5 December Births

Published : 05 Dec 2018, 11:06

Jagoroniya Desk

December 5 is the 339th day of the year (340th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

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 shōgun (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)
1862 – John Henry Leech, English entomologist (d. 1900)
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)
1926 – Adetowun Ogunsheye, first female Nigerian professor and university dean[1]
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)
1930 – Yi-Fu Tuan, Chinese-American geographer
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
1932 – Nadira, Indian actress
1933 – Gennadiy Agapov, Russian race walker (d. 1999)
1933 – Harry Holgate, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1997)
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 – Kevin Haller, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Michel'le, American singer-songwriter
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
1973 – Shalom Harlow, Canadian model
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
1980 – Jessica Paré, Canadian actress
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
1995 – Kaetlyn Osmond, Canadian figure skater

Source: wikipedia

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