Famous Birthdays for May 5th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1210 – Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)^[11]
• 1282 – Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena (d. 1348)^[12]
• 1310 – Preczlaw of Pogarell, Cardinal and Bishop of Wrocław (d. 1376)
• 1352 – Rupert of Germany, Count Palatine of the Rhine (d. 1410)
• 1479 – Guru Amar Das, Indian 3rd Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
• 1504 – Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (d. 1579)
• 1530 – Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, French nobleman (d. 1574)
• 1542 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (d. 1623)
• 1582 – John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1628)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1684 – Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles (d. 1739)
• 1747 – Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
• 1749 – Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer (d. 1794)
• 1764 – Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (d. 1812)
• 1800 – Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (d. 1864)
• 1813 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author (d. 1855)
• 1818 – Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1883)
• 1826 – Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920)^[13]
• 1830 – John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (d. 1906)
• 1832 – Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian (d. 1918)
• 1833 – Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic (d. 1905)
• 1834 – Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter and architect (d. 1873)
• 1843 – William George Beers, Canadian dentist and patriot (d. 1900)
• 1846 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)^[14]
• 1858 – John L. Leal, American physician (d. 1914)
• 1859 – Charles B. Hanford, American Shakespearean actor (d. 1926)^[15]
• 1864 – Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (d. 1922)^[16]
• 1865 – Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet (d. 1943)
• 1866 – Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (d. 1938)
• 1869 – Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (d. 1937)
• 1869 – Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
• 1874 – Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1941)
• 1882 – Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist (d. 1960)
• 1883 – Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (d. 1950)
• 1883 – Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler, American mathematician (d. 1966)^[17]
• 1884 – Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach (d. 1954)
• 1885 – Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician (d. 1924)
• 1887 – Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1941)
• 1889 – Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier (d. 1973)
• 1890 – Christopher Morley, American journalist and author (d. 1957)
• 1892 – Dorothy Garrod, British archaeologist (d. 1968)^[18]
• 1898 – Elsie Eaves, American engineer (d. 1983)^[19]
• 1898 – Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont blues singer and guitar player (d. 1959)
• 1899 – Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 1900 – Helen Redfield, American geneticist (d. 1988)^[20]

1901–present[edit]

• 1903 – James Beard, American chef and author (d. 1985)
• 1905 – Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (d. 1986)
• 1906 – Charles Exbrayat, French author and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1907 – Daryna Dmytrivna Polotniuk, Bukovinian (Ukrainian) journalist and author (d. 1982)^[21]
• 1908 – Kurt Böhme, German opera singer (d. 1989)
• 1909 – Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet and author (d. 1944)
• 1910 – Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator (d. 1999)
• 1911 – Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 1911 – Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player (d. 2010)
• 1911 – Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist (d. 1932)^[22]
• 1913 – Duane Carter, American race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958)
• 1915 – Alice Faye, American actress and singer (d. 1998)
• 1916 – Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (d. 1994)
• 1917 – Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest (d. 2005)
• 1919 – Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
• 1922 – Irene Gut Opdyke, Polish nurse and humanitarian (d. 2003)
• 1923 – William C. Campbell, American golfer (d. 2013)
• 1923 – James Gilbert, Scottish television producer and director (d. 2016)
• 1923 – Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Canadian mathematician (d. 2017)^[23]
• 1923 – Richard Wollheim, English philosopher and academic (d. 2003)
• 1925 – Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (d. 1978)
• 1927 – Pat Carroll, American actress (d. 2022)
• 1929 – Ilene Woods, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Hans Abramson, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1999)
• 1932 – Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Bob Said, American race car driver and bobsled racer (d. 2002)
• 1933 – Igor Kashkarov, Russian high jumper
• 1933 – Collie Smith, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1959)
• 1934 – Henri Konan Bédié, Ivorian politician, 2nd President of Côte d'Ivoire^[24]
• 1934 – Victor Garland, Australian accountant and politician, 26th Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs
• 1935 – Eddie Linden, Scottish poet and magazine editor
• 1935 – Bernard Pivot, French journalist, talk show host, and producer
• 1935 – Robert Rehme, American film producer
• 1936 – Sandy Baron, American actor and comedian (d. 2001)
• 1936 – Patrick Gowers, English composer and educator (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Ervin Lázár, Hungarian author (d. 2006)
• 1937 – Beryl Burton, English racing cyclist (d. 1996) ^[25]
• 1937 – Delia Derbyshire, English musician, arranger and composer (d. 2001)^[26]
• 1938 – Michael Murphy, American actor
• 1938 – Barbara Wagner, Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1939 – Ray Gosling, English journalist, author, and activist (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Lance Henriksen, American actor
• 1940 – Michael Lindsay-Hogg, American director and producer
