July 5 Birthdays
July 5 Birthdays of important people from throughout history.
1321 – Joan of The Tower, Queen consort of Scotland (d. 1362)
1546 – Johann Steuerlein, composer
1586 – Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (d. 1647)
1653 – Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726)
1654 – Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer
1675 – Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials
1717 – Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786)
1718 – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794)
1729 – Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian poet
1755 – Sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage)
1764 – Janos Lavotta, composer
1775 – William Crotch, composer
1793 – Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer
1794 – Sylvester Graham, developed graham cracker
1801 – David Farragut, Campbell’s Station, Tennessee, US Admiral (“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”)
1805 – Robert Fitz Roy, British naval officer and scientist (d. 1865)
1810 – Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel Conn, circus promoter (Barnum & Bailey)
1820 – William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist (d. 1872)
1828 – Paul J C Gabriel, painter/water colors painter/etcher
1829 – Ignacio Mariscal, Writer and Mexican diplomat (d. 1910)
1841 – William C. Whitney, American financier (d. 1904)
1843 – Mandell Creighton, English bishop/historian
1847 – Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer
1852 – Stefano Gobatti, composer
1853 – Cecil John Rhodes, South Africa, politician/diamond merchant
1857 – Clara Zetkin, German women’s rights advocate/communist
1858 – Maria J “Marie” Bakker, Dutch actress
1860 – Robert Bacon, American politician (d. 1919)
1867 – Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Windsor, VT, USA, American inventor of dendrochronology (tree-ring dating)
1868 – William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren)
1872 – Edouard Herriot, French politician (d. 1957)
1874 – Gerhard von Keussler, composer
1874 – Eugen Fischer, Bade Germany, Nazi physician (Kaiser Wilhelm Institute), (d. 1967)
1878 – Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer
1879 – Wanda Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne)
1879 – Dwight Filley Davis, US Sect of War/donated tennis’ Davis Cup
1879 – Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Tonhalle Orchestra)
1880 – Jan Kubelik, composer
1881 – Augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal
1882 – Inayat Khan, Indian sufi (d. 1927).
1885 – Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian (Traité du paysage)
1886 – Felix Timmermans, Flemish writer/painter/cartoonist (Pallieter)
1886 – Willem Drees, PM of Netherland (PvdA, 1948-58)/Indonesia (AOW)
1889 – Jean Cocteau, France, writer/artist/director (Le Potamak, Orphée)
1890 – Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian (d. 1954)
1891 – John Northrop, US, biochemist, crystallized enzymes (Nobel 1946)
1891 – Tin Ujević, Croatian poet (d. 1955)
1895 – Gordon Jacob, composer
1897 – Paul Ben-Haim, [Frankenburger], Munich Germany, Israeli composer
1898 – Yip Man, Ving Tsun Sifu and Master of Style (Gung-Gung) (d. 1972)
1899 – Anna Arnold Hedgeman, social activist (NYC cabinet)
1899 – Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson, composer
1899 – Marcel Achard, French screen/playwright (Jean de la Lune)
1900 – Bernardus J Cardinal Alfrink, cardinal of Utrecht Netherlands
1901 – Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master (d. 1992)
1902 – Frank Waters, writer
1902 – Henry Cabot Lodge, (Sen-R)/ambassador (VP candidate 1960)
1903 – Irwin Fischer, composer
1904 – Don Goddard, Binghamton NY, news anchor (ABC Evening News 1958-59)
1904 – Franz Adolf Syberg, composer
1904 – Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector
1904 – Milburn Stone, Bruton Ks, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke)
1904 – Ernst Mayr, American biologist (d. 2005)
1905 – Isa Miranda, [Ines Sampietro], Italian model/actress (La ronde)
1905 – Jock Cameron, South African cricket keeper (captain)
1905 – Myles Horton, American educator and Civil Rights Movement teacher (d. 1990)
1909 – Andrei Gromyko, USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89) [7/18 NS]
1910 – Robert K Meston, US sociologist (functionalism)
1911 – Georges Pompidou, Paris, President/Prime Minister of France (1962-74), (d. 1974)
