Jiang Weiping (68)
October 5th, 1955

Chinese journalist – Jiang Weiping was born in Dalian (City in Liaoning, China) on October 5th, 1955 and is 68 years old today.

Other personalities born on October 5

65

Neil deGrasse Tyson

African-American astrophysicist and science communicator

*October 5th, 1958, Manhattan

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

72

Karen Allen

American actress

*October 5th, 1951, Carrollton

67

Howard Schmidt

American computer security expert (1949-2017)

*October 5th, 1949, Philadelphia †March 2nd, 2017, Muskego

44

Sascha Lewandowski

German association football player and manager (1971–2016)

*October 5th, 1971, Dortmund †June 8th, 2016, Bochum

48

Kate Winslet

English actress (born 1976)

*October 5th, 1975, Reading

71

Emomali Rahmon

President of Tajikistan (1992-present)

*October 5th, 1952, Danghara

75

Václav Havel

Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

*October 5th, 1936, Prague †December 18th, 2011, Hrádeček

66

Lee Thompson

English musician

*October 5th, 1957, London

80

Michael Morpurgo

British children's writer

*October 5th, 1943, St Albans

66

Jens Doberschütz

East German rower

*October 5th, 1957, Dresden

56

Jenna Russell

British actress

*October 5th, 1967, Paddington

77

A. R. Penck

German artist (1939-2017)

*October 5th, 1939, Dresden †May 2nd, 2017, Zürich

75

Donald Pleasence

British actor (1919–1995)

*October 5th, 1919, Worksop †February 2nd, 1995, Saint-Paul-de-Vence

74

Peter Ackroyd

English author

*October 5th, 1949, London

72

Bob Geldof

Irish singer-songwriter and political activist (born 1951)

*October 5th, 1951, Dún Laoghaire

56

Guy Pearce

English-born Australian actor

*October 5th, 1967, Ely

47

Ramzan Kadyrov

Russian politician and head of the Chechen Republic

*October 5th, 1976, Akhmat-Yurt

100

Glynis Johns

British actress (1923–2024)

*October 5th, 1923, Pretoria †January 4th, 2024, Los Angeles

50

Bernie Mac

American actor

*October 5th, 1957, Chicago †August 9th, 2008, Chicago

57

Chester A. Arthur

President of the United States from 1881 to 1885

*October 5th, 1829, Fairfield †November 18th, 1886, New York City

43

Joakim Brodén

Swedish singer

*October 5th, 1980, Falun

70

Denis Diderot

French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)

*October 5th, 1713, Langres †July 31st, 1784, Paris

67

Ron Nyswaner

American film director and writer

*October 5th, 1956, Clarksville

76

Brian Johnson

English singer, songwriter and television show host of car shows

*October 5th, 1947, Dunston

71

Harold Faltermeyer

German musician

*October 5th, 1952, Munich

49

Heather Headley

Trinidadian-born singer

*October 5th, 1974, Barataria

40

Jesse Eisenberg

American actor

*October 5th, 1983, Queens

37

Rui Costa

Portuguese cyclist

*October 5th, 1986, Póvoa de Varzim

61

James Rizzi

American pop artist (1950-2011)

*October 5th, 1950, New York City †December 26th, 2011, New York City

Also born in 1955

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

68

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

68

Guillermo Lasso

47 president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

68

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

56

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

68

Steve Jones

English guitarist

*September 3rd, 1955, Shepherd's Bush

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

61

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

68

Caroline Loeb

French actress and singer

*October 5th, 1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

69

Uwe Reinders

German association football player and manager

*January 19th, 1955, Essen

61

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

69

Steve Mann

British chemist

*April 1st, 1955, Leeds

69

Jair Bolsonaro

President of Brazil from 2019 to 2022

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério

68

Adolf Sauerland

German politician

*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

69

Martin Jehne

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 27th, 1955, Hamburg

68

Isabelle Adjani

French actress

*June 27th, 1955, 17th arrondissement of Paris

68

Whoopi Goldberg

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

*November 13th, 1955, New York City

62

Kid Vinil

Brazilian singer, radio broadcaster, composer and journalist

*March 10th, 1955, Cedral †May 19th, 2017, São Paulo

69

Gary Sinise

American actor

*March 17th, 1955, Blue Island

69

Kevin Costner

American actor and filmmaker

*January 18th, 1955, Lynwood

69

Sven-Erik Österberg

Swedish politician and county governor

*March 10th, 1955, Munktorp

69

Brendan Gleeson

Irish actor

*March 29th, 1955, Dublin

69

Reba McEntire

American country singer

*March 28th, 1955, McAlester

69

Rowan Atkinson

English actor, comedian, and screenwriter

*January 6th, 1955, Consett

69

Bruce Willis

American actor (born 1955)

*March 19th, 1955, Idar-Oberstein

67

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

*February 28th, 1955, Brooklyn †April 12th, 2022, Manhattan

68

Laurie Metcalf

American actress

*June 16th, 1955, Carbondale

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