Births on 5 June
2000s
Chaeryeong
2001
South Korean singer and dancer (born 2001)
1900s
Kale Clague
1998
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1998)
Jaqueline Cristian
1998
Romanian tennis player (born 1998)
Dave (rapper)
1998
British rapper (born 1998)
Yulia Lipnitskaya
1998
Russian figure skater (born 1998)
Sam Darnold
1997
American football player (born 1997)
Troye Sivan
1995
Australian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1995)
Ross Wilson (table tennis)
1995
British table tennis player
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
1993
New Zealand and Samoa international dual-code rugby player
Joazhiño Arroe
1992
Peruvian footballer (born 1992)
Emily Seebohm
1992
Australian swimmer (born 1992)
Sören Bertram
1991
German footballer
Ninja (gamer)
1991
American streamer and YouTuber (born 1991)
Radko Gudas
1990
Czech ice hockey player (born 1990)
Cam Atkinson
1989
American ice hockey player (born 1989)
Megumi Nakajima
1989
Japanese voice actress and singer (born 1989)
Alessandro Salvi
1988
Italian footballer (born 1988)
Marcus Thornton (basketball, born 1987)
1987
American basketball player
Dave Bolland
1986
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1986)
Vernon Gholston
1986
American football player (born 1986)
Jeremy Abbott
1985
American figure skater (born 1985)
Ekaterina Bychkova
1985
Russian tennis player
Robert Barbieri
1984
Italy international rugby union player
Marques Colston
1983
American football player (born 1983)
Suburban Legends
1982
American ska punk band
Serhat Akın
1981
Turkish footballer (born 1981)
Sébastien Lefebvre
1981
Canadian musician (born 1981)
Mike Fisher (ice hockey)
1980
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1980)
Antonio GarcÃa (racing driver)
1980
Spanish racing driver (born 1980)
Stefanos Kotsolis
1979
Greek footballer
Matthew Scarlett
1979
Australian rules footballer, born 1979
Pete Wentz
1979
American musician (born 1979)
Jason White (American racing driver)
1979
American racing driver (born 1979)
Nick Kroll
1978
American actor and comedian (born 1978)
Fernando Meira
1978
Portuguese former footballer (born 1978)
Liza Weil
1977
American actress (born 1977)
Joe Gatto
1976
American comedian (born 1976)
Giannis Giannoulis
1976
Greek-Canadian basketball player (born 1976)
Torry Holt
1976
American football player (born 1976)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas
1975
Lithuanian-American basketball player (born 1975)
Duncan Patterson
1975
English musician
Sandra Stals
1975
Belgian middle-distance runner
Mervyn Dillon
1974
Trinidadian cricketer
Scott Draper
1974
Australian tennis player and golfer
Russ Ortiz
1974
American baseball player (born 1974)
Lamon Brewster
1973
American boxer
Gella Vandecaveye
1973
Belgian judoka (born 1973)
Yogi Adityanath
1972
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh since 2017
Paweł Kotla
1972
Polish conductor (born 1972)
Susan Lynch
1971
Actress from Northern Ireland
Alex Mooney
1971
American politician (born 1971)
Mark Wahlberg
1971
American actor (born 1971)
Martin Gélinas
1970
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1970)
Brian McKnight
1969
American singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1969)
Ed Vaizey
1968
British Conservative politician
Joe DeLoach
1967
American sprinter
Ron Livingston
1967
American actor (born 1967)
Michael E. Brown
1965
American astronomer (born 1965)
Sandrine Piau
1965
French soprano
Alfie Turcotte
1965
American ice hockey player
Lisa Cholodenko
1964
American screenwriter and director
Rick Riordan
1964
American author (born 1964)
Jeff Garlin
1962
American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1962)
Tõnis Lukas
1962
Estonian politician (born 1962)
Anke Behmer
1961
East German heptathlete
Mary Kay Bergman
1961
American voice actress and voice-over teacher (1961–1999)
Anthony Burger
1961
American pianist and singer
Aldo Costa
1961
Italian engineer and car designer (born 1961)
Ramesh Krishnan
1961
Indian tennis player
Claire Fox
1960
British libertarian writer and politician (born 1960)
Mark Ella
1959
Australia international rugby union player
Werner Schildhauer
1959
Avigdor Lieberman
1958
Israeli politician (born 1958)
Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
1958
Former President of the Comoros
Kenny G
1956
American jazz saxophonist and composer (born 1956)
Edinho (footballer, born 1955)
1955
Brazilian footballer and manager
Alberto Malesani
1954
Italian football manager (born 1954)
Phil Neale
1954
English footballer
Nancy Stafford
1954
American actress, speaker, author
Kathleen Kennedy (producer)
1953
American film producer (born 1953)
Pierre Bruneau (journalist)
1952
Canadian journalist and news anchor
Carole Fredericks
1952
American singer
Nicko McBrain
1952
British drummer
Suze Orman
1951
American financial advisor (born 1951)
Ronnie Dyson
1950
American soul and R&B singer (1950–1990)
Abraham Sarmiento Jr.
1950
Filipino student journalist
Ken Follett
1949
British bestseller novelist (born 1949)
Elizabeth Gloster
1949
Former judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales (born 1949)
Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee
1949
Scottish peer (born 1949)
Laurie Anderson
1947
American artist and musician (born 1947)
Tom Evans (musician)
1947
English musician (1947–1983)
David Hare (playwright)
1947
English playwright (born 1947)
Freddie Stone
1947
American musician
John Du Cann
1946
English guitarist (1946–2011)
Bob Grant (rugby league)
1946
Australia international rugby league footballer
Patrick Head
1946
British engineer and car designer (born 1946)
Wanderléa
1946
Brazilian singer (born 1944)
John Carlos
1945
American track and field athlete
André Lacroix (ice hockey)
1945
Canadian ice hockey player
Whitfield Diffie
1944
American cryptographer (born 1944)
Abraham Viruthakulangara
1943
Indian archbishop (1943–2018)
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
1942
President of Equatorial Guinea since 1982
Martha Argerich
1941
Argentine pianist (born 1941)
Erasmo Carlos
1941
Brazilian singer (1941–2022)
Spalding Gray
1941
American actor and writer (1941–2004)
Gudrun Sjödén
1941
Swedish fashion designer (born 1941)
Joe Clark
1939
Prime Minister of Canada from 1979 to 1980
Margaret Drabble
1939
English biographer, novelist and short story writer
Moira Anderson
1938
Scottish singer
Karin Balzer
1938
East German hurdler (1938–2019)
Roy Higgins (jockey)
1938
Australian jockey
Hélène Cixous
1937
French writer (born 1937)
Vilhjálmur Einarsson
1934
Icelandic athlete (1934–2019)
Bill Moyers
1934
American journalist (1934–2025)
Bata Živojinović
1933
Serbian actor
Christy Brown
1932
Irish writer and painter (1932–1981)
Dave Gold
1932
American businessman
Yves Blais
1931
Canadian politician
Jacques Demy
1931
French film director (1931–1990)
Jerzy Prokopiuk
1931
Polish anthroposophist (1931–2021)
Alifa Rifaat
1930
Egyptian Muslim feminist and writer
Robert Lansing (actor)
1928
American actor (1928–1994)
Tony Richardson
1928
English theatre director and filmmaker (1928–1991)
Paul Soros
1926
Hungarian-American businessman (1926–2013)
Art Donovan
1924
American football player (1924–2013)
Jorge Daponte
1923
Argentine racing driver (1923–1963)
Daniel Pinkham
1923
American composer
Paul Couvret
1922
Dutch–Australian politician (1922–2013)
Sheila Sim
1922
English actress (1922–2016)
Marion Motley
1920
American football player (1920–1999)
Cornelius Ryan
1920
Irish journalist and author (1920–1974)
Sid Barnes
1916
Australian cricketer (1916–1973)
Eddie Joost
1916
American baseball player and manager (1916–2011)
Lancelot Ware
1915
English lawyer and biochemist (1915–2000)
Beatrice de Cardi
1914
British archaeologist (1914–2016)
Conrad Marca-Relli
1913
American painter
Dean Amadon
1912
American ornithologist (1912–2003)
Eric Hollies
1912
English cricketer
Dennis Gabor
1900
Hungarian-British physicist (1900–1979)
1800s
Otis Barton
1899
American diver and actor (1899–1992)
Theippan Maung Wa
1899
Burmese writer
Salvatore Ferragamo
1898
Italian shoe designer (1898–1960)
Federico GarcÃa Lorca
1898
Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director (1898–1936)
William Boyd (actor)
1895
American actor (1895–1972)
William Roberts (painter)
1895
British painter (1895–1980)
Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet
1894
Canadian newspaper proprietor & media entrepreneur (1894–1976)
Jaan Kikkas
1892
Estonian weightlifter
Ralph Benatzky
1884
Czech-Austrian composer (1884–1957)
Ivy Compton-Burnett
1884
English novelist (1884–1969)
Frederick Lorz
1884
American distance runner (1884–1914)
John Maynard Keynes
1883
British economist (1883–1946)
Mary Helen Young
1883
Robert Mayer (philanthropist)
1879
German-born British philanthropist and businessman (1879–1985)
Pancho Villa
1878
Mexican revolutionary general and politician (1878–1923)
Willard Miller
1877
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Isaac Heinemann
1876
Israeli rabbinical scholar and professor
Bernard de Pourtalès
1870
Swiss sailor
James Connolly
1868
Irish republican, trade unionist and revolutionary (1868–1916)
Allvar Gullstrand
1862
Swedish ophthalmologist and optician
Pat Garrett
1850
American lawman (1850–1908)
Carmine Crocco
1830
Italian brigand and revolutionary (1830–1905)
John Couch Adams
1819
British mathematician and astronomer (1819–1892)
William Scamp
1801
English architect and engineer
Before 1800
Christian Lobeck
1781
German classical scholar
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
1771
King of Hanover from 1837 to 1851
Johan Gadolin
1760
Finnish chemist (1760–1852)
Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis
1757
French philosopher
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
1660
English noblewoman, courtier and politician (1660–1744)
Elena Cornaro Piscopia
1646
Venetian philosopher (1646–1684)
Pu Songling
1640
Chinese writer (1640–1715)
Peter Wtewael
1596
Dutch painter
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
1587
English naval officer, politician and peer
Benedetto Giustiniani
1554
Italian clergyman
Margaret of Valois, Duchess of Berry
1523
Duchess of Savoy from 1559 to 1574
Justus Jonas
1493
German Lutheran theologian (1493–1555)
Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua
1412
Marquis of Mantua from 1444 to 1478
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
1341
English prince and nobleman (1341–1402)