Paola del Medico (73)
October 5th, 1950

Swiss singer – Paola del Medico was born in St. Gallen (Capital of the canton of St. Gall in Switzerland) on October 5th, 1950 and is 73 years old today.

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Howard Schmidt

American computer security expert (1949-2017)

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

72

Karen Allen

American actress

*October 5th, 1951, Carrollton

68

Caroline Loeb

French actress and singer

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

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

65

Neil deGrasse Tyson

African-American astrophysicist and science communicator

*October 5th, 1958, Manhattan

74

Peter Ackroyd

English author

*October 5th, 1949, London

71

Emomali Rahmon

President of Tajikistan (1992-present)

*October 5th, 1952, Danghara

80

Michael Morpurgo

British children's writer

*October 5th, 1943, St Albans

72

Bob Geldof

Irish singer-songwriter and political activist (born 1951)

*October 5th, 1951, Dún Laoghaire

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

100

Glynis Johns

British actress (1923–2024)

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

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

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

72

Detlev Jöcker

German composer and publisher

*October 5th, 1951, Münster

76

Brian Johnson

English singer, songwriter and television show host of car shows

*October 5th, 1947, Dunston

56

Jenna Russell

British actress

*October 5th, 1967, Paddington

56

Guy Pearce

English-born Australian actor

*October 5th, 1967, Ely

74

Bill James

American baseball writer and statistician

*October 5th, 1949, Holton

66

Lee Thompson

English musician

*October 5th, 1957, London

47

Ramzan Kadyrov

Russian politician and head of the Chechen Republic

*October 5th, 1976, Akhmat-Yurt

71

Harold Faltermeyer

German musician

*October 5th, 1952, Munich

77

Pierre Legendre

Canadian ecologist

*October 5th, 1946, Montreal

57

Chester A. Arthur

President of the United States from 1881 to 1885

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

70

Denis Diderot

French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)

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

55

Anna Keaveney

Actress (1949-2004)

*October 5th, 1949, Runcorn †November 20th, 2004

82

Eduardo Duhalde

Interim President of Argentina from 2002 to 2003

*October 5th, 1941, Lomas de Zamora

66

Jens Doberschütz

East German rower

*October 5th, 1957, Dresden

71

Clive Barker

English author, film director, and visual artist

*October 5th, 1952, Liverpool

Also born in 1950

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

74

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

73

Harriet Walter

British actress (born 1950)

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Debbie Allen

American actress, choreographer, television director, television producer, singer, and dancer

*January 16th, 1950, Houston

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

74

William H. Macy

American actor

*March 13th, 1950, Miami

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

74

Bobby McFerrin

American jazz vocalista and composer

*March 11th, 1950, Manhattan

73

Jeane Manson

American actress

*October 1st, 1950, Cleveland

74

Daniel Auteuil

French actor and director

*January 24th, 1950, Algiers

73

Viktor Yanukovych

Ukrainian politician and the 4th President of Ukraine, ousted from office during the Revolution of Dignity in 2014

*July 9th, 1950, Yenakiieve

74

Victoria Principal

American actress

*January 3rd, 1950, Fukuoka

73

Rainer Arnold

German politician

*June 21st, 1950, Stuttgart

73

Steve Wozniak

American–Serbian computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.

*August 11th, 1950, San Jose

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