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Famous People Born on April 5(554 people)
Johnny Beecher, American ice hockey player
Nathan Broadhead, Welsh football player
Nicolas Beer, Danish race car driver
Viliame Kikau, Fijian rugby league player
Sebastian Starke Hedlund, Swedish footballer
Mateusz Bieniek, Polish volleyball player
Benjamin Garcia, French rugby league player
Scottie Wilbekin, American-Turkish basketball player
Emmalyn Estrada, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer
Adriano Grimaldi, Italian-German footballer
Guilherme dos Santos Torres, Brazilian footballer
Patrick Dangerfield, Australian footballer
Haruma Miura, Japanese actor and singer (died 2020)
Iryna Pamialova, Belarusian canoeist
Jakub Sedláček, Czech ice hockey player
Justin Holiday, American basketball player
Trevor Marsicano, American speed skater
Teresa Almeida, Angolan handball player
Quade Cooper, New Zealand-Australian rugby player and boxer
Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby union player
Alisha Glass, American ex-indoor volleyball player
Vurğun Hüseynov, Azerbaijani footballer
Matthias Jaissle, German footballer and manager
Christopher Papamichalopoulos, Cypriot skier
Zack Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
Balázs Hárai, Hungarian water polo player
Anna Sophia Berglund, American model and actress
Charlotte Flair, American wrestler, author and actress
Róbert Kasza, Hungarian Modern pentathlete
Sergey Khachatryan, Armenian violinist
Linas Pilibaitis, Lithuanian footballer
Jan Smeets, Dutch chess grandmaster
Kristof Vandewalle, Belgian cyclist
Aram Mp3, Armenian singer and comedian
Rune Brattsveen, Norwegian biathlete
Alexei Glukhov, Russian ice hockey player
Maartje Goderie, Dutch field hockey player
Fabio Vitaioli, San Marinese footballer
Jorge Andrés Martínez, Uruguayan footballer
Brock Radunske, Canadian-South Korean ice hockey player
Yohann Sangaré, French basketball player
Cécile Storti, French cross-country skier
Shikha Uberoi, Indian-American tennis player
Matheus Coradini Vivian, Brazilian footballer
Alexandre Prémat, French race car driver
Danylo Sapunov, Ukrainian-Kazakhstani triathlete
Matthew Emmons, American rifle shooter
Michael A. Monsoor, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2006)
Mariqueen Maandig, Filipino-American musician and singer-songwriter
Daba Modibo Keïta, Malian taekwondo athlete
Matt Bonner, American basketball player
Rafael Cavalcante, Brazilian mixed martial artist
David Chocarro, Argentinian baseball player and actor
Mike Glumac, Canadian ice hockey player
Mario Kasun, Croatian basketball player
Lee Jae-won, South Korean DJ and singer
Josh Boone, American screenwriter and director
Dante Wesley, American football player
Marcone Amaral Costa, Qatari footballer
Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
Günther Weidlinger, Austrian long-distance runner
Trevor Letowski, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Péter Biros, Hungarian water polo player
Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer and coach
Valeria Straneo, Italian long-distance runner
Indrek Tobreluts, Estonian biathlete
Sarah Baldock, English organist and conductor
John Hartson, Welsh footballer and coach
Serhiy Klymentiev, Ukrainian ice hockey player
Caitlin Moran, English journalist, author, and critic
Shammond Williams, American basketball player and coach
Sandra Bagarić, Croatian opera singer and actress
Oleg Khodkov, Russian handball player
Lukas Ridgeston, Slovak actor and director
Vyacheslav Voronin, Russian high jumper
Brendan Cannon, Australian rugby player
Pharrell Williams, American singer, songwriter and rapper
Nima Arkani-Hamed, American-Canadian theoretical physicist
Paul Okon, Australian footballer and manager
Yasuhiro Takemoto, Japanese animator and director (died 2019)
Dong Abay, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist
Soheil Ayari, French race car driver
Petar Genov, Bulgarian chess grandmaster
Miho Hatori, Japanese singer-songwriter
Irina Timofeyeva, Russian long-distance runner
Dinos Angelidis, Greek basketball player
Viatcheslav Djavanian, Russian cyclist
Tomislav Piplica, Bosnian footballer and manager
Ravindra Prabhat, Indian writer and journalist
Paula Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Troy Gentry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
Mike McCready, American guitarist and songwriter
