March 5 - Births

Births

• 1133 – Henry II of England, King of England (d. 1189)
• 1324 – King David II of Scotland (d. 1371)
• 1326 – Louis I of Hungary (d. 1382)
• 1512 – Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer (d. 1594)
• 1563 – John Coke, English politician (d. 1644)
• 1575 – William Oughtred, English mathematician (d. 1660)
• 1585 – John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)
• 1658 – Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (d. 1730)
• 1693 – Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)
• 1696 – Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1770)
• 1703 – Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)
• 1713 – Edward Cornwallis, English military officer (d. 1776)
• 1713 – Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1783)
• 1723 – Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)
• 1739 – Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American physican and statesman (d. 1819)
• 1748 – Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
• 1748 – William Shield, English musician (d. 1829)
• 1750 – Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical scholar (d. 1805)
• 1751 – Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Czech organist, harpsichordist, music composer and teacher (d. 1829)
• 1794 – Jacques Babinet, French physicist (d. 1872)
• 1794 – Robert Cooper Grier, American jurist and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1870)
• 1814 – Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)
• 1815 – John Wentworth, American politician and Member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois (d. 1888)
• 1817 – Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist (d. 1894)
• 1836 – Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher (d. 1929)
• 1853 – Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (d. 1911)
• 1862 – Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (d. 1934)
• 1867 – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (d. 1952)
• 1869 – Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal and archbishop (d. 1952)
• 1870 – Frank Norris, American writer (d. 1902)
• 1871 – Rosa Luxemburg, Socialist revolutionary (d. 1919)
• 1873 – Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian explorer and cross-country skier (d. 1961)
• 1874 – Henry Travers, British actor (d. 1965)
• 1879 – Sir William Beveridge, British economist (d. 1963)
• 1882 – Arthur Hussey, American golfer (d. 1915)
• 1882 – Dora Marsden, British editor, writer (d. 1960)
• 1883 – Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and folklorist (d. 1969)
• 1886 – Dong Biwu, Chinese Communist Party figure (d. 1975)
• 1887 – Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (d. 1959)
• 1897 – Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (d. 1960)
• 1898 – Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)
• 1898 – Soong May-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-Shek (d. 2003)
• 1904 – Karl Rahner, German theologian (d. 1984)
• 1908 – Irving Fiske, American writer, playwright, (d. 1990)
• 1908 – Sir Rex Harrison, English actor (d. 1990)
• 1910 – Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Philip Farkas, American horn player and teacher (d. 1992)
• 1915 – Henry Hicks, Canadian university administrator and politician (d. 1990)
• 1915 – Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician (d. 2002)
• 1916 – Jack Hamm, American artist
• 1918 – Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and manager
• 1918 – Red Storey, Canadian football player and ice hockey referee (d. 2006)
• 1918 – James Tobin, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
• 1920 – José Aboulker, Jewish Communist (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Virginia Christine, American actress (d. 1996)
• 1921 – Elmer Valo, American baseball player (d. 1998)
• 1922 – James Noble, American actor
• 1922 – Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian writer and film director (d. 1975)
• 1923 – Laurence Tisch, American investor (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Jack Cassidy, American actor (d. 1976)
• 1929 – Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver
• 1929 – J. B. Lenoir, American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
• 1930 – John Ashley, National Hockey League referee (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Del Crandall, American baseball player
• 1931 – Fred Othon Aristidès, French comics artist
• 1931 – Jean-Paul Roussillon, French actor (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player
• 1933 – Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (d. 2005)
• 1933 – Kostas Linoxilakis, Greek footballer
• 1933 – Tommy Tucker, American blues singer and pianist (d. 1982)
• 1934 – Daniel Kahneman, Israeli economist, Nobel laureate
• 1934 – James B. Sikking, American actor
• 1935 – Philip K. Chapman, Australian astronaut and scientist
• 1935 – Paul Sand, American actor
• 1936 – Canaan Banana, 1st President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003)
• 1936 – Dean Stockwell, American actor
• 1937 – Olusẹgun Ọbasanjọ, 5th & 12th President of Nigeria
• 1938 – Paul Evans, American singer and songwriter
• 1938 – Lynn Margulis, American biologist (d. 2011)
• 1938 – Fred Williamson, American football player and actor
• 1939 – Samantha Eggar, English actress
• 1939 – Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer
• 1939 – Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef
• 1942 – Felipe González, Prime Minister of Spain (1982–1996)
• 1942 – Mike Resnick, American science fiction author
• 1943 – Billy Backus, American boxer
• 1943 – Lucio Battisti, Italian singer (d. 1998)
• 1944 – Peter Brandes, Danish artist
• 1944 – Roy Gutman, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
• 1946 – Richard Bell, Canadian musician (Full Tilt Boogie Band and The Band) (d. 2007)
• 1946 – Mem Fox, Australian writer
• 1946 – Murray Head, British actor and singer
• 1946 – Lova Moor, French singer and dancer
• 1946 – Michael Warren, American actor and former college basketball player
• 1947 – Eddie Hodges, American actor and singer
• 1947 – Clodagh Rodgers, Irish singer
• 1947 – Tom Russell, American singer/songwriter
• 1947 – Kent Tekulve, American baseball player
• 1948 – Eddy Grant, Guyana-born singer
• 1948 – Richard Hickox, English musical conductor
• 1948 – Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
• 1948 – Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)
• 1949 – Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (d. 1992)
• 1949 – Franz Josef Jung, German federal minister of defence
• 1951 – Datuk Mohammad Nor Khalid, Malaysian cartoonist
• 1951 – Burkhard Segler, German footballer
• 1952 – Alan Clark, English keyboardist (Dire Straits)
• 1953 – Michael Sandel, American philosopher
• 1954 – Barry Lee Fairchild, American convicted murderer (d. 1995)
• 1954 – Jack Stamp, American wind band composer
• 1954 – Marsha Warfield, American actress
• 1955 – Julien Dray, French politician
• 1955 – Penn Jillette, American magician and comedian
• 1955 – Georgios Papastamkos, Greek politician
• 1956 – Adriana Barraza, Mexican actress
• 1956 – Teena Marie, American singer (d. 2010)
• 1956 – Marco Paolini, Italian stage actor and author
• 1957 – Mark E. Smith, English singer (The Fall and Von Südenfed)
• 1957 – Ray Suarez, American journalist and author
• 1958 – Andy Gibb, English-born Australian singer (d. 1988)
• 1959 – David Fury, American television writer and producer
• 1959 – Tsukasa Hojo, Japanese manga artist
• 1959 – Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian politician and 7th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 1999)
• 1960 – David Tibet, English musician (Current 93 and Death in June)
• 1962 – Jonathan Penner, American actor, writer, and film producer
• 1962 – Charlie and Craig Reid, Scottish musicians (The Proclaimers)
• 1963 – Joel Osteen, American religious figure
• 1964 – Bertrand Cantat, French singer/songwriter (Noir Désir)
• 1964 – Egon Flad, German footballer
• 1966 – Bob Halkidis, Canadian hockey player
• 1966 – Michael Irvin, American football player
• 1966 – Aasif Mandvi, Indian-born American actor and comedian
• 1966 – Oh Eun-Sun, South-Korean mountaineer
• 1968 – Gordon Bajnai, Hungarian politician
• 1969 – Paul Blackthorne, British actor
• 1969 – Danny King, British author
• 1969 – Moussa Saïb, former Algerian footballer
• 1969 – MC Solaar (Claude M'Barali), French rapper
• 1970 – Mike Brown, American basketball coach
• 1970 – John Frusciante, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• 1970 – Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress
• 1970 – Rome (Jerome Woods), American singer
• 1971 – Jeffrey Hammonds, American baseball player
• 1971 – Yuri Lowenthal, American actor and author
• 1971 – Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian mountainbiker
• 1971 – Scott Mosier, American producer
• 1972 – Brian Grant, American basketball player
• 1972 – Luca Turilli, Italian musician (Rhapsody of Fire and Luca Turilli's Dreamquest)
• 1973 – Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer
• 1973 – Ryan Franklin, American baseball player
• 1974 – Kevin Connolly, American actor and comedian
• 1974 – Jens Jeremies, German footballer
• 1974 – Matt Lucas, English comedian
• 1974 – Eva Mendes, American actress
• 1974 – Jill Ritchie, American actress
• 1975 – Nelly Arcan, Canadian novelist (d. 2009)
• 1975 – Jolene Blalock, American actress
• 1975 – Luciano Burti, Brazilian racing driver
• 1975 – Sasho Petrovski, Australian soccer player
• 1975 – Niki Taylor, American model
• 1976 – Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1976 – Paul Konerko, American baseball player
• 1976 – Katerina Matziou, Greek actress
• 1976 – Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial artist
• 1977 – Bryan Berard, American ice hockey player
• 1977 – Mike MacDougal, American baseball player
• 1977 – Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player
• 1978 – Jared Crouch, Australian rules footballer
• 1978 – Mike Hessman, American baseball player
• 1978 – Kimberly McCullough, American actress
• 1978 – Carlos Ochoa, Mexican footballer
• 1979 – Tang Gonghong, Chinese weightlifter
• 1981 – Barret Jackman, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Paul Martin, American ice hockey player
• 1981 – Shugo Oshinari, Japanese actor
• 1981 – Andreas Wiig, Norwegian snowboarder
• 1982 – Daniel Carter, New Zealand rugby player
• 1982 – Giorgia Palmas, Italian television personality and model
• 1983 – Edgar Dueñas, Mexican footballer
• 1984 – Ryan Crowley, Australian rules footballer
• 1984 – Guillaume Hoarau, French footballer
• 1985 – David Marshall, Scottish footballer
• 1985 – Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
• 1985 – Brad Mills, American baseball player
• 1986 – Matty Fryatt, English footballer
• 1986 – Kimberlee Green, Australian netball player
• 1986 – Ellen Whitaker, English show jumper
• 1987 – Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player
• 1988 – Trevor Carson, Northern Irish footballer
• 1988 – Bjarni Viðarsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1989 – Sterling Knight, American actor
• 1989 – Jake Lloyd, American actor
• 1990 – Alex Smithies, English footballer
• 1991 – Daniil Trifonov, Russian pianist
• 1994 – Daria Gavrilova, Russian tennis player