5 April Births

April 5 is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 270 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

Births

1170 – Isabella of Hainault (d. 1190)
1288 – Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)
1315 – James III of Majorca (d. 1349)
1472 – Bianca Maria Sforza, Italian wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)
1523 – Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer and diplomat (d. 1596)
1588 – Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679)
1595 – John Wilson, English composer and educator (d. 1674)
1604 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)
1622 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (d. 1703)
1649 – Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)
1692 – Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
1719 – Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord Marshal of Sweden (d. 1794)
1727 – Pasquale Anfossi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1797)
1732 – Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and etcher (d. 1806)
1752 – Sébastien Érard, French instrument maker (d. 1831)
1761 – Sybil Ludington, heroine of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1839)
1769 – Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (d. 1839)
1780 – Benjamin Greene, English brewer and businessman, founded Greene King Brewery (d. 1860)
1784 – Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1859)
1805 – Samuel Forde, Irish painter (d. 1828)
1816 – Samuel Freeman Miller, American physician, lawyer, and jurist (d. 1890)
1824 – Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister and founder of The Knights of Liberty (d. 1901)
1827 – Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, English surgeon and academic (d. 1912)
1832 – Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (d. 1893)
1835 – Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (d. 1914)
1837 – Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (d. 1909)
1839 – Robert Smalls, American pilot and politician (d. 1915)
1840 – Ghazaros Aghayan, Armenian historian and linguist (d. 1911)
1856 – Booker T. Washington, American educator, essayist and historian (d. 1915)
1857 – Alexander of Battenberg (d. 1893)
1858 – Washington Atlee Burpee, Canadian businessman, founded Burpee Seeds (d. 1915)
1863 – Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1950)
1867 – Helen Stratton, British book illustrator (d.1961)
1869 – Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1942)
1869 – Albert Roussel, French composer (d. 1937)
1872 – Samuel Cate Prescott, American microbiologist and chemist (d. 1962)
1875 – Mistinguett, French actress and singer (d. 1956)
1878 – Paul Weinstein, German high jumper (d. 1964)
1883 – Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1950)
1884 – Ion Inculeț, Bessarabian academic and politician, President of Moldova (d. 1940)
1886 – Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (d. 1933)
1891 – Arnold Jackson, English runner, soldier, and lawyer (d. 1972)
1893 – Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (d. 1973)
1899 – Alfred Blalock, American surgeon and academic (d. 1964)
1899 – Elsie Thompson, American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
1900 – Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer (d. 1985)
1900 – Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1928)
1900 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967)
1901 – Melvyn Douglas, American actor (d. 1981)
1902 – Wal Handley, English motorcycle road racer (d. 1941)
1902 – Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-American rabbi (d. 1994)
1904 – Richard Eberhart, American poet and academic (d. 2005)
1906 – Lord Buckley, American stage performer, recording artist and monologist (d. 1960)
1908 – Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989)
1908 – Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (d. 2006)
1908 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1986)
1908 – Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (d. 1989)
1909 – Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer, co-founded Eon Productions (d. 1996)
1909 – Erwin Wegner, German hurdler (d. 1945)
1911 – Johnny Revolta, American golfer (d. 1991)
1912 – Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 1997)
1912 – John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983)
1912 – István Örkény, Hungarian author and playwright (d. 1979)
1912 – Bill Roberts, English sprinter and soldier (d. 2001)
1916 – Albert Henry Ottenweller, American bishop (d. 2012)
1916 – Gregory Peck, American actor, political activist, and producer (d. 2003)
1917 – Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994)
1920 – Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2001)
1920 – Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian soldier and author (d. 2004)
