Birthday: 5 April
Famous people born on 5 April
35 of the best-known people in our data were born on 5 April, including Thomas Hobbes, Bette Davis and Gregory Peck. The longest life among them was Roger Corman's, at 98 years.
- Thomas HobbesEnglish philosopher · 1588–167991 yrs
- Bette DavisAmerican actress · 1908–198981 yrs
- Gregory PeckAmerican actor · 1916–200387 yrs
- Spencer TracyAmerican actor · 1900–196767 yrs
- Colin PowellAmerican general and diplomat · 1937–202184 yrs
- Joseph ListerBritish surgeon and antiseptic pioneer · 1827–191284 yrs
- Herbert von KarajanAustrian conductor · 1908–198981 yrs
- Akira ToriyamaJapanese manga artist and character designer · 1955–202468 yrs
- Roman HerzogFormer President of the Federal Republic of Germany · 1934–201782 yrs
- Ivar GiæverNorwegian-American physicist · 1929–202596 yrs
- Booker T. Washington ↗African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor · 1856–191559 yrs
- Algernon Charles Swinburne ↗English poet, playwright and novelist · 1837–190972 yrs
- Conrad Gessner ↗Swiss physician, bibliographer and naturalist · 1516–156549 yrs
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard ↗French painter · 1732–180674 yrs
- Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ↗President of South Vietnam from 1965–75 · 1923–200178 yrs
- Matthias Jacob Schleiden ↗German botanist and philosopher · 1804–188177 yrs
- Melvyn Douglas ↗American actor · 1901–198180 yrs
- Judith Resnik ↗American engineer and astronaut · 1949–198636 yrs
- Walter Huston ↗Canadian actor and singer · 1883–195067 yrs
- Roger Corman ↗American film director and producer · 1926–202498 yrs
- Frank Gorshin ↗American actor and comedian · 1933–200572 yrs
- Jules Ferry ↗French politician · 1832–189360 yrs
- Alexander of Battenberg ↗Bulgarian ruler · 1857–189336 yrs
- Robert Bloch ↗American fiction writer · 1917–199477 yrs
- Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine ↗Member of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt · 1863–195087 yrs
- Hugo Claus ↗Belgian author · 1929–200878 yrs
- Arthur Hailey ↗British-Canadian writer · 1920–200484 yrs
- Louis Spohr ↗German composer, violinist and conductor · 1784–185975 yrs
- Nigel Hawthorne ↗British actor · 1929–200172 yrs
- Francisco ↗Italian mendicant friar, founder of the Order of Minims · 1416–150791 yrs
- Jean-Louis Tauran ↗Cardinal from France · 1943–201875 yrs
- Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet ↗British politician · 1810–189584 yrs
- El Risitas ↗Spanish comedian and actor · 1956–202165 yrs
- Felice Borel ↗Italian footballer · 1914–199378 yrs
- Tom Finney ↗English footballer · 1922–201491 yrs
Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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