John Seale (83)
October 5th, 1942

Australian cinematographer – John Seale was born in Warwick (Town in Queensland, Australia) on October 5th, 1942 and is 83 years old today.

Other personalities born on October 5

82

Michael Morpurgo

British children's writer

*October 5th, 1943, St Albans

82

Horst Queck

East German ski jumper

*October 5th, 1943, Steinach

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

73

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

67

Neil deGrasse Tyson

African-American astrophysicist and science communicator

*October 5th, 1958, Manhattan

100

Glynis Johns

British actress (1923–2024)

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

76

Peter Ackroyd

English author

*October 5th, 1949, London

84

Eduardo Duhalde

Interim President of Argentina from 2002 to 2003

*October 5th, 1941, Lomas de Zamora

82

Etela Farkašová

Slovak philosopher and writer

*October 5th, 1943, Levoča

75

Donald Pleasence

British actor (1919–1995)

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

68

Lee Thompson

English musician

*October 5th, 1957, London

82

Ben Cardin

American lawyer and politician (born 1943)

*October 5th, 1943, Baltimore

82

Gerhard Mussner

Italian alpine skier

*October 5th, 1943, Sëlva

88

Paul Wild

Swiss astronomer (1925-2014)

*October 5th, 1925, Wädenswil †July 2nd, 2014, Bern

92

Autherine Lucy

American activist

*October 5th, 1929, Shiloh, Marengo County, Alabama †March 2nd, 2022

54

Tonia Antoniazzi

Welsh politician, Labour Party MP for Gower (born 1971)

*October 5th, 1971, Llanelli

41

Nate Thompson

American ice hockey player

*October 5th, 1984, Anchorage

89

Blanchette Brunoy

French actress

*October 5th, 1915, 14th arrondissement of Paris †April 3rd, 2005, Manosque

52

Willi Unsoeld

American mountaineer

*October 5th, 1926, Arcata †March 4th, 1979, Mount Rainier

Also born in 1942

83

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, London

83

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

83

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

83

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

84

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

84

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

84

Otto Fräßdorf

East German association football player and manager

*February 3rd, 1942, Magdeburg

84

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan leader, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

84

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

83

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician (1942–2017)

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

84

Vicente Fox Quesada

62th President of Mexico

*July 2nd, 1942, Mexico City

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

84

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th Mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

71

Bob Hoskins

English actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

84

Barbra Streisand

American singer and actress (born 1942)

*April 24th, 1942, Brooklyn

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

82

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh †December 30th, 2024, Melbourne

84

Javier Solana

Spanish politician

*July 14th, 1942, Madrid

84

Michael Crawford

British actor and singer

*January 19th, 1942, Salisbury

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