November 5 - Births

Births

• 1271 – Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (d. 1304)
• 1494 – Hans Sachs, German mastersinger (d. 1576)
• 1549 – Philippe de Mornay, French writer (d. 1623)
• 1592 – Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672)
• 1613 – Isaac de Benserade, French poet (d. 1691)
• 1615 – Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1648)
• 1667 – Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (d. 1719)
• 1701 – Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (d. 1785)
• 1715 – John Brown, English writer (d. 1766)
• 1722 – William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English duelist (d. 1798)
• 1742 – Richard Cosway, English artist (d. 1821)
• 1818 – Benjamin Franklin Butler, 33^rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1893)
• 1835 – Moritz Szeps, Austrian journalist (d. 1902)
• 1846 – Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869)
• 1850 – Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (d. 1919)
• 1851 – Charles Dupuy, French prime minister (d. 1923)
• 1854 – Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
• 1854 – Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian journalist and banking executive (d. 1920)
• 1855 – Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (d. 1913)
• 1855 – Eugene V. Debs, American socialist leader (d. 1926)
• 1857 – Ida Tarbell, American journalist (d. 1944)
• 1873 – Edwin Flack, Australian athlete (d. 1935)
• 1881 – George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (d. 1961)
• 1884 – James Flecker, English writer (d. 1915)
• 1885 – Will Durant, American historian (d. 1981)
• 1887 – Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (d. 1961)
• 1890 – Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter (d. 1977)
• 1892 – J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (d. 1964)
• 1895 – Walter Gieseking, French pianist (d. 1956)
• 1895 – Charles MacArthur, American author (d. 1956)
• 1900 – Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Natalie Schafer, American actress (d. 1991)
• 1904 – Cooney Weiland, Canadian hockey player (d. 1985)
• 1905 – Joel McCrea, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1906 – Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (d. 2004)
• 1906 – Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer (d. 1944)
• 1911 – Roy Rogers, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1911 – Baby Marie Osborne, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1913 – Vivien Leigh, English actress (d. 1967)
• 1914 – Alton Tobey, American artist (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian former Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher (d. 1978)
• 1919 – Myron Floren, American accordianist (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1921 – Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist (d. 1994)
• 1921 – Queen Fawzia of Egypt
• 1922 – Violet Barclay, American illustrator (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Cecil Underwood, American politician (d. 2008)
• 1931 – Ike Turner, American musician (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Victor Argo, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1935 – Lester Piggott, British jockey
• 1935 – Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novellist
• 1936 – Michael Dertouzos, Greek-born American computer scientist (d. 2001)
• 1937 – Chan Sek Keong, Singaporian jurist
• 1937 – Harris Yulin, American actor
• 1938 – Joe Dassin, French-speaking American singer (d. 1980)
• 1938 – César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer
• 1938 – Jim Steranko, American graphic artist
• 1940 – Elke Sommer, German actress
• 1940 – Ted Kulongoski, American politician
• 1941 – Art Garfunkel, American musician
• 1942 – Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
• 1943 – Friedman Paul Erhardt (Chef Tell), German-born American TV chef (d. 2007)
• 1943 – Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor
• 1945 – Peter Pace, American military officer
• 1945 – Aleka Papariga, Greek politician
• 1946 – Herman Brood, Dutch musician and artist (d. 2001)
• 1946 – Gram Parsons, American musician (d. 1973)
• 1947 – Quint Davis, American festival producer
• 1947 – Peter Noone, English musician (Herman's Hermits)
• 1947 – Rubén Juárez, Argentine bandoneonist (d. 2010)
• 1948 – Peter Hammill, British musician (Van der Graaf Generator)
• 1948 – Hridayananda dasa Goswami, ISKCON guru
• 1948 – Bernard-Henri Lévy, French public intellectual
• 1948 – William Daniel Phillips, American physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1948 – Bob Barr, American politician
• 1949 – Armin Shimerman, American actor
• 1949 – Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
• 1950 – Thorbjørn Jagland, Norwegian statesman
• 1952 – Bill Walton, American basketball player and commentator
• 1952 – Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer
• 1952 – Vandana Shiva, Indian physicist
• 1953 – Florentino V. Floro, Filipino judge
• 1953 – Joyce Maynard, American writer
• 1955 – Karan Thapar, Indian journalist and political analyst
• 1955 – Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist
• 1955 – Nestor Serrano, American actor
• 1957 – Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (d. 1984)
• 1958 – Don Falcone, American musician and producer
• 1958 – Robert Patrick, American actor
• 1959 – Bryan Adams, Canadian musician
• 1960 – Tilda Swinton, English actress
• 1961 – Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1962 – Abédi Pelé, Ghanaian footballer
• 1962 – Marcus J. Ranum, American computer software designer
• 1963 – Andrea McArdle, American actress
• 1963 – Tatum O'Neal, American actress
• 1963 – Brian Wheat, American musician (Tesla)
• 1964 – Helga van Niekerk, South African radio presenter
• 1965 – Famke Janssen, Dutch model and actress
• 1965 – Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte of Bulgaria
• 1966 – Georgia Apostolou, Greek actress
• 1966 – Nayim, Spanish footballer
• 1967 – Marcelo D2, Brazilian rapper
• 1967 – Judy Reyes, Dominican American actress
• 1968 – Sam Rockwell, American film actor
• 1968 – Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress
• 1970 – Javy López, baseball player
• 1970 – Tamzin Outhwaite, English actress
• 1971 – Dana Jacobson, American sportscaster
• 1971 – Rob Jones, English footballer
• 1971 – Corin Nemec, American actor
• 1971 – Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead)
• 1971 – Sergei Berezin, National Hockey League player
• 1971 – Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer
• 1973 – Johnny Damon, American baseball player
• 1973 – Alexei Yashin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Daniella Westbrook, English actress
• 1974 – Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy)
• 1974 – Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer
• 1974 – Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
• 1974 – Ryan Adams, American musician
• 1975 – Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Sebastian Arcelus, American voice actor
• 1976 – Jeff Klein, American musician
• 1977 – Brittney Skye, American pornographic actress
• 1977 – Richard Wright, English footballer
• 1979 – Colin Grzanna, German rugby player
• 1979 – Michalis Hatzigiannis, Greek/Cypriot songwriter and singer
• 1980 – Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
• 1980 – Jaime Camara, Brazilian racing driver
• 1980 – Eva González, Spanish model and beauty queen
• 1981 – Paul Chapman, Australian footballer
• 1981 – Ümit Ergirdi, Turkish footballer
• 1983 – Rob Swire, Australian record producer, singer and keyboardist (Pendulum)
• 1983 – Mike Hanke, German footballer
• 1983 – Andrew Hayden-Smith, British TV presenter and actor
• 1983 – Alexa Chung, British TV presenter and former fashion model
• 1984 – Nick Folk, American football player
• 1984 – Tobias Enström, Swedish hockey player
• 1984 – Nikolai Zherdev, Ukrainian-Russian hockey player
• 1985 – Kate DeAraugo, Australian singer (Young Divas)
• 1985 – Koki Tanaka, Japanese singer (KAT-TUN)
• 1986 – BoA, Korean singer
• 1986 – Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer
• 1987 – Kevin Jonas, American guitarist (Jonas Brothers)
• 1987 – O. J. Mayo, American basketball player
• 1988 – Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer