April 5 - Births

Births

• 1288 – Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)
• 1472 – Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)
• 1523 – Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)
• 1588 – Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679)
• 1604 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)
• 1622 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)
• 1649 – Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (d. 1721)
• 1692 – Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
• 1719 – Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish statesman and soldier; father of Axel von Fersen the Younger (d. 1794)
• 1732 – Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)
• 1752 – Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)
• 1769 – Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet Royal Navy Vice-Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1839)
• 1784 – Louis Spohr, German composer and violinist (d. 1859)
• 1816 – Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890)
• 1827 – Joseph Lister, English surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery (d. 1912)
• 1832 – Jules Ferry, French statesman (d. 1893)
• 1837 – Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (d. 1909)
• 1856 – Booker T. Washington, American educator (d. 1915)
• 1863 – Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1950)
• 1869 – Sergei Chaplygin, Russian physicist and engineer (d. 1942)
• 1869 – Albert Roussel, French composer (d. 1937)
• 1871 – Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1912)
• 1872 – Samuel Cate Prescott, American food scientist and microbiologist (d. 1962)
• 1872 – Sir Norman Angell, Nobel Peace prize winner in 1933 (d. 1967)
• 1875 – Mistinguett, French vaudeville performer (d. 1956)
• 1893 – Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Alfred Blalock, American surgeon (d. 1964)
• 1900 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967)
• 1901 – Melvyn Douglas, American actor (d. 1981)
• 1906 – Lord Buckley, American monologist (d. 1960)
• 1908 – Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989)
• 1908 – Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (d. 1989)
• 1908 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (d. 1986)
• 1909 – Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (d. 1996)
• 1912 – John Le Mesurier, British actor (d. 1983)
• 1916 – Gregory Peck, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Albert Henry Ottenweller, American bishop
• 1917 – Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994)
• 1920 – Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1971 until 1973 (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Arthur Hailey, Anglo-Canadian author (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Rafique Zakaria, Indian author (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Tom Finney, English footballer
• 1922 – Christopher Hewett, British actor (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Gale Storm, American singer and actress (My Little Margie) (d. 2009)
• 1923 – Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (d. 1995)
• 1923 – Nguyen Van Thieu, President of South Vietnam (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Roger Corman, American film director
• 1928 – Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (d. 1992)
• 1929 – Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Ivar Giaever, Norwegian physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1929 – Nigel Hawthorne, British actor (d. 2001)
• 1929 – Joe Meek, English record producer (d. 1967)
• 1932 – Billy Bland, American singer and songwriter
• 1933 – Larry Felser, American sports columnist
• 1933 – Barbara Holland, American writer (d. 2010)
• 1933 – Frank Gorshin, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Roman Herzog, German politician
• 1934 – Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2000)
• 1935 – Peter Grant, British music manager (d. 1995)
• 1936 – John Kelly, Irish republican politician (d. 2007)
• 1937 – Colin Powell, U.S. Army General, 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and 65th Secretary of State
• 1937 – Allan R. Thieme, American inventor
• 1938 – Colin Bland, South African cricketer
• 1939 – Ronald White, American singer and songwriter (d. 1995)
• 1939 – Crispian St. Peters, British singer
• 1941 – Michael Moriarty, American actor
• 1941 – Dave Swarbrick, British folk musician
• 1942 – Peter Greenaway, Welsh film director
• 1943 – Max Gail, American actor
• 1944 – Pedro Rossello, Puerto Rican politician
• 1945 – Tommy Smith, English footballer
• 1946 – Jane Asher, British actress
• 1946 – Björn Granath, Swedish actor
• 1947 – Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 14th President of the Philippines
• 1948 – Les Binks, British musician, former drummer for Judas Priest
• 1948 – Dave Holland, British musician (Judas Priest)
• 1949 – John Berg (actor), American actor (d. 2007)
• 1949 – Judith Resnik, American astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1950 – Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer (ABBA)
• 1950 – Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor
• 1951 – Dean Kamen, American inventor
• 1952 – Mitch Pileggi, American actor
• 1954 – Stan Ridgway, American musician (Wall of Voodoo)
• 1955 – Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist
• 1955 – Janice Long, English broadcaster
• 1955 – Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress
• 1956 – Diamond Dallas Page, American professional wrestler
• 1958 – Johan Kriek, South African born tennis player
• 1961 – Lisa Zane, American actress
• 1961 – Jim LeRoy, Airshow pilot
• 1962 – Lana Clarkson, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1964 – Steve Beaton, English darts player
• 1964 – Christopher "Kid" Reid, American rapper (Kid 'n Play)
• 1964 – Princess Erika, French singer
• 1965 – Cris Carpenter, American baseball player
• 1966 – Mike McCready, American musician (Pearl Jam)
• 1967 – Gary Gait, Canadian lacrosse player
• 1967 – Anu Garg, Indian-American author and speaker
• 1968 – Paula Cole, American musician
• 1970 – Thea Gill, Canadian actress
• 1970 – Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter (Cibo Matto)
• 1971 – Dong Abay, Filipino musician, singer-songwriter
• 1972 – Krista Allen, American actress
• 1972 – Tom Coronel, Dutch racing driver
• 1972 – Pat Green, American singer and songwriter
• 1972 – Paul Okon, Australian soccer player
• 1973 – Tony Banks, American football player
• 1973 – Élodie Bouchez, French actress
• 1973 – Pharrell, American music producer (The Neptunes)
• 1974 – Sahaj Ticotin, American musician/producer (Ra)
• 1974 – Uhm Tae Woong, South Korean actor
• 1975 – John Hartson, Welsh footballer
• 1975 – Shammond Williams, American basketball player
• 1976 – Kim Collins, Nevisian sprinter
• 1976 – Ryan Drese, American baseball player
• 1976 – Ross Gload, American baseball player
• 1976 – Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
• 1976 – Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer
• 1978 – Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
• 1978 – Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
• 1979 – Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
• 1980 – Matt Bonner, American basketball player
• 1980 – Lee Jae Won, South Korean actor, singer, and rapper
• 1981 – Jorge de la Rosa, Mexican baseball player
• 1981 – Michael A. Monsoor, American soldier (d. 2006)
• 1982 – Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer
• 1982 – Matt Pickens, American soccer player
• 1982 – Alexandre Prémat, French racing driver
• 1982 – Kelly Pavlik, American boxer
• 1984 – Shin Min-a, South Korean model and actress
• 1988 – Alex Valentini, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Haruma Miura, Japanese actor