Peter Overton, English-Australian journalist and television host
Aykut Kocaman, Turkish footballer and manager
Elizabeth McIntyre, American freestyle skier
Svetlana Paramygina, Belarusian biathlete
Vakhtang Iagorashvili, Soviet modern pentathlete
Levon Julfalakyan, Soviet Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler
Marius Lăcătuș, Romanian footballer and coach
Arthur Adams, American comic book artist and writer
Lana Clarkson, American actress and model (died 2003)
Sara Danius, Swedish scholar of literature and aesthetics (died 2019)
Richard Gough, Swedish born Scottish international footballer
Arild Monsen, Norwegian cross-country skier
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Russian businessman and politician, 1st President of Kalmykia
Andrea Arnold, English filmmaker and actress
Anna Caterina Antonacci, Italian soprano
Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, Bahraini-Danish human rights activist
Asteris Koutoulas, Romanian-German record producer, manager, and author
Larry McCray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ian Redford, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2014)
Hiromi Taniguchi, Japanese long-distance runner
Paul Chung, Hong Kong actor and host (died 1989)
Kevin Dann, Australian rugby league player (died 2021)
Henrik Dettmann, Finnish basketball coach
Johan Kriek, South African-American tennis player
Daniel Schneidermann, French journalist
Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan lawyer and journalist (died 2009)
Sebastian Adayanthrath, Indian bishop
Diamond Dallas Page, American wrestler and actor
T. V. Smith, English singer-songwriter
Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress, producer, and screenwriter
Ricardo Ferrero, Argentine footballer (died 2015)
Christian Gourcuff, French footballer and manager
Anthony Horowitz, English author and screenwriter
Akira Toriyama, Japanese illustrator (died 2024)
Guy Bertrand, Canadian linguist and radio host
Peter Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Stan Ridgway, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Yoshiichi Watanabe, Japanese footballer
Frank Gaffney, American journalist and radio host
Ian Swales, English accountant and politician
Alfie Conn, Scottish international footballer
John C. Dvorak, American author and editor
Les Binks, Irish drummer and songwriter
Yevgeniy Gavrilenko, Belarusian hurdler
Dean Kamen, American inventor and businessman, founded Segway Inc.
Dave McArtney, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
Ann C. Crispin, American writer (died 2013)
Franklin Chang Díaz, Costa Rican-Chinese American astronaut and physicist
Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
Toshiko Fujita, Japanese actress, singer and narrator (died 2018)
Judith Resnik, American engineer and astronaut (died 1986)
Pierre-Albert Chapuisat, Swiss footballer
Dave Holland, English drummer (died 2018)
Roy McFarland, English footballer and manager
Willy Chirino, Cuban-American musician
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Filipino academic and politician, 14th President of the Philippines
Virendra Sharma, Indian-English lawyer and politician
Julio Ángel Fernández, Uruguayan astronomer
Björn Granath, Swedish actor (died 2017)
Georgi Markov, Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler
Steve Carver, American director and producer (died 2021)
Cem Karaca, Turkish musician (died 2004)
Tommy Smith, English footballer (died 2019)
Willeke van Ammelrooy, Dutch actress and director
Douangchay Phichit, Laotian politician (died 2014)
Pedro Rosselló, Puerto Rican physician and politician, 7th Governor of Puerto Rico
Peter T. King, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
Dean Brown, Australian politician, 41st Premier of South Australia
Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal (died 2018)
Allan Clarke, English singer-songwriter
Juan Gisbert Sr., Spanish tennis player
Peter Greenaway, Welsh director and screenwriter
Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor
Dave Swarbrick, English singer-songwriter and fiddler (died 2016)
Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
Gilles Proulx, Canadian journalist, historian, and radio host
Leka I, Crown Prince of Albania (died 2011)
Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (died 2010)
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Prime Minister of Yemen
