July 5 - Births

Births

• 1029 – Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah, Egyptian Caliph (d. 1094)
• 1321 – Joan of The Tower, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of King David II of Scotland (d. 1362)
• 1547 – Garzia de' Medici, Prince of Tuscany (d. 1562)
• 1549 – Francesco Maria Del Monte, Italian diplomat (d. 1627)
• 1586 – Thomas Hooker, English Connecticut colonist (d. 1647)
• 1653 – Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726)
• 1670 – Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, German-born Duchess of Parma (d. 1748)
• 1675 – Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials (d. after 1719)
• 1717 – Peter III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786)
• 1718 – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794)
• 1745 – Carl Arnold Kortum, German physician (d. 1824)
• 1755 – Sarah Siddons, British actress (d. 1831)
• 1780 – François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician (d. 1838)
• 1793 – Pavel Pestel, Russian revolutionary (d. 1826)
• 1794 – Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (d. 1851)
• 1801 – David Farragut, American naval commander (d. 1870)
• 1802 – Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (d. 1855)
• 1805 – Robert FitzRoy, British naval officer, Captain of the HMS Beagle and metereologist (d. 1865)
• 1805 – Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte, French prince (d. 1870)
• 1810 – P.T. Barnum, American circus owner (d. 1891)
• 1820 – William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist (d. 1872)
• 1829 – Ignacio Mariscal, Mexican writer and diplomat (d. 1910)
• 1832 – Pavel Chistyakov, Russian painter (d. 1919)
• 1841 – William C. Whitney, American financier (d. 1904)
• 1853 – Cecil Rhodes, British founder of Rhodesia (d. 1902)
• 1857 – Clara Zetkin, German socialist (d. 1933)
• 1860 – Robert Bacon, American politician (d. 1919)
• 1872 – Edouard Herriot, French politician (d. 1957)
• 1874 – Eugen Fischer, German physician (d. 1967)
• 1879 – Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (d. 1959)
• 1879 – Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician (d. 1945)
• 1880 – Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist (d. 1940)
• 1882 – Inayat Khan, Indian sufi (d. 1927)
• 1885 – Blas Infante, Spanish politician (d. 1936)
• 1885 – André Lhote, French painter (d. 1962)
• 1886 – Willem Drees, Dutch Politician, Prime Minister and Centenarian (d. 1988)
• 1888 – Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1963)
• 1889 – Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963)
• 1890 – Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian (d. 1954)
• 1891 – John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
• 1891 – Tin Ujević, Croatian poet (d. 1955)
• 1895 – Gordon Jacob, English composer (d. 1984)
• 1899 – Marcel Achard, French playwright, screenwriter and author (d. 1974)
• 1900 – Yoshimaro Yamashina, Japanese ornithologist (d. 1989)
• 1901 – Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master (d. 1992)
• 1902 – Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American diplomat (d. 1985)
• 1904 – Harold Acton, American writer and dilettante (d. 1994)
• 1904 – Ernst Mayr, American biologist (d. 2005)
• 1904 – Milburn Stone, American actor (d. 1980)
• 1905 – Myles Horton, American educator and Civil Rights Movement teacher (d. 1990)
• 1910 – Georges Vedel, French public law professor (d. 2002)
• 1910 – Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Georges Pompidou, French politician (d. 1974)
• 1912 – Mack David, American lyricist (d. 1993)
• 1913 – Smiley Lewis, American rhythm and blues vocalist and guitarist (d. 1966)
• 1914 – Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress (d. 2009)
• 1915 – John Woodruff, American 800m runner (d. 2007)
• 1918 – George Rochberg, American composer (d. 2005)
• 1918 – René Lecavalier, French-Canadian radio host and television sportscaster (d. 1999)
• 1920 – Mary Louise Hancock, American politician and activist
• 1924 – Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (d. 2001)
• 1924 – János Starker, Hungarian cellist
• 1928 – Warren Oates, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1928 – Pierre Mauroy, French politician
• 1928 – Katherine Helmond, American actress
• 1931 – Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice (d. 2000)
• 1932 – Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948)
• 1932 – Gyula Horn, Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary
• 1935 – John Gilmore, American true crime author
• 1936 – Shirley Knight, American actress
• 1936 – James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel laureate
• 1938 – Ronnie Self, American rock singer and songwriter (d. 1981)
• 1939 – Booker Edgerson, American football player
• 1940 – Chuck Close, American painter and photographer
• 1942 – Johannes Löhr, German football player and coach
• 1943 – Curt Blefary, American baseball player (d. 2001)
• 1943 – Robbie Robertson, Canadian guitarist (The Band).
