5 September Births

September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Births

699 – Abu Hanifa, Iraqi scholar (d. 767)
989 – Fan Zhongyan, Chinese chancellor (d. 1052)
1187 – Louis VIII, king of France (d. 1226)
1201 – Alix of Thouars, duchess of Brittany (d. 1221)
1319 – Peter IV, king of Aragon (d. 1387)
1451 – Isabel Neville, daughter of Richard Neville (d. 1476)
1500 – Maria of Jever, ruler of the Lordship of Jever (d. 1575)
1533 – Jacopo Zabarella, Italian philosopher and logician (d. 1589)
1540 – Magnus of Holstein, prince of Denmark (d. 1583)
1567 – Date Masamune, Japanese daimyō (d. 1636)
1568 – Tommaso Campanella, Italian poet, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1639)
1638 – Louis XIV, king of France (d. 1715)
1641 – Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English diplomat (d. 1702)
1642 – Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (d. 1688)
1651 – William Dampier, English explorer (d. 1715)
1666 – Gottfried Arnold, German historian and theologian (d. 1714)
1667 – Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1733)
1694 – František Václav Míča, Czech conductor and composer (d. 1744)
1695 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (d. 1770)
1722 – Frederick Christian, Prince-Elector of Saxony (d. 1763)
1725 – Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1799)
1735 – Johann Christian Bach, German-English viol player and composer (d. 1782)
1750 – Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet and author (d. 1774)
1769 – John Shortland, English commander (d. 1810)
1771 – Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (d. 1847)
1772 – Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Iranian king (d. 1834)
1774 – Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and etcher (d. 1840)
1775 – Juan Martín Díez, Spanish general (d. 1825)
1781 – Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (d. 1858)
1787 – François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1850)
1791 – Giacomo Meyerbeer, German pianist and composer (d. 1864)
1792 – Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy, French geologist and mineralogist (d. 1857)
1806 – Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1865)
1817 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian poet, author, and playwright (d. 1875)
1818 – Edmund Kennedy, Australian explorer and surveyor (d. 1848)
1826 – John Wisden, English cricketer and businessman (d. 1884)
1827 – Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and songwriter (d. 1849)
1829 – Lester Allan Pelton, American inventor (d. 1908)
1831 – Victorien Sardou, French author and playwright (d. 1908)
1833 – George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (d. 1917)
1836 – Justiniano Borgoño, Peruvian soldier and politician, 57th President of Peru (d. 1921)
1847 – Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882)
1856 – Thomas E. Watson, American lawyer, publisher, and politician (d. 1922)
1867 – Amy Beach, American pianist and composer (d. 1944)
1871 – Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d 1941)
1872 – V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1936)
1872 – Horace Rice, Australian tennis player (d. 1950)
1873 – Cornelius Vanderbilt III, American general and engineer (d. 1942)
1874 – Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (d. 1959)
1876 – Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (d. 1956)
1880 – José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (d. 1936)
1881 – Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Foreign Minister of Austria (d. 1938)
1881 – Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, English field marshal (d. 1964)
1883 – Otto Erich Deutsch, Austrian musicologist and scholar (d. 1967)
1888 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (d. 1975)
1892 – Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist and educator (d. 1973)
1897 – Morris Carnovsky, American actor (d. 1992)
1897 – Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst, founded ACNielsen (d. 1980)
1899 – Humphrey Cobb, American author and screenwriter (d. 1944)
1899 – Helen Creighton, Canadian author and educator (d. 1989)
1901 – Florence Eldridge, American actress (d. 1988)
1901 – Mario Scelba, Italian politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1991)
1902 – Jean Dalrymple, American playwright, producer, manager, and publicist (d. 1998)
1902 – Darryl F. Zanuck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
1904 – Vera Bradford, Australian pianist and educator (d. 2004)
1905 – Maurice Challe, French general (d. 1979)
1905 – Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English journalist and author (d. 1983)
1905 – Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
1906 – Ralston Crawford, American painter, lithographer, and photographer (d. 1978)
1906 – Sunnyland Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1995)
1908 – Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (d. 1973)
1908 – Joaquín Nin-Culmell, German-American pianist and composer (d. 2004)
1908 – Cecilia Seghizzi, Italian composer and painter
1909 – Hans Carste, German pianist and conductor (d. 1971)
1909 – Bernard Delfont, Russian-English talent manager (d. 1994)
1909 – Archie Jackson, Scottish-Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
