Jean-Pierre Petit (87)
April 5th, 1937

French astrophysicist, scientist and illustrator – Jean-Pierre Petit was born in Choisy-le-Roi (Commune in Val-de-Marne, France) on April 5th, 1937 and is 87 years old today.

Other personalities born on April 5

38

Kenichi Hayakawa

Badminton player

*April 5th, 1986, Otsu

82

Roman Herzog

Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1934-2017)

*April 5th, 1934, Landshut †January 10th, 2017, Bad Mergentheim

81

Frank Schepke

German rower (1935-2017)

*April 5th, 1935, Königsberg †April 4th, 2017, Kiel

33

Andreas Heinz

German badminton player

*April 5th, 1991, Groß-Gerau

31

Airi Mikkelä

Badminton player

*April 5th, 1993, Vantaa

30

Simona Tabasco

Italian actress

*April 5th, 1994, Naples

83

Michael Moriarty

American-Canadian actor and musician (b. 1941)

*April 5th, 1941, Detroit

77

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

President of the Philippines

*April 5th, 1947, San Juan

80

Reinhard Günzel

German general

*April 5th, 1944, The Hague

95

Ivar Giaever

Norwegian physicist

*April 5th, 1929, Bergen

69

Akira Toriyama

Japanese manga artist and video game character designer

*April 5th, 1955, Nagoya

74

Agnetha Fältskog

Swedish singer (born 1950)

*April 5th, 1950, Jönköping

51

Pharrell Williams

American singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer

*April 5th, 1973, Virginia Beach

80

Willy Planckaert

Road bicycle racer

*April 5th, 1944, Nevele

40

Kim Dae-sung

South Korean badminton player

*April 5th, 1984, Miryang

30

Sandra-Maria Jensen

Danish badminton player

*April 5th, 1994, Bulgaria

69

Charlotte de Turckheim

French comedian

*April 5th, 1955, Paris

82

Peter Greenaway

Welsh film director

*April 5th, 1942, Newport

81

Bette Davis

American actress (1908–1989)

*April 5th, 1908, Lowell †October 6th, 1989, Neuilly-sur-Seine

82

Irmgard Schwaetzer

German politician

*April 5th, 1942, Münster

84

Emilio Trivini

Italian rower

*April 5th, 1938, Dongo †August 27th, 2022, Rome

80

Peter King

American politician (born 1944)

*April 5th, 1944, Manhattan

92

Bora Ćosić

Serbian author

*April 5th, 1932, Zagreb

44

Matt Bonner

American basketball player

*April 5th, 1980, Concord

36

Matthias Jaissle

German association football player and manager

*April 5th, 1988, Nürtingen

81

Herbert von Karajan

Austrian conductor (1908–1989)

*April 5th, 1908, Salzburg †July 16th, 1989, Anif

80

Willeke van Ammelrooy

Dutch actress

*April 5th, 1944, Amsterdam

72

Nigel Hawthorne

British actor (1929–2001)

*April 5th, 1929, Coventry †December 26th, 2001, Radwell

73

Josef Wiesehöfer

German classical historian (born 1951)

*April 5th, 1951, Wickede

34

Género Zeefuik

Dutch association football player

*April 5th, 1990, Amsterdam

Also born in 1937

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

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

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

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

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

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

87

Valentina Tereshkova

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

*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

78

Meena Shah

Badminton player

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

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

Jean-Pierre Petit