October 5 - Births

Births

• 1338 – Alexios III, Emperor of Trebizond (d. 1390)
• 1520 – Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal (d. 1589)
• 1641 – Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of King Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)
• 1658 – Mary of Modena, queen of James II of England (d. 1718)
• 1695 – John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
• 1703 – Jonathan Edwards, American minister (d. 1758)
• 1712 – Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (d. 1793)
• 1713 – Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encylopedist (d. 1784)
• 1715 – Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (d. 1789)
• 1717 – Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1744)
• 1781 – Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)
• 1792 – Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1844)
• 1795 – Alexander Keith, Scottish-born Canadian brewer (d. 1873)
• 1820 – David Wilber, American politician (d. 1890)
• 1824 – Henry Chadwick, English-born American baseball writer and statistician (d. 1908)
• 1829 – Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (d. 1886)
• 1844 – Francis William Reitz, State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934)
• 1848 – Guido von List, German writer (d. 1919)
• 1850 – Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (d. 1910)
• 1857 – Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish Language writer (d. 1942)
• 1864 – Louis Lumière, French film pioneer (d. 1948)
• 1878 – Louise Dresser, American actress (d. 1965)
• 1879 – Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1970)
• 1882 – Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (d. 1945)
• 1887 – René Cassin, French jurist and Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
• 1889 – Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (d. 1936)
• 1892 – Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (d. 1969)
• 1894 – Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (d. 1948)
• 1898 – Nachum Gutman, Israeli painter (d. 1980)
• 1899 – Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1963)
• 1901 – John Alton, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
• 1902 – Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (d. 1975)
• 1902 – Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 1984)
• 1903 – M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (d. 1989)
• 1905 – John Hoyt, American film and television actor (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d. 1987)
• 1907 – Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Joshua Logan, American film director and writer (d. 1988)
• 1909 – Tony Malinosky, American baseball player
• 1911 – Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (d. 1966)
• 1911 – Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist
• 1912 – Fritz Fischer, Nazi war criminal (d. 2003)
• 1913 – Eugene Bennett Fluckey American Navy Submariner (d. 2007)
• 1916 – Stetson Kennedy, American writer
• 1917 – Allen Ludden, American television game show host (d. 1981)
• 1919 – Donald Pleasence, English actor (d. 1995)
• 1919 – Robin Bailey, English actor (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Bill Willis, American football player (d. 2007)
• 1922 – José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver
• 1922 – Bil Keane, American cartoonist
• 1922 – Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985)
• 1923 – Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer (d. 1994)
• 1923 – Philip Berrigan, American peace activist (d. 2002)
• 1923 – Glynis Johns, British actress
• 1923 – Stig Dagerman, Swedish writer (d. 1954)
• 1924 – Bill Dana, American actor
• 1924 – José Donoso, Chilean writer (d. 1996)
• 1924 – Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)
• 1924 – Bob Thaves, American cartoonist Frank and Ernest (comic strip) (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)
• 1926 – Willi Unsoeld, American climber (d. 1979)
• 1928 – Louise Fitzhugh, American author (d. 1974)
• 1929 – Fred Feast, English actor (d. 1999)
• 1929 – Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American astronaut
• 1929 – Bill Wirtz, American ice hockey executive (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Anne Haddy, Australian actress (d. 1999)
• 1930 – Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel laureate
• 1932 – Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1932 – Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Diane Cilento, Australian actress
• 1934 – Angelo Buono, Jr., American serial killer (d. 2002)
• 1934 – Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian ambassador to Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis
• 1935 – Arlene Saunders, American soprano
• 1936 – Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic
• 1937 – Barry Switzer, American football coach
• 1938 – Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist
• 1939 – Marie Laforêt, French singer and actress
• 1939 – Marie-Claire Blais, French Canadian author and playwright
• 1939 – Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
• 1939 – Walter Wolf, Slovenian-born Canadian industrialist