• 1945 – Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican politician and Attorney General of México.
• 1946 – Pierre-Marc Johnson, Québécois lawyer, physician and politician
• 1946 – Paul Smith, British fashion designer
• 1946 – Gerardus 't Hooft, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1948 – William Hootkins, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1950 – Huey Lewis, American singer (Huey Lewis and the News)
• 1950 – Michael Monarch, American guitarist (Steppenwolf)
• 1951 – Goose Gossage, American baseball player
• 1951 – Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer
• 1952 – David Pinkney, British racing driver
• 1954 – Leni Björklund, Swedish politician
• 1954 – John Wright, New Zealand cricketer
• 1954 – Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist (Aerosmith)
• 1955 – Peter McNamara, Australian tennis player
• 1956 – Patsy Pease, American actress
• 1956 – James Lofton, American football player and coach
• 1957 – David Hanson, politician
• 1957 – Doug Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1958 – Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor
• 1958 – Bill Watterson, American cartoonist
• 1959 – Marc Cohn, American singer and songwriter
• 1960 – Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor
• 1960 – James M. Kelly, American politician
• 1960 – Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stunt performer
• 1961 – Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano
• 1961 – Patrizia Scianca, Italian voice actress
• 1963 – Edie Falco, American actress
• 1963 – Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor
• 1963 – Mark Stockwell, Australian swimmer
• 1965 – Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist
• 1966 – Kathryn Erbe, American actress
• 1966 – Susannah Doyle, British actress
• 1966 – Gianfranco Zola, Italian football player and coach
• 1966 – Claudia Wells, American actress
• 1967 – Silvia Ziche, Italian comics artist
• 1968 – Ken Akamatsu, Japanese manga artist
• 1968 – Kenji Ito, Japanese composer
• 1968 – Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian journalist, singer and keyboardist (The Evaporators)
• 1968 – Alex Zülle, Swiss cyclist
• 1969 – John LeClair, American hockey player
• 1969 – RZA, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
• 1969 – Jenji Kohan, American television writer and producer
• 1970 – Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004)
• 1971 – Derek McInnes, Scottish footballer
• 1972 – Robert Esmie, Canadian athlete
• 1972 – Letha Weapons, American porn actress
• 1973 – Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer
• 1973 – Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish drummer (The Cardigans)
• 1973 – Róisín Murphy, Irish singer-songwriter (Moloko)
• 1973 – René Spies, German bobsledder
• 1974 – Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian footballer
• 1975 – Hernán Crespo, Argentinian footballer
• 1975 – Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese bassist (Týr)
• 1975 – Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor
• 1975 – Ai Sugiyama, Japanese tennis player
• 1975 – Diplo, American DJ, producer and songwriter
• 1976 – Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer
• 1976 – Bizarre, American rapper (D12)
• 1977 – Royce Da 5'9", American rapper
• 1977 – Nicolas Kiefer, German tennis player
• 1979 – Tim Coly, German rugby player
• 1979 – Shane Filan, Irish singer (Westlife)
• 1979 – Amélie Mauresmo, French tennis player
• 1979 – Stiliyan Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1980 – Eva Green, French actress
• 1980 – Jason Wade, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Lifehouse)
• 1980 – David Rozehnal, Czech footballer
• 1981 – Jesse Crain, Canadian baseball player
• 1981 – Ryan Hansen, American actor
• 1981 – Gianne Albertoni, Brazilian model
• 1982 – Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Philippe Gilbert, Belgian cyclist
• 1983 – Zheng Jie, Chinese tennis player
• 1984 – Marion Trott, German skeleton racer
• 1984 – Danay Garcia, Cuban actress
• 1984 – Yu Yamada, Japanese Ryukyuan model, actress and singer
• 1985 – Stephanie McIntosh, Australian pop singer and actress
• 1985 – Nick O'Malley, British bassist (Arctic Monkeys)
• 1988 – Adriano Buzaid, Brazilian racing driver
• 1989 – Joseph King, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Canvas, Deadbeat Darling)
• 1989 – Sean O'Pry, American male supermodel
• 1989 – Dejan Lovren, Croatian footballer
• 1991 – Jason Dolley, American actor