José João da Silva (70)
May 5th, 1954

Brazilian long-distance runner – José João da Silva was born in Bezerros (Municipality of Pernambuco State, Brazil) on May 5th, 1954 and is 70 years old today.

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Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

36

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

80

John Rhys-Davies

Welsh actor (born 1944)

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

66

Wolfgang Hellmich

German politician

*May 5th, 1958, Welver

45

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

58

Chan Oi Ni

Hong Kong badminton player

*May 5th, 1966, Hong Kong

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Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

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Vanessa Bryant

American philanthropist

*May 5th, 1982, Huntington Beach

53

Marlene Thomsen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1971, Vejle

72

Stefan Semmler

East German rower

*May 5th, 1952, Zschopau

70

Helga Lindner

East German swimmer

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

53

Helene Kirkegaard

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1971, Præstevang Parish

64

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher (1818–1883)

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

60

Jean-François Copé

French politician

*May 5th, 1964, Boulogne-Billancourt

88

Eddi Arent

German actor and comedian

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

42

Kaveh Mehrabi

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1982, Tehran

62

Rodica Arba

Romanian rower

*May 5th, 1962, Petricani

36

Sylvina Kurniawan

Australian badminton player

*May 5th, 1988, Surabaya

78

Sylvia Pankhurst

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

48

Andrew Erickson

American biathlete

*May 5th, 1976, Minnetonka

62

Nicolas Vanier

French adventurist, writer, moviemaker and musher

*May 5th, 1962, Dakar

24

Christopher Martínez

Badminton player

*May 5th, 2000, San Marcos

67

Richard E. Grant

British-Swazi actor

*May 5th, 1957, Mbabane

69

Alain Caron

Canadian bass player

*May 5th, 1955, Saint-Éloi

71

Dieter Zetsche

German manager and businessman; global CEO of Mercedes

*May 5th, 1953, Istanbul

52

James Cracknell

British rower

*May 5th, 1972, Sutton

89

Bernard Pivot

French writer and presenter

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

69

Robert Marien

Canadian actor

*May 5th, 1955, Montreal

74

Googoosh

Iranian singer and actor

*May 5th, 1950, Tehran

78

Leif Mortensen

Danish road bicycle racer, born 1946

*May 5th, 1946, Frederiksberg

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69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

69

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

69

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

69

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

*October 2nd, 1954, Brooklyn

67

Shinzō Abe

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954-2022)

*September 21st, 1954, Shinjuku †July 8th, 2022, Nara Medical University Hospital

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

58

Hugo Chávez

President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013

*July 28th, 1954, Sabaneta †March 5th, 2013, Hospital Militar de Caracas

69

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

69

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

69

Sven-Erik Bucht

Swedish politician

*December 28th, 1954, Karungi

70

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

69

Kathy Kinney

American actress

*November 3rd, 1954, Stevens Point

69

Petra Uhlig

East German handball player

*July 22nd, 1954, Penig

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

70

Isabelle McEwen

Canadian film director

*January 6th, 1954, Montreal

69

Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

69

Paolo Gentiloni

Italian politician (born 1954)

*November 22nd, 1954, Rome

69

Rudolf Henke

German politician

*June 5th, 1954, Birkesdorf

69

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

38

Rafael Orozco Maestre

Colombian singer (1954-1992)

*March 24th, 1954, Becerril †June 11th, 1992, Barranquilla

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

69

Malcolm Turnbull

Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018

*October 24th, 1954, Sydney

69

Kathleen Turner

American actress

*June 19th, 1954, Springfield

69

James Cameron

Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)

*August 16th, 1954, Kapuskasing

69

Jean-Claude Juncker

Luxembourgish politician who was president of the European Commission in the period 2014-2019 (8th european legislature)

*December 9th, 1954, Redange

70

John Travolta

American actor (born 1954)

*February 18th, 1954, Englewood

José João da Silva