5th november birthdays of famous personalities 1271 - Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (d. 1304) 1494 - Hans Sachs, German composer, playwright and shoemaker 1534 - Joachim Camerarius, German botanist/physician (horticulture catalog) 1549 - Philippe de Mornay (or Philippe Du-Plessis-Mornay), French writer (d. 1623) 1563 - Anna van Nassau, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna of Saksen 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) 1654 - Christian Liebe, German composer 1666 - Attilio Ariosti, Italian composer born in Bologna 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) 1764 - Pieter Nieuwland, Dutch scientist (Newton) 1770 - Etienne P de Senancour, French author (Obermann) 1779 - Washington Allston, US painter/author 1798 - Carolina F L duchess of Berry, daughter of crown prince of Naples 1818 - Benjamin Franklin Butler, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 1819 - Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer 1825 - Julius H [Szamvald] Stahel, Major General (Union volunteers) 1832 - William Woods Averell, Major General (Union Army), died in 1900 1835 - Moritz Szeps, Austrian journalist (d. 1902) 1841 - Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer 1846 - Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869) 1849 - Rui Barbosa, Brazil, statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties 1850 - Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (d. 1919) 1851 - Charles Dupuy, French prime minister (d. 1923) 1854 - Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941) 1854 - Alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (d. 1920) 1855 - Eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate 1855 - Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (stratosphere) 1857 - Ida Tarbell, muckraker (Standard Oil was very unhappy) 1866 - Daniel Protheroe, composer Olympic Runner Teddy FlackOlympic Runner Teddy Flack (1873) 1873 - Teddy Flack [Edwin], London, Australian athlete, double Olympic gold medallist in 1896, (d. 1935) 1876 - Raymond Duchamp-Villon, cubist sculptor (Head of Baudeaire) 1881 - George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (d. 1961) 1884 - James Elroy Flecker, English poet/dramatist (Hassan) 1885 - Will Durant, US, author/historian (Story of Civilization) 1887 - Oscar Bossaert, Belgium, chocolate manufacturer/min of Middenstand 1887 - Paul Wittgenstein, Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist 1890 - Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter (d. 1977) 1891 - Bert McGirr, cricketer (played in NZs 1st Test series) 1891 - Earle Greasy Neale, NFL coach (Philadelphia Eagles) 1891 - Mary Dorna, Dutch author 1892 - J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (d. 1964) 1893 - Raymond Loewy, US industrial designer 1894 - Henri E J A de Page, Belgian private law scholar 1895 - Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer 1895 - Charles MacArthur, American author (d. 1956) 1899 - Forrest Lewis, actor (Monster of Piedras Blancas) 1900 - Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (d. 1972) 1901 - Eddie Paynter, cricketer (England batting hero in Bodyline series) 1902 - Strom Thurmond, (Sen-R-SC, 1955- ) 1904 - Cooney Weiland, Canadian hockey player (d. 1985) 1905 - George Bissett, cricketer (successful South African quick in 1927-28) 1905 - Joel McCrea, South Pasadena California, actor (Marshal-Wichita Town) 1906 - George Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary 1906 - Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (d. 2004) 1911 - Roy Rogers, Cincinnati Ohio, cowboy (Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show) 1912 - Natalie Schaeffer, Rumson NJ, actress (Lovey Howell-Gilligans Island) 1913 - John McGiver, NYC, actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show) 1913 - Vivien Leigh, (Gone With Wind) Frankly my dear, I dont give a damn 1914 - Henri J de Koster, Dutch Min of Defense (1971-73) 1914 - Alton Tobey, American artist (d. 2005) 1915 - Moe Biller, NYC, labor union officer (AFL-CIO, Postal Workers) 1916 - Len Wilkinson, cricketer (England leg-spinner just before WW II) 1917 - Claus Adam, composer 1917 - Jacob Everaers, office clerk/resistance fighter 1917 - Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (d. 2000) 1917 - Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian former Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007) 1919 - Myron Floren, Webster SD, accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show) 1919 - Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher (d. 1978) 1920 - Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate 1920 - Tommy Goodwin [Thomas],Connecticut, British Track Cyclist (2 X Olympic Bronze 1948), (d. 2012) 1921 - Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt) 1921 - Fawzia of Egypt, Queen of Iran 1922 - Violet Barclay, American illustrator 1923 - Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist 1924 - Ivan Rezak, composer 1926 - Leo Derksen, Dutch journalist (Telegraph/Sunday Newspaper) 1927 - Robert Abernethy, Geneva Switz, Newscaster (NBC News Encore) 1929 - Ottmar MA Fraai, Curacaos/Dutch tenor 1930 - Herb Edelman, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Good Guys, Strike Force, 9 to 5) 1931 - Ike Turner, Miss, AKA Mr Tina Turner!, guitarist (A Fool in Love) 1932 - Arthur L Liman, NYC, trial lawyer (Oliver North) 1934 - Nick Smith, (Rep-R-Michigan) 1934 - Victor Argo, American actor (d. 2004) 1935 - Dick Davalos, Bronx, actor (Jeff-The Americans) 1935 - Jerry Amper Dadap, composer 1935 - John Nicholas Maw, composer 1935 - Lester Piggott, British jockey (11 time champ) 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 - Chris Robinson, Fla, actor (Stanley, General Hospital, Another World) 1938 - Joe Dassin, French-speaking American singer (d. 1980) 1938 - César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer 1939 - Ken Walter, South African cricket pace bowler (1961-62 series v NZ) 1940 - Elke Sommer, [Elke Schletz], Berlin Germany, actress (A Shot in the Dark, The Oscar) 1941 - Patricia Harty, Wash DC, actress (Occasional Wife, Blondie) 1941 - Art Garfunkel, New York, American singer/actor (Sounds of Silence, Carnal Knowledge) 1943 - Pablo Gomez, rocker 1943 - Sam Shepard, Ill, actor/playwright (Frances, Crimes of the Heart) 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 - Gram Paarson, [Cecil Connor], Winter Haven Fl, rocker (Byrds) 1946 - Herman Brood, Dutch painter/singer/pianist (Sleepin Bird) 1946 - Patricia K Kuhl, speech & hearing scientist 1947 - Oleg Antropov, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1968) 1947 - Peter Noone, rocker (Herman-Hermans Hermits-Silhouttes) 1948 - Peter Hammill, English singer/songwriter (Patient) 1948 - Rick Cobb, rocker 1948 - Mel Ab-Owain, Welsh politician 1948 - Hridayananda dasa Goswami, ISKCON guru 1948 - Bernard-Henri Lévy, French public intellectual 1949 - Armin Shimerman, American actor 1949 - Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984) 1950 - Debbie Massey, Grosse Pointe MI, LPGA golfer (1979 Wheeling Classic) 1951 - Cindy Brooks, Gettysburg Pa, playmate (April, 1985) 1951 - Stuart Havelock Hollingdale, anthropologist 1952 - Bill Walton, NBA center (Portland Trailblazers, Boston Celtics) 1952 - Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer 1952 - Vandana Shiva, Indian physicist 1953 - Florentino V. Floro, Filipino dwarf judge 1953 - Joyce Maynard, American writer 1955 - Sylvester Louis Adams, murderer 1955 - Karan Thapar, Foremost Indian Journalist, Political Analyst & Commentator 1955 - Nestor Serrano, American actor 1956 - Mike Score, Liverpool England, rock guitarist (Flock Of Seagulls) 1956 - Rob Fisher, Bath England, rock keyboardist (Naked Eyes) 1957 - David Moyse, Adelaide Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply) 1957 - Jon-Erik Hexum, Tenafly NJ, actor (Voyager, Cover-up) 