• 1940 – Milena Dravić, Serbian actress
• 1940 – John Byrne Cooke, American novelist and photographer; son of Alistair Cooke
• 1940 – Thom Christopher, American actor
• 1941 – Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina
• 1942 – Richard Street, American singer (The Temptations)
• 1943 – Steve Miller, American musician (Steve Miller Band)
• 1943 – Ben Cardin, American politician, junior senator of Maryland
• 1945 – Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (d. 1997)
• 1945 – Geoff Leigh, English musician (Henry Cow)
• 1946 – Zahida Hina, Pakistani columnist
• 1946 – Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey coach
• 1947 – Brian Johnson, English singer (AC/DC)
• 1948 – Carter Cornelius, American musician (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose) (d. 1991)
• 1948 – Tawl Ross, American musician (P Funk)
• 1948 – Zoran Živković, Serbian writer
• 1949 – Ralph Goodale, Canadian politician
• 1949 – Bill James, American baseball writer
• 1949 – B. W. Stevenson, American singer (d. 1988)
• 1950 – Eddie Clarke, English guitarist (Motörhead, Fastway)
• 1950 – Jeff Conaway, American actor
• 1950 – Edward P. Jones, American writer
• 1951 – Karen Allen, American actress
• 1951 – Bob Geldof, Irish singer (The Boomtown Rats) and activist
• 1952 – Clive Barker, English writer
• 1952 – Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor
• 1952 – Gigi Sabani, Italian TV host (d. 2007)
• 1955 – Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter
• 1955 – Caroline Loeb, French singer and actress
• 1955 – Ángela Molina, Spanish actress
• 1957 – Mark Geragos, American attorney
• 1957 – Lee Thompson, English saxophonist (Madness), vocalist
• 1957 – Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (d. 2008)
• 1958 – André Kuipers, Dutch astronaut
• 1958 – Neil DeGrasse Tyson, American Astrophysicist
• 1959 – Maya Lin, American sculptor/architect
• 1960 – Daniel Baldwin, American actor
• 1960 – Careca, Brazilian footballer
• 1960 – Evangelia Tzampazi, Greek politician
• 1961 – Sharon Cheslow, American musician, composer and artist
• 1961 – Matthew Kauffman, American journalist and George Polk Award winner
• 1961 – David Kirk, New Zealand rugby union footballer
• 1962 – Michael Andretti, American race car driver
• 1962 – Thomas Herbst, German footballer
• 1962 – Caron Keating, British television personality (d. 2004)
• 1963 – Laura Davies, English golfer
• 1964 – Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese voice actor
• 1964 – Malik Saidullaev Chechen businessman
• 1964 – Warren E. Miller, Maryland politician
• 1965 – Trace Armstrong, American football player
• 1965 – Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 – Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 – Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker referee
• 1966 – Dennis Byrd, American football player
• 1966 – Terri Runnels, Former Wrestling manager and valet
• 1967 – Rex Chapman, American basketball player
• 1967 – Guy Pearce, Anglo-Australian actor
• 1970 – Josie Bissett, American actress
• 1970 – Audie Pitre, bass guitarist (d. 1996)
• 1971 – South Park Mexican, American rapper
• 1971 – Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentine former footballer
• 1971 – Samuel Vincent, Canadian voice actor
• 1972 – Grant Hill, American basketball player
• 1972 – Thomas Roberts, American news anchor
• 1972 – Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball outfielder
• 1974 – Heather Headley, Trinidadian singer
• 1974 – Rich Franklin, American Mixed Martial Artist
• 1974 – Colin Meloy, American singer (The Decemberists)
• 1975 – Bobo Baldé, Guinean footballer
• 1975 – Parminder Nagra, English actress
• 1975 – Kate Winslet, English actress
• 1975 – Carson Ellis, American artist
• 1975 – Scott Weinger American actor
• 1976 – Song Seung-hun, South Korean actor
• 1976 – Royston Tan, Singaporean screenwriter & director
• 1976 – Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen President
• 1976 – J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
• 1978 – Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic footballer
• 1978 – Jesse Palmer, Canadian-born American football player
• 1978 – Morgan Webb, Canadian-born television presenter
• 1978 – James Valentine, American musician (Maroon 5)
• 1979 – Jaime Chambers, American television reporter
• 1979 – Vincenzo Grella, Australian footballer
• 1979 – Michalis Hatzigiannis, Greek-Cypriot singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – James Toseland, British motorcycle racer
• 1981 – Kelvin Tan Wei Lian, Singaporean singer
• 1982 – Steve Williams, Australian-born German rugby player
• 1983 – Jesse Eisenberg, American actor
• 1983 – Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1983 – Nicky Hilton, American heiress
• 1983 – Noot Seear, Canadian fashion model and actress
• 1984 – Tiana Benjamin, British actress
• 1984 – Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer
• 1985 – Nicola Roberts, English singer (Girls Aloud)
• 1986 – Mladen Bartulović, Croatian footballer
• 1987 – Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer
• 1987 – Javier Villa, Spanish racing driver
• 1988 – Bahar Kızıl, German Singer (Monrose)