October 5 - Births

Births

1338 – Alexios III of Trebizond (d. 1390)
1520 – Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal (d. 1589)
1641 – Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)
1658 – Mary of Modena (d. 1718)
1695 – John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
1703 – Jonathan Edwards, American minister and theologian (d. 1758)
1712 – Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (d. 1793)
1713 – Denis Diderot, French philosopher (d. 1784)
1715 – Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (d. 1789)
1717 – Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (d. 1744)
1743 – Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Italian composer (d. 1818)
1781 – Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)
1792 – Joseph Crosfield, English businessman (d. 1844)
1795 – Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian brewer and politician, 13th Mayor of Halifax (d. 1873)
1820 – David Wilber, American politician (d. 1890)
1824 – Henry Chadwick, English-American author and historian (d. 1908)
1829 – Chester A. Arthur, American politician, 21st President of the United States (d. 1886)
1844 – Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934)
1848 – Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist and poet (d. 1919)
1850 – Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (d. 1910)
1857 – Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish author (d. 1942)
1858 – Helen Churchill Candee, American author and journalist, survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (d. 1949)
1864 – Louis Lumière, French director and producer (d. 1948)
1873 – Lucien Mérignac, French fencer (d. 1941)
1878 – Louise Dresser, American actress (d. 1965)
1879 – Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1881 – Robert Stangland, American jumper (d. 1953)
1882 – Robert H. Goddard, American physicist and inventor (d. 1945)
1887 – René Cassin, French jurist and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
1889 – Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan author (d. 1936)
1892 – Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (d. 1969)
1894 – Bevil Rudd, South African runner (d. 1948)
1898 – Nachum Gutman, Israeli painter (d. 1980)
1899 – Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1963)
1901 – John Alton, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
1902 – Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (d. 1975)
1902 – Ray Kroc, American businessman (d. 1984)
1903 – M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (d. 1989)
1905 – John Hoyt, American actor (d. 1991)
1905 – Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d. 1987)
1907 – Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997)
1908 – Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter (d. 1988)
1909 – Tony Malinosky, American baseball player (d. 2011)
1911 – Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist (d. 2011)
1911 – Brian O'Nolan, Irish author and playwright (d. 1966)
1912 – Fritz Fischer, German nazi doctor (d. 2003)
1913 – Eugene Bennett Fluckey American navy commander (d. 2007)
1916 – Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist (d. 2011)
1917 – Allen Ludden, American game show host (d. 1981)
1917 – Magda Szabó, Hungarian author (d. 2007)
1919 – Robin Bailey, English actor (d. 1999)
1919 – Donald Pleasence, English actor (d. 1995)
1921 – Bill Willis, American football player (d. 2007)
1922 – José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver
1922 – Bil Keane, American cartoonist (d. 2011)
1922 – Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985)
1923 – Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (d. 2002)
1923 – Stig Dagerman, Swedish author and journalist (d. 1954)
1923 – Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer (d. 1994)
1923 – Glynis Johns, South African-Welsh actress, singer, and dancer
1923 – Kailashpati Mishra, Indian politician (d. 2012)
1924 – Bill Dana, American actor and screenwriter
1924 – José Donoso, Chilean author (d. 1996)
1924 – Barbara Kelly, Canadian-English actress (d. 2007)
1924 – Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
1925 – Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)
1926 – Avraham Adan, Israeli general (d. 2012)
1926 – Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer (d. 1979)
1928 – Louise Fitzhugh, American author (d. 1974)
1929 – Fred Feast, English actor (d. 1999)
1929 – Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American captain and astronaut
1929 – Bill Wirtz, American businessman (d. 2007)
1930 – Anne Haddy, Australian actress (d. 1999)
1930 – Pavel Popovich, Soviet astronaut (d. 2009)
1930 – Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player
1932 – Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (d. 2006)
1933 – Diane Cilento, Australian actress (d. 2011)
1934 – Angelo Buono, Jr., American serial killer (d. 2002)
1934 – Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian diplomat
1935 – Arlene Saunders, American soprano
1936 – Václav Havel, Czech politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (d. 2011)
1937 – Barry Switzer, American football coach
1938 – Teresa Heinz Kerry, American businesswoman and philanthropist
1939 – Marie-Claire Blais, Canadian author and playwright
1939 – Marie Laforêt, French-Swiss singer and actress
1939 – Walter Wolf, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Walter Wolf Racing
1939 – Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino jurist
1940 – Thom Christopher, American actor
1940 – John Byrne Cooke, American author and photographer
1940 – Milena Dravić, Serbian actress
1941 – Roy Book Binder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941 – Eduardo Duhalde, Argentine lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina
1942 – Billy Scott, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
1942 – Richard Street, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations)
1943 – Ben Cardin, American politician
1943 – Steve Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Steve Miller Band)
1945 – Brian Connolly, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sweet) (d. 1997)
1945 – Geoff Leigh, English saxophone player (Henry Cow)
1946 – Zahida Hina, Pakistani journalist and author