1958 - Don Falcone, American musician and producer 1958 - Robert Patrick, American actor Singer Bryan AdamsSinger Bryan Adams (1959) 1959 - Bryan Adams, Vancouver BC Canada, singer (Heaven) 1960 - Mark West, NBA center (Detroit Pistons) 1960 - René Froger, Dutch singer (Everything Can Make a Man Happy) 1960 - Tilda Swinton, London England, actress (Orlando) 1961 - Charles O Hobaugh, Bar Harbor ME, Capt USMC/astronaut 1961 - Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (d. 2001) 1962 - Brian Wheat, rock bassist (Tesla-Psychotic Supper) 1962 - Abédi Pelé, Ghanaian footballer 1962 - Marcus J. Ranum, American computer/network security innovator 1963 - Andrea McArdle, Phila, actress (Annie) 1963 - Hans Gilhaus, soccer player (Vitesse) 1963 - Tatum ONeal, LA Cal, Mrs John McEnroe (Paper Moon, Little Darlings) 1965 - Famke Janssen, Dutch model and actress 1965 - Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte, titular Bulgarian royal family 1966 - Georgia Apostolou, Greek actress Actress Tilda SwintonActress Tilda Swinton (1960) 1966 - Nayim, Spanish footballer 1967 - Frank Pollack, NFL tackle (SF 49ers) 1967 - Grant Leury, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) 1967 - Percy Snow, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire) 1967 - Steve Wagner, Phila, field hockey goalkeeper (Olympics-96) 1967 - Judy Reyes, New York City, New York, Dominican American actress (Scrubs) 1968 - Bob Dahl, NFL guard/tackle (Cleveland Browns) 1968 - Cary Blanchard, NFL kicker (Indianapolis Colts) 1968 - Chris Gray, Perth WA, Australasia golfer 1968 - Malcolm Frank, CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos) 1968 - Sam Rockwell, American film actor 1968 - Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress 1969 - Jennifer Guthrie, Willimantic Conn, actress (Dawn-General Hospital) 1970 - Javier Lopez, Ponce Puerto Rico, catcher (Atlanta Braves) 1970 - Ryan Wetnight, NFL tight end (Chic Bears) 1970 - Javy López, baseball player 1970 - Tamzin Outhwaite, English actress 1971 - Corin Corky Nemec, Little Rock, actor (Tucker, Parker Lewis) 1971 - Erick Walder, Mobile Alabama, triple jumper 1971 - Sergei Berezin, Voskrensensk Russia, NHL forward (Team Russia, Oly-Si-98) 1971 - Todd Collins, NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills) 1971 - Dana Jacobson, ESPNs First Take hostess 1971 - Rob Jones, English footballer 1971 - Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead) 1971 - Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer 1972 - Tracy Greene, NFL tight end (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1973 - Alexei Yashin, Sverdlovsk Russia, NHL center (Team Russia Olympics-Silver-1998, Ottawa Senators) 1973 - James Collins, NBA guard (LA Clippers) 1973 - Johnny Damon, Ft. Riley Kansas, baseball outfielder (Kansas City Royals) 1973 - Kate Anderson, Australian 1.5k/3k/5k runner (Olympics-96) 1973 - Rupert Grant, NFL fullback (NE Patriots) 1973 - Daniella Westbrook, English actress 1974 - Conrad Hamilton, cornerback (NY Giants) 1974 - Jerry Stackhouse, NBA guard/forward (Detroit Pistons, Phila 76ers) 1974 - Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer 1974 - Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy) 1974 - Ryan Adams, American musician 1977 - Jodi Webb, Miss Utah Teen USA (1996) 1977 - Tuula Puputti, ice hockey goalie (Finland, Oly-98) 1977 - Richard Wright, English footballer 1979 - 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 1983 - Andrew Hayden-Smith, TV presenter and actor 1984 - Nick Folk, American football player 1984 - Tobias Enstrom, Swedish hockey player 1985 - Tanaka Koki, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN) 1985 - Kate DeAraugo, Australian Idol 2005 1986 - BoA, Korean singer 1986 - Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer 1987 - Kevin Jonas, American guitarist, member of the Jonas Brothers General knowledge and current affairs
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