Famous People Born on May 5
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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
(1747) — Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792
Helen Redfield
(1900) — American geneticist
Thomas Bavin
(1874) — Australian politician
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
(1883) — British field marshal (1883–1950)
Meb Keflezighi
(1975) — Eritrean-born American long-distance runner (born 1975)
Nathan Chen
(1999) — American figure skater (born 1999)
Adam Hughes
(1967) — American comics artist and illustrator (born 1967)
Georgios Papadopoulos
(1919) — Greek military dictator (1919–1999)
Blind Willie McTell
(1898) — Piedmont blues and ragtime singer and guitarist (1898–1959)
Juan Manuel
(1282) — Duke of Peñafiel & Spanish writer
Karl Marx
(1818) — German philosopher and socialist (1818–1883)
Jean-François Copé
(1964) — French politician (born 1964)
Søren Kierkegaard
(1813) — Danish theologian and philosopher (1813–1855)
Leon Czolgosz
(1873) — Assassin of William McKinley (1873–1901)
Sylvia Pankhurst
(1882) — English activist, writer and artist (1882–1960)
Tammy Wynette
(1942) — American country singer (1942–1998)
Hiroshi Hase
(1961) — Japanese politician and professional wrestler
Craig David
(1981) — British singer (born 1981)
Robert Craufurd
(1764) — British Army officer (1764–1812)
John L. Leal
(1858) — American public health physician (1858–1914)
P. J. Tucker
(1985) — American basketball player (born 1985)
James Beard
(1903) — American chef (1903–1985)
Mayar Sherif
(1996) — Egyptian tennis player (born 1996)
Herbie Taylor
(1889) — South African cricketer (1889-1973)
Cathleen Synge Morawetz
(1923) — Canadian mathematician (1923–2017)
Kurt Loder
(1945) — American film critic, author, columnist, and television personality (born 1945)
Michael Murphy (actor)
(1938) — American film and television actor
Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery
(1530) — French nobleman and soldier (1530–1574)
Harold Miner
(1971) — American basketball player (born 1971)
Danielle Fishel
(1981) — American actress (born 1981)