Kenneth Ekman (78)
May 5th, 1945

Swedish ice hockey defenceman – Kenneth Ekman was born in Ljungby (Urban area in Ljungby Municipality, Sweden) on May 5th, 1945 and is 78 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 5

79

John Rhys-Davies

Welsh actor (born 1944)

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

65

Wolfgang Hellmich

German politician

*May 5th, 1958, Welver

77

Leif Mortensen

Danish road bicycle racer, born 1946

*May 5th, 1946, Frederiksberg

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

64

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher (1818–1883)

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

57

Chan Oi Ni

Hong Kong badminton player

*May 5th, 1966, Hong Kong

88

Eddi Arent

German actor and comedian

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

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

80

Michael Palin

English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter

*May 5th, 1943, Broomhill & Sharrow Vale

41

Vanessa Bryant

American philanthropist

*May 5th, 1982, Huntington Beach

52

Marlene Thomsen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1971, Vejle

52

Helene Kirkegaard

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1971, Præstevang Parish

78

Sylvia Pankhurst

English feminist and socialist (1882–1960)

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

70

Helga Lindner

East German swimmer

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

41

Kaveh Mehrabi

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1982, Tehran

59

Jean-François Copé

French politician

*May 5th, 1964, Boulogne-Billancourt

35

Sylvina Kurniawan

Australian badminton player

*May 5th, 1988, Surabaya

88

Bernard Pivot

French writer and presenter

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

47

Andrew Erickson

American biathlete

*May 5th, 1976, Minnetonka

83

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

American television, film, music video, and theatre director

*May 5th, 1940, New York City

71

Roger Rees

British actor (1944–2015)

*May 5th, 1944, Aberystwyth †July 10th, 2015, New York City

23

Christopher Martínez

Badminton player

*May 5th, 2000, San Marcos

71

Stefan Semmler

East German rower

*May 5th, 1952, Zschopau

61

Rodica Arba

Romanian rower

*May 5th, 1962, Petricani

75

Jomanda

Dutch medium

*May 5th, 1948, Deventer

61

Nicolas Vanier

French adventurist, writer, moviemaker and musher

*May 5th, 1962, Dakar

88

Richard Arlt

German Resistance member

*May 5th, 1911, Witoszyn Górny †August 25th, 1999

79

Roman Dzindzichashvili

Soviet-Israeli-American chess player

*May 5th, 1944, Tbilisi

Also born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

71

Bernd Fritz

German author

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

79

Barry Bostwick

American actor

*February 24th, 1945, San Mateo

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

78

Adrienne Barbeau

American actress

*June 11th, 1945, Sacramento

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

79

Eric Clapton

English guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1945)

*March 30th, 1945, Ripley

79

Linda Hunt

American actress

*April 2nd, 1945, Morristown

78

Patrick Modiano

French writer

*July 30th, 1945, Boulogne-Billancourt

78

Alain Juppé

92nd Prime Minister of France

*August 15th, 1945, Mont-de-Marsan

78

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

Kenneth Ekman