1910 – Leila Mackinlay, English author (d. 1996)
1910 – Phiroze Palia, Indian cricketer (d. 1981)
1912 – John Cage, American composer and theorist (d. 1992)
1912 – Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and photographer (d. 2001)
1912 – Frank Thomas, American voice actor, animator, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1914 – Stuart Freeborn, English make up artist (d. 2013)
1914 – Gail Kubik, American violinist, composer, and educator (d. 1984)
1914 – Nicanor Parra, Chilean physicist, mathematician, and poet (d. 2018)
1916 – Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1916 – Frank Yerby, American novelist (d. 1991)
1917 – Pedro E. Guerrero, American photographer (d. 2012)
1917 – Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racer and trainer (d. 2008)
1918 – Luis Alcoriza, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1918 – Bob Katter, Sr., Australian captain and politician (d. 1990)
1918 – Fred McCarthy, American cartoonist and monk (d. 2009)
1919 – Elisabeth Volkenrath, German SS officer (d. 1945)
1920 – Peter Racine Fricker, English-American composer and educator (d. 1990)
1920 – Fons Rademakers, Dutch-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1921 – Murray Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2013)
1921 – Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (d. 2007)
1922 – Denys Wilkinson, English physicist and academic (d. 2016)
1923 – David Hamer, Australian captain and politician (d. 2002)
1923 – Ken Meuleman, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)
1924 – Paul Dietzel, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
1924 – Frank Armitage, Australian-American artist (d. 2016)
1925 – Justin Kaplan, American author (d. 2014)
1927 – Paul Volcker, American economist and academic
1928 – Joyce Hatto, English pianist and educator (d. 2006)
1928 – Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist and educator (d. 2005)
1929 – Bob Newhart, American comedian and actor
1929 – Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2004)
1932 – Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer
1932 – Robert H. Dennard, American electrical engineer and inventor
1933 – Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilean cardinal
1934 – Paul Josef Cordes, German cardinal
1934 – Dennis Letts, American actor and educator (d. 2008)
1934 – Kevin McNamara, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1935 – Werner Erhard, American author and philanthropist, founded Werner Erhard and Associates and The Hunger Project
1935 – Helen Gifford, Australian composer and educator
1936 – Robert Burns, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1936 – John Danforth, American politician and diplomat, 24th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
1936 – Jonathan Kozol, American sociologist, author, and educator
1936 – Bill Mazeroski, American baseball player and coach
1936 – Knuts Skujenieks, Latvian poet, journalist, and translator
1937 – Antonio Valentín Angelillo, Argentinian footballer and manager
1937 – Dick Clement, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1938 – John Ferguson, Sr., Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2007)
1938 – Doreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen, English politician
1939 – Claudette Colvin, American nurse and activist
1939 – William Devane, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1939 – George Lazenby, Australian actor
1939 – John Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
1939 – George Tremlett, English journalist, author, and politician
1940 – Valerie Howarth, Baroness Howarth of Breckland, English politician
1940 – Raquel Welch, American actress and singer
1941 – Dave Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1942 – Werner Herzog, German actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1942 – Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (d. 1995)
1943 – Dulce Saguisag, Filipino social worker and politician, 10th Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (d. 2007)
1944 – Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author, and playwright (d. 1996)
1944 – Gareth Evans, Australian lawyer and politician, 33rd Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1945 – Eva Bergman, Swedish director and screenwriter
1945 – Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Kyongae Chang, South Korean astrophysicist and academic
1946 – Dennis Dugan, American actor and director
1946 – Dean Ford, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Marmalade)
1946 – Freddie Mercury, Tanzanian-English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1991)
1946 – Loudon Wainwright III, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1947 – Mel Collins, Manx saxophonist and flute player
1947 – Chip Davis, American pianist, songwriter, and producer
1947 – Buddy Miles, American singer-songwriter and drummer (d. 2008)
1947 – Bruce Yardley, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2019)
1948 – Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
1949 – Clem Clempson, English guitarist and songwriter
1950 – Rosie Cooper, English businesswoman and politician
1950 – Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist, created Cathy
1951 – Paul Breitner, German footballer
