Chan Sek Keong (86)
November 5th, 1937

Singaporean lawyer and judge – Chan Sek Keong was born in Ipoh (State capital of Perak, Malaysia) on November 5th, 1937 and is 86 years old today.

Other personalities born on November 5

85

Uwe Seeler

German footballer (1936–2022)

*November 5th, 1936, Hamburg †July 21st, 2022, Norderstedt

73

Sam Shepard

American playwright and actor (1943–2017)

*November 5th, 1943, Fort Sheridan †July 27th, 2017, Midway

56

Kayah

Polish singer

*November 5th, 1967, Warsaw

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

53

Turid Birkeland

Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)

*November 5th, 1962, Haugesund Municipality †December 24th, 2015, Oslo

53

Vivien Leigh

British actress (1913–1967)

*November 5th, 1913, Darjeeling †July 8th, 1967, Eaton Square

63

Tilda Swinton

Scottish-British actress

*November 5th, 1960, London

75

Peter Hammill

English singer-songwriter

*November 5th, 1948, Ealing

82

Art Garfunkel

American singer (born 1941)

*November 5th, 1941, Forest Hills

83

Armido Torri

Italian rower

*November 5th, 1938, Oliveto Lario †January 23rd, 2022, Opera

60

Jean-Pierre Papin

French association football player and manager

*November 5th, 1963, Boulogne-sur-Mer

59

Klaus Enderlein

East German motorcycle racer (1936-1995)

*November 5th, 1936, Markersbach †December 13th, 1995

85

Richard Davalos

American actor (1930–2016)

*November 5th, 1930, The Bronx †March 8th, 2016, Burbank

75

William Daniel Phillips

Physics Nobel laureate

*November 5th, 1948, Wilkes-Barre

41

Joe Dassin

French-American musician (1938–1980)

*November 5th, 1938, Brooklyn †August 20th, 1980, Papeete

101

María Isabel Rodríguez

Salvadoran doctor

*November 5th, 1922, San Salvador

55

Seth Gilliam

American actor

*November 5th, 1968, New York City

99

Kurt Gossweiler

German historian of modern age (1917-2017)

*November 5th, 1917, Stuttgart †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

55

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Spanish-Italian actress

*November 5th, 1968, Rome

86

Paul Sabatier

French chemist

*November 5th, 1854, Carcassonne †August 14th, 1941, Toulouse

86

Lester Piggott

British champion jockey (1935–2022)

*November 5th, 1935, Wantage †May 29th, 2022, Geneva

44

David Suazo

Honduran footballer

*November 5th, 1979, San Pedro Sula

71

Vandana Shiva

Indian philosopher, activist and environmentalist (*1952)

*November 5th, 1952, Dehradun

59

Famke Janssen

Dutch actress

*November 5th, 1964, Amstelveen

60

Andrea McArdle

American singer and actress

*November 5th, 1963, Philadelphia

80

Rüdiger Henning

German rower

*November 5th, 1943, Berlin

67

David Battley

British actor (1935-2003)

*November 5th, 1935, Battersea †January 20th, 2003, Epsom

75

Bernard-Henri Lévy

French film director and philosopher

*November 5th, 1948, Beni Saf

50

Albert Espinosa

Spanish screenwriter, playwright, writer, actor and director

*November 5th, 1973, Barcelona

24

Loena Hendrickx

Belgian figure skater

*November 5th, 1999, Turnhout

Also born in 1937

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

80

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

86

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

87

Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

79

Radu Gabrea

Romanian film director and screenwriter (1937-2017)

*June 20th, 1937, Bucharest †February 9th, 2017

71

George Carlin

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

*May 12th, 1937, New York City †June 22nd, 2008, Santa Monica

86

Tom Stoppard

British playwright (born 1937)

*July 3rd, 1937, Zlín

86

Bill Cosby

American actor and comedian (born 1937)

*July 12th, 1937, Philadelphia

78

Meena Shah

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1937, Balrampur †March 10th, 2015

87

Valentina Tereshkova

Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space

*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

86

Erich Ribbeck

German football player and coach

*June 13th, 1937, Wuppertal

79

Merle Haggard

American country music songwriter, singer, and musician (1937–2016)

*April 6th, 1937, Bakersfield †April 6th, 2016, Palo Cedro

87

Tom Courtenay

English actor

*February 25th, 1937, Kingston upon Hull

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