June 5 - Births

Births

• 1341 – Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402)
• 1493 – Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (d. 1555)
• 1523 – Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)
• 1553 – Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)
• 1554 – Elisabeth of Austria, queen consort of Charles IX of France (d. 1592)
• 1640 – Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)
• 1660 – Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)
• 1646 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684)
• 1718 – Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker (d. 1779)
• 1723 – Adam Smith, Scottish economist (d. 1790)
• 1757 – Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (d. 1808)
• 1760 – Johan Gadolin, Finnish scientist (d. 1852)
• 1771 – Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (d. 1851)
• 1781 – Christian August Lobeck, German scholar (d. 1860)
• 1819 – John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)
• 1850 – Pat Garrett, American Western lawman (d. 1908)
• 1862 – Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1930)
• 1868 – James Connolly, Irish socialist (d. 1916)
• 1876 – Isaac Heinemann, German-born Israeli scholar and professor of classical literature (d. 1957)
• 1876 – Tony Jackson, American musician (d. 1920)
• 1877 – Willard Miller, American sailor (d. 1959)
• 1878 – Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1923)
• 1879 – Robert Mayer, German-born philanthropist (d. 1985)
• 1879 – René Pottier, French cyclist (d. 1907)
• 1883 – John Maynard Keynes, English economist (d. 1946)
• 1884 – Ralph Benatzky, Czech composer (d. 1957)
• 1894 – Roy Thomson, Lord Thomson of Fleet, English publisher (d. 1976)
• 1895 – William Boyd (actor), American actor (d. 1972)
• 1898 – Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoemaker (d. 1960)
• 1898 – Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, lyricist and dramatist (d. 1936)
• 1899 – Otis Barton, American deep-sea diver, inventor and actor (d. 1992)
• 1900 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
• 1902 – Arthur Powell Davies, American religious minister (d. 1957)
• 1905 – John Abbott, British actor (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Jock Cameron, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1936 (d. 1935)
• 1912 – Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager
• 1919 – Richard Scarry, American author/illustrator (d. 1994)
• 1920 – Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American author (d. 1974)
• 1923 – Jorge Daponte, Argentine racing driver (d. 1963)
• 1923 – Daniel Pinkham, American composer, organist, and harpsichordist (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Art Donovan, American football star
• 1928 – Robert Lansing, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1928 – Tony Richardson, British film director (d. 1991)
• 1930 – Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian writer (d. 1996)
• 1931 – Jacques Demy, French film director (d. 1990)
• 1931 – Connie Hines, American actress (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher, antroposopher
• 1932 – Christy Brown, Irish author (d. 1981)
• 1934 – Bill Moyers, American journalist
• 1937 – Hélène Cixous, French writer, poet
• 1938 – Karin Balzer, German hurdler
• 1939 – Joe Clark, sixteenth Prime Minister of Canada
• 1939 – Margaret Drabble, English novelist
• 1941 – Martha Argerich, Argentine pianist
• 1941 – Erasmo Carlos, Brazilian singer and songwriter
• 1941 – Spalding Gray, American actor and writer (d. 2004)
• 1941 – Robert Kraft, American owner of the New England Patriots
• 1942 – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatoguinean politician
• 1943 – Matthew Lesko, American author
• 1944 – Colm Wilkinson, Irish singer
• 1945 – John Carlos, American athlete
• 1945 – Patrick Head, English F1 technical director and team co-owner (WilliamsF1)
• 1946 – John Bach, Welsh actor
• 1946 – Freddie Stone, American guitarist (Sly & the Family Stone)
• 1947 – Laurie Anderson, American performance artist
• 1947 – Tom Evans, English musician (Badfinger) (d. 1983)
• 1949 – Ken Follett, Welsh author
• 1950 – J. J. Bittenbinder, American television host and author
• 1950 – Ronnie Dyson, American singer and actor (d. 1990)