1913 – Smiley Lewis, Louisiana, vocalist (I Hear You Knockin’)
1914 – Jacob Soetendorp, Dutch rabbi
1915 – John Woodruff, American athlete (d. 2007)
1917 – Glenn Reeves, Massillon OH, actor (Defending Your Life)
1918 – George Rochberg, Paterson NJ, composer (Concord Quartet)
1920 – Issachar Miron, composer
1920 – Mary Louise Hancock, American politician and activist
1923 – John McKay, WV, football coach (USC, Tampa Bay, 5X Rose Bowl champ)
1924 – Beverly Tyler, Scranton Pa, actress (Fireball, Lorelei-Big Town)
1924 – Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (d. 2001)
1924 – János Starker, Hungarian cellist, (d. 2013)
1926 – Haya van Someren-Downer, 2nd Member of parliament (Dutch Lib Party)
1926 – Kenneth Gaburo, composer
1927 – W M Diggelmann, writer
1928 – Warren Oates, Depoy Ky, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke)
1928 – Pierre Mauroy, French politician (Prime Minister, 1981-4), (d. 2013)
1929 – Graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer
1929 – Katherine Helmond, Galveston Tx, actress (Soap, Mona-Who’s the Boss)
1929 – Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates
1929 – Tony Lock, cricketer (highly successful England slow lefty bowler)
1930 – Tommy Cook, Duluth MN, actor (Missile to the Moon)
1930 – Yutaka Makino, composer
1931 – James “Jimmy the Gent” Burke, criminal
1932 – Edgar Louis Vanderstegen Millington Drake, painter
1932 – Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948)
1932 – Gyula Horn, Hungarian prime minister (1994-8), (d. 2013)
1933 – Terence Cooper, Northern Ireland, actor (Casino Royale)
1935 – Edward McInnes, German scholar
1935 – John Gilmore, American true crime author
1936 – Shirley Knight, Goessei Kansas, actress (Endless Love, Secrets)
1936 – James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Brooke Hayward, author (Haywire), born in Los Angeles, California
1937 – Frouwke J Laning-Boersema, Dutch politician (CDA) 2nd Chamber
1937 – Nita M Lowey, (Rep-D-New York)
1938 – Stanley Joel Silverman, composer
1939 – Booker Edgerson, American football player
1940 – Karen Shepherd, (Rep-D-Utah)
1940 – Chuck Close, American painter and photographer
1941 – Barbara Frischmuth, writer
1942 – Ada J Bas-Jansen, Dutch MP (CDA)
1942 – Johannes Löhr, German footballer and trainer
1943 – Robbie Robertson, [Jamie], Toronto Canada, rock guitarist (Band)
1943 – Curt Blefary [Curtis Le Roy], Brooklyn, New York, American baseball player (1965 AL rookie of year, The Sporting News Rookie of the Year)
1945 – Dick Scoppettone, rocker
1945 – Jeffrey Kramer, actor (Ted Stein-Struck by Lightning), born in NYC, New York
1945 – Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican Politician and Attorney General of México.
1946 – Pierre-Marc Johnson, Québécois lawyer, physician and politician
1946 – Paul Smith, British fashion designer
1946 – Gerardus ‘t Hooft, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laurete
1948 – Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Wash DC, daughter of Richard Milhaus
1948 – William Hootkins, American actor (d. 2005)
1949 – Benny Stolovitz, fictional character on LA Law
1950 – Gary Matthews, baseball player (1973 NL rookie of year)
1950 – Huey Lewis, rocker
1950 – Michael Monarch, rock guitarist (Steppenwolf), born in Los Angeles, California
1951 – Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer (Catapult)
1951 – Richard “Goose” Gossage, relief pitcher (Yankees, Padres, A’s)
1951 – Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer
1952 – David Dreier, (Rep-R-California, 1981- )
1952 – Michael Don McNabb, composer
1952 – Terence Tom Henricks, Bryan Oh, USAF/astronaut (STS 44, 55, 70, 78)
1954 – John Wright, NZ cricketer (opening batsman 1978-92)
1954 – Leni Björklund, Swedish politician
1954 – Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist (Aerosmith)
1955 – Michael Gismondi, rock saxophonist (Michael Stanley Band)
1956 – James Lofton, NFL wide reciever (Bills, Packers, Raiders)
1956 – Patsy Pease, American actress
1957 – David Hanson, politician
1957 – David Pinkney, British Touring Car Racer
1957 – Doug Wilson, Canadian hockey player
1958 – Meredith Ann Pierce, US, sci-fi author (Darkangel)
1958 – Patsy Pease, Winston-Salem NC, actress (Kimberly-Days of Our Lives)
1958 – Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician
1958 – Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor
1958 – Bill Watterson, American cartoonist
1959 – Marc Cohn, singer (Walking in Memphis)
1959 – Patricia Pease Jeffers, NC, actress (Kimberly-Days of our Life)
1959 – Tim Shaw, cricketer (South African ODI slow lefty 1991)
1959 – Veronica Guerin, journalist
1960 – James M. Kelly, American politician
1960 – Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stunt performer
1961 – Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano
1963 – Edie Falco, American actress
1963 – Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor
1964 – Mark H Lascells, grandson of English princess Mary
1964 – Salim Raza, UAE cricket all-rounder (1996 World Cup)
1965 – Lucy Han, Hartford, Conn, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-7th-1994)
1965 – Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist
1965 – Kathryn Erbe, American actress
1966 – Susannah Doyle, British actress
1966 – Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer
1967 – Tim Worrell, Pasadena California, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
1967 – Silvia Ziche, Italian comics artist
1968 – Molly Brock, Berkeley California, rower (Olympics-96)
1968 – Nate Singleton, NFL wide receiver (SF 49ers)
1968 – Shahid Anwar, cricketer (Pakistani all-rounder 1996 England tour)
1968 – Ken Akamatsu, Mangaka
1968 – Kenji Ito, Japanese composer
1968 – John Ruskin a.k.a. Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian journalist
1968 – Alex Zülle, Swiss cyclist
1969 – Haylea Petrie, Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1969 – John Leclair, St Albans VT, NHL forward (Team USA, Philadelphia)
1969 – John Oostendorp, 220 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Oly-96), born in Iowa City, Iowa
1969 – Joshua Crayton, Redondo Beach California, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
1969 – RZA, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
1969 – Jenji Kohan, American television writer and producer
1970 – Doug Bochtler, West Palm Beach FL, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
1970 – Maureen Lee, Australian golfer, born in Melbourne, Victoria
1970 – Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004)
1971 – Donna Faber, East Orange NJ, tennis star
1971 – Derek McInnes, Scottish footballer
1972 – Michael Bays, Enrico California, actor (Bronx Zoo, Days of Our Live)
1972 – Robert Esmie, Jamaica, Canadian 4X100m runner (Olympics-gold-96)
1972 – Tatsuhito Takaiwa, wrestler (NJPW)
1973 – Christy Rowe, St Paul Minn, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
1973 – Michael Sykora, Pardubice CZE, NHL defenseman (Sharks, Oly-gold-98)
1973 – Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer
1973 – Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
1973 – Róisín Murphy, Irish musician
1973 – René Spies, German bobsledder
1974 – Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian footballer
1975 – Ai Sugiyama, Tokyo Japan, tennis star
1975 – Chris Gratton, Brantford, NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1975 – Christoph Brandner, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
1975 – Todd Macdonald, Charlestown, NHL goalie (Florida Panthers)
1975 – Hernán Crespo, Argentinian footballer
1975 – Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese musician (Týr)
1975 – Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor
1976 – Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer
1976 – Marina Dias, Brazilian model
1976 – Bizarre, American rapper (D12)
1977 – Royce Da 5’9″, American rapper
1977 – Nicolas Kiefer, German tennis player.
1978 – Carmen Kempt, Miss Canada Universe (1997)
1979 – Stiliyan Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
1979 – Shane Filan, Irish musician (Westlife)
1979 – Amélie Mauresmo, French tennis player
1980 – Eva Green, French actress
1980 – Jason Wade, American musician (Lifehouse)
1980 – David Rozehnal, Czech footballer
1981 – Jesse Crain, Canadian baseball player
1981 – Ryan Hansen, American actor
1982 – Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer
1982 – Philippe Gilbert, Belgian cyclist
1983 – Zheng Jie, Chinese tennis player
1984 – Yu Yamada, Ryukyuan model, actress and singer
1985 – Stephanie McIntosh, Australian pop singer and actress
1985 – Nick O’Malley, British musician (Arctic Monkeys)
1989 – Joseph King, American musician (Canvas)
1991 – Jason Dolley, American actor
1996 – Dolly the Sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell born in Scotland
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