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July 5 birthdays

309 notable historical figures were born on July 5, and 180 died on this day. Everyone born on July 5 is a Cancer.

18% of July 5 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (72) than any other country.

Born on July 5

• Cecil Rhodes (1853 to 1902. British mining magnate and politician (1853–1902))
• Jean Cocteau (1889 to 1963. French writer and film director (1889–1963))
• Georges Pompidou (1911 to 1974. President of France from 1969 to 1974)
• Julie Nixon Eisenhower (born 1948. American author (born 1948))
• Joe Lycett (born 1988. English comedian (born 1988))
• Clara Zetkin (1857 to 1933. German politician (1857–1933))
• David Farragut (1801 to 1870. United States Navy admiral (1801–1870))
• Gerard 't Hooft (born 1946. Dutch theoretical physicist)
• Yang Shangkun (1907 to 1998. President of China from 1988 to 1993)
• Robert FitzRoy (1805 to 1865. Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865))
• Jean Raspail (1925 to 2020. French author, traveler and explorer (1925–2020))
• Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (born 1967. Iraqi politician)
• Ernst Mayr (1904 to 2005. German-American evolutionary biologist (1904–2005))
• Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (1554 to 1592. Queen of France from 1570 to 1574)
• Joan of the Tower (1321 to 1362. Queen of Scotland from 1329 to 1362)
• Peter III of Portugal (1717 to 1786. King of Portugal from 1777 to 1786)
• Willem Drees (1886 to 1988. Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1958)
• Horacio Cartes (born 1956. President of Paraguay from 2013 to 2018)
• Margaret of Parma (1522 to 1586. Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands in 1559–67 and 1578–82)
• Mandell Creighton (1843 to 1901. British historian and bishop (1843–1901))
• al-Mustansir Billah (1029 to 1094. Fatimid caliph from 1036 to 1094/95)
• Gyula Horn (1932 to 2013. Hungarian politician (1932–2013))
• Eugen Fischer (1874 to 1967. German physician and racial hygienist (1874–1967))
• Ludovico I (1773 to 1803. King of Etruria from 1801 to 1803)
• P. T. Barnum (1810 to 1891. American showman and politician (1810–1891))
• Édouard Herriot (1872 to 1957. French Radical politician (1872–1957))
• John McKay (American football) (1923 to 2001. American football coach (1923–2001))
• Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (1846 to 1888. Russian explorer and scientist (1846–1888))
• Sebastian Barry (born 1955. Irish novelist, playwright and poet)
• Craig Small (born 1969. Canadian visual artist and director)
• Dwight F. Davis (1879 to 1945. American politician and tennis player)
• Megan Rapinoe (born 1985. American soccer player (born 1985))
• Pierre Mauroy (1928 to 2013. Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984)
• Wanda Landowska (1879 to 1959. Polish harpsichordist and pianist (1879–1959))
• Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (1853 to 1919. Hungarian painter (1853–1919))
• Mia Couto (born 1955. Mozambican writer (born 1955))
• José Millán-Astray (1879 to 1954. Spanish soldier and commander)
• Jake Richards (born 1989. British politician (born 1989))
• Nancy Springer (born 1948. American fiction author (born 1948))
• Epeli Nailatikau (1941 to 2026. President of Fiji from 2009 to 2015)
• Balakumaran (1946 to 2018. Indian Tamil writer)
• Benjamin Morrell (1795 to 1839. American explorer (1795 – c. 1839))
• Susannah Doyle (born 1966. English actress, playwright and film director)
• William Collins Whitney (1841 to 1904. American politician (1841–1904))
• Mokjong (980 to 1009. King of Goryeo from 997 to 1009)
• George Borrow (1803 to 1881. English writer of fiction and travel (1803–1881))
• Salvador Jorge Blanco (1926 to 2010. President of the Dominican Republic from 1982 to 1986)
• Şehzade Ahmed Nihad (1883 to 1954. Ottoman prince and head of the Osmanoğlu family)
• Vlaho Bukovac (1855 to 1922. Croatian painter and academic (1855 - 1922))
• Lojze Peterle (born 1948. Prime Minister of Slovenia)
• George Borg Olivier (1911 to 1980. Prime Minister of Malta from 1950–55 and 1962–71)
• Edwin Thompson Jaynes (1922 to 1998. American academic (1922–1998))
• Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670 to 1748. Duchess of Parma and Piacenza from 1696 to 1727)
• Mack David (1912 to 1993. Musical artist (1912–1993))
• Costantino Nivola (1911 to 1988. Italian sculptor)
• Antonio Escohotado (1941 to 2021. Spanish philosopher and essayist (1941–2021))
• Princess Marie of the Netherlands (1841 to 1910. Princess of Wied)
• Scott Atlas (born 1955. American physician and healthcare policy advisor (born 1955))
• Kenji Ito (born 1968. Japanese music composer (born 1968))
• Francesco Maria del Monte (1549 to 1627. Italian Cardinal, diplomat and arts patron (1549–1627))

Died on July 5

• Ivan VI (1740 to 1764. Emperor of Russia from 1740 to 1741)
• Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781 to 1826. British colonial official (1781–1826))
• Cy Twombly (1928 to 2011. American painter, sculptor and photographer (1928–2011))
• John Curtin (1885 to 1945. Prime Minister of Australia from 1941 to 1945)
• Jean-Louis Tauran (1943 to 2018. French Catholic prelate (1943–2018))
• Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908 to 1994. Indian writer (1908–1994))
• Claude Lanzmann (1925 to 2018. French documentary filmmaker (1925–2018))
• Yoichiro Nambu (1921 to 2015. Japanese-American nobel-winning physicist)
• Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901 to 1981. President of Cuba in 1959)
• Longqing Emperor (1537 to 1572. Emperor of China from 1567 to 1572)
• George de Hevesy (1885 to 1966. Hungarian radiochemist (1885–1966))
• Maria Pia of Savoy (1847 to 1911. Queen of Portugal from 1862 to 1889)
• George Melly (1926 to 2007. English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer, and lecturer (1926–2007))
• Samuel Aba (990 to 1044. King of Hungary from 1041 to 1044)
• Hannelore Kohl (1933 to 2001. Wife of Helmut Kohl)
• Musa Çelebi (1388 to 1413. Ottoman prince (d. 1413), claimant to the throne)
• Raúl Leoni (1905 to 1972. President of Venezuela from 1964 to 1969)
• Valentín Gómez Farías (1781 to 1858. President of Mexico from 1833 to 1834, from 1846 to 1847)
• Max Klinger (1857 to 1920. German artist (1857–1920))
• Murakami (926 to 967. Emperor of Japan from 946 to 967)
• Antonio de Ulloa (1716 to 1795. Spanish Navy officer, scientist, and colonial administrator (1716–1795))
• Hugh Shearer (1923 to 2004. 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (1967–72))
• Alexander Roslin (1718 to 1793. Swedish painter (1718–1793))
• Pierre Henry (1927 to 2017. French composer)
• Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1453–1468) (1453 to 1468. Prince of Asturias)
• Albrecht Kossel (1853 to 1927. German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics)
• Daniel Carroll (1730 to 1796. American politician, signed US Constitution (1730–1796))
• Howard Nemerov (1920 to 1991. American poet)
• George Johnstone Stoney (1826 to 1911. Irish physicist (1826–1911))
• Archduchess Margaret of Austria (1567–1633) (1567 to 1633. Austrian archduchess and nun (1567–1633))

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