Birthdays
Born on May 5
Famous people who share May 5 as their birthday, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages write about them. Their sign: Taurus.
Famous people born on May 5
- Søren KierkegaardDanish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic · born 1813
- Henryk SienkiewiczPolish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate · born 1846
- Henry CavillBritish actor · born 1983
- Arthur Leonard SchawlowAmerican physicist · born 1921
- Nellie BlyAmerican journalist · born 1864
- Carlos AlcarazSpanish tennis player · born 2003
- Michael PalinEnglish actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter · born 1943
- Aryna SabalenkaBelarusian tennis player · born 1998
- John Rhys-DaviesWelsh actor · born 1944
- Raúl JiménezMexican association football player · born 1991
- Craig DavidBritish singer · born 1981
- Boban BabunskiMacedonian association football player · born 1968
- Justin KluivertDutch association football player · born 1999
- Yossi BenayounIsraeli association football player · born 1980
- Roman ProtasevichBelarusian journalist and opposition activist · born 1995
- Emanuele GiaccheriniItalian footballer · born 1985
- GoogooshIranian singer and actor · born 1950
- Carlos Alberto DiasBrazilian association football player · born 1967
- Sylvia PankhurstEnglish feminist and socialist · born 1882
- Juan Pablo SorínArgentine footballer · born 1976
- Brigitta BoccoliActress · born 1972
- Douglas MawsonAustralian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic · born 1882
- Albert MarthGerman astronomer · born 1828
- Mio OtaniJapanese association football player · born 1979
- Richard E. GrantBritish actor · born 1957
- Jerzy SkolimowskiPolish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor · born 1938
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What happened on May 5
- 1961 · Alan Shepard flies into spaceHe became the first American in space on a short suborbital flight from Florida.
- 2000 · Gladiator opened in theatersRussell Crowe's Roman epic went on to win the Oscar for best picture.
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