Farid F. Abraham (86)
May 5th, 1937

American scientist – Farid F. Abraham was born in Phoenix (City in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States) on May 5th, 1937 and is 86 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 5

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

79

John Rhys-Davies

Welsh actor (born 1944)

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

88

Bernard Pivot

French writer and presenter

*May 5th, 1935, 4th arrondissement of Lyon

88

Eddi Arent

German actor and comedian

*May 5th, 1925, Wrzeszcz †May 28th, 2013, Munich

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

85

Michael Murphy

American film and television actor

*May 5th, 1938, Los Angeles

64

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher (1818–1883)

*May 5th, 1818, Trier †March 14th, 1883, London

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

65

Wolfgang Hellmich

German politician

*May 5th, 1958, Welver

57

Chan Oi Ni

Hong Kong badminton player

*May 5th, 1966, Hong Kong

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

41

Vanessa Bryant

American philanthropist

*May 5th, 1982, Huntington Beach

78

Sylvia Pankhurst

English feminist and socialist (1882–1960)

*May 5th, 1882, Manchester †September 27th, 1960, Addis Ababa

83

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

American television, film, music video, and theatre director

*May 5th, 1940, New York City

52

Marlene Thomsen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1971, Vejle

52

Helene Kirkegaard

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1971, Præstevang Parish

85

Jerzy Skolimowski

Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor

*May 5th, 1938, Łódź

41

Kaveh Mehrabi

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1982, Tehran

35

Sylvina Kurniawan

Australian badminton player

*May 5th, 1988, Surabaya

83

Pierre Schoendoerffer

French film director (1928–2012)

*May 5th, 1928, Chamalières †March 14th, 2012, Clamart

90

Amiran Pimenovich Khuskivadze

Physicist, cyberneticist, philosopher

*May 5th, 1933, Zestafoni Municipality

59

Jean-François Copé

French politician

*May 5th, 1964, Boulogne-Billancourt

80

Michael Palin

English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter

*May 5th, 1943, Broomhill & Sharrow Vale

47

Andrew Erickson

American biathlete

*May 5th, 1976, Minnetonka

83

Lance Henriksen

American actor

*May 5th, 1940, New York City

23

Christopher Martínez

Badminton player

*May 5th, 2000, San Marcos

88

Richard Arlt

German Resistance member

*May 5th, 1911, Witoszyn Górny †August 25th, 1999

70

Jacques Médecin

French politician

*May 5th, 1928, Nice †November 17th, 1998, Punta del Este

70

Helga Lindner

East German swimmer

*May 5th, 1951, Chemnitz †November 3rd, 2021, Chemnitz

90

Douglas Turner Ward

American playwright

*May 5th, 1930, Burnside †February 20th, 2021, Manhattan

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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