Birthdays of important personalities on July 5

1321: Joan of The Tower, Queen consort of Scotland (d. 1362)
1586: Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (d. 1647)
1653: Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726)
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)
1794: Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (d. 1851)
1801: David Farragut, American naval commander (d. 1870)
1805: Robert Fitz Roy, British seaworthy and meteorologic (d. 1865)
1810: P.T. Barnum, American circus owner (d. 1891)
1820: William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist (d. 1872)
1829: Ignacio Mariscal, Writer and Mexican diplomat (d. 1910)
1841: William C. Whitney, American financier (d. 1904)
1853: Cecil Rhodes, South African politician, founder of Rhodesia (d. 1902)
1860: Robert Bacon, American politician (d. 1919)
1872: Edouard Herriot, French politician (d. 1957)
1874: Eugen Fischer, Nazi physician (d. 1967)
1879: Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician (d. 1945)
1879: Joe Russell, English philosopher
1879: Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (d. 1959)
1880: Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist (d. 1940)
1882: Inayat Khan, Indian sufi (d. 1927).
1885: André Lhote, French painter (d. 1962)
1885: Blas Infante, Spanish politician (d. 1936)
1886: Willem Drees, Dutch politician (d. 1988)
1888: Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1963)
1889: Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963)
1890: Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian (d. 1954)
1891: John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
1895: Gordon Jacob, English composer (d. 1984)
1898: Yip Man, Ving Tsun Sifu and Master of Style (Gung-Gung) (d. 1972)
1899: Marcel Achard, French playwright, screenwriter and author (d. 1974)
1901: Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master (d. 1992)
1902: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American diplomat (d. 1985)
1904: Ernst Mayr, American biologist (d. 2005)
1904: Harold Acton, American writer and dilettante (d. 1994)
1904: Milburn Stone, American actor (d. 1980)
1905: Myles Horton, American educator and Civil Rights Movement teacher
1910: Georges Vedel, French public law (d. 2002)
1911: Georges Pompidou, French politician (d. 1974)
1913: Smiley Lewis, American musician (d. 1966)
1915: John Woodruff, American athlete (d. 2007)
1918: George Rochberg, American composer (d. 2005)
1918: René Lecavalier, French Canadian radio host and television sportscaster (d. 1999)
1920: Mary Louise Hancock, American politician and activist
1924: János Starker, Hungarian cellist
1924: Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (d. 2001)
1928: Katherine Helmond, American actress
1928: Pierre Mauroy, French politician
1928: Warren Oates, American actor (d. 1982)
1932: Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948)
1932: Gyula Horn, former Hungarian prime minister
1935: John Gilmore, American true crime author
1936: James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1936: Shirley Knight, American actress
1938: Ronnie Self, American rock singer and songwriter (d. 1981)
1939: Booker Edgerson, American football player
1940: Chuck Close, American painter and photographer
1942: Johannes Löhr, German footballer and trainer
1943: Curt Blefary, American baseball player (d. 2001)
1943: Robbie Robertson, Canadian guitarist (The Band).
1945: Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican Politician and Attorney General of México.
1946: Gerardus 't Hooft, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laurete
1946: Paul Smith, British fashion designer
1946: Pierre-Marc Johnson, American lawyer, physician and politician
1948: William Hootkins, American actor (d. 2005)
1950: Huey Lewis, American musician (Huey Lewis & the News)
1950: Michael Monarch, American guitarist (Steppenwolf)
1951: Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer
1951: Rich Gossage, American baseball player
1954: Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist (Aerosmith)
1954: John Wright, New Zealand cricketer
1954: Leni Björklund, Swedish politician
1955: Peter McNamara, Australian tennis player
1956: James Lofton, American football player and coach
1956: Patsy Pease, American actress
1957: David Hanson, Canadian politician
1957: David Pinkney , British Touring Car Racer
1957: Doug Wilson, Canadian hockey player
1958: Bill Watterson, American cartoonist
1958: Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor
1958: Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician
1959: Marc Cohn, American singer and songwriter
1960: James M. Kelly, American politician
1960: Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor
1961: Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano
1963: Edie Falco, American actress
1963: Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor
1965: Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist
1966: Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer
1966: Kathryn Erbe, American actress
1966: Susannah Doyle, British actress
1967: Silvia Ziche, Italian comics artist
1968: Alex Zülle, Swiss cyclist
1968: John Ruskin a.k.a. Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian journalist
1968: Ken Akamatsu, Mangaka
1968: Kenji Ito, Japanese composer
1969: Jenji Kohan, American television writer and producer
1969: John LeClair, American hockey player
1969: RZA, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
1970: Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004)
1971: Derek McInnes, Scottish footballer
1972: Letha Weapons, porn actress
1973: Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
1973: Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer
1973: René Spies, German bobsledder
1973: Róisín Murphy, Irish musician
1974: Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian footballer
1975: Ai Sugiyama, Japanese tennis player
1975: Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese musician (Týr)
1975: Hernán Crespo, Argentinian footballer
1975: Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor
1976: Bizarre, American rapper (D12)
1976: Marina Dias, Brazilian model
1976: Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer
1977: Nicolas Kiefer, German tennis player.
1977: Royce Da 5'9, American rapper
1979: Amélie Mauresmo, French tennis player
1979: Shane Filan, Irish musician (Westlife)
1979: Stiliyan Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
1980: David Rozehnal, Czech footballer
1980: Eva Green, French actress
1980: Jason Wade, American musician (Lifehouse)
1981: Jesse Crain, Canadian baseball player
1982: Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer
1983: Zheng Jie, Chinese tennis player
1984: Yu Yamada, Ryukyuan model, actress and singer
1985: Nick O'Malley, Bass player for (Arctic Monkeys).
1985: Stephanie McIntosh, Australian pop singer and actress
1989: Joseph King, American musician (Canvas).
1991: Jason Dolley, American actor

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