1946 – Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey coach
1947 – Brian Johnson, English singer-songwriter (AC/DC and Geordie)
1947 – Michèle Pierre-Louis, Haitian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
1948 – Carter Cornelius, American singer (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose) (d. 1991)
1948 – Tawl Ross, American guitarist (Funkadelic)
1948 – Zoran Živković, Serbian author
1949 – Ralph Goodale, Canadian politician
1949 – Bill James, American historian and author
1949 – B. W. Stevenson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
1950 – Eddie Clarke, English guitarist (Motörhead and Fastway)
1950 – Jeff Conaway, American actor (d. 2011)
1950 – James Rizzi, American painter (d. 2011)
1951 – Karen Allen, American actress
1951 – Bob Geldof, Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and author (The Boomtown Rats)
1952 – Clive Barker, English author and director
1952 – Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor
1952 – Gigi Sabani, Italian television host and singer (d. 2007)
1955 – John Alexander, English footballer
1955 – Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter
1955 – Caroline Loeb, French actress and singer
1955 – Ángela Molina, Spanish actress
1957 – Mark Geragos, American lawyer
1957 – Lee Thompson, English singer-songwriter and saxophonist (Madness and The Dance Brigade)
1957 – Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (d. 2008)
1958 – André Kuipers, Dutch physician and astronaut
1958 – Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist
1959 – Maya Lin, American architect and sculptor, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Civil Rights Memorial
1959 – Kelly Joe Phelps, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960 – Careca, Brazilian footballer
1960 – Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director, and producer
1960 – David Kirk, New Zealand rugby player
1960 – David Shannon, American author
1960 – Evangelia Tzampazi, Greek politician
1961 – Sharon Cheslow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Chalk Circle)
1961 – Matthew Kauffman, American journalist
1962 – Michael Andretti, American race car driver
1962 – Thomas Herbst, German footballer
1962 – Caron Keating, English television host (d. 2004)
1963 – Laura Davies, English golfer
1963 – Michael Hadschieff, Austrian speed skater
1964 – Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese voice actor
1964 – Philip A. Haigh, Writer and Historian
1964 – Malik Saidullaev Chechen businessman
1965 – Trace Armstrong, American football player
1965 – Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 – Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 – Dennis Byrd, American football player
1966 – Sean M. Carroll, American cosmologist
1966 – Terri Runnels, American wrestler and manager
1966 – Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker referee
1967 – Rex Chapman, American basketball player
1967 – Guy Pearce, English-Australian actor and singer
1970 – Josie Bissett, American actress
1970 – Matthew Knights, Australian footballer
1970 – Audie Pitre, American singer and bass player (Acid Bath) (d. 1997)
1970 – Cal Wilson, New Zealand comedian and actress
1971 – South Park Mexican, American rapper, founded Dope House Records
1971 – Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentine footballer
1971 – Samuel Vincent, Canadian voice actor and singer
1972 – Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball player
1972 – Grant Hill, American basketball player
1972 – Thomas Roberts, American journalist
1974 – Rich Franklin, American mixed martial artist
1974 – Heather Headley, Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1974 – Colin Meloy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Decemberists, Tarkio, and Happy Cactus)
1974 – Anousjka van Exel, Dutch tennis player
1974 – Alex Walkinshaw, English actor
1975 – Bobo Baldé, Guinean footballer
1975 – Carson Ellis, American illustrator
1975 – Christian Fährmann, German footballer
1975 – Parminder Nagra, English actress
1975 – Monica Rial American voice actress, director, and scriptwriter
1975 – Scott Weinger American actor and producer
1975 – Kate Winslet, English actress and singer
1976 – Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic
1976 – Song Seung-heon, South Korean actor
1976 – Royston Tan, Singaporean screenwriter and director
1976 – J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
1977 – Hugleikur Dagsson, Icelandic cartoonist, scriptwriter, and critic
1977 – Vinnie Paz, American rapper
1978 – Jesse Palmer, Canadian-American football player and sportscaster
1978 – Shane Ryan, Irish footballer
1978 – James Valentine, American guitarist (Maroon 5 and JJAMZ)
1978 – Morgan Webb, Canadian-American television host and producer
1979 – Vince Grella, Australian footballer
1979 – Joe Lipari, American comedian, radio host, and director
1979 – Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Paul Thomas, American bass player (Good Charlotte)
1980 – James Toseland, English motorcycle racer
1981 – Andy Nägelein, German footballer
1981 – Kelvin Tan, Singaporean singer
1982 – Brandi Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress (Blaque)
1982 – Steve Williams, Australian-German rugby player
1983 – Jesse Eisenberg, American actor
1983 – Nicky Hilton, American model and fashion designer
1983 – Florian Mayer, German tennis player
1983 – Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer
1983 – Noot Seear, Canadian model and actress
1984 – Naima Adedapo, American singer
1984 – Tiana Benjamin, English actress
1984 – Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer
1985 – Nicola Roberts, English singer-songwriter and actress (Girls Aloud)
1986 – Mladen Bartulović, Croatian footballer
1987 – Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer
1987 – Tim Ream, American soccer player
1987 – Park So-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (T-ara)
1987 – Javier Villa, Spanish race car driver
1987 – Luigi Vitale, Italian footballer
1988 – Bobby Edner, American singer, dancer, and actor (Varsity Fanclub)
1988 – Benny Howell, English cricketer
1988 – Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter (Monrose)
1989 – Marcel Baude, German footballer
1993 – Ali Brustofski, American singer