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Happy Birthday To:
* 1301 – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)
* 1461 – Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)
* 1623 – Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (d. 1669)
* 1662 – James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728)
* 1694 – Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744)
* 1802 – Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1829)
* 1811 – Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (d. 1896)
* 1813 – Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and language reformer (d. 1896)
* 1815 – Edward John Eyre, English explorer (d. 1901)
* 1827 – Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil (d. 1892)
* 1828 – Louise of the Netherlands, queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1871)
* 1833 – Carola of Vasa, Queen consort of Saxony (d. 1907)
* 1850 – Guy de Maupassant, French author (d. 1893)
* 1862 – Joseph Merrick, the “Elephant Man” (d. 1890)
* 1866 – Carl Harries, German chemist (d. 1923)
* 1866 – Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917)
* 1872 – Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (d. 1917)
* 1877 – Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917)
* 1887 – Reginald Owen, English actor (d. 1972)
* 1888 – Victor Francen, Belgian-born actor (d. 1977)
* 1889 – Conrad Aiken, American writer (d. 1973)
* 1890 – Erich Kleiber, Austrian-born conductor (d. 1956)
* 1890 – Naum Gabo, sculptor (d. 1977)
* 1897 – Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (d. 1972)
* 1901 – Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (d. 2000)
* 1906 – John Huston, American director (d. 1987)
* 1906 – Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1999)
* 1906 – Joan Hickson, English actress (d. 1998)
* 1908 – Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
* 1910 – Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and music impresario (d. 1979)
* 1911 – Robert Taylor, American actor (d. 1969)
* 1912 – Abbé Pierre, French Catholic priest (d. 2007)
* 1914 – David Brian, American actor (d. 1993)
* 1918 – Tom Drake, American actor (d. 1982)
* 1918 – Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina (d. 2004)
* 1922 – L. Tom Perry, LDS apostle
* 1923 – Devan Nair, President of Singapore
* 1930 – Neil Armstrong, American astronaut (the first person to set foot on the Moon)
* 1930 – Michal Kováč, President of Slovakia
* 1934 – Wendell Berry, American poet, writer and farmer
* 1934 – Karl Johan Åström, Control engineer and theorist
* 1935 – John Saxon, American actor
* 1937 – Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (d. 2003)
* 1939 – Princess Irene of the Netherlands
* 1941 – Bob Clark, American film director (d. 2007)
* 1943 – Nelson Briles, American baseball player (d. 2005)
* 1943 – Sammi Smith, American country singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
* 1946 – Loni Anderson, American actress
* 1946 – Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
* 1946 – Ron Silliman, American poet
* 1946 – Erika Slezak, American actress
* 1947 – Angry Anderson, Australian entertainer (Rose Tattoo)
* 1947 – Bernie Carbo, American baseball player
* 1947 – Rick Derringer, American musician
* 1948 – Carole Laure, French Canadian actress
* 1948 – Ray Clemence, English footballer
* 1951 – John Jarratt, Australian actor
* 1952 – Louis Walsh, Irish Music Manager and X Factor Judge
* 1953 – Rick Mahler, American baseball player (d. 2005)
* 1953 – Samantha Sang, Australian singer
* 1956 – Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian film director
* 1956 – Fred Ottman, American wrestler
* 1956 – Maureen McCormick, American actress
* 1957 – Faith Prince, American actress
* 1957 – Clayton Rohner, American actor
* 1959 – Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive)
* 1960 – Seth Swirsky, American songwriter
* 1961 – Tawny Kitaen, American actress
* 1961 – Mark O’Connor, American violinist
* 1961 – Athula Samarasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer
* 1962 – Patrick Ewing, American basketball player
* 1962 – Richard de Groen, New Zealand cricketer
* 1964 – Adam Yauch (MCA), American musician (Beastie Boys)
* 1965 – Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer
* 1965 – Scott William Winters, American actor
* 1966 – Jonathan Silverman, American actor
* 1968 – Terri Clark, Canadian country singer
* 1968 – Funkmaster Flex, American hip hop DJ
* 1968 – Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Japanese professional wrestler
* 1968 – Oleg Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer
* 1968 – Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (d. 2007)
* 1968 – John Olerud, American baseball player
* 1969 – Venkatesh Prasad, Indian cricketer
* 1969 – Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer
* 1970 – James Gunn, American filmmaker
* 1971 – Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
* 1972 – Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian musician (Fear Factory)
* 1972 – Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricketer
* 1972 – Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese professional wrestler
* 1972 – Theodore Whitmore, Jamaican footballer
* 1973 – Sean Sherk, American mixed martial artist
* 1973 – Sanwar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer
* 1974 – Alvin Ceccoli, Australian soccer player
* 1974 – Antoine Sibierski, French footballer
* 1975 – Antony Cotton, English actor
* 1975 – Ami Foster, American actress
* 1975 – Kajol Mukherjee, Indian actress
* 1975 – Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
* 1976 – Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1976 – Kwon Sang-woo, South Korean actor
* 1976 – Marian Pahars, Latvian footballer
* 1977 – Eric Hinske, American baseball player
* 1977 – Michael Walsh, English footballer
* 1977 – Mark Mulder, American baseball player
* 1978 – Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter
* 1978 – Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer
* 1979 – David Healy, Northern Irish footballer
* 1980 – Wayne Bridge, English footballer
* 1980 – Jason Čulina, Australian soccer player
* 1980 – Ali Umar, Maldivian footballer
* 1980 – Sophie Winkleman, English actress
* 1981 – Carl Crawford, American baseball player
* 1981 – Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer
* 1981 – Erik Guay, Canadian alpine skier
* 1981 – Cory Williams, American internet celebrity
* 1981 – Alester Maregwede, Zimbabwean cricketer
* 1982 – LoLo Jones, American track and field athlete
* 1982 – Ryu Seung Min, Korean table tennis player
* 1982 – Tobias Regner, German singer
* 1983 – Dawn Richard, American singer (Danity Kane)
* 1985 – Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
* 1985 – Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer
* 1985 – Megan Joy Corkrey, American singer
* 1986 – Paula Creamer, American golfer
* 1987 – Genelia D’Souza, Indian actress
* 1987 – Xenia Tchoumitcheva, Swiss model
* 1988 – Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer
* 1993 – Suzuka Ōgo, Japanese actress
* 1993 – Corey J. Smith, English actor
* 1995 – Devo Keenan American cellist
* 2000 – Maya Bond, American singer and musician
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_5
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