1951 – Michael Keaton, American actor and producer
1951 – Jamie Oldaker, American drummer and percussionist
1952 – David Glen Eisley, American rock singer-songwriter and actor
1953 – Victor Davis Hanson, American historian and journalist
1953 – Murray Mexted, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
1953 – Eiki Nestor, Estonian engineer and politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
1953 – Paul Piché, Canadian singer-songwriter
1954 – Richard Austin, Jamaican footballer and cricketer (d. 2015)
1954 – Frederick Kempe, American journalist and author
1956 – Roine Stolt, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1957 – Rudi Gores, German footballer and manager
1957 – Peter Winnen, Dutch cyclist
1958 – Lars Danielsson, Swedish bassist, composer, and producer
1959 – Frank Schirrmacher, German journalist and publisher (d. 2014)
1960 – Don Kulick, Swedish anthropologist and academic
1961 – Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist and composer
1962 – Tracy Edwards, English sailor and coach
1962 – John McGrath, Welsh businessman
1963 – Juan Alderete, American bass player and songwriter
1963 – Jeff Brantley, American baseball player and sportscaster
1963 – Terry Ellis, American R&B singer–songwriter and actress
1963 – Taki Inoue, Japanese race car driver and manager
1964 – Frank Farina, Australian footballer and manager
1964 – Sergei Loznitsa, Belarusian-Ukrainian director and screenwriter
1964 – Ken Norman, American basketball player
1964 – Thomas Mikal Ford, American actor (d. 2016)
1965 – David Brabham, Australian race car driver
1965 – Hoshitango Imachi, Japanese wrestler
1965 – Nick Talbot, English geneticist and academic
1966 – Achero Mañas, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter
1966 – Milinko Pantić, Serbian footballer and manager
1967 – Matthias Sammer, German footballer and manager
1967 – Jane Sixsmith, English field hockey player
1968 – Serhiy Kovalets, Ukrainian footballer and manager
1968 – Dennis Scott, American basketball player and sportscaster
1968 – Robin van der Laan, Dutch footballer and coach
1968 – Brad Wilk, American singer-songwriter and drummer
1969 – Leonardo Araújo, Brazilian footballer and manager
1969 – Mariko Kouda, Japanese voice actress, singer, and radio host
1969 – Mark Ramprakash, English cricketer and coach
1969 – Dweezil Zappa, American actor and musician
1970 – Liam Lynch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, puppeteer, and director
1970 – Mohammad Rafique, Bangladeshi cricketer
1970 – Gilbert Remulla, Filipino journalist and politician
1970 – Johnny Vegas, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Adam Hollioake, Australian cricketer and mixed martial artist
1972 – Shane Sewell, Canadian-American wrestler and referee
1972 – Guy Whittall, Zimbabwean cricketer
1973 – Paddy Considine, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1973 – Rose McGowan, American actress
1974 – Rawl Lewis, Grenadian cricketer
1974 – Ken-Marti Vaher, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
1975 – Rod Barajas, American baseball player and manager
1975 – George Boateng, Dutch footballer and manager
1975 – Randy Choate, American baseball player
1975 – Matt Geyer, Australian rugby league player and coach
1976 – Tatiana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast
1977 – Rosevelt Colvin, American football player and sportscaster
1977 – Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish footballer
1977 – Minoru Fujita, Japanese wrestler
1977 – Nazr Mohammed, American basketball player
1978 – Laura Bertram, Canadian actress
1978 – Chris Jack, New Zealand rugby player
1978 – Sylvester Joseph, Antiguan cricketer
1978 – Zhang Zhong, Chinese chess player
1979 – John Carew, Norwegian footballer
1979 – Stacey Dales, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster
1979 – Julien Lizeroux, French skier
1979 – Salvatore Mastronunzio, Italian footballer
1979 – George O'Callaghan, Irish footballer
1980 – Franco Costanzo, Argentinian footballer
1980 – Kevin Simm, British singer
1981 – Daniel Moreno, Spanish cyclist
1981 – Kai Rüütel, Estonian opera singer
1981 – Filippo Volandri, Italian tennis player
1982 – Alexandre Geijo, Spanish-Swiss footballer
1983 – Eugen Bopp, Ukrainian-German footballer
1983 – Pablo Granoche, Uruguayan footballer
1983 – Lincoln Riley, American football coach
1983 – Antony Sweeney, English footballer
1984 – Chris Anker Sørensen, Danish cyclist
1985 – Ryan Guy, American soccer player
1986 – Colt McCoy, American football player
1986 – Pragyan Ojha, Indian cricketer
1988 – Denni Avdić, Swedish footballer
1988 – Felipe Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer
1989 – Elena Delle Donne, American basketball player
1989 – José Ángel Valdés, Spanish footballer
1989 – Ben Youngs, English rugby player
1990 – Antonio Esposito, Italian footballer
1990 – Francesca Segarelli, Dominican tennis player
1990 – Lance Stephenson, American basketball player
1990 – Yuna Kim, South Korean figure skater
1990 – Franco Zuculini, Argentinian footballer
1991 – Zeki Yavru, Turkish footballer
1994 – Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italian swimmer
1995 – Szabina Szlavikovics, Hungarian tennis player
1996 – Richairo Živković, Dutch footballer
1996 – Sigrid, Norwegian singer

Source: wikipedia