Births on 5 September
2000s
Bukayo Saka
2001
English footballer (born 2001)
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
2001
Australia & Samoa international rugby league footballer
1900s
Filip Chytil
1999
Czech ice hockey player (born 1999)
Caroline Dolehide
1998
American tennis player (born 1998)
Mac Jones
1998
American football player (born 1998)
Davion Mitchell
1998
American basketball player (born 1998)
Steven Kwan
1997
American baseball player (born 1997)
Kyōko Saitō
1997
Japanese actress, television presenter, singer, and model
Jarren Duran
1996
American baseball player (born 1996)
Sigrid (singer)
1996
Norwegian singer (born 1996)
Richairo Živković
1996
Curaçaoan footballer (born 1996)
Lucas Wallmark
1995
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1995)
Gregorio Paltrinieri
1994
Italian swimmer (born 1994)
Pablo Reyes
1993
Dominican baseball player (born 1993)
T. J. Warren
1993
American basketball player (born 1993)
Skandar Keynes
1991
British political adviser and former actor (born 1991)
Lance Stephenson
1990
American basketball player (born 1990)
Yuna Kim
1990
South Korean figure skater (born 1990)
Franco Zuculini
1990
Argentine footballer
Elena Delle Donne
1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Kat Graham
1989
American actress and singer (born 1989)
Craig Smith (ice hockey)
1989
American ice hockey player (born 1989)
José Ángel (footballer, born September 1989)
1989
Spanish footballer
Ben Youngs
1989
English rugby union player
Denni Avdić
1988
Swedish footballer (born 1988)
Felipe Caicedo
1988
Ecuadorian footballer (born 1988)
Emmy Raver-Lampman
1988
American actress, singer (b. 1988)
Colt McCoy
1986
American football player (born 1986)
Pragyan Ojha
1986
Former Indian cricketer
Justin Dentmon
1985
American basketball player (born 1985)
Ryan Guy
1985
Soccer player (born 1985)
Alison Bell (field hockey)
1984
Scottish field hockey player
Chris Anker Sørensen
1984
Danish road bicycle racer (1984–2021)
Eugen Bopp
1983
German footballer (born 1983)
Pablo Granoche
1983
Uruguayan footballer (born 1983)
Lincoln Riley
1983
American football coach (born 1983)
Antony Sweeney
1983
English footballer (born 1983)
Chris Young (outfielder)
1983
American baseball player (born 1983)
Alexandre Geijo
1982
Footballer (born 1982)
Daniel Moreno
1981
Spanish road bicycle racer
Kai Rüütel
1981
Estonian opera singer
Filippo Volandri
1981
Italian tennis player
Franco Costanzo
1980
Argentine footballer (born 1980)
Kevin Simm
1980
English musical artist (born 1980)
John Carew
1979
Norwegian footballer (born 1979)
Stacey Dales
1979
Canadian basketball player and sports reporter (born 1979)
Julien Lizeroux
1979
French alpine skier (born 1979)
Salvatore Mastronunzio
1979
Italian footballer (born 1979)
George O'Callaghan
1979
Irish footballer and manager
Laura Bertram
1978
Canadian actress (b. 1978)
Chris Hipkins
1978
Prime Minister of New Zealand in 2023
Chris Jack
1978
Rugby player
Sylvester Joseph
1978
West Indian cricketer
Zhang Zhong
1978
Chinese chess grandmaster (born 1978)
Rosevelt Colvin
1977
American football player (born 1977)
Joseba Etxeberria
1977
Spanish football manager (born 1977)
Minoru Fujita
1977
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1977)
Nazr Mohammed
1977
American basketball player (born 1977)
Tatiana Gutsu
1976
Soviet gymnast (born 1976)
Carice van Houten
1976
Dutch actress (born 1976)
Rod Barajas
1975
American baseball player and coach (born 1975)
George Boateng
1975
Dutch footballer (born 1975)
Randy Choate
1975
American baseball player (born 1975)
Matt Geyer
1975
Australian rugby league footballer
Lauren Jeska
1974
English fell runner and convicted attempted murderer
Rawl Lewis
1974
West Indian cricketer
Ken-Marti Vaher
1974
Estonian politician
Paddy Considine
1973
English actor (born 1973)
Rose McGowan
1973
American actress and activist (born 1973)
Shane Sewell
1972
Canadian professional wrestler and referee (born 1972)
Guy Whittall
1972
Zimbabwean cricketer
Adam Hollioake
1971
English cricket player (born 1971)
Liam Lynch (musician)
1970
American filmmaker, singer, songwriter, musician and puppeteer (born 1970)
Mohammad Rafique (cricketer)
1970
Bangladeshi cricketer
