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October 5 birthdays

311 notable historical figures were born on October 5, and 193 died on this day. Everyone born on October 5 is a Libra.

16% of October 5 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (65) than any other country.

Born on October 5

• Ramzan Kadyrov (born 1976. Head of Chechen Republic since 2007)
• Chester A. Arthur (1829 to 1886. President of the United States from 1881 to 1885)
• Kate Winslet (born 1975. English actress (born 1975))
• Neil deGrasse Tyson (born 1958. American astrophysicist (born 1958))
• Václav Havel (1936 to 2011. Last president of Czechoslovakia and first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011))
• Clive Barker (born 1952. English author, film director and visual artist (born 1952))
• Taylour Paige (born 1990. American actress (born 1990))
• Emomali Rahmon (born 1952. President of Tajikistan since 1994)
• Denis Diderot (1713 to 1784. French philosopher and writer (1713–1784))
• Bart D. Ehrman (born 1955. American biblical scholar (born 1955))
• Jonathan Edwards (theologian) (1703 to 1758. American preacher and philosopher (1703–1758))
• Walter Bedell Smith (1895 to 1961. United States general (1895–1961))
• Prince Henry of Battenberg (1858 to 1896. Member of the British royal family)
• Mariano Barbacid (born 1949. Spanish molecular biochemist (born 1949))
• Zinat-un-Nissa Begum (1643 to 1721. Mughal princess (1643–1721))
• Harold Faltermeyer (born 1952. German musician (born 1952))
• Alexandra Pelosi (born 1970. American journalist (born 1970))
• Cédric Villani (born 1973. French mathematician and politician (born 1973))
• Peter Ackroyd (born 1949. English author (born 1949))
• Guido von List (1848 to 1919. Austrian occultist and writer (1848–1919))
• Rani Durgavati (1524 to 1564. Queen Regent of Gondwana (1524:-1564))
• Malcolm II of Scotland (954 to 1034. King of Alba from 1005 to 1034)
• Ramalinga Swamigal (1823 to ?. Tamil saint and poet (1823–1874))
• Eduardo Duhalde (born 1941. Interim President of Argentina from 2002 to 2003)
• Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929 to 2017. American astronaut and lunar explorer (1929–2017))
• Shoshana Chatfield (born 1965. Retired American admiral (born 1965))
• Mark Phillips (Guyanese politician) (born 1961. Guyanese politician and retired military officer)
• Kripalu Maharaj (1922 to 2013. Hindu spiritual leader (1922–2013))
• Ruth Goodman (born 1963. British freelance historian (born 1963))
• Rahmon Nabiyev (1930 to 1993. Leader of Tajikistan (1982–1985, 1991–1992))
• Bernard Bolzano (1781 to 1848. Bohemian polymath (1781–1848))
• Nick Robinson (journalist) (born 1963. British political journalist (born 1963))
• Al-Dhahabi (1274 to 1348. Muslim historian and traditionist (1274–1348))
• Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983. American actor, playwright, and filmmaker (born 1983))
• Karl Knutsson (1409 to 1470. King of Sweden and Norway (1408/1409–1470))
• Louis II of Anjou (1377 to 1417. King of Naples (1377-1417))
• Antoine Gizenga (1925 to 2019. Prime minister of DR Congo (2006–2008))
• René Cassin (1887 to 1976. French jurist and Nobel laureate)
• John Addington Symonds (1840 to 1893. English poet, literary critic and cultural historian (1840–1893))
• Georges Bidault (1899 to 1983. French politician (1899–1983))
• John Erskine (educator) (1879 to 1951. American educator and novelist (1879–1951))
• Pavel Popovich (1930 to 2009. Soviet pilot and cosmonaut (1930–2009))
• Zahida Hina (born 1946. Pakistani journalist)
• Stetson Kennedy (1916 to 2011. American author, folklorist, anti–Ku Klux Klan crusader (1916–2011))
• Pacita Abad (1946 to 2004. Philippine-born Ivatan and American painter (born 1946))
• Edward P. Jones (born 1951. American novelist and short story writer)
• Son Sann (1911 to 2000. 22nd Prime Minister of Cambodia)
• Louise Fitzhugh (1928 to 1974. American novelist)
• Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625 to 1663. German noble)
• Keith L. Moore (1925 to 2019. Canadian anatomist (1925–2019))
• José Donoso (1924 to 1996. Chilean writer, journalist and professor (1924 – 1996))
• Donald Pleasence (1919 to 1995. English actor (1919–1995))
• Mahmoud Reza Pahlavi (1926 to 2001. Iranian royal (1926–2001))
• Alexios III of Trebizond (1338 to 1390. Emperor of Trebizond from 1349 to 1390)
• Annita van Iersel (born 1948. Dutch-born Australian artist)
• Francis Peyton Rous (1879 to 1970. American scientist (1879–1970))
• Bob Geldof (born 1951. Irish singer-songwriter and political activist (born 1951))
• Walburga Habsburg Douglas (born 1958. German-born Swedish lawyer and politician (born 1958))
• Mario Lemieux (born 1965. Canadian ice hockey player (born 1965))
• Lucky Irabor (born 1965. 17th Chief of Defence Staff of Nigeria (born 1965))

