5 December Births

Published : 05 Dec 2017, 11:26

Jagoroniya Desk

December 5 is the 339th day of the year (340th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 26 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

Births

852 – Zhu Wen, Chinese emperor (d. 912)
1377 – Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)
1389 – Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (d. 1455)
1443 – Pope Julius II (d. 1513)
1470 – Willibald Pirckheimer, German lawyer and author (d. 1530)
1495 – Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish philologist and lexicographer (d. 1542)
1537 – Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)
1539 – Fausto Sozzini, Italian theologian and author (d. 1604)
1547 – Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (d. 1625)
1556 – Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford, English countess (d. 1588)
1595 – Henry Lawes, English composer (d. 1662)
1661 – Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (d. 1724)
1666 – Francesco Scarlatti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1741)
1687 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
1697 – Giuseppe de Majo, Italian organist and composer (d. 1771)
1782 – Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (d. 1862)
1784 – George Shepherd, English illustrator and painter (d. 1862)
1803 – Fyodor Tyutchev, Russian poet and diplomat (d. 1873)
1820 – Afanasy Fet, Russian poet and author (d. 1892)
1822 – Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American philosopher and academic, co-founded Radcliffe College (d. 1907)
1829 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (d. 1908)
1830 – Christina Rossetti, English poet and author (d. 1894)
1839 – George Armstrong Custer, American general (d. 1876)
1841 – Marcus Daly, Irish-American businessman (d. 1900)
1849 – Eduard Seler, German anthropologist, ethnohistorian, linguist, and academic (d. 1922)
1855 – Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and ethnographer (d. 1942)
1859 – John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, English admiral and politician, 2nd Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1935)
1861 – Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (d. 1939)
1863 – Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (d. 1933)
1866 – John Beresford, Irish polo player (d. 1944)
1866 – Traian Demetrescu, Romanian poet and author (d. 1896)
1867 – Antti Aarne, Finnish author and academic (d. 1925)
1867 – Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (d. 1935)
1868 – Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (d. 1951)
1869 – Ellis Parker Butler, American author and poet (d. 1937)
1870 – Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (d. 1949)
1872 – Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player (d. 1906)
1875 – Arthur Currie, Canadian general (d. 1933)
1879 – Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and businessman, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation (d. 1954)
1881 – René Cresté, French actor and director (d. 1922)
1886 – Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (d. 1968)
1886 – Pieter Oud, Dutch historian, academic, and politician, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands (d. 1968)
1886 – Nikolai Uglanov, Soviet politician (d. 1937)
1890 – David Bomberg, English painter, illustrator, and academic (d. 1957)
1890 – Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1976)
1891 – Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic (d. 1951)
1894 – Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (d. 1982)
1895 – Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician and academic (d. 1969)
1896 – Ann Nolan Clark, American historian, author, and educator (d. 1995)
1896 – Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1897 – Nunnally Johnson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1897 – Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli philosopher and historian (d. 1982)
1898 – Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and translator (d. 1982)
1898 – Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (d. 1947)
1900 – Jimmy Dimmock, English footballer (d. 1972)
1901 – Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1966)
1901 – Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and author (d. 1980)
1901 – Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
1902 – Emeric Pressburger, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
1902 – Strom Thurmond, American educator, general, and politician, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (d. 2003)
1903 – Johannes Heesters, Dutch-German actor and singer (d. 2011)
1903 – C. F. Powell, English-Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969)
1905 – Gus Mancuso, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1984)
1905 – Otto Preminger, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1986)
1905 – Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (d.1949)
1907 – Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1971)
1907 – Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic (d. 1993)
1910 – Abraham Polonsky, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1911 – Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (d. 2000)
1912 – Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1965)
1912 – Kate Simon, American travel writer (d. 1990)
1913 – Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress (d. 2013)
1914 – Hans Hellmut Kirst, German lieutenant and author (d. 1989)
1916 – Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live polio vaccine (d. 2013)
1916 – Walt McPherson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1917 – Ken Downing, English race car driver (d. 2004)
1919 – Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, English historian and politician
1921 – Alvy Moore, American actor and producer (d. 1997)
1922 – Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist (d. 2011)
1922 – Don Robertson, American songwriter and pianist (d. 2015)
1924 – Robert Sobukwe, South African banker and politician (d. 1978)
1925 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (d. 1980)
1927 – Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thai king (d. 2016)
1927 – W.D. Amaradeva, Sri Lankan musician and composer (d. 2016)
1929 – Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (d. 2014)
1931 – Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer and manager (d. 2011)
1932 – Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs, British politician
1932 – Sheldon Lee Glashow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Jim Hurtubise, American race car driver (d. 1989)
1932 – Little Richard, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
1933 – Gennadiy Agapov, Russian race walker (d. 1999)
1934 – Joan Didion, American novelist and screenwriter
1935 – Calvin Trillin, American novelist, humorist, and journalist
1935 – Yury Vlasov, Ukrainian-Russian weightlifter and politician
1936 – James Lee Burke, American journalist, author, and academic
1938 – J. J. Cale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1940 – Tony Crafter, Australian cricket umpire
1940 – Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager
1940 – Peter Pohl, Swedish author, director, and screenwriter
1940 – Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
1942 – Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (d. 2017)
1943 – Eva Joly, Norwegian-French judge and politician
1943 – Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, South Korean cardinal
1944 – Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor, director, and producer
1945 – Serge Chapleau, Canadian cartoonist
1945 – Moshe Katsav, Iranian-Israeli educator and politician, 8th President of Israel
1946 – José Carreras, Spanish tenor and actor
1946 – Andy Kim, Canadian pop singer-songwriter
1946 – Sarel van der Merwe, South African race car driver
1947 – Rudy Fernandez, Filipino triathlete
1947 – Bruce Golding, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Jamaica
1947 – Tony Gregory, Irish activist and politician (d. 2009)
1947 – Jim Messina, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1947 – Jim Plunkett, American football player and radio host
1947 – Kim Simmonds, Welsh blues-rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Savoy Brown)
1947 – Don Touhig, Welsh journalist and politician
1948 – Denise Drysdale, Australian television host and actress
1949 – John Altman, English composer and conductor
1949 – David Manning, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States
1951 – Link Byfield, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2015)
1951 – Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Belgian painter and illustrator
1953 – Gwen Lister, South African-Namibian journalist, publisher, and activist
1954 – Hanif Kureishi, English author and playwright
1954 – Gary Roenicke, American baseball player and scout
1955 – Miyuki Kawanaka, Japanese singer
1955 – Juha Tiainen, Finnish hammer thrower (d. 2003)
1956 – Klaus Allofs, German footballer and manager
1956 – Adam Thorpe, French-English author, poet, and playwright
1956 – Krystian Zimerman, Polish virtuoso pianist
1957 – Raquel Argandoña, Chilean model, actress, and politician
1959 – Lee Chapman, English footballer
1959 – Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, Ukrainian businessman
1960 – Frans Adelaar, Dutch footballer and manager
1960 – Osvaldo Golijov, Argentinian-American composer and educator
1960 – Jack Russell, American singer-songwriter and producer
1960 – Matthew Taylor, English businessman and politician
1961 – Ralf Dujmovits, German mountaineer
1961 – Laura Flanders, British journalist
1962 – José Cura, Argentinian tenor, conductor, and director
1962 – Pablo Morales, American swimmer and coach
1962 – Nivek Ogre, Canadian singer-songwriter
1962 – Fred Rutten, Dutch footballer and manager
1963 – Doctor Dré, American television and radio host
1963 – Carrie Hamilton, American actress and playwright (d. 2002)
1963 – Alberto Nisman, Argentinian lawyer (d. 2015)
1964 – Martin Vinnicombe, Australian cyclist
1965 – Manish Malhotra, Indian fashion designer
1965 – John Rzeznik, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965 – Wayne Smith, Jamaican rapper (d. 2014)
1965 – Valeriy Spitsyn, Russian race walker
1967 – Gary Allan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Margaret Cho, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Lisa Marie, American model and actress
1968 – Lydia Millet, American novelist
1968 – Falilat Ogunkoya, Nigerian sprinter
1969 – Eric Etebari, American actor, director, and producer
1969 – Morgan J. Freeman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Sajid Javid, English banker and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
1969 – Lewis Pugh, English swimmer and lawyer
1969 – Ramón Ramírez, Mexican footballer
1970 – Michel'le, American singer-songwriter
1970 – Kevin Haller, Canadian ice hockey player
1971 – Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, German businessman and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence
1971 – Ashia Hansen, American-English triple jumper
1971 – Gabriel Hjertstedt, Swedish golfer
1972 – Cliff Floyd, American baseball player and sportscaster
1972 – Mike Mahoney, American baseball player
1972 – Duane Ross, American hurdler and coach
1973 – Argo Arbeiter, Estonian footballer
1973 – Andrei Krasnopjorov, Estonian footballer
1973 – Mikelangelo Loconte, Italian singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1973 – Luboš Motl, Czech physicist and academic
1974 – Charlie Batch, American football player and sportscaster
1974 – Ravish Kumar, Indian journalist and author
1974 – Brian Lewis, American sprinter
1975 – Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player and radio host
1975 – Paula Patton, American actress
1976 – Amy Acker, American actress
1976 – Xavier Garbajosa, French rugby player
1976 – Sachiko Kokubu, Japanese actress and model
1976 – Rachel Komisarz, American swimmer and coach
1977 – Peter van der Vlag, Dutch footballer
1978 – Neil Druckmann, American video game designer and author
1978 – Olli Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player
1978 – Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer
1979 – Matteo Ferrari, Italian footballer
1979 – Niklas Hagman, Finnish ice hockey player
1979 – Gareth McAuley, Northern Irish footballer
1979 – Nick Stahl, American actor and producer
1980 – Ibrahim Maalouf, Lebanese-French trumpet player and composer
1982 – Eddy Curry, American basketball player
1982 – Trai Essex, American football player
1982 – Keri Hilson, American singer-songwriter and actress
1983 – Cooper Cronk, Australian rugby league player
1985 – Shikhar Dhawan, Indian cricketer
1985 – Frankie Muniz, American actor, drummer, and race car driver
1985 – Nico Verdonck, Belgian race car driver
1985 – Danny Wicks, Australian rugby league player
1986 – LeGarrette Blount, American football player
1986 – James Hinchcliffe, Canadian race car driver
1986 – Justin Smoak, American baseball player
1987 – Tommy Fraser, English footballer
1988 – Joanna Rowsell, English cyclist
1990 – Montee Ball, American football player
1991 – Jacopo Sala, Italian footballer
1992 – Ilja Antonov, Estonian footballer
1993 – Ross Barkley, English footballer
1994 – Ondrej Duda, Slovak footballer
1994 – Grant Ward, English footballer
1995 – Danny Levi, New Zealand rugby league player
1995 – Anthony Martial, French footballer

Source: wikipedia

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