Famous People Born on April 5
Famous people born on April 5 include Thomas Hobbes (1588), Bette Davis (1908) and Gregory Peck (1916).
MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher and political theorist (1588–1679)
Bette Davis
American actress (1908–1989)
Gregory Peck
American actor (1916–2003)
Pope Urban VIII
Head of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010
Spencer Tracy
American actor (1900–1967)
Colin Powell
American U.S. Army general and diplomat (1937–2021)
Agnetha Fältskog
Swedish singer (born 1950)
Joseph Lister
English scientist, surgeon and antiseptic pioneer (1827–1912)
Herbert von Karajan
Austrian conductor (1908–1989)
Akira Toriyama
Japanese manga artist (1955–2024)
Roman Herzog
President of Germany from 1994 to 1999
Ivar Giaever
Norwegian–American physicist (1929–2025)
Pharrell Williams
American musician and songwriter (born 1973)
Booker T. Washington
American educator, author, orator and adviser (1856–1915)
DIED ON THIS DAY
Chiang Kai-shek
Nationalist leader of the Republic of China
Kurt Cobain
Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit
MORE FAMOUS DEATHS
Saul Bellow
American writer (1915–2005)
Douglas MacArthur
United States Army general (1880–1964)
Allen Ginsberg
American poet and writer (1926–1997)
Charlton Heston
American actor (1923–2008)
Georges Danton
French revolutionary (1759–1794)
Howard Hughes
American aviator, aerospace engineer and business magnate (1905–1976)
Sydney Brenner
South African biologist and Nobel prize winner (1927–2019)
Baruch Samuel Blumberg
American doctor (1925–2011)
Hermann Joseph Muller
American biologist (1890–1967)
Bingu wa Mutharika
President of Malawi from 2004 to 2012
Sources
- April 5 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
- Chiang Kai-shek — Wikipedia
- Kurt Cobain — Wikipedia
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths