Ernst-Gerd Kausen (75)
December 5th, 1948

German mathematician, archaeologist and egyptologist – Ernst-Gerd Kausen was born in Rheinhausen (District in Duisburg, Germany) on December 5th, 1948 and is 75 years old today.

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Kali Rocha

American actress

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Conan Gray

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*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

88

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Former King of Thailand

*December 5th, 1927, Mount Auburn Hospital †October 13th, 2016, Siriraj Hospital

65

Walt Disney

American animator and producer (1901–1966)

*December 5th, 1901, Chicago †December 15th, 1966, Burbank

63

Hennes Weisweiler

German association football player and manager (1919–1983)

*December 5th, 1919, Lechenich †July 5th, 1983, Aesch

77

José Carreras

Spanish opera singer

*December 5th, 1946, Sants

68

Karin Neugebauer

East German swimmer

*December 5th, 1955, Leipzig

78

Moshe Katsav

Israeli politician, 8th president of Israel

*December 5th, 1945, Yazd

76

Viviane Ventura

Formerly British actress and now worldwide entertainment booking agent

*December 5th, 1947, London

38

André-Pierre Gignac

French association football player

*December 5th, 1985, Martigues

74

Werner Heisenberg

German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner

*December 5th, 1901, Würzburg †February 1st, 1976, Munich

73

Jean-Luc Petitrenaud

French circus performer

*December 5th, 1950, Clermont-Ferrand

76

Valery Likhachov

Russian cyclist

*December 5th, 1947, Yaña Çişmä

73

Nick Jameson

American actor

*December 5th, 1950, Columbia

91

Sheldon Glashow

American theoretical physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)

*December 5th, 1932, New York City

79

Jeroen Krabbé

Dutch actor, film director

*December 5th, 1944, Amsterdam

67

Klaus Allofs

German football player and executive

*December 5th, 1956, Düsseldorf

77

Michael Canavan

American military official

*December 5th, 1946, Quincy

79

Martin Van Buren

President of the United States from 1837 to 1841

*December 5th, 1782, Kinderhook †July 24th, 1862, Kinderhook

101

Ren Xinmin

Chinese scientist

*December 5th, 1915, Ningguo †February 12th, 2017, Beijing

75

Kim Simmonds

British rock musician (1947–2022)

*December 5th, 1947, Newbridge †December 13th, 2022

28

Kaetlyn Osmond

Canadian figure skater

*December 5th, 1995, Marystown

38

Gianni Meersman

Belgian road bicycle racer

*December 5th, 1985, Tielt

77

Tadeusz Sławek

Polish writer

*December 5th, 1946, Katowice

87

Little Richard

American musician (1932–2020)

*December 5th, 1932, Macon †May 9th, 2020, Nashville

82

Ricardo Bofill

Spanish architect (1939-2022)

*December 5th, 1939, Barcelona †January 14th, 2022, Barcelona

74

J.J. Cale

American musician (1938–2013)

*December 5th, 1938, Oklahoma City †July 26th, 2013, La Jolla

76

Egberto Gismonti

Brazilian musician and composer

*December 5th, 1947, Carmo

78

Serge Chapleau

French Canadian editorial cartoonist

*December 5th, 1945, Montreal

50

Hideyuki Ashihara

Japanese full-contact karate master, the founder of Ashihara kaikan (1944-1995)

*December 5th, 1944, Hiroshima †April 24th, 1995, Matsuyama

Also born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

75

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

94th Prime Minister of France

*August 3rd, 1948, Poitiers

75

Donna Karan

American fashion designer

*October 2nd, 1948, New York City

75

Tom Wilkinson

English actor (1948–2023)

*February 5th, 1948, Leeds †December 30th, 2023, London

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

75

Ian McEwan

British author

*June 21st, 1948, Aldershot

76

Wolfgang Schomburg

Judge

*April 9th, 1948, Berlin

75

Sauli Niinistö

Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012–2024)

*August 24th, 1948, Salo

76

Féodor Atkine

French actor

*February 27th, 1948, Paris

75

Tony Gatlif

French film director, actor and screenwriter

*September 10th, 1948, Algiers

75

George R. R. Martin

American writer and television producer

*September 20th, 1948, Bayonne

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