Gilbert Remulla
1970
Filipino journalist and politician
Johnny Vegas
1970
English actor, ceramicist and comedian (born 1970)
Leonardo Araújo
1969
Brazilian football executive and former player and manager
Mariko Kouda
1969
Japanese actress (born 1969)
Mark Ramprakash
1969
Former English cricketer (born 1969)
Dweezil Zappa
1969
American rock guitarist and actor
Serhiy Kovalets
1968
Ukrainian footballer
Dennis Scott (basketball)
1968
American basketball player (born 1968)
Robin van der Laan
1968
Dutch footballer (born 1968)
Brad Wilk
1968
American drummer (born 1968)
Matthias Sammer
1967
German association football player and manager
Jane Sixsmith
1967
British field hockey player
Achero Mañas
1966
Spanish film director (born 1966)
Milinko Pantić
1966
Serbian footballer and manager
David Brabham
1965
Australian racing driver (born 1965)
Hoshitango Imachi
1965
Argentine-born Japanese sumo wrestler and professional wrestler
Nick Talbot
1965
British molecular geneticist (born 1965)
Frank Farina
1964
Australian soccer player and coach
Sergei Loznitsa
1964
Ukrainian film director and screenwriter (born 1964)
Ken Norman
1964
American basketball player (born 1964)
Thomas Mikal Ford
1964
American actor and comedian (1964–2016)
Juan Alderete
1963
American bassist (born 1963)
Kristian Alfonso
1963
American actress (born 1963)
Jeff Brantley
1963
American baseball player (born 1963)
Terry Ellis
1963
American R&B singer
Taki Inoue
1963
Japanese racing driver (born 1963)
Tracy Edwards
1962
British sailor (born 1962)
John McGrath (artistic director)
1962
British artistic director
Marc-André Hamelin
1961
Canadian pianist and composer
Willie Gault
1960
American football player (born 1960)
Don Kulick
1960
Professor of anthropology (born 1960)
Frank Schirrmacher
1959
German journalist (1959–2014)
Lars Danielsson
1958
Swedish jazz bassist, composer, and producer
Rudi Gores
1957
German football player and manager
Peter Winnen
1957
Dutch cyclist (born 1957)
Low Thia Khiang
1956
Singaporean politician (born 1956)
Roine Stolt
1956
Swedish musician (born 1956)
Debbie Turner
1956
American actress
Richard Austin (cricketer)
1954
Jamaican cricketer (1954-2015)
Frederick Kempe
1954
Atlantic Council think tank head
Victor Davis Hanson
1953
American classicist and military historian (born 1953)
Murray Mexted
1953
NZ international rugby union player
Eiki Nestor
1953
Estonian politician (born 1953)
Paul Piché
1953
Canadian singer-songwriter
David Glen Eisley
1952
Musical artist (born 1952)
Paul Breitner
1951
German footballer
Michael Keaton
1951
American actor (born 1951)
Jamie Oldaker
1951
American drummer (1951–2020)
Rosie Cooper
1950
British politician (born 1950)
Cathy Guisewite
1950
American cartoonist (born 1950)
Clem Clempson
1949
English guitarist
Benita Ferrero-Waldner
1948
Austrian diplomat and politician
Mel Collins
1947
British musician (born 1947)
Chip Davis
1947
American rock musician and composer
Buddy Miles
1947
American drummer and singer (1947–2008)
Bruce Yardley
1947
Australian cricketer (1947–2019)
Kyongae Chang
1946
South Korean astrophysicist
Dennis Dugan
1946
American actor and film director (born 1946)
Dean Ford
1946
Scottish musician (1945–2018)
Freddie Mercury
1946
British rock musician (1946–1991)
Loudon Wainwright III
1946
American musician (born 1946)
Eva Bergman
1945
Swedish director (born 1945)
Al Stewart
1945
Scottish musician (born 1945)
Dario Bellezza
1944
Italian poet
Gareth Evans (politician)
1944
Australian politician (born 1944)
Dulce Saguisag
1943
Filipino politician (1943–2007)
Werner Herzog
1942
German director, producer, screenwriter (born 1942)
Eduardo Mata
1942
Mexican conductor and composer (1942-1995)
Dave Dryden
1941
Canadian ice hockey player (1941–2022)
Valerie Howarth, Baroness Howarth of Breckland
1940
British social worker and life peer (1940–2025)
Raquel Welch
1940
American actress and model (1940–2023)
Claudette Colvin
1939
African-American civil rights activist (1939–2026)
William Devane
1939
American actor (born 1939)
George Lazenby
1939
Australian retired actor (born 1939)
John Stewart (musician)
1939
American singer-songwriter (1939–2008)
George Tremlett
1939
English writer (1939–2021)
John Ferguson Sr.
