Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau (86)
December 5th, 1937

Catholic bishop – Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Commune in Hauts-de-Seine, France) on December 5th, 1937 and is 86 years old today.

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Kali Rocha

American actress

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Bhumibol Adulyadej

Former King of Thailand

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

25

Conan Gray

American singer-songwriter

*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

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

74

J.J. Cale

American musician (1938–2013)

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

91

Sheldon Glashow

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

*December 5th, 1932, New York City

82

Ricardo Bofill

Spanish architect (1939-2022)

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

74

Werner Heisenberg

German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner

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

87

Little Richard

American musician (1932–2020)

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

77

José Carreras

Spanish opera singer

*December 5th, 1946, Sants

101

Ren Xinmin

Chinese scientist

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

85

Heidi Schmid

German fencer

*December 5th, 1938, Klagenfurt

38

André-Pierre Gignac

French association football player

*December 5th, 1985, Martigues

68

Karin Neugebauer

East German swimmer

*December 5th, 1955, Leipzig

79

Martin Van Buren

President of the United States from 1837 to 1841

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

78

Moshe Katsav

Israeli politician, 8th president of Israel

*December 5th, 1945, Yazd

82

Julius Natterer

German engineer

*December 5th, 1938, Neukirchen †October 25th, 2021

85

Chris Lomme

Belgian actress

*December 5th, 1938, Kortrijk

88

Marise Chamberlain

New Zealand distance runner

*December 5th, 1935, Christchurch

83

Peter Pohl

Swedish writer and lecturer

*December 5th, 1940, Hamburg

79

Jeroen Krabbé

Dutch actor, film director

*December 5th, 1944, Amsterdam

28

Kaetlyn Osmond

Canadian figure skater

*December 5th, 1995, Marystown

85

Yury Vlasov

Soviet weightlifter

*December 5th, 1935, Makiivka †February 13th, 2021, Moscow

38

Gianni Meersman

Belgian road bicycle racer

*December 5th, 1985, Tielt

87

James Lee Burke

American author

*December 5th, 1936, Houston

89

Hassan Akesbi

Moroccan former football striker

*December 5th, 1934, Tangier

67

Klaus Allofs

German football player and executive

*December 5th, 1956, Düsseldorf

108

Johannes Heesters

Dutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011)

*December 5th, 1903, Amersfoort †December 24th, 2011, Starnberg

85

Joseph Banowetz

American musician

*December 5th, 1936, New York City †July 3rd, 2022, Frisco

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, director, and narrator (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

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*February 25th, 1937, Kingston upon Hull

Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau