Famous Births on 5 Nov

Famous Births on 5 Nov

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, 33rd 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 - Alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (d. 1920)
1854 - Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
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 - Teddy Flack, Australian athlete, double Olympic gold medallist in 1896. (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)
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 - Endre Kabos, Hungarian Olympic champion fencer (d. 1944))
1906 - Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (d. 2004)
1911 - Roy Rogers, American actor (d. 1998)
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 The Lawrence Welk Show (d. 2005)
1920 - Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1921 - Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist (d. 1994)
1921 - Fawzia of Egypt, Queen of Iran
1922 - Violet Barclay, American illustrator
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 internet pioneer, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (d. 2001)
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, comic book writer-artist-historian, publisher, and film production illustrator
1940 - Elke Sommer, German actress
1941 - Art Garfunkel, American musician
1943 - Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor
1943 - Friedman Paul Erhardt (Chef Tell), German-born American TV chef (d. 2007)
1945 - Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1945 - Aleka Papariga, Greek politician
1946 - Herman Brood, Dutch musician and artist (d. 2001)
1946 - Gram Parsons, American musician (d. 1973)
1947 - Peter Noone, English musician (Herman's Hermits)
1948 - William Daniel Phillips, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1948 - Bernard-Henri Lévy, French public intellectual
1948 - Hridayananda dasa Goswami, ISKCON guru
1948 - Peter Hammill, British musician
1948 - Mel Ab-Owain, Welsh politician
1949 - Armin Shimerman, American actor
1949 - Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
1950 - Thorbjørn Jagland, former Norwegian prime minister
1952 - Vandana Shiva, Indian physicist
1952 - Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer
1952 - Bill Walton, American basketball player and commentator
1953 - Florentino V. Floro, Filipino dwarf judge
1953 - Joyce Maynard, American writer
1955 - Karan Thapar, Foremost Indian Journalist, Political Analyst & Commentator
1955 - Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist
1955 - Nestor Serrano, American actor
1957 - Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (d. 1984)
1958 - Robert Patrick, American actor
1958 - Don Falcone, American musician and producer
1959 - Bryan Adams, Canadian musician
1960 - Tilda Swinton, English actress
1961 - Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (d. 2001)
1961 - David Bryson, American guitarist and vocalist (Counting Crows)
1962 - Abédi Pelé, Ghanaian footballer
1962 - Marcus J. Ranum, American computer/network security innovator
1963 - Tatum O'Neal, American actress
1963 - Andrea McArdle, American actress
1964 - Tim Blake Nelson, American actor
1965 - Famke Janssen, Dutch model and actress
1965 - Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte, titular Bulgarian royal family
1966 - Georgia Apostolou, Greek actress
1966 - Nayim, Spanish footballer
1968 - Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress
1968 - Judy Reyes, Dominican American actress
1968 - Sam Rockwell, American film actor
1970 - Javy López, baseball player
1970 - Tamzin Outhwaite, English actress
1971 - Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer
1971 - Sergei Berezin, National Hockey League player
1971 - Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead)
1971 - Corin Nemec, American actor
1971 - Rob Jones, English footballer
1971 - Dana Jacobson, ESPN's First Take hostess
1973 - Johnny Damon, American baseball player
1973 - Alexei Yashin, Russian ice hockey player
1973 - Daniella Westbrook, English actress
1974 - Ryan Adams, American musician
1974 - Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
1974 - Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer
1974 - Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy)
1977 - Brittney Skye, American porn star
1977 - Richard Wright, English footballer
1978 - Mihalis 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
1983 - Mike Hanke, German footballer
1984 - Nick Folk, American football player
1984 - Tobias Enstrom, Swedish hockey player
1985 - Kate DeAraugo, Australian Idol 2005
1985 - Tanaka Koki, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN)
1986 - BoA, Korean singer
1986 - Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer
1987 - Kevin Jonas, American singer