1938
Canadian ice hockey player, executive (1938–2007)
Doreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen
1938
British politician (1938–2024)
Antonio Angelillo
1937
Italian Argentine footballer (1937–2018)
Dick Clement
1937
English film director and writer (born 1937)
Robert Burns (Quebec politician)
1936
Canadian politician
John Danforth
1936
American politician (born 1936)
Jonathan Kozol
1936
American activist and educator
Bill Mazeroski
1936
American baseball player (1936–2026)
Knuts Skujenieks
1936
Latvian poet, journalist, and translator (1936–2022)
Werner Erhard
1935
American author, lecturer, founder "est"
Helen Gifford
1935
Australian composer
Lucille Soong
1935
Chinese American actress
Paul Josef Cordes
1934
German cardinal (1934–2024)
Dennis Letts
1934
American actor
Kevin McNamara (politician)
1934
British politician (1934–2017)
Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa
1933
Catholic cardinal
Carol Lawrence
1932
American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1932)
Robert H. Dennard
1932
American electrical engineer (1932–2024)
Bob Newhart
1929
American comedian and actor (1929–2024)
Andriyan Nikolayev
1929
Soviet cosmonaut (1929–2004)
Joyce Hatto
1928
English pianist (1928–2006)
Albert Mangelsdorff
1928
German jazz trombonist
Paul Volcker
1927
American economist (1927–2019)
Justin Kaplan
1925
American writer and editor (1925–2014)
Paul Dietzel
1924
American football player, coach, and administrator (1924–2013)
Frank Armitage
1924
Australian-American painter (1924–2016)
David Hamer
1923
Australian politician (1923–2002)
Ken Meuleman
1923
Australian cricketer
Denys Wilkinson
1922
British nuclear physicist (1922–2016)
Murray Henderson (ice hockey)
1921
Canadian ice hockey player
Jack Valenti
1921
American political advisor and lobbyist (1921–2007)
Peter Racine Fricker
1920
English composer
Fons Rademakers
1920
Dutch actor (1920–2007)
Elisabeth Volkenrath
1919
Nazi concentration camp supervisor
Luis Alcoriza
1918
Mexican screenwriter, film director and actor
Bob Katter Sr.
1918
Australian politician (1918–1990)
Fred McCarthy (cartoonist)
1918
American cartoonist and friar (1918–2009)
Pedro E. Guerrero
1917
American photographer (1917–2012)
Sören Nordin
1917
Frank Shuster
1916
Canadian comedian (1916–2002)
Frank Yerby
1916
American novelist (1916–1991)
Stuart Freeborn
1914
English make-up artist (1914–2013)
Gail Kubik
1914
American composer (1914–1984)
Nicanor Parra
1914
Chilean poet and physicist (1914–2018)
John Cage
1912
American avant-garde composer (1912–1992)
Kristina Söderbaum
1912
Swedish-German actress (1912–2001)
Frank Thomas (animator)
1912
American animator and writer (1912–2004)
Leila Mackinlay
1910
Phiroze Palia
1910
Indian cricketer
Hans Carste
1909
German composer and conductor
Bernard Delfont
1909
British theatrical impresario and media proprietor (1909–1994)
Archie Jackson
1909
Australian cricketer (1909–1933)
Josué de Castro
1908
Brazilian physician (1908–1973)
Joaquín Nin-Culmell
1908
Cuban-Spanish composer, concert pianist and emeritus professor of music
Cecilia Seghizzi
1908
Italian painter and composer (1908–2019)
Renzo Rivolta
1908
Italian engineer (1908–1966)
Ralston Crawford
1906
American painter, lithographer, photographer (1906–1978)
Sunnyland Slim
1906
American blues pianist and singer (1906–1995)
Maurice Challe
1905
French general
Arthur Koestler
1905
Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)
Justiniano Montano
1905
Filipino lawyer and politician (1905–2005)
Vera Bradford
1904
Australian classical pianist and teacher
Jean Dalrymple
1902
American dramatist (1902–1998)
Darryl F. Zanuck
1902
American film producer (1902–1979)
Florence Eldridge
1901
American actress (1901–1988)
Mario Scelba
1901
Italian politician (1901–1991)
1800s
Humphrey Cobb
1899
American novelist (1899–1944)
Helen Creighton
1899
Canadian folklorist
Morris Carnovsky
1897
American actor (1897–1992)
Arthur Nielsen
1897
American market researcher (1897–1980)