1920 – Alfonso Thiele, Turkish-Italian race car driver (d. 1986)
1920 – Rafiq Zakaria, Indian cleric, scholar, and politician (d. 2005)
1922 – Tom Finney, English footballer (d. 2014)
1922 – Harry Freedman, Polish-Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (d. 2005)
1922 – Christopher Hewett, English actor and director (d. 2001)
1922 – Gale Storm, American actress and singer (d. 2009)
1923 – Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (d. 1995)
1923 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (d. 2001)
1926 – Roger Corman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1926 – Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer and colonel (d. 2014)
1928 – Fernand Dansereau, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1928 – Haldun Dormen, Turkish actor, director, and producer
1928 – Tony Williams, American singer (d. 1992)
1929 – Hugo Claus, Belgian author, poet, and painter (d. 2008)
1929 – Ivar Giaever, Norwegian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 – Nigel Hawthorne, English actor and producer (d. 2001)
1929 – Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (d. 1967)
1931 – Jack Clement, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1933 – Frank Gorshin, American actor (d. 2005)
1933 – Barbara Holland, American author (d. 2010)
1933 – K. Kailasapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and academic (d. 1982)
1934 – John Carey, English author and critic
1934 – Roman Herzog, German lawyer and politician, 7th President of Germany (d. 2017)
1934 – Moise Safra, Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra (d. 2014)
1934 – Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2000)
1935 – Peter Grant, English talent manager (d. 1995)
1935 – Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist and astronomer
1936 – John Kelly, PIRA volunteer and Sinn Féin politician (d. 2007)
1937 – Joseph Lelyveld, American journalist and author
1937 – Colin Powell, American general and politician, 65th United States Secretary of State
1938 – Colin Bland, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer
1938 – Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (d. 2014)
1938 – Mal Colston, Australian educator and politician (d. 2003)
1938 – Natalya Kustinskaya, Soviet actress (d. 2012)
1939 – Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1939 – Ronald White, American singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
1940 – Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1940 – Gilles Proulx, Canadian journalist, historian, and radio host
1941 – Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor
1941 – Dave Swarbrick, English singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2016)
1942 – Allan Clarke, English singer-songwriter
1942 – Peter Greenaway, Welsh director and screenwriter
1943 – Max Gail, American actor and director
1943 – Fighting Harada, Japanese boxer
1943 – Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal
1944 – Peter T. King, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
1944 – Pedro Rosselló, Puerto Rican physician and politician, 7th Governor of Puerto Rico
1946 – Jane Asher, English actress
1946 – Russell Davies, Welsh journalist and radio host
1946 – Takuro Yoshida, Japanese singer-songwriter
1947 – Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Filipino academic and politician, 14th President of the Philippines
1947 – Virendra Sharma, Indian-English lawyer and politician
1948 – Les Binks, Irish drummer and songwriter
1948 – Dave Holland, English drummer
1949 – Judith Resnik, American engineer and astronaut (d. 1986)
1950 – Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1951 – Yevgeniy Gavrilenko, Belarusian hurdler
1951 – Dean Kamen, American inventor and businessman, founded Segway Inc.
1951 – Dave McArtney, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1952 – John C. Dvorak, American author, editor and co-host of No Agenda podcast
1952 – Mitch Pileggi, American actor
1953 – John Buchanan, Australian cricketer and coach
1953 – Frank Gaffney, American journalist and radio host
1953 – Ian Swales, English accountant and politician
1954 – Guy Bertrand, Canadian linguist and radio host
1954 – Peter Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954 – Stan Ridgway, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 – Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress, producer, and screenwriter
1955 – Anthony Horowitz, English author and screenwriter
1955 – Akira Toriyama, Japanese illustrator
1956 – Diamond Dallas Page, American wrestler and actor
1957 – Karin Roßley, German hurdler
1958 – Johan Kriek, South African-American tennis player
1958 – Diana Nasution, Indonesian singer
1958 – Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan lawyer and journalist (d. 2009)
1959 – Julius Drake, English pianist and educator
1960 – Asteris Koutoulas, Romanian-German record producer, manager, and author
