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April 5 birthdays

308 notable historical figures were born on April 5, and 203 died on this day. Everyone born on April 5 is a Aries.

18% of April 5 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (70) than any other country.

Born on April 5

• Gregory Peck (1916 to 2003. American actor (1916–2003))
• Bette Davis (1908 to 1989. American actress (1908–1989))
• Colin Powell (1937 to 2021. United States Army general and diplomat (1937–2021))
• Thomas Hobbes (1588 to 1679. English philosopher and political theorist (1588–1679))
• Booker T. Washington (1856 to 1915. American educator, author, orator and adviser)
• Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (born 1947. President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010)
• Spencer Tracy (1900 to 1967. American actor (1900–1967))
• Catherine I (1684 to 1727. Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727)
• Joseph Lister (1827 to 1912. English scientist, surgeon and antiseptic pioneer (1827–1912))
• Robert Bloch (1917 to 1994. American fiction writer (1917–1994))
• Rosen Zhelyazkov (born 1968. Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2025 to 2026)
• Dean Kamen (born 1951. American businessman (born 1951))
• Urban VIII (1568 to 1644. Head of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644)
• Ubol Ratana (born 1951. Thai princess (born 1951))
• Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732 to 1806. French Rococo painter (1732–1806))
• Lazarus Chakwera (born 1955. President of Malawi from 2020 to 2025)
• Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 to 1909. English poet, playwright and novelist (1837–1909))
• Benjamin Harrison V (1726 to 1791. American planter, politician, and merchant (1726–1791))
• Alfred Blalock (1899 to 1964. American surgeon (1899–1964))
• Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (1939 to 2011. Crown Prince of Albania from 1961 to 2011)
• Alexander I (1857 to 1893. Prince of Bulgaria from 1879 to 1886)
• Caitlin Moran (born 1975. English writer (born 1975))
• Maria of Montferrat (1192 to 1212. Queen of Jerusalem (r. 1205–1212))
• Loukas Notaras (1402 to 1453. Byzantine writer and official)
• Ivar Giaever (1929 to 2025. Norwegian–American physicist (1929–2025))
• Jules Ferry (1832 to 1893. French Prime Minister in the 1800s)
• Akira Toriyama (1955 to 2024. Japanese manga artist (1955–2024))
• Moses Ali (born 1939. Ugandan lawyer, politician and military officer (born 1939))
• Natalia Sedova (1882 to 1962. Russian revolutionary (1882–1962))
• Franklin Chang-Díaz (born 1950. American astronaut and entrepreneur (born 1950))
• Nima Arkani-Hamed (born 1972. American-Canadian physicist (born 1972))
• Isabella of Hainault (1170 to 1190. Queen of France from 1180 to 1190)
• Song Jiaoren (1882 to 1913. Chinese republican revolutionary (1882–1913))
• Louis Spohr (1784 to 1859. German composer, violinist and conductor (1784–1859))
• Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet (1769 to 1839. Royal Navy officer (1769–1839))
• Ernest Mandel (1923 to 1995. Belgian economist and Marxist philosopher (1923–1995))
• Sir William Worsley, 4th Baronet (1890 to 1973. English cricketer and landowner)
• Hugo Claus (1929 to 2008. Belgian author (1929–2008))
• Emperor Go-Fushimi (1288 to 1336. Emperor of Japan from 1298 to 1301)
• Albert Roussel (1869 to 1937. French composer (1869–1937))
• Chatichai Choonhavan (1920 to 1998. Prime Minister of Thailand from 1988 to 1991)
• Bas van Fraassen (born 1941. American philosopher (born 1941))
• Nicolas Grunitzky (1913 to 1969. 2nd President of Togo (1963–67))
• Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (born 1939. Prime Minister of Yemen)
• Fighting Harada (born 1943. Japanese boxer (born 1943))
• Hedwig Kohn (1887 to 1964. German-American physicist)
• Vann Nath (1946 to 2011. Cambodian writer and sculptor (1946-2011))
• Pharrell Williams (born 1973. American musician and songwriter (born 1973))
• Thanin Kraivichien (1927 to 2025. Prime Minister of Thailand from 1976 to 1977)
• T. V. Smith (born 1956. English musician (born 1956))
• Sara Danius (1962 to 2019. Swedish academic (1962–2019))
• Arisaka Nariakira (1852 to 1915. Japanese general (1852–1915))
• Barend Biesheuvel (1920 to 2001. Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1971 to 1973)
• Mahan Mj (born 1968. Indian mathematician and monk of the Ramakrishna Order (born 1968))
• Frank R. Stockton (1834 to 1902. American novelist (1834–1902))
• Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626 to 1679. Flemish painter (1626–1679))
• Sanya Dharmasakti (1907 to 2002. Prime Minister of Thailand from 1973 to 1975)
• James III of Majorca (1315 to 1349. King of Majorca (1315–1349))
• Hayley Atwell (born 1982. English and American actress (born 1982))
• Guido Vildoso (born 1937. 59th President of Bolivia)

Died on April 5

• Kurt Cobain (1967 to 1994. American rock musician (1967–1994))
• Chiang Kai-shek (1887 to 1975. Leader of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1975)
• Douglas MacArthur (1880 to 1964. American general (1880–1964))
• Howard Hughes (1905 to 1976. American aviator, aerospace engineer and business magnate (1905–1976))
• Charlton Heston (1923 to 2008. American actor (1923–2008))
• Allen Ginsberg (1926 to 1997. American poet and writer (1926–1997))
• Saul Bellow (1915 to 2005. American writer (1915–2005))
• Georges Danton (1759 to 1794. French revolutionary (1759–1794))
• Märtha of Sweden (1901 to 1954. Crown Princess of Norway (1901–1954))
• Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872 to 1925. Shah of Iran from 1907 to 1909)
• Charles XI (1655 to 1697. King of Sweden from 1660 to 1697)
• Isabella I of Jerusalem (1172 to 1205. Queen of Jerusalem (r. 1190/1192–1205))
• Camille Desmoulins (1760 to 1794. 18th-century French journalist, politician, and revolutionary)
• Bingu wa Mutharika (1934 to 2012. President of Malawi from 2004 to 2012)
• Vincent Ferrer (1350 to 1419. Valencian Dominican friar (1350–1419))
• Peter Matthiessen (1927 to 2014. American novelist)
• Poornachandra Tejaswi (1938 to 2007. Indian writer, translator, and ornithologist (1938–2007))
• Sydney Brenner (1927 to 2019. South African biologist and Nobel prize winner (1927–2019))
• Carlos Prío Socarrás (1903 to 1977. President of Cuba from 1948–1952 (1903–1977))
• Wilder Penfield (1891 to 1976. Canadian neurosurgeon)
• Hermann Joseph Muller (1890 to 1967. American biologist (1890–1967))
• Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627 to 1693. La Grande Mademoiselle (1627–1693))
• Paul O'Neill (producer) (1956 to 2017. American composer, musician, and record producer (1956–2017))
• Al-Mu'tadid (854 to 902. 16th Abbasid Caliph (r. 892–902))
• Ange-Félix Patassé (1937 to 2011. Central African politician (1937–2011))
• Pentti Linkola (1932 to 2020. Finnish ecologist (1932–2020))
• Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925 to 2011. American doctor (1925–2011))
• Mahmoud Jibril (1952 to 2020. Libyan politician (1952–2020))
• Chauncey Depew (1834 to 1928. American politician (1834–1928))
• George Tupou II (1874 to 1918. King of Tonga from 1893 to 1918)

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