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April 5 Birthdays in History - April 5 Deaths - April 5 Events
April 5, 1977 JoAnn Sevin, born in Dubois, Pennsylvania, air pistol 1996 Olympics
April 5, 1977 Sevilay Ozturk, Miss Universe-Turkey 1996
April 5, 1976 Ike Hilliard, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants
April 5, 1976 Ryan Drese, born in San Francisco, California, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze
April 5, 1975 Nikki Dryden, born in Calgary, Alberta, 800m swimmer, Olympics 6th 1992, 1996
April 5, 1974 Mike DuHaney, born in New Haven, Connecticut, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold
April 5, 1974 Rick Terry, NFL defensive tackle for the New York Jets
April 5, 1973 Ed Hobbs, WLAF RB for the London Monarchs
April 5, 1973 Emile Palmer, WLAF DT for the London Monarchs
April 5, 1973 Estefania Knuth, born in Barcelona, Spain, LPGA golfer, 1992 French Intl
April 5, 1973 Spencer Folau, NFL/WLAF offensive tackle, Balt Ravens, Rhein Fire
April 5, 1973 Tony Banks, quarterback for the St. Louis Rams
April 5, 1973 Yutaka Kawaguchi, hockey defenseman, Team Japan 1998
April 5, 1973 Pharrell Williams, American Musician
April 5, 1972 Shigemasa Ito, WLAF offensive linebacker for the Rhein Fire
April 5, 1972 Krista Allen, American Actress
April 5, 1971 Bob Kuberski, NFL defensive tackle, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31
April 5, 1971 Finidi George, soccer player, Ajax
April 5, 1971 Stuart Peele, Australian rower 1996 Olympics
April 5, 1970 Erlan Sagymbayev, hockey forward, Team Kazakhstan 1998 Olympics
April 5, 1970 Tim Jacobs, NFL running back, Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins
April 5, 1968 Gianna Amore, born in Warwick, Rhode Island, playmate, August, 1989
April 5, 1968 Tasia Valenza, born in New York City, actress, All My Children
April 5, 1968 Paula Cole, American Musician
April 5, 1966 Brent Hughes, born in New Westminster, California, NHL left wing for the Buffalo Sabres
April 5, 1966 Larry Norman, born in Toronto, Ontario, canoeist, Olympics 1992, 1996
April 5, 1966 Scott Dill, NFL tackle and guard, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings
April 5, 1965 Mike McCready, American Musician
April 5, 1964 Martha Faulconer, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, golfer, 1993 ShopRite LPGA-5th
April 5, 1964 Robert "Bob" Kaehler, born in Burlingame, California, rower, Olympics 1992, 1996
April 5, 1958 Cammie Lusko, born in Los Angeles, California, Guinness' World Strongest Woman
April 5, 1958 Johan Kriek, born in South Africa, tennis player, U.S. Indoor 1982
April 5, 1957 Vince Gill, born in Norman, Oklahoma, country singer, When I Call Your Name
April 5, 1957 Katherine Harris, American Politician
April 5, 1955 Janice Long, British radio host, Crash FM
April 5, 1955 Renate Bruemmer, astronaut and cosmonaut
April 5, 1954 Christopher S. Nelson, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Sons and Daughters
April 5, 1954 Michael W. Butler, computer programmer, created TODAY program
April 5, 1954 Stan Ridgeway, rocker, Mosquito-Garage Sale
April 5, 1953 John Buchanan, cricketer, Qld batsman 78-79, Shield coach 1995
April 5, 1953 Frank Gaffney, American Writer
April 5, 1951 Everett Morton, rocker, English Beat
April 5, 1951 Roosevel Ferguson, born in Arkansas, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List
April 5, 1951 Dean Kamen, American Inventor
April 5, 1950 Agnetha Faltskog, born in Stockholm, Sweden, rocker, ABBA-Waterloo
April 5, 1950 Anna Ulvaeus, rocker, Aha-Take on Me
April 5, 1950 Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, born in Costa Rica, astro, STS 61C, 34,46,60,75, sk:91
April 5, 1950 Mildred Douglas, Surinames/Dutch singer, Mai Tai
April 5, 1949 Judith Arlene Resnik, born in Akron, Ohio, ast, STS 41D, 51L-Chal disaster
April 5, 1947 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Filipino Statesman
April 5, 1946 Jane Asher, Paul McCartney's girlfriend and actress, Deep End
April 5, 1946 Jennifer Penney, ballerina
April 5, 1946 Larry Frederick Wendt, composer
April 5, 1946 Robert E. McKee, CEO and managing director, Conoco-UK
April 5, 1944 Ann [Elizabeth] Maxwell, U.S., sci-fi author, Jaws of Menx
April 5, 1944 Crispian St. Peters, rocker
April 5, 1944 Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker, Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law
April 5, 1944 James Buckley, CEO, Baltic Exchange
April 5, 1944 Lord Rockley
April 5, 1944 Nicholas Caldwell, rocker, Whispers
April 5, 1944 Peter T. King, Rep-R-New York
April 5, 1944 Willeke van Ammelrooy, born in Amsterdam, actress, Cidke de Rat, Antonia
April 5, 1944 Evan Parker, British Musician
April 5, 1943 Jonathan Lynn, born in Bath, England, actor, Danny-Doctor in the House
April 5, 1943 Max Gail, born in Detroit, Barney Miller, Whiz Kids, DC Cab, Normal People
April 5, 1942 Allan Clarke, rock vocalist, Hollies-Air That I Breathe
April 5, 1942 Arthur Barrett, cricketer, WI leggie early 70's
April 5, 1942 Peter Greenaway, British Director
April 5, 1941 Dave Swarbrick, rocker, Fairport Convention
April 5, 1941 David LaFlamme, born in Utah, electric violinist, It's a Beautiful Day
April 5, 1941 Eric Burdon, born in England, rocker, Animals-House of the Rising Sun
April 5, 1941 Michael Moriarty, born in Detroit, actor, Bang the Drum Slowly, Q, Stuff
April 5, 1941 Roman Balayan, born in Nerke, Azerbaijan, director, Filer, Biryuk
April 5, 1940 Aliza Kashi, born in Israel, actress and singer, Merv Griffin regular
April 5, 1939 Andrew Buxton, CEO, Barclays Bank
April 5, 1939 David Winters, born in London, England, choreographer, Steve Allen Comedy Hour
April 5, 1939 Lonnie White, vocalist, Smokey Robinson and Miracles-Shop Around
April 5, 1938 Colin Bland, cricketer, South African bat Maybe the best cover field
April 5, 1938 Ronald Anthony White, Jr., singer
April 5, 1937 Colin Powell, born in Bronx, New York, general and Secretary of State
April 5, 1937 Stuart May, senior partner, Theodore Goddard
April 5, 1936 John Albert, professor, Master of University College Oxford
April 5, 1936 John White, composer
April 5, 1936 Michael Livesay, British admiral and president, RN College Greenwich
April 5, 1935 Donald Lynden-Bell, British astronomer
April 5, 1935 Peter Grant, rock band manager
April 5, 1934 Stanley Turrentine, jazz saxophonist, Wonderland
April 5, 1934 Tina Maria Stone, runner, 1 year distance record of 15,472 miles
April 5, 1933 Frank Gorshin, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, comedian and impersonator, Riddler-Batman
April 5, 1931 Denis Lawton, director, London University Institute of Educ
April 5, 1929 Hugo Claus, Flemish writer and director, Cool Lover, Sugar
April 5, 1929 Nigel Hawthorne, actor, Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II
April 5, 1928 David Farquhar Andress, composer
April 5, 1928 Michael Bryant, born in London, England, actor, Sakharov, Girly
April 5, 1928 Peter Moore, Principal, London Business School
April 5, 1928 Tony Williams, born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, singer, Platters-Only You, Harbor Lights
April 5, 1928 Will Gaines, jazz dancer
April 5, 1927 John Gilbert, MP
April 5, 1926 Ann B. Davis, actress, Alice-Brady Bunch
April 5, 1926 Milton O. Thompson, astronaut, Dynasoar, X-15
April 5, 1926 Roger Corman, born in Detroit, producer and director, Little Shop of Horrors
April 5, 1925 Oldrich Flosman, composer
April 5, 1924 Mart Kempers, Dutch graphic artist and sculptor
April 5, 1923 Ernest Mandel, Belgian philosopher and economist
April 5, 1923 Michael V. Gazzo, born in Hillside, New Jersey, actor, Cookie, Fear City
April 5, 1923 Nguyen Van Thieu, South Vietnam president, 1965-75
April 5, 1923 Stanley Orme, Chairman, British Labour Party
April 5, 1922 Gale Storm, born in Bloomington, Texas, actress, My Little Margie, Gale Storm Show
April 5, 1922 Harry Freedman, composer
April 5, 1922 Tom Finney, British soccer star
April 5, 1921 Lady Fisher, founder, British Women Caring Trust
April 5, 1921 Les Jackson, cricket bowler, England twice, 1949 and 1961
April 5, 1921 Robert Q. Lewis, born in New York City, TV host, Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show
April 5, 1920 Arthur Hailey, Luton England, novelist, Hotel, Airport
April 5, 1920 Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch premier, 1971-73
April 5, 1919 Douglas Henley, British auditor-general
April 5, 1917 Richard Yardumian, born in Philadelphia, composer, Come Creator Spirit
April 5, 1917 Robert [Albert] Bloch, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Psycho
April 5, 1917 Robert Bloch, Writer
April 5, 1916 Baroness Delacourt-Smith of Alteryn
April 5, 1916 Bernard Baily, comic artist
April 5, 1916 Gregory Peck, born in La Jolla, California, actor, To Kill a Mockingbird, MacArthur
April 5, 1914 Frederick Angus Armstrong, journalist
April 5, 1913 Alan Cheales, dominican priest
April 5, 1912 John Le Mesurier, born in Bedford, England, actor, Jabberwocky, Dad's Army
April 5, 1911 Goddard Lieberson, Hanley Staffordshire England, recording exec
April 5, 1911 Gordon Jones, born in Alden, Iowa, actor, Mike the Cop-Abbott and Costello
April 5, 1909 Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli, born in New York City, film producer, James Bond
April 5, 1909 Gerald Bond, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1938, 0 and 0-16
April 5, 1908 Bette Davis, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, famous eyes, Of Human Bondage, Jezebel
April 5, 1908 George Schick, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor, Chicago Symphony
April 5, 1908 Grady Sutton, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, actor, Pruitts of South Hampton
April 5, 1908 Herbert von Karajan, born in Austria, Nazi and conductor, Berlin Philharmonic
April 5, 1908 Mary Hemingway, writer, Ernest Hemmingway Biography
April 5, 1907 J Zeldenrust, Dutch pathologist and anatomist
April 5, 1906 Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist
April 5, 1905 Bill Raisch, one armed actor, Fred Johnson-Fugitive
April 5, 1905 Jef Maes, composer
April 5, 1903 Thomas Baron Pitfield, composer
April 5, 1901 Alexander Alexeieff, Russian/French painter and graphic artist
April 5, 1901 Chester Bowles, born in Massachusetts, ambassador and writer, Conscience of a Liberal
April 5, 1901 Melvyn Douglas, born in Macon, Georgia, actor, Hud, Ghost Story
April 5, 1900 Spencer Tracy, born in Milwaukee, actor, Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib
April 5, 1899 William Hornby Steer, barrister and judge
April 5, 1899 Alfred Blalock, American Inventor
April 5, 1893 Clas Thunberg, born in Finland, speed skater, Olympics gold 1924, 1928
April 5, 1893 Pal Szabo, Hungarian farmer and author, Talpalatnyi Fold
April 5, 1890 Fie Carelsen, Dutch actress, Malle Gervallen
April 5, 1886 Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, Der Toncharakter
April 5, 1885 Dimitrie Cuclin, composer
April 5, 1882 Don Blackie, cricketer, Australian off-spinner in 1928-29 yes, age 46
April 5, 1876 Viktor Patrick Vretblad, composer
April 5, 1871 Jeanne Bougeois, [La Mistinguette], artist, French revue
April 5, 1869 Albert Roussel, born in Tourcoing, France, composer, Rapsodie Flamende
April 5, 1869 Karl Wagenfeld, Low German writer, Daud un Duwel
April 5, 1868 J F "Flooi" Du Toit, cricketer, one Test South Africa 1892
April 5, 1862 Louis Ganne, composer
April 5, 1859 Wilhelm Harteveld, composer
April 5, 1857 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria, 1879-86
April 5, 1856 Booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator, 1st black on U.S. stamp
April 5, 1856 Booker T. Washington, American Educator
April 5, 1854 Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer
April 5, 1853 Alfonso Randano, composer
April 5, 1845 Jules M Cambon, French Governor-General of Algeria/ambassador
April 5, 1839 Robert Smalls, born in Beaufort, South Carolina, black congressman 1875-87, Rep-SC
April 5, 1839 Stanislaw Pilinski, composer
April 5, 1838 Alpheus Hyatt, U.S., invertebrate paleontologist
April 5, 1837 Algernon Charles Swinburne, born in England, poet, Atalanta in Calydon
April 5, 1834 Frank Richard Stockton, American Writer
April 5, 1832 Jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman
April 5, 1830 Alexander Muir, born in Lesmahagow Scotland, poet, Maple Leaf Forever
April 5, 1828 Pietro Plantania, composer
April 5, 1825 David Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General Confederate Army
April 5, 1824 Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, Roman
April 5, 1822 James Nagle, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1866
April 5, 1820 Nadar, [Felix Tournachon], French painter, cartoonist, author and ballonist
April 5, 1818 Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
April 5, 1811 Jules Dupre, landscape painter
April 5, 1799 Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer
April 5, 1795 Henry Havelock, British soldier, War in Afghanistan 1838-39
April 5, 1788 Franz Pforr, German painter and cartoonist, Lukasbund
April 5, 1784 Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, born in Germany, violin virtuoso and composer, Faust
April 5, 1752 Sebastien Erard, piano and harp manufacturer
April 5, 1732 Jean-Honore Fragonard, born in France, painter
April 5, 1727 Pasquale Ankossi, composer
April 5, 1725 Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer, philanderer and adventurer
April 5, 1698 Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer
April 5, 1649 Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale
April 5, 1643 Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and field marshal in Austria
April 5, 1626 Jan van Kessel, Flemish painter
April 5, 1598 Laurentius Erhard, composer
April 5, 1595 John Wilson, composer
April 5, 1588 Thomas Hobbes, born in England, philosopher, Leviathan



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