Ronald White, American singer-songwriter (died 1995)
David Winters, English-American actor, choreographer and producer (died 2019)
Colin Bland, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (died 2018)
Mal Colston, Australian educator and politician (died 2003)
Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (died 2014)
Natalya Kustinskaya, Soviet actress (died 2012)
Joseph Lelyveld, American journalist and author (died 2024)
Colin Powell, American general and politician, 65th United States Secretary of State (died 2021)
Andrzej Schinzel, Polish mathematician (died 2021)
Arie Selinger, Israeli volleyball player and manager
Juan Vicente Lezcano, Paraguayan footballer (died 2012)
Ronnie Bucknum, American race car driver (died 1992)
Glenn Jordan, American director and producer
Dragoljub Minić, Yugoslavian chess Grandmaster (died 2005)
Giovanni Cianfriglia, Italian actor (died 2024)
Peter Grant, English talent manager (died 1995)
Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist and astronomer (died 2018)
Frank Schepke, German rower (died 2017)
Roman Herzog, German lawyer and politician, 7th President of Germany (died 2017)
Moise Safra, Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra (died 2014)
Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist and composer (died 2000)
Feridun Buğeker, Turkish footballer (died 2014)
Frank Gorshin, American actor (died 2005)
Barbara Holland, American author (died 2010)
K. Kailasapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and academic (died 1982)
Jack Clement, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)
Héctor Olivera, Argentine director, producer and screenwriter
Pierre Lhomme, French director of photography (died 2019)
Hugo Claus, Belgian author, poet, and painter (died 2008)
Ivar Giaever, Norwegian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)
Nigel Hawthorne, English actor and producer (died 2001)
Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (died 1967)
Enzo Cannavale, Italian actor (died 2011)
Tony Williams, American singer (died 1992)
Thanin Kraivichien, Thai lawyer and politician, 14th prime minister of Thailand (died 2025)
Arne Hoel, Norwegian ski jumper (died 2006)
Roger Corman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)
Liang Yusheng, Chinese writer (died 2009)
Janet Rowley, American human geneticist (died 2013)
Pierre Nihant, Belgian cyclist (died 1993)
Igor Borisov, Soviet rower (died 2003)
Ernest Mandel, German-born Belgian Marxist economist, Trotskyist activist and theorist (died 1995)
Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (died 1995)
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (died 2001)
Tom Finney, English footballer (died 2014)
Harry Freedman, Polish-Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (died 2005)
Andy Linden, American race car driver (died 1987)
Gale Storm, American actress and singer (died 2009)
Christopher Hewett, English actor and theatre director (died 2001)
Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2001)
Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian soldier and author (died 2004)
Alfonso Thiele, Turkish-Italian race car driver (died 1986)
John Willem Gran, Swedish bishop (died 2008)
Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan director, screenwriter, and producer (died 2018)
Robert Bloch, American author (died 1994)
Frans Gommers, Belgian footballer (died 1996)
Gregory Peck, American actor, political activist, and producer (died 2003)
Felice Borel, Italian footballer (died 1993)
Antoni Clavé, Catalan artist (died 2005)
Nicolas Grunitzky, 2nd President of Togo (died 1969)
Jehan Buhan, French fencer (died 1999)
Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman (died 1979)
Antonio Ferri, Italian scientist (died 1975)
Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (died 2000)
Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 1997)
John Le Mesurier, English actor (died 1983)
István Örkény, Hungarian author and playwright (died 1979)
Bill Roberts, English sprinter and soldier (died 2001)
Hedi Amara Nouira, Tunisian politician (died 1993)
Johnny Revolta, American golfer (died 1991)
Sven Andersson, Swedish politician (died 1987)
Oronzo Pugliese, Italian football manager (died 1990)
Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer, co-founded Eon Productions (died 1996)
Giacomo Gentilomo, Italian film director and painter (died 2001)
