Famous Births on 5 Apr

Famous Births on 5 Apr

1288 - Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)
1472 - Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)
1523 - Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)
1588 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679)
1604 - Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)
1622 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)
1649 - Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (d. 1721)
1692 - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
1732 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)
1752 - Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)
1784 - Louis Spohr, German violinist (d. 1859)
1816 - Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890)
1827 - Joseph Lister, English surgeon (d. 1912)
1832 - Jules Ferry, French statesman (d. 1893)
1837 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (d. 1909)
1856 - Booker T. Washington, American educator (d. 1915)
1869 - Sergei Chaplygin, Russian physicist and engineer (d. 1942)
1869 - Albert Roussel, French composer (d. 1937)
1871 - Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1913?)
1872 - Samuel Cate Prescott, American food scientist and microbiologist (d. 1962)
1875 - Mistinguett, French vaudeville performer (d. 1956)
1893 - Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (d. 1973)
1900 - Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967)
1901 - Melvyn Douglas, American actor (d. 1981)
1906 - Lord Buckley, American monologist (d. 1960)
1908 - Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989)
1908 - Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (d. 1989)
1908 - Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (d. 1986)
1909 - Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (d. 1996)
1912 - John Le Mesurier, British actor (d. 1983)
1916 - Gregory Peck, American actor (d. 2003)
1917 - Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994)
1920 - Arthur Hailey, American writer (d. 2004)
1920 - Rafique Zakaria, Indian author (d. 2005)
1922 - Gale Storm, American singer
1922 - Christopher Hewett, British actor (d. 2001)
1922 - Tom Finney, English footballer
1923 - Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (d. 1995)
1923 - Nguyen Van Thieu, President of South Vietnam (d. 2001)
1926 - Roger Corman, American film director
1928 - Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (d. 1992)
1929 - Joe Meek, English record producer
1929 - Nigel Hawthorne, British actor (d. 2001)
1929 - Ivar Giaever, Norwegian physicist, Nobel laureate
1929 - Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (d. 2008)
1932 - Billy Bland, American singer and songwriter
1933 - Larry Felser, American sports columnist
1933 - Frank Gorshin, American actor (d. 2005)
1934 - Roman Herzog, German politician
1934 - Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2000)
1935 - Peter Grant, British music manager (d. 1995)
1936 - John Kelly, Irish republican politician (d. 2007)
1937 - Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State
1937 - Allan R. Thieme, American inventor
1939 - Ronald White, American singer and songwriter (d. 1995)
1939 - Crispian St. Peters, British singer
1941 - Michael Moriarty, American actor
1941 - Dave Swarbrick, British folk musician
1942 - Peter Greenaway, Welsh film director
1943 - Max Gail, American actor
1944 - Pedro Rossello, Puerto Rican politician
1945 - Tommy Smith, English footballer
1946 - Jane Asher, British actress
1947 - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 14th President of the Philippines
1948 - Les Binks, British musician, former drummer for Judas Priest
1948 - Dave Holland, British musician (Judas Priest)
1949 - Judith Resnik, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1949 - John Berg (actor), American actor (d. 2007)
1950 - Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer (ABBA)
1950 - Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor
1951 - Dean Kamen, American inventor
1952 - Mitch Pileggi, American actor
1954 - Stan Ridgway, American musician (Wall of Voodoo)
1955 - Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress
1955 - Janice Long, English broadcaster
1955 - Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist
1956 - Diamond Dallas Page, American professional wrestler
1958 - Johan Kriek, South African born tennis player
1961 - Lisa Zane, American actress
1961 - Jim LeRoy, Airshow Pilot
1962 - Lana Clarkson, American actress (d. 2003)
1964 - Christopher "Kid" Reid, American rapper (Kid 'n Play)
1964 - Steve Beaton, English darts player
1965 - Cris Carpenter, American baseball player
1966 - Mike McCready, American musician (Pearl Jam)
1967 - Gary Gait, Canadian lacrosse player
1968 - Paula Cole, American musician
1970 - Thea Gill, Canadian actress
1970 - Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter (Cibo Matto)
1971 - Dong Abay, Filipino musician, singer-songwriter
1972 - Krista Allen, American actress
1972 - Tom Coronel, Dutch racing driver
1972 - Pat Green, American singer and songwriter
1972 - Paul Okon, Australian former footballer
1973 - Pharrell Williams, American music producer (The Neptunes)
1973 - Élodie Bouchez, French actress
1973 - Tony Banks, American football player
1974 - Sahaj Ticotin, American musician/producer (Ra)
1974 - Uhm Tae Woong, South Korean actor
1975 - John Hartson, Welsh footballer
1976 - Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer
1976 - Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
1976 - Ross Gload, American baseball player
1976 - Ryan Drese, American baseball player
1976 - Kim Collins, Nevisian sprinter
1978 - Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
1978 - Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
1979 - Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
1980 - John McLaughlin, American television reporter
1980 - Lee Jae Won, South Korean actor, singer, and rapper
1980 - Matt Bonner, American basketball player
1981 - Jorge de la Rosa, Mexican baseball player
1981 - Michael A. Monsoor, a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
1982 - Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer
1982 - Matt Pickens, American soccer player
1982 - Alexandre Prémat, French racing driver
1984 - Shin Min-a, South Korean model and actress
1990 - Haruma Miura, Japanese Actor