965 – Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat (b. 1909) |
| 76798 | July 5 | Death | 1966 – George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885) |
| 76799 | July 5 | Death | 1969 – Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (b. 1884) |
| 76800 | July 5 | Death | 1969 – Walter Gropius, German architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building and Werkbund Exhibition (b. 1883) |