Died on October 5

• Steve Jobs (1955 to 2011. American businessman and inventor (1955–2011))
• Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738 to 1805. British Army officer (1738–1805))
• Tecumseh (1768 to 1813. Shawnee Native American military leader (1768-1813))
• Louis Brandeis (1856 to 1941. US Supreme Court justice from 1916 to 1939 (1856–1941))
• Gregory Potyomkin (1739 to 1791. Russian military leader and statesman (1739–1791))
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 to 1880. German-born French composer (1819–1880))
• Philip III of France (1245 to 1285. King of France from 1270 to 1285)
• Hortense de Beauharnais (1783 to 1837. Queen of Holland from 1806 to 1810)
• Augustus III (1696 to 1763. Ruler of Poland–Lithuania from 1733 to 1763)
• Henry III (1016 to 1056. Holy Roman Emperor from 1046 to 1056)
• Maurice Wilkins (1916 to 2004. New Zealand-born British biophysicist (1916–2004))
• Henning Mankell (1948 to 2015. Swedish author (1948–2015))
• Jogendra Nath Mandal (1904 to 1968. Bengali politician and Dalit leader (1904–1968))
• Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766 to 1828. Royal consort of Württemberg from 1797 to 1816)
• Alfonso VIII (1155 to 1214. King of Castile and Toledo from 1158 to 1214)
• Zalman Shazar (1889 to 1974. President of Israel from 1963 to 1973)
• Robbie Baldwin Ross (1869 to 1918. British journalist and art critic; lover of Oscar Wilde (1869–1918))
• Nikolai Yudenich (1862 to 1933. Russian general (1862–1933))
• Alfred Kroeber (1876 to 1960. American anthropologist (1876–1960))
• Israel Gelfand (1913 to 2009. Soviet mathematician (1913–2009))
• Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (1938 to 2015. Last heir to the Spanish crown)
• Al-Nasir (1158 to 1225. Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad (r. 1180–1225))
• Lars Onsager (1903 to 1976. Norwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist (1903-1976))
• Jean Vigo (1905 to 1934. French film director (1905–1934))
• Ferdinand II of Naples (1467 to 1496. King of Naples from 1495 to 1496)
• Abdus Sattar (president) (1906 to 1985. President of Bangladesh from 1981 to 1982)
• Safdar Jang (1708 to 1754. Nawab of Awadh from 1739 to 1754)
• Kamran Mirza (1512 to 1557. Shahzada of the Mughal Empire (1512–1557))
• Isabella, Countess of Bedford (1332 to 1382. English princess (1332–1379/1382))
• Thomas Mitchell (explorer) (1792 to 1855. Scottish surveyor and explorer in Australia (1792–1855))

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