Famous Births on 5 Jan

Famous Births on 5 Jan

1209 - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)
1548 - Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)
1587 - Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)
1592 - Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1666)
1614 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)
1696 - Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1757)
1717 - William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)
1762 - Constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842)
1779 - Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (d. 1820)
1779 - Zebulon Pike, American explorer (d. 1813)
1829 - Sir Roger Tichborne, missing U.K. heir who was the subject of the longest criminal trial in British history (d. c.1854)
1834 - William John Wills, English explorer of Australia, member of the Burke and Wills expedition (d. 1861)
1838 - Camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922)
1846 - Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1926)
1855 - King Camp Gillette, American inventor (d. 1932)
1864 - Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (d. 1911)
1864 - Ban Johnson, American baseball executive (d. 1931)
1865 - Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920)
1871 - Frederick Converse, U.S. composer (d. 1940)
1874 - Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
1876 - Konrad Adenauer, German statesman (d. 1967)
1879 - Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)
1880 - Nikolay Medtner, Russian composer (d. 1951)
1882 - Herbert Bayard Swope, U.S. journalist who coined the term "Cold War" (d. 1958)
1885 - Humbert Wolfe, Italian-British poet (d. 1940)
1893 - Zoltán Böszörmény, Hungarian Nazi politician (d. unknown)
1893 - Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (d. 1952)
1895 - Elizabeth Cotten, American musician (d. 1987)
1900 - Yves Tanguy, French painter (d. 1955)
1902 - Stella Gibbons, English novelist (d. 1989)
1903 - Harold Gatty, Australian aviator, navigator with Wiley Post (d. 1957)
1904 - Erica Morini, Austrian violinist (d. 1995)
1904 - Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (d. 1997)
1906 - Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist (d. 1978)
1908 - George Dolenz, American actor (d. 1963)
1909 - Lucienne Bloch, Swiss-U.S. sculptor, muralist, photographer (d. 1995)
1909 - Stephen Kleene, American mathematician (d. 1994)
1910 - Jack Lovelock, New Zealand athlete (d. 1949)
1910 - Hugh Brannum, American actor (d. 1987)
1911 - Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. 2001)
1914 - Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter (d. 1955)
1914 - George Reeves, American actor (d. 1959)
1915 - Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004)
1917 - Francis L. Kellogg, U.S. diplomat and prominent socialite (d. 2006)
1917 - Jane Wyman, American actress (d. 2007)
1917 - Wieland Wagner, German stage director (d. 1966)
1919 - Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flautist (d. 1992)
1920 - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (d. 1995)
1921 - Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1921 - Paul Governali, American professional football player (d. 1978)
1921 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer (d. 1990)
1922 - Admiral Sir Anthony Synnot, Chief of the Australian Defence Force (d. 2001)
1923 - Sam Phillips, American music producer (d. 2003)
1924 - Dr Gilbert Bogle, Australian scientist who died in the Bogle-Chandler case (1963)
1926 - William De Witt Snodgrass, American poet
1926 - Hosea Williams, American activist (d. 2000)
1928 - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani statesman (d. 1979)
1928 - Walter Mondale, American politician
1929 - Wilbert Harrison, American singer (d. 1994)
1931 - Alvin Ailey, American choreographer (d. 1989)
1931 - Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist
1931 - Joan Coxsedge, Australian politician
1931 - Robert Duvall, American actor
1932 - Chuck Noll, American football coach
1932 - Umberto Eco, Italian writer
1932 - Raisa Gorbacheva, wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (d. 1999)
1934 - William Bendeck, Bolivian rally driver (d. 1971)
1936 - Florence King, American humorist
1938 - King Juan Carlos I of Spain
1938 - Jim Otto, American football player
1938 - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan writer
1940 - General Sir Michael Rose, UK military officer, prominent in Bosnia
1940 - Athol Guy, Australian singer, member of The Seekers
1940 - Yuri Ershov, Russian mathematician
1940 - Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)
1941 - Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker
1941 - Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer
1942 - Jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader
1942 - Terenci Moix, Spanish writer (d. 2003)
1942 - Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist
1942 - Charlie Rose, American talk show host
1943 - Justice Mary Gaudron, first female judge of the High Court of Australia
1945 - Chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (d. 1986)
1945 - Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director
1946 - Diane Keaton, American actress
1947 - Mercury Morris, American football player
1948 - Ted Lange, American actor
1949 - George Brown, American drummer (Kool & The Gang)
1950 - Chris Stein, American guitarist (Blondie)
1950 - Charlie Richmond, Canadian entrepreneur
1950 - John Manley, Canadian politician
1950 - Ioan Petru Culianu, Romanian-born professor (d. 1991)
1951 - Steve Arnold, English footballer
1953 - George Tenet, American CIA director
1953 - Mike Rann, Australian politician
1953 - Pamela Sue Martin, American actress
1953 - Steve Archer, American singer (The Archers)
1954 - Alex English, American basketball player
1956 - Chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef
1957 - Kevin Hastings, Australian rugby league footballer
1959 - Clancy Brown, American actor
1960 - Steve Jones, British aviator (Red Bull Air Race World Series)
1960 - Glenn Strömberg, Swedish footballer
1960 - Phil Thornalley, English bass guitarist (The Cure)
1962 - Suzy Amis, American actress
1962 - Perry Fenwick, English actor
1962 - Danny Jackson, American baseball player
1963 - Jeff Fassero, American baseball player
1964 - Grant Young, American drummer (Soul Asylum)
1965 - Vinnie Jones, English-born Welsh footballer and actor
1966 - Kate Schellenbach, American drummer (Luscious Jackson)
1967 - Joe Flanigan, American actor
1968 - DJ Bobo, Swiss singer
1968 - Ricky Paull Goldin, American actor
1968 - Andrew Golota, Polish boxer
1968 - Carrie Ann Inaba, American dancer and choreographer
1968 - Joé Juneau, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Marilyn Manson, American singer
1969 - Paul McGillion, Scottish actor
1970 - Rick Campanelli, Canadian TV presenter
1971 - Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress
1972 - Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer
1973 - Phil Joel, Australian bassist (Newsboys)
1975 - Kylie Bax, New Zealand model
1975 - Bradley Cooper, American actor
1975 - Warrick Dunn, American football player
1975 - Mike Grier, American ice hockey player
1976 - Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer
1976 - Matt Wachter, American bassist (30 Seconds to Mars)
1978 - Sabrina Harman, American military figure and accused torturer
1978 - Franck Montagny, French Formula One driver
1978 - January Jones, American actress
1979 - Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Ronnie O'Brien, Irish footballer
1980 - Bennie Joppru, National Football League tight end
1981 - Corey Flynn, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1981 - Brooklyn Sudano, American actress
1982 - Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
1983 - Sean Dockery, American basketball player
1984 - Amanda Hearst, American heiress
1985 - Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor (d. 2001)
1985 - Yoon So-Yi, South Korean actress
1986 - Deepika Padukone, Indian model and actress
1986 - Teppei Koike, Japanese actor and singer
1987 - Kristin Cavallari, American actress
1988 - Pauline, French singer
1989 - Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer
1996 - Max Baldry, English actor