Pierre Legendre (77)
October 5th, 1946

Canadian ecologist – Pierre Legendre was born in Montreal (Largest city in Quebec, Canada) on October 5th, 1946 and is 77 years old today.

Other personalities born on October 5

68

Caroline Loeb

French actress and singer

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

67

Howard Schmidt

American computer security expert (1949-2017)

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

80

Michael Morpurgo

British children's writer

*October 5th, 1943, St Albans

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

72

Karen Allen

American actress

*October 5th, 1951, Carrollton

65

Neil deGrasse Tyson

African-American astrophysicist and science communicator

*October 5th, 1958, Manhattan

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

76

Brian Johnson

English singer, songwriter and television show host of car shows

*October 5th, 1947, Dunston

77

A. R. Penck

German artist (1939-2017)

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

44

Sascha Lewandowski

German association football player and manager (1971–2016)

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

74

Peter Ackroyd

English author

*October 5th, 1949, London

48

Kate Winslet

English actress (born 1976)

*October 5th, 1975, Reading

75

Donald Pleasence

British actor (1919–1995)

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

71

Emomali Rahmon

President of Tajikistan (1992-present)

*October 5th, 1952, Danghara

100

Glynis Johns

British actress (1923–2024)

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

72

Bob Geldof

Irish singer-songwriter and political activist (born 1951)

*October 5th, 1951, Dún Laoghaire

80

Horst Queck

East German ski jumper

*October 5th, 1943, Steinach

56

Jenna Russell

British actress

*October 5th, 1967, Paddington

47

Ramzan Kadyrov

Russian politician and head of the Chechen Republic

*October 5th, 1976, Akhmat-Yurt

82

Eduardo Duhalde

Interim President of Argentina from 2002 to 2003

*October 5th, 1941, Lomas de Zamora

56

Guy Pearce

English-born Australian actor

*October 5th, 1967, Ely

57

Chester A. Arthur

President of the United States from 1881 to 1885

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

66

Lee Thompson

English musician

*October 5th, 1957, London

70

Denis Diderot

French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)

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

61

James Rizzi

American pop artist (1950-2011)

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

80

Steve Miller

American guitarist and singer-songwriter

*October 5th, 1943, Milwaukee

80

Abi Ofarim

Israeli musician and dancer (1937-2018)

*October 5th, 1937, Safed †May 4th, 2018, Munich

43

Joakim Brodén

Swedish singer

*October 5th, 1980, Falun

79

Inna Churikova

Soviet and Russian actress (1943–2023)

*October 5th, 1943, Belebey †January 14th, 2023, Moscow

79

Cesare Nosiglia

Roman Catholic archbishop

*October 5th, 1944, Rossiglione

Also born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

42nd President of the United States

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

77

Mireille Mathieu

French singer

*July 22nd, 1946, Avignon

78

David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

*March 6th, 1946, Cambridge

77

Benny Andersson

Swedish musician and composer

*December 16th, 1946, Stockholm

77

Stephen Rea

Irish actor

*October 31st, 1946, Belfast

77

Danny Glover

American actor, film director and political activist

*July 22nd, 1946, San Francisco

60

Syd Barrett

British musician (1946–2006), co-founder of Pink Floyd

*January 6th, 1946, Cambridge †July 7th, 2006, Cambridge

77

Linda Ronstadt

American singer (born 1946)

*July 15th, 1946, Tucson

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

69

Patty Duke

American actress (1946–2016)

*December 14th, 1946, Queens †March 29th, 2016, Coeur d'Alene

78

Timothy Dalton

British actor of stage, film and television

*March 21st, 1946, Colwyn Bay

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