Károly Sós, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1991)
Erwin Wegner, German hurdler (died 1945)
Bette Davis, American actress (died 1989)
Kurt Neumann, German director (died 1958)
Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (died 1986)
Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (died 1989)
Sanya Dharmasakti, Thai jurist (died 2002)
Albert Charles Smith, American botanist (died 1999)
Fernando Germani, Italian organist (died 1998)
Ted Morgan, New Zealand boxer (died 1952)
Richard Eberhart, American poet and academic (died 2005)
Marion Aye, American actress (died 1951)
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-American rabbi (died 1994)
Chester Bowles, American diplomat and ambassador (died 1986)
Melvyn Douglas, American actor (died 1981)
Doggie Julian, American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach (died 1967)
Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer (died 1985)
Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (died 1939)
Alfred Blalock, American surgeon and academic (died 1964)
Solange d'Ayen, French noblewoman, Duchess of Ayen and journalist (died 1976)
Hans Schuberth, German politician (died 1976)
Einar Lundborg, Swedish aviator (died 1931)
Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (died 1956)
Hans Hüttig, German SS officer (died 1980)
Carl Rudolf Florin, Swedish botanist (died 1965)
Frithjof Andersen, Norwegian wrestler (died 1975)
Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (died 1973)
Raymond Bonney, American ice hockey player (died 1964)
Arnold Jackson, English runner, soldier, and lawyer (died 1972)
William Moore, British track and field athlete (died 1956)
Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, Brazilian martial artist (died 1981)
William Cowhig, British gymnast (died 1964)
Gotthelf Bergsträsser, German linguist (died 1933)
Frederick Lindemann, British physicist (died 1957)
Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (died 1933)
Dimitrie Cuclin, Romanian composer (died 1978)
Ion Inculeț, Bessarabian academic and politician, President of Moldova (died 1940)
Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (died 1950)
Song Jiaoren, Chinese revolutionary (died 1913)
Natalia Sedova, 2nd wife of Leon Trotsky (died 1962)
Eric Carlberg, Swedish Army officer, diplomat, shooter, fencer and modern pentathlete (died 1963)
Vilhelm Carlberg, Swedish Army officer and shooter (died 1970)
Arthur Berriedale Keith, Scottish lawyer (died 1944)
Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien, German naval officer and author (died 1956)
Albert Champion, French cyclist (died 1927)
Georg Misch, German philosopher (died 1965)
Paul Weinstein, German high jumper (died 1964)
Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French Cardinal of the Catholic Church (died 1949)
Manuel María Ponce Brousset, President of Peru (died 1966)
Joseph Rheden, Austrian astronomer (died 1946)
Samuel Cate Prescott, American microbiologist and chemist (died 1962)
Stanisław Grabski, Polish economist and politician (died 1949)
Motobu Chōki, Japanese karateka (died 1944)
Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (died 1942)
Albert Roussel, French composer (died 1937)
Ernest Lewis, British tennis player (died 1930)
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1950)
Harry S. Barlow, British tennis player (died 1917)
Reinhold Seeberg, German theologian (died 1935)
Washington Atlee Burpee, Canadian businessman, founded Burpee Seeds (died 1915)
Booker T. Washington, African-American educator, essayist and historian (died 1915)
Émile Billard, French sailor (died 1930)
Walter W. Winans, American marksman and sculptor (died 1920)
Franz Eckert, German composer and musician (died 1916)
Enrico Mazzanti, Italian engineer and cartoonist (died 1910)
Thure de Thulstrup, American illustrator (died 1930)
Ulrich Wille, Swiss army general (died 1925)
Sigmund Exner, Austrian physiologist (died 1926)
Henry Wellesley, British peer and politician (died 1900)
Friedrich Sigmund Merkel, German anatomist and histopathologist (died 1919)
Hans Hildebrand, Swedish archaeologist (died 1913)
Ghazaros Aghayan, Armenian historian and linguist (died 1911)
Robert Smalls, African-American ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician (died 1915)
Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (died 1909)
Vítězslav Hálek, Czech poet, writer, journalist, dramatist and theatre critic. (died 1874)
Prentice Mulford, American humorist and author (died 1891)
Wilhelm Olbers Focke, German medical doctor and botanist (died 1922)
Frank R. Stockton, American writer and humorist (died 1902)
Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (died 1893)
Joseph Lister, English surgeon and academic (died 1912)
Émile Louis Victor de Laveleye, Belgian economist (died 1892)
Felix Lichnowsky, Czech soldier and politician (died 1848)
Sir Henry Rawlinson, British East India Company army officer and politician (died 1895)
Karl Felix Halm, German scholar and critic (died 1882)
Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist (died 1881)
Félix Dujardin, French biologist (died 1860)
Vincenzo Gioberti, Italian philosopher, publicist and politician (died 1852)
Jacques Denys Choisy, Swiss clergyman and botanist (died 1859)
Henry Havelock, British general (died 1857)
Casimir Delavigne, French poet and dramatist (died 1843)
Felix de Muelenaere, Belgian politician (died 1862)
Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1859)
Wincenty Krasiński, Polish nobleman (died 1858)
Marie Jules César Savigny, French zoologist (died 1851)
David Gillespie, American politician and surveyor (died 1829)
José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (died 1844)
Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1839)
Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (died 1839)
Sybil Ludington, American figure of the American Revolutionary War (died 1839)
Sébastien Érard, French instrument maker (died 1831)
Philemon Dickinson, American lawyer and politician (died 1809)
Franziskus Herzan von Harras, Czech Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1804)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and etcher (died 1806)
Jean Baptiste Seroux d'Agincourt, French archaeologist and historian (died 1814)
Frederick Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1809)
Pasquale Anfossi, Italian violinist and composer (died 1797)
Benjamin Harrison V, American politician, planter and merchant (died 1791)
Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord Marshal of Sweden (died 1794)
Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (died 1730)
Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (died 1768)
Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg (died 1748)
Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine, French noblewoman and Princess of Epinoy (died 1748)
Nikita Demidov, Russian industrialist (died 1725)
Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (died 1721)
Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (died 1703)
Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died 1661)
Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (died 1675)
John Wilson, English composer and educator (died 1674)
Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (died 1634)
Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (died 1679)
Princess Elizabeth of Sweden (died 1597)
George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (died 1603)
Giulio della Rovere, Italian Catholic Cardinal (died 1578)
Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer and diplomat (died 1596)
Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect (died 1570)
Bianca Maria Sforza, Italian wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1510)
Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (died 1336)
Al-Nuwayri, Egyptian Muslim historian (died 1333)
Wonjong of Goryeo, 24th ruler of Goryeo (died 1274)
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💰 Richest People Born on April 5
Net worth of notable people who share this birthday. Tap a name for the full breakdown.
Who Was Born on April 5?
Our records list 554 notable people born on April 5, with confirmed birth years spanning from 1170 (Isabella of Hainault (died 1190)) to 2001 (Johnny Beecher, American ice hockey player). At least 554 of them have no recorded death year.
Most Common Fields for April 5 Births
The people in our list for this date are concentrated in a handful of fields:
- Athlete — 156 people
- Notable Figure — 147 people
- Actor — 59 people
- Musician — 48 people
- Politician — 32 people
- Writer — 28 people
April 5 is also the birthday of 7 people tracked in our net-worth data, led by Leonid Fedun. See the full breakdown in the “Richest People Born on This Day” section above.
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