Joseph Szigeti
1892
Hungarian violinist (1892–1973)
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
1888
President of India from 1962 to 1967
Otto Erich Deutsch
1883
Austrian musicologist (1883–1967)
Otto Bauer
1881
Austrian socialist politician (1881–1938)
Henry Maitland Wilson
1881
British field marshal (1881–1964)
José María of Manila
1880
Filipino blessed and Martyr
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
1876
German field marshal (1876–1956)
Nap Lajoie
1874
American baseball player and manager (1874–1959)
Cornelius Vanderbilt III
1873
American military officer and engineer
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
1872
Indian freedom fighter, first Indian helmsman and former leader of INC
Horace Rice
1872
Australian tennis player (1872–1950)
Friedrich Akel
1871
Estonian diplomat and politician (1871–1941)
Amy Beach
1867
American composer and pianist (1867–1944)
Thomas E. Watson
1856
American politician (1856–1922)
Eugen Goldstein
1850
German physicist (1850–1930)
Jesse James
1847
American outlaw (1847–1882)
Justiniano Borgoño
1836
Peruvian brigadier general and politician (1836–1921)
George Huntington Hartford
1833
American politician (1833–1917)
Victorien Sardou
1831
French dramatist (1831–1908)
Lester Allan Pelton
1829
American mechanical engineer
Goffredo Mameli
1827
Italian poet and writer (1827–1849)
John Wisden
1826
English cricketer
Edmund Kennedy
1818
Australian explorer (1818-1848)
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
1817
Russian poet, novelist, and playwright
Louis Juchault de Lamoricière
1806
French general (1806–1865)
Before 1800
Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy
1792
French geologist (1792–1857)
Giacomo Meyerbeer
1791
German-born opera composer (1791–1864)
François Sulpice Beudant
1787
French mineralogist and geologist (1787–1850)
Anton Diabelli
1781
Austrian music publisher, editor and composer
Juan Martín Díez
1775
Spanish military leader and guerrilla fighter
Caspar David Friedrich
1774
German Romantic landscape painter (1774–1840)
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
1772
Shah of Iran from 1797 to 1834
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
1771
Austrian archduke and general (1771–1847)
John Shortland
1769
Royal Navy officer (1769–1810)
Robert Fergusson
1750
Scottish poet and writer
Johann Christian Bach
1735
German composer (1735–1782)
Jean-Étienne Montucla
1725
French mathematician and historian (1725–1799)
Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony
1722
Elector of Saxony in 1763
Carl Gustaf Tessin
1695
Swedish nobleman and politician (1695–1770)
František Antonín Míča
1694
Czech conductor, tenor singer and composer
Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri
1667
Italian Jesuit priest, philosopher and mathematician (1667–1733)
Gottfried Arnold
1666
German Lutheran theologian and historian
William Dampier
1651
English explorer, pirate, privateer and naturalist (1651–1715)
Maria of Orange-Nassau
1642
Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland
1641
English nobleman and politician (1641–1702)
Louis XIV
1638
King of France from 1643 to 1715
Tommaso Campanella
1568
Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet (1568–1639)
Date Masamune
1567
Daimyo of the Sengoku period to early-Edo period; first lord of Sendai
Magnus, Duke of Holstein
1540
Danish prince, Prince-bishop of Ösel, King of Livonia
Jacopo Zabarella
1533
Italian philosopher
Maria of Jever
1500
Last ruler of Jever from the Wiemken dynasty
Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence
1451
English noblewoman
Peter IV of Aragon
1319
King of Aragon from 1336 to 1387
Agnes of Bohemia, Duchess of Austria
1269
Duchess of Austria (1269–1296)
Alix, Duchess of Brittany
1201
Duchess of Brittany from 1203 to 1221
Louis VIII of France
1187
King of France from 1223 to 1226
Fan Zhongyan
989
Chinese poet, politician, philosopher and writer (989–1052)