Silvia Braslavsky (82)
April 5th, 1942

Argentine chemist – Silvia Braslavsky was born in Buenos Aires (Capