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July 5, 1980 Eva Green, French Actress
July 5, 1978 Carmen Kempt, Miss Canada Universe 1997
July 5, 1975 Ai Sugiyama, born in Tokyo, Japan, tennis star
July 5, 1975 Chris Gratton, Brantford, NHL center, Tampa Bay Lightning
July 5, 1975 Christoph Brandner, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998
July 5, 1975 Todd Macdonald, Charlestown, NHL goalie for the Florida Panthers
July 5, 1973 Christy Rowe, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, soccer defender 1996 Olympics
July 5, 1973 Michael Sykora, Pardubice CZE, NHL defenseman, Sharks, Oly-gold-98
July 5, 1972 Michael Bays, born in Enrico, California, actor, Bronx Zoo, Days of Our Live
July 5, 1972 Robert Esmie, born in Jamaica, Canadian 4X100m runner, 1996 Olympics gold
July 5, 1972 Tatsuhito Takaiwa, wrestler, NJPW
July 5, 1972 Chuck Klosterman, American Critic
July 5, 1971 Donna Faber, born in East Orange, New Jersey, tennis star
July 5, 1970 Doug Bochtler, born in West Palm Beach, Florida, pitcher for the San Diego Padres
July 5, 1970 Maureen Lee, born in Melbourne, Australia, golfer
July 5, 1969 Haylea Petrie, Australian softball outfielder 1996 Olympics bronze
July 5, 1969 John Leclair, St. Albans VT, NHL forward, Team USA, Philadelphia
July 5, 1969 John Oostendorp, born in Iowa City, Iowa, 220 lbs greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics
July 5, 1969 Joshua Crayton, born in Redondo Beach, California, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics
July 5, 1968 Molly Brock, born in Berkeley, California, rower 1996 Olympics
July 5, 1968 Nate Singleton, NFL wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers
July 5, 1968 Shahid Anwar, cricketer, Pakistani all-rounder 1996 England tour
July 5, 1967 Tim Worrell, born in Pasadena, California, pitcher for the San Diego Padres
July 5, 1965 Lucy Han, born in Hartford, Conn, WPVA volleyballer, Nationals-7th-1994
July 5, 1964 Mark H. Lascells, grandson of English princess Mary
July 5, 1964 Salim Raza, UAE cricket all-rounder, 1996 World Cup
July 5, 1963 Edie Falco, American Actress
July 5, 1959 Marc Cohn, singer, Walking in Memphis
July 5, 1959 Patricia Pease Jeffers, born in North Carolina, actress, Kimberly-Days of our Life
July 5, 1959 Tim Shaw, cricketer, South African ODI slow lefty 1991
July 5, 1959 Veronica Guerin, journalist
July 5, 1958 Meredith Ann Pierce, U.S., sci-fi author, Darkangel
July 5, 1958 Patsy Pease, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, actress, Kimberly-Days of Our Lives
July 5, 1958 Bill Watterson, American Cartoonist
July 5, 1956 James Lofton, NFL wide reciever, Bills, Packers, Raiders
July 5, 1955 Michael Gismondi, rock saxophonist, Michael Stanley Band
July 5, 1954 John Wright, NZ cricketer, opening batsman 1978-92
July 5, 1954 Bob Ney, American Politician
July 5, 1952 David Dreier, Rep-R-Calif, 1981-
July 5, 1952 Michael Don McNabb, composer
July 5, 1952 Terence Tom Henricks, born in Bryan, Ohio, USAF/astronaut, STS 44, 55, 70, 78
July 5, 1951 Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer, Catapult
July 5, 1951 Richard "Goose" Gossage, relief pitcher, Yankees, Padres, A's
July 5, 1950 Gary Matthews, baseball player, 1973 NL rookie of year
July 5, 1950 Huey Lewis, born in New York City, vocalist, & the News-Need a New Drug
July 5, 1950 Michael Monarch, born in Los Angeles, California, rock guitarist, Steppenwolf
July 5, 1948 Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Washington D.C., daughter of Richard Milhaus
July 5, 1947 Todd Akin, American Politician
July 5, 1945 Curtis Blefary, baseball player, 1965 AL rookie of year
July 5, 1945 Dick Scoppettone, rocker
July 5, 1945 Jeffrey Kramer, born in New York City, actor, Ted Stein-Struck by Lightning
July 5, 1944 Robbie Robertson, [Jamie], born in Toronto, Canada, rock guitarist, Band
July 5, 1942 Ada J Bas-Jansen, Dutch MP, CDA
July 5, 1941 Barbara Frischmuth, writer
July 5, 1940 Karen Shepherd, Rep-D-Utah
July 5, 1938 Stanley Joel Silverman, composer
July 5, 1937 Brooke Hayward, born in Los Angeles, California, author, Haywire
July 5, 1937 Frouwke J Laning-Boersema, Dutch politician, CDA, 2nd Chamber
July 5, 1937 Nita M Lowey, Rep-D-New York
July 5, 1936 Shirley Knight, born in Goessei, Kansas, actress, Endless Love, Secrets
July 5, 1935 Edward McInnes, German scholar
July 5, 1934 Don Rose, American Entertainer
July 5, 1933 Terence Cooper, born in Northern Ireland, actor, Casino Royale
July 5, 1932 Edgar Louis Vanderstegen Millington Drake, painter
July 5, 1931 James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, criminal
July 5, 1930 Tommy Cook, Duluth, Minnesota, actor, Missile to the Moon
July 5, 1930 Yutaka Makino, composer
July 5, 1929 Graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer
July 5, 1929 Katherine Helmond, born in Galveston, Texas, actress, Soap, Mona-Who's the Boss
July 5, 1929 Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates
July 5, 1929 Tony Lock, cricketer, highly successful England slow lefty bowler
July 5, 1928 Warren Oates, born in Depoy, Kentucky, actor, East of Eden, Stoney Burke
July 5, 1927 W M Diggelmann, writer
July 5, 1926 Haya van Someren-Downer, 2nd Member of parliament, Dutch Lib Party
July 5, 1926 Kenneth Gaburo, composer
July 5, 1924 Beverly Tyler, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, actress, Fireball, Lorelei-Big Town
July 5, 1924 Janos Starker, born in Budapest, Hungary, cellist, Chic Symph 1953-58
July 5, 1923 John McKay, West Virginia, football coach, USC, Tampa Bay, 5X Rose Bowl champ
July 5, 1920 Issachar Miron, composer
July 5, 1918 George Rochberg, Paterson, New Jersey, composer, Concord Quartet
July 5, 1917 Glenn Reeves, Massillon, Ohio, actor, Defending Your Life
July 5, 1914 Jacob Soetendorp, Dutch rabbi
July 5, 1913 Smiley Lewis, Louisiana, vocalist, I Hear You Knockin'
July 5, 1911 Georges Pompidou, banker/premier/president France
July 5, 1910 Robert K Meston, U.S. sociologist, functionalism
July 5, 1909 Andrei Gromyko, U.S.S.R., diplomat/U.S.S.R. President, 1985-89, [7/18 NS]
July 5, 1905 Isa Miranda, [Ines Sampietro], Italian model/actress, La ronde
July 5, 1905 Jock Cameron, South African cricket keeper, captain
July 5, 1904 Don Goddard, born in Binghamton, New York, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1958-59
July 5, 1904 Franz Adolf Syberg, composer
July 5, 1904 Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector
July 5, 1904 Milburn Stone, Bruton, Kansas, actor, Doc-Gunsmoke
July 5, 1904 Ernst Mayr, German Scientist
July 5, 1903 Irwin Fischer, composer
July 5, 1902 Frank Waters, writer
July 5, 1902 Henry Cabot Lodge, Sen-R, /ambassador, VP candidate 1960
July 5, 1902 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American Politician
July 5, 1900 Bernardus J Cardinal Alfrink, cardinal of Utrecht Netherlands
July 5, 1899 Anna Arnold Hedgeman, social activist, New York City cabinet
July 5, 1899 Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson, composer
July 5, 1899 Marcel Achard, French screen/playwright, Jean de la Lune
July 5, 1897 Paul Ben-Haim, [Frankenburger], Munich Germany, Israeli composer
July 5, 1895 Gordon Jacob, composer
July 5, 1891 John Northrop, U.S., biochemist, crystallized enzymes, Nobel 1946
July 5, 1890 Frederick Lewis Allen, American Editor
July 5, 1889 Jean Cocteau, born in France, writer/artist/director, Le Potamak, Orphee
July 5, 1886 Felix Timmermans, Flemish writer/painter/cartoonist, Pallieter
July 5, 1886 Willem Drees, PM of Netherland, PvdA, 1948-58, /Indonesia, AOW
July 5, 1885 Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, Traite du paysage
July 5, 1882 Hazrat Inayat Khan, Clergyman
July 5, 1881 Augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal
July 5, 1880 Jan Kubelik, composer
July 5, 1879 Dwight Filley Davis, U.S. Sect of War/donated tennis' Davis Cup
July 5, 1879 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer, Tonhalle Orchestra
July 5, 1878 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer
July 5, 1877 Wanda A. Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist, Musique Ancienne
July 5, 1874 Gerhard von Keussler, composer
July 5, 1868 William H Singer, U.S. painter/collector, Singer Museum, Laren
July 5, 1867 Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Dendrochronologer, study of tree rings
July 5, 1858 Maria J "Marie" Bakker, Dutch actress
July 5, 1857 Clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist
July 5, 1853 Cecil Rhodes, British Statesman
July 5, 1852 Stefano Gobatti, composer
July 5, 1849 William Thomas Stead, English Journalist
July 5, 1847 Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer
July 5, 1843 Mandell Creighton, English bishop/historian
July 5, 1828 Paul J C Gabriel, painter/water colors painter/etcher
July 5, 1810 Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel Conn, circus promoter, Barnum and Bailey
July 5, 1810 P. T. Barnum, American Entertainer
July 5, 1801 David Glasgow Farragut, Tennessee, Vice Admiral Union Navy, died in 1870
July 5, 1794 Sylvester Graham, developed graham cracker
July 5, 1793 Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer
July 5, 1781 Stamford Raffles, founder, Singapore
July 5, 1775 William Crotch, composer
July 5, 1764 Janos Lavotta, composer
July 5, 1755 Sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress, Fatal Marriage
July 5, 1729 Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian poet
July 5, 1654 Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer
July 5, 1546 Johann Steuerlein, composer



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