1960 – Larry McCray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960 – Ian Redford, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1961 – Jim LeRoy, American pilot (d. 2007)
1962 – Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer (d. 2012)
1962 – Lana Clarkson, American actress and model (d. 2003)
1962 – Gord Donnelly, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
1962 – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Kalmyk businessman and politician, 1st President of Kalmykia
1964 – Princess Erika, French singer-songwriter
1964 – Marius Lăcătuș, Romanian footballer and coach
1964 – Christopher Reid, American rapper and actor
1965 – Cris Carpenter, American baseball player and educator
1965 – Aykut Kocaman, Turkish footballer and manager
1966 – Mike McCready, American guitarist and songwriter
1967 – Gary Gait, Canadian lacrosse player and coach
1967 – Anu Garg, Indian-American journalist and author
1967 – Troy Gentry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Paula Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1968 – Stewart Lee, British standup comedian and writer
1969 – Ryan Birch, English martial artist (d. 2013)
1970 – Soheil Ayari, French race car driver
1970 – Krishnan Guru-Murthy, English journalist
1970 – Miho Hatori, Japanese singer-songwriter
1971 – Dong Abay, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Ayako Nishikawa, Japanese television personality, entertainer, comedian, and surgeon
1972 – Tim Coronel, Dutch race car driver
1972 – Pat Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – Paul Okon, Australian footballer and manager
1972 – Waylon Payne, American singer-songwriter and actor
1972 – Duncan Spencer, English cricketer
1972 – Yasuhiro Takemoto, Japanese animator and director
1973 – Tony Banks, American football player and journalist
1973 – Élodie Bouchez, French-American actress
1973 – Brendan Cannon, Australian rugby player
1973 – Cho Sung-min, South Korean baseball player (d. 2013)
1973 – Pharrell Williams, American rapper, producer, and fashion designer
1974 – Sahaj, American singer-songwriter
1974 – Marcus Jones, English lawyer and politician
1974 – Vyacheslav Voronin, Russian high jumper
1974 – Sheryl Cruz, Filipino actress and singer
1975 – Sarah Baldock, English organist and conductor
1975 – John Hartson, Welsh footballer and coach
1975 – Juicy J, American rapper and producer
1975 – Caitlin Moran, English journalist, author, and critic
1975 – Shammond Williams, American basketball player and coach
1976 – Ryan Drese, American baseball player
1976 – Ross Gload, American baseball player
1976 – Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
1976 – Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer and coach
1976 – Indrek Tobreluts, Estonian biathlete
1977 – Stella Creasy, English psychologist and politician
1978 – Robert Glasper, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1978 – Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
1978 – Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
1979 – Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
1979 – Mitsuo Ogasawara, Japanese footballer
1979 – Benji Radach, American mixed martial artist and trainer
1979 – Dante Wesley, American football player
1980 – Matt Bonner, American basketball player
1980 – David Chocarro, Argentinian baseball player and actor
1980 – Mary Katharine Ham, American journalist and blogger
1980 – Joris Mathijsen, Dutch footballer
1981 – Jorge de la Rosa, Mexican baseball player
1981 – Michael A. Monsoor, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2006)
1982 – Hayley Atwell, English-American actress
1982 – Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer
1982 – Kelly Pavlik, American boxer
1982 – Matt Pickens, American soccer player
1982 – Alexandre Prémat, French race car driver
1983 – Jorge Andrés Martínez, Uruguayan footballer
1984 – David Dillehunt, American director, producer, and composer
1984 – Kisho Yano, Japanese footballer
1984 – Shin Min-a, South Korean actress
1984 – Saba Qamar, Pakistani actress-model
1985 – Daniel Congré, French footballer
1985 – Lastings Milledge, American baseball player
1987 – Max Grün, German footballer
1987 – Sergei Lepmets, Estonian footballer
1988 – Jon Kwang-ik, North Korean footballer
1988 – Asumi Nakada, Japanese voice actress and model
1988 – Christopher Papamichalopoulos, Cypriot skier
1988 – Alex Valentini, Italian footballer
1989 – Lily James, English actress
1991 – Linnon Stylz, American singer and businessman
1992 – Emmalyn Estrada, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer
1993 – Benjamin Garcia, French rugby league player
1993 – Maya DiRado, American swimmer
1996 – Nicolas Beer, Danish racing driver
1998 – Kaito Nakamura, Japanese actor and model
1999 – Sharlene San Pedro, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer

Source: wikipedia