• 1950 – Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist & political activist (d. 1977)
• 1951 – Suze Orman, American financial advisor, writer, and television personality
• 1951 – Jill Biden, American educator and wife of Vice President Joe Biden
• 1952 – Carole Fredericks, American singer (d. 2001)
• 1952 – Daniel Katzen, American classical musician
• 1952 – Nicko McBrain, English drummer (Iron Maiden)
• 1953 – Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer
• 1954 – Haluk Bilginer, Turkish actor
• 1955 – Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian football player
• 1956 – Richard Butler, English singer (The Psychedelic Furs)
• 1956 – Kenny G, American saxophonist
• 1958 – Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, President of the Comoros
• 1958 – Avigdor Lieberman, Israeli politician
• 1959 – Robert Lloyd, English musician (The Nightingales)
• 1960 – Leslie Hendrix, American actress
• 1960 – Margo Lanagan, Australian author
• 1961 – Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (d. 1999)
• 1961 – Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (d. 2006)
• 1962 – Princess Astrid of Belgium
• 1962 – Jeff Garlin, American comedian
• 1963 – Joe Rudán, Hungarian heavy metal singer
• 1964 – Karl Sanders, American musician (Nile)
• 1964 – Lisa Cholodenko, American filmmaker
• 1964 – Rick Riordan, American author
• 1965 – Michael E. Brown, American astronomer
• 1965 – Sandrine Piau, French soprano
• 1967 – Joe DeLoach, American athlete
• 1967 – Ray Lankford, American baseball player
• 1967 – Ron Livingston, American actor
• 1969 – Brian McKnight, American musician
• 1970 – Martin Gelinas, Canadian hockey player
• 1971 – Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
• 1971 – Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese racing driver
• 1971 – Mark Wahlberg, American rapper and actor
• 1971 – Miyuki Komatsu, Japanese actress
• 1972 – Mike Bucci, American professional wrestler
• 1972 – Chuck Klosterman, American journalist
• 1972 – Pavel Kotla, Polish conductor
• 1973 – Lamon Brewster, American boxer
• 1973 – Jenn Rivell, American actress
• 1973 – Daniel Gildenlöw, Swedish musician and songwriter
• 1973 – Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian judoka
• 1973 – Galilea Montijo, Mexican actress
• 1974 – Chad Allen, American actor
• 1974 – Russ Ortiz, American baseball player
• 1974 – P-Nut, American bassist (311)
• 1975 – Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1975 – Sandra Stals, Belgian athlete
• 1976 – Giannis Giannoulis, Greek basketball player
• 1976 – Torry Holt, American football player
• 1976 – Ross Noble, English comedian
• 1976 – Aesop Rock, American hip-hop artist
• 1976 – Jack Ross, Scottish footballer
• 1977 – Kristin Gore, American author and screenwriter
• 1977 – Christian Martucci, American musician
• 1977 – Nourhanne, Lebanese singer
• 1977 – Navi Rawat, American actress
• 1977 – Liza Weil, American actress
• 1978 – Fernando Meira, Portuguese football player
• 1979 – David Bisbal, Spanish singer
• 1979 – Fraser Watts, Scottish cricketer
• 1979 – Pete Wentz, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
• 1979 – Jason White, American racing driver
• 1980 – Sutee Suksomkit, Thai football player
• 1980 – Mike Fisher, Canadian ice hockey player (Ottawa Senators)
• 1981 – Jade Goody, British television personality (d. 2009)
• 1981 – Sebastien Lefebvre, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
• 1982 – Dallas Cook, American musician (Suburban Legends)
• 1982 – Baron Geisler, Filipino actor
• 1983 – Bill Bray, American baseball player
• 1983 – Marques Colston, American football player
• 1984 – Robert Barbieri, Canadian-born Italian rugby player
• 1985 – Kenny De Ketele, Belgian cyclist
• 1986 – Christian Baracat, German rugby player
• 1986 – Dave Bolland, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Amanda Crew, Canadian actress
• 1986 – Vernon Gholston, American football player
• 1987 – Charlie Clements, English actor
• 1988 – Alessandro Salvi, Italian footballer
• 1989 – Megumi Nakajima, Filipina-Japanese voice actress & singer
• 1992 – Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer
• 1995 – Troye Sivan, South African/Australian actor and singer
• 2005 – Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón, granddaughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain