| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 1301 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
Edmund of Woodstock‚ 1st Earl of Kent |
English politician (d. 1330) |
| 1461 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Alexander Jagiellon |
Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) |
| 1623 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
Antonio Cesti |
Italian composer (d. 1669) |
| 1641 |
August 5 |
Monday |
John Hathorne |
American magistrate (d. 1717) |
| 1662 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
James Anderson |
Scottish historian (d. 1728) |
| 1694 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Leonardo Leo |
Italian composer (d. 1744) |
| 1802 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Niels Henrik Abel |
Norwegian mathematician (d. 1829) |
| 1811 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Ambroise Thomas |
French opera composer (d. 1896) |
| 1813 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Ivar Aasen |
Norwegian poet and language reformer (d. 1896) |
| 1815 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
Edward John Eyre |
English explorer (d. 1901) |
| 1827 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Deodoro da Fonseca |
first President of Brazil (d. 1892) |
| 1828 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Louise of the Netherlands |
queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1871) |
| 1833 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Carola of Vasa |
Queen consort of Saxony (d. 1907) |
| 1850 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Guy de Maupassant |
French author (d. 1893) |
| 1862 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Joseph Merrick |
"the ""Elephant Man"" (d. 1890)" |
| 1866 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Carl Harries |
German chemist (d. 1923) |
| 1866 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Harry Trott |
Australian cricketer (d. 1917) |
| 1872 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Oswaldo Cruz |
Brazilian physician (d. 1917) |
| 1877 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Tom Thomson |
Canadian painter (d. 1917) |
| 1887 |
August 5 |
Friday |
Reginald Owen |
English actor (d. 1972) |
| 1888 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Victor Francen |
Belgian-born actor (d. 1977) |
| 1889 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Conrad Aiken |
American writer (d. 1973) |
| 1890 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Erich Kleiber |
Austrian-born conductor (d. 1956) |
| 1890 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Naum Gabo |
sculptor (d. 1977) |
| 1897 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Aksel Larsen |
Danish politician (d. 1972) |
| 1901 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Claude Autant-Lara |
French film director (d. 2000) |
| 1906 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
John Huston |
American director (d. 1987) |
| 1906 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Wassily Leontief |
Russian economist‚ Nobel laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1906 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Joan Hickson |
English actress (d. 1998) |
| 1908 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
Harold Holt |
17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967) |
| 1910 |
August 5 |
Friday |
Bruno Coquatrix |
French songwriter and music impresario (d. 1979) |
| 1911 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
Robert Taylor |
American actor (d. 1969) |
| 1912 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Abbe Pierre |
French Catholic priest (d. 2007) |
| 1914 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
David Brian |
American actor (d. 1993) |
| 1918 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Tom Drake |
American actor (d. 1982) |
| 1918 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Betty Oliphant |
Canadian ballerina (d. 2004) |
| 1922 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
L. Tom Perry |
LDS apostle |
| 1923 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Devan Nair |
President of Singapore |
| 1930 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Neil Armstrong |
American astronaut |
| 1930 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Michal Kova? |
President of Slovakia |
| 1934 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Wendell Berry |
American poet‚ writer and farmer |
| 1934 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Karl Johan ?strom |
Control engineer and theorist |
| 1935 |
August 5 |
Monday |
John Saxon |
American actor |
| 1937 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Herb Brooks |
American ice hockey coach (d. 2003) |
| 1939 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
Princess Irene of the Netherlands |
|
| 1941 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Bob Clark |
American film director (d. 2007) |
| 1943 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Nelson Briles |
American baseball player (d. 2005) |
| 1943 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Sammi Smith |
American country singer and songwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1946 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Loni Anderson |
American actress |
| 1946 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Bruce Coslet |
American football player and coach |
| 1946 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Ron Silliman |
American poet |
| 1946 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Erika Slezak |
American actress |
| 1947 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Angry Anderson |
Australian entertainer (Rose Tattoo) |
| 1947 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Bernie Carbo |
American baseball player |
| 1947 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Rick Derringer |
American musician |
| 1948 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Carole Laure |
French Canadian actress |
| 1948 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Ray Clemence |
English footballer |
| 1951 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
John Jarratt |
Australian actor |
| 1952 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Louis Walsh |
Irish Music Manager and X Factor Judge |
| 1953 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
Rick Mahler |
American baseball player (d. 2005) |
| 1953 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
Samantha Sang |
Australian singer |
| 1956 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Jerry Ciccoritti |
Canadian film director |
| 1956 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Fred Ottman |
American wrestler |
| 1956 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Maureen McCormick |
American actress |
| 1957 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Faith Prince |
American actress |
| 1957 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Clayton Rohner |
American actor |
| 1959 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
Pete Burns |
English singer (Dead or Alive) |
| 1959 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
