August 5 - Births

Births

• 1301 – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)
• 1461 – King Alexander Jagiellon of Poland (d. 1506)
• 1623 – Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (d. 1669)
• 1641 – John Hathorne, American magistrate (d. 1717)
• 1662 – James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728)
• 1694 – Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744)
• 1802 – Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1829)
• 1811 – Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (d. 1896)
• 1813 – Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist (d. 1896)
• 1815 – Edward John Eyre, English explorer (d. 1901)
• 1827 – Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian statesman (d. 1892)
• 1828 – Queen Louise of the Netherlands, Dutch consort of Charles XV of Sweden (d. 1871)
• 1833 – Queen Carola of Vasa, Austrian consort of Albert of Saxony (d. 1907)
• 1850 – Guy de Maupassant, French writer (d. 1893)
• 1862 – Joseph Merrick, English sideshow performer (d. 1890)
• 1866 – Carl Harries, German chemist (d. 1923)
• 1866 – Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917)
• 1872 – Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (d. 1917)
• 1877 – Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917)
• 1887 – Reginald Owen, English actor (d. 1972)
• 1888 – Victor Francen, Belgian-born French actor (d. 1977)
• 1889 – Conrad Aiken, American writer (d. 1973)
• 1890 – Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 1956)
• 1890 – Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor (d. 1977)
• 1897 – Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (d. 1972)
• 1901 – Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (d. 2000)
• 1906 – John Huston, American director (d. 1987)
• 1906 – Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1999)
• 1906 – Joan Hickson, English actress (d. 1998)
• 1908 – Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
• 1910 – Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and music impresario (d. 1979)
• 1911 – Robert Taylor, American actor (d. 1969)
• 1912 – Abbé Pierre, French Catholic priest (d. 2007)
• 1914 – David Brian, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1918 – Tom Drake, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1918 – Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina (d. 2004)
• 1922 – L. Tom Perry, American religious figure
• 1923 – Devan Nair, Singaporean statesman (d. 2005)
• 1930 – Neil Armstrong, American astronaut
• 1930 – Michal Kováč, Slovakian politician
• 1934 – Wendell Berry, American poet, writer and farmer
• 1934 – Karl Johan Åström, Control engineer and theorist
• 1935 – John Saxon, American actor
• 1937 – Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (d. 2003)
• 1937 – Brian G. Marsden, British astronomer (d. 2010)
• 1939 – Princess Irene of the Netherlands
• 1941 – Bob Clark, American film director (d. 2007)
• 1943 – Nelson Briles, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1943 – Sammi Smith, American country singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1946 – Loni Anderson, American actress
• 1946 – Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
• 1946 – Ron Silliman, American poet
• 1946 – Erika Slezak, American actress
• 1947 – Angry Anderson, Australian entertainer (Rose Tattoo)
• 1947 – Bernie Carbo, American baseball player
• 1947 – Rick Derringer, American guitarist and vocalist
• 1948 – Carole Laure, French-Canadian actress
• 1948 – Ray Clemence, English footballer
• 1951 – John Jarratt, Australian actor
• 1952 – Louis Walsh, Irish music manager
• 1953 – Rick Mahler, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1953 – Samantha Sang, Australian singer
• 1956 – Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian film director
• 1956 – Maureen McCormick, American actress
• 1957 – Faith Prince, American actress
• 1957 – Clayton Rohner, American actor
• 1959 – Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive)
• 1959 – Pat Smear, American guitarist (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
• 1960 – Seth Swirsky, American songwriter
• 1961 – Tawny Kitaen, American actress
• 1961 – Mark O'Connor, American violinist
• 1961 – Athula Samarasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1962 – Patrick Ewing, Jamacian-born American basketball player
• 1962 – Richard de Groen, New Zealand cricketer
• 1962 – Otis Thorpe, American basketball player
• 1964 – Adam Yauch, American rapper (Beastie Boys)
• 1965 – Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer
• 1965 – Scott William Winters, American actor
• 1966 – Jonathan Silverman, American actor
• 1967 – Matthew Caws, American singer (Nada Surf)
• 1968 – Terri Clark, Canadian country singer
• 1968 – Funkmaster Flex, American hip hop DJ
• 1968 – Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1968 – Oleg Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer
• 1968 – Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (d. 2007)
• 1968 – John Olerud, American baseball player
• 1969 – Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer
• 1969 – Venkatesh Prasad, Indian cricketer
• 1969 – Paola Volpato, Chilean actress
• 1970 – James Gunn, American filmmaker
• 1971 – "Evil" Jared Hasselhoff, American bassist (The Bloodhound Gang)
• 1972 – Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian guitarist and bassist (Fear Factory)
• 1972 – Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricketer
• 1972 – Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1972 – Theodore Whitmore, Jamaican footballer
• 1973 – Sean Sherk, American mixed martial artist
• 1973 – Sanwar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1974 – Alvin Ceccoli, Australian soccer player
• 1974 – Manuel Greil, German footballer
• 1974 – Antoine Sibierski, French footballer
• 1975 – Antony Cotton, English actor
• 1975 – Ami Foster, American actress
• 1975 – Kajol Mukherjee, Indian actress
• 1975 – Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
• 1975 – Haim Goldenberg, Israeli-born Canadian mentalist (GoldMind)
• 1975 – Iddo Goldberg, Israeli-born British actor
• 1976 – Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Kwon Sang-woo, South Korean actor
• 1976 – Marian Pahars, Latvian footballer
• 1977 – Eric Hinske, American baseball player
• 1977 – Michael Walsh, English footballer
• 1977 – Mark Mulder, American baseball player
• 1978 – Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter
• 1978 – Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer
• 1979 – David Healy, Northern Irish footballer
• 1980 – Kaylani Lei, Singaporean-born American pornographic actress
• 1980 – Wayne Bridge, English footballer
• 1980 – Jason Čulina, Australian soccer player
• 1980 – Ali Umar, Maldivian footballer
• 1980 – Sophie Winkleman, English actress
• 1980 – Vatsal Seth, Indian actor
• 1981 – Carl Crawford, American baseball player
• 1981 – David Clarke, British ice hockey player
• 1981 – Rachel Scott, American murder victim (d. 1999)
• 1981 – Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer
• 1981 – Erik Guay, Canadian alpine skier
• 1981 – Cory Williams, American internet celebrity
• 1981 – Alester Maregwede, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1981 – Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress
• 1982 – Jamie Houston, English-born German rugby player
• 1982 – LoLo Jones, American track and field athlete
• 1982 – Ryu Seung Min, Korean table tennis player
• 1982 – Tobias Regner, German singer
• 1982 – Pete Sell, American mixed martial artist
• 1983 – Korey Hall, American football player
• 1983 – Dawn Richard, American singer (Danity Kane, Dirty Money)
• 1985 – Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
• 1985 – Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer
• 1985 – Megan Joy Corkrey, American singer
• 1986 – Cassie Davis, Australian singer
• 1986 – Paula Creamer, American golfer
• 1987 – Lexi Belle, American pornographic actress
• 1988 – Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer
• 1993 – Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress
• 2000 – Maya Bond, Japanese-born American singer-songwriter and drummer