• 1941 – Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2004)
• 1942 – István Bujtor, Hungarian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1942 – Jean Corston, Baroness Corston, English lawyer and politician
• 1942 – Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, English politician (d. 2015)
• 1942 – Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
• 1943 – Michael Palin, English actor and screenwriter
• 1943 – Ignacio Ramonet, Spanish journalist and author
• 1944 – Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer
• 1944 – John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor and screenwriter
• 1944 – Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director (d. 2015)
• 1945 – Kurt Loder, American journalist, author, and critic
• 1945 – Dianne Willcocks, English sociologist and academic
• 1946 – Jim Kelly, American actor, athlete, and martial artist (d. 2013)^[27]
• 1946 – Aydın Menderes, Turkish politician (d. 2011)
• 1948 – Bella van der Spiegel-Hage, Dutch cyclist
• 1948 – Bill Ward, English drummer and songwriter
• 1949 – Eppie Bleeker, Dutch speed skater
• 1950 – Rex Caldwell, American golfer
• 1950 – Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer
• 1951 – Rudolf Finsterer, German rugby player and coach
• 1951 – Toomas Vilosius, Estonian physician and politician, 2nd Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
• 1952 – Ed Lee, American politician and attorney, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco (d. 2017)
• 1952 – Jorge Llopart, Spanish race walker
• 1952 – Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician (d. 2014)
• 1955 – Jon Butcher, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and freelance multimedia producer
• 1956 – Steve Scott, American runner and coach
• 1957 – Richard E. Grant, Swazi-English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Peter Howitt, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Ron Arad, Israeli colonel and pilot (d. 1986)
• 1958 – Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1958 – Vanessa Downing, Australian actress
• 1958 – Jack Wishna, American businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (d. 2012)
• 1959 – Bobby Ellsworth, American singer and bass player
• 1959 – Ian McCulloch, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – Steve Stevens, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1959 – Brian Williams, American journalist
• 1960 – Doug Hawkins, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1961 – Marg Downey, Australian actress
• 1961 – Hiroshi Hase, Japanese wrestler and politician
• 1961 – Rob Williams, American basketball player (d. 2014)
• 1962 – Kaoru Wada, Japanese composer and conductor
• 1963 – James LaBrie, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1963 – Simon Rimmer, English chef and author
• 1963 – Scott Westerfeld, American author and composer
• 1964 – Jean-François Copé, French politician, French Minister of Budget
• 1964 – Heike Henkel, German high jumper
• 1964 – Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 1964 – Minami Takayama, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1964 – Efrat Mishori, Israeli poet and filmmaker
• 1965 – Glenn Seton, Australian race car driver
• 1966 – Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer
• 1966 – Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Bulgaria^[28]
• 1966 – Josh Weinstein, American screenwriter and producer
• 1967 – Adam Hughes, American author and illustrator
• 1967 – Alexis Sinduhije, Burundian journalist and politician
• 1969 – Pieter Muller, South African rugby player
• 1970 – Kyan Douglas, American television host and author
• 1970 – Todd Newton, American game show host
• 1971 – Harold Miner, American basketball player
• 1971 – Mike Redmond, American baseball player and manager
• 1972 – James Cracknell, English rower
• 1972 – Žigmund Pálffy, Slovakian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Mikael Renberg, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1975 – Meb Keflezighi, American runner
• 1976 – Dieter Brummer, Australian actor (d. 2021)
• 1976 – Jean-François Dumoulin, Canadian race car driver
• 1976 – Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
• 1976 – Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster
• 1978 – Morgan Pehme, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1979 – Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
• 1980 – Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer
• 1980 – Hank Green, American entrepreneur, educator, and vlogger
• 1980 – DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
• 1981 – Craig David, English singer-songwriter, musician and producer
• 1981 – Danielle Fishel, American actress
• 1982 – Ferrie Bodde, Dutch footballer
• 1982 – Vanessa Bryant, American philanthropist and model^[29]
• 1982 – Wouter D'Haene, Belgian sprinter
• 1982 – Randall Gay, American football player
• 1982 – Corey Parker, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1983 – James Anyon, English cricketer
• 1983 – Henry Cavill, English actor
• 1983 – Mabel Gay, Cuban triple jumper
• 1983 – Annie Villeneuve, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Scott Ware, American football player
• 1984 – Johanna Hedva, Korean-American artist and genderqueer activist^[30]
• 1984 – Wade MacNeil, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1984 – Christian Valdez, Mexican footballer
• 1985 – Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress and singer
• 1985 – Marcos Rogério Oliveira Duarte, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Emanuele Giaccherini, Italian footballer
• 1985 – Tsepo Masilela, South African footballer
• 1985 – P. J. Tucker, American basketball player^[31]
• 1985 – Terrence Wheatley, American football player
• 1987 – Graham Dorrans, Scottish footballer
• 1988 – Adele, English singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Mervyn Westfield, English cricketer
• 1989 – Chris Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1991 – Xenofon Fetsis, Greek footballer
• 1991 – Raúl Jiménez, Mexican footballer
• 1992 – Loïck Landre, French footballer
• 1996 – Mayar Sherif, Egyptian tennis player^[32]
• 1998 – Aryna Sabalenka, Belarusian tennis player^[33]
• 1999 – Nathan Chen, American figure skater
• 1999 – Justin Kluivert, Dutch footballer
• 2003 – Carlos Alcaraz, Spanish tennis player^[34]