Pat Smear |
American guitarist |
| 1960 |
August 5 |
Friday |
Seth Swirsky |
American songwriter |
| 1961 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
Tawny Kitaen |
American actress |
| 1961 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
Mark O'Connor |
American violinist |
| 1961 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
Athula Samarasekera |
Sri Lankan cricketer |
| 1962 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Patrick Ewing |
American basketball player |
| 1962 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Richard de Groen |
New Zealand cricketer |
| 1962 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Otis Thorpe |
American basketball player |
| 1964 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
Adam Yauch |
American musician (Beastie Boys) |
| 1965 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Motoi Sakuraba |
Japanese composer |
| 1965 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Scott William Winters |
American actor |
| 1966 |
August 5 |
Friday |
Jonathan Silverman |
American actor |
| 1968 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Terri Clark |
Canadian country singer |
| 1968 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Funkmaster Flex |
American hip hop DJ |
| 1968 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Tokimitsu Ishizawa |
Japanese professional wrestler |
| 1968 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Oleg Luzhny |
Ukrainian footballer |
| 1968 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Colin McRae |
Scottish rally driver (d. 2007) |
| 1968 |
August 5 |
Monday |
John Olerud |
American baseball player |
| 1969 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Vasbert Drakes |
Barbadian cricketer |
| 1969 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Venkatesh Prasad |
Indian cricketer |
| 1969 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Paola Volpato |
Chilean actress |
| 1970 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
James Gunn |
American filmmaker |
| 1971 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Evil Jared Hasselhoff |
American musician (The Bloodhound Gang) |
| 1972 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
Christian Olde Wolbers |
Belgian musician (Fear Factory) |
| 1972 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
Aaqib Javed |
Pakistani cricketer |
| 1972 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
Ikuto Hidaka |
Japanese professional wrestler |
| 1972 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
Theodore Whitmore |
Jamaican footballer |
| 1973 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Sean Sherk |
American mixed martial artist |
| 1973 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
Sanwar Hossain |
Bangladeshi cricketer |
| 1974 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Alvin Ceccoli |
Australian soccer player |
| 1974 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Manuel Greil |
German footballer |
| 1974 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Antoine Sibierski |
French footballer |
| 1975 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Antony Cotton |
English actor |
| 1975 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Ami Foster |
American actress |
| 1975 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Kajol Mukherjee |
Indian actress |
| 1975 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Eicca Toppinen |
Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica) |
| 1975 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Haim Goldenberg |
Israeli-Canadian mentalist (GoldMind) |
| 1975 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Iddo Goldberg |
Israeli actor |
| 1976 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Jeff Friesen |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1976 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Kwon Sang-woo |
South Korean actor |
| 1976 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Marian Pahars |
Latvian footballer |
| 1977 |
August 5 |
Friday |
Eric Hinske |
American baseball player |
| 1977 |
August 5 |
Friday |
Michael Walsh |
English footballer |
| 1977 |
August 5 |
Friday |
Mark Mulder |
American baseball player |
| 1978 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
Kim Gevaert |
Belgian sprinter |
| 1978 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
Nektaria Karantzi |
Greek singer |
| 1979 |
August 5 |
Sunday |
David Healy |
Northern Irish footballer |
| 1980 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Kaylani Lei |
Singaporean/American pornographic actress |
| 1980 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Wayne Bridge |
English footballer |
| 1980 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Jason ?ulina |
Australian soccer player |
| 1980 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Ali Umar |
Maldivian footballer |
| 1980 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Sophie Winkleman |
English actress |
| 1980 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Vatsal Seth |
Indian actor |
| 1981 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
Carl Crawford |
American baseball player |
| 1981 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
David Clarke |
British ice hockey player |
| 1981 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
Rachel Scott |
American murder victim (d. 1999) |
| 1981 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
K? Shibasaki |
Japanese singer |
| 1981 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
Erik Guay |
Canadian alpine skier |
| 1981 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
Cory Williams |
American internet celebrity |
| 1981 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
Alester Maregwede |
Zimbabwean cricketer |
| 1982 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Jamie Houston |
English-born German rugby player |
| 1982 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
LoLo Jones |
American track and field athlete |
| 1982 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Ryu Seung Min |
Korean table tennis player |
| 1982 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Tobias Regner |
German singer |
| 1982 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Pete Sell |
American mixed martial artist |
| 1983 |
August 5 |
Friday |
Korey Hall |
American football player |
| 1983 |
August 5 |
Friday |
Dawn Richard |
American singer (Danity Kane) |
| 1985 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Laurent Ciman |
Belgian footballer |
| 1985 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Salomon Kalou |
Ivorian footballer |
| 1985 |
August 5 |
Monday |
Megan Joy Corkrey |
American singer |
| 1986 |
August 5 |
Tuesday |
Paula Creamer |
American golfer |
| 1987 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
Genelia D'Souza |
Indian actress |
| 1987 |
August 5 |
Wednesday |
Lexi Belle |
American pornographic actress |
| 1988 |
August 5 |
Friday |
Federica Pellegrini |
Italian swimmer |
| 1993 |
August 5 |
Thursday |
Suzuka Ohgo |
Japanese actress |
| 2000 |
August 5 |
Saturday |
Maya Bond |
American singer and musician |
