Famous Births on 5 Aug

Famous Births on 5 Aug

1301 - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)
1397? - Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)
1461 - Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)
1623 - Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (d. 1669)
1641 - John Hathorne, American magistrate (d. 1717)
1662 - James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728)
1694 - Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744)
1802 - Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1829)
1811 - Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (d. 1896)
1813 - Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and language reformer (d. 1896)
1815 - Edward John Eyre, English explorer (d. 1901)
1827 - Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil (d.1892)
1828 - Louise of the Netherlands, queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1871)
1833 - Carola of Vasa, Queen consort of Saxony (d. 1907)
1850 - Guy de Maupassant, French author (d. 1893)
1862 - Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man" (d. 1890)
1866 - Carl Harries, German chemist (d. 1923)
1866 - Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917)
1872 - Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (d. 1917)
1877 - Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917)
1887 - Reginald Owen, English actor (d. 1972)
1888 - Victor Francen, Belgian-born actor (d. 1977)
1889 - Conrad Aiken, American writer (d. 1973)
1890 - Naum Gabo, sculptor (d. 1977)
1890 - Erich Kleiber, Austrian-born conductor (d. 1956)
1897 - Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (d. 1972)
1901 - Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (d. 2000)
1906 - John Huston, American director (d. 1987)
1906 - Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1999)
1906 - Joan Hickson, English actress (d. 1998)
1908 - Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
1910 - Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and music impresario (d. 1979)
1911 - Robert Taylor, American actor (d. 1969)
1912 - Abbé Pierre, French Catholic priest (d. 2007)
1914 - David Brian, American actor (d. 1993)
1918 - Tom Drake, American actor (d. 1982)
1918 - Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina (d. 2004)
1923 - Devan Nair, President of Singapore
1930 - Neil Armstrong, American astronaut
1930 - Michal Kováč, President of Slovakia
1934 - Wendell Berry, American poet, writer and farmer
1935 - John Saxon, American actor
1937 - Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (d. 2003)
1939 - Princess Irene of the Netherlands
1941 - Bob Clark, American film director (d. 2007)
1943 - Nelson Briles, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1943 - Sammi Smith, American country singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
1946 - Erika Slezak, American actress
1946 - Ron Silliman, American poet
1946 - Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
1946 - Loni Anderson, American actress
1947 - Angry Anderson, Australian entertainer (Rose Tattoo)
1947 - Bernie Carbo, American baseball player
1947 - Rick Derringer, American musician
1948 - Carole Laure, French Canadian actress
1948 - Ray Clemence, English footballer
1951 - John Jarratt, Australian actor
1953 - Rick Mahler, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1953 - Samantha Sang, Australian singer
1956 - Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian film director
1956 - Fred Ottman, American wrestler
1956 - Maureen McCormick, American actress
1957 - Clayton Rohner, American actor
1957 - Faith Prince, American actress
1959 - Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive)
1960 - Seth Swirsky, American songwriter
1961 - Tawny Kitaen, American actress
1961 - Mark O'Connor, American violinist
1961 - Athula Samarasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer
1962 - Richard de Groen, New Zealand cricketer
1962 - Patrick Ewing, American basketball player
1964 - Adam Yauch (MCA), American musician (Beastie Boys)
1965 - Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer
1966 - Jonathan Silverman, American actor
1968 - John Olerud, American baseball player
1968 - Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (d. 2007)
1968 - Oleg Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer
1968 - Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Japanese professional wrestler
1968 - Funkmaster Flex, American hip hop DJ
1968 - Terri Clark, Canadian country singer
1969 - Venkatesh Prasad, Indian cricketer
1969 - Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer
1970 - James Gunn, American filmmaker
1971 - Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
1972 - Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian musician (Fear Factory)
1972 - Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricketer
1973 - Sanwar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer
1973 - Sean Sherk, American mixed martial artist
1974 - Alvin Ceccoli, Australian soccer player
1974 - Antoine Sibierski, French footballer
1975 - Antony Cotton, English actor
1975 - Ami Foster, American actress
1975 - Kajol Mukherjee, Indian actress
1975 - Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
1976 - Marian Pahars, Latvian footballer
1976 - Kwon Sang-woo, South Korean actor
1976 - Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Eric Hinske, American baseball player
1977 - Michael Walsh, English footballer
1977 - Mark Mulder, American baseball player
1978 - Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter
1978 - Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer
1979 - David Healy, Northern Irish footballer
1980 - Ali Umar, Maldivian footballer
1980 - Jason ÄŒulina, Australian soccer player
1980 - Wayne Bridge, English footballer
1980 - Kaylani Lei, Singaporean/American pornographic actress
1981 - Alester Maregwede, Zimbabwean cricketer
1981 - Cory Williams, American internet celebrity
1981 - Erik Guay, Canadian alpine skier
1981 - Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer
1981 - Rachel Scott, American murder victim (d. 1999)
1981 - Carl Crawford, American baseball player
1982 - LoLo Jones, American track and field athlete
1982 - Ryu Seung Min, Korean table tennis player
1982 - Tobias Regner, German singer
1983 - Dawn Richard, American singer (Danity Kane)
1985 - Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer
1985 - Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
1986 - Paula Creamer, American golfer
1987 - Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress
1987 - Xenia Tchoumitcheva, Swiss model
1993 - Suzuka ÅŒgo, Japanese actress
1993 - Corey J. Smith, English actor
1995 - Devo Keenan American cellist
2000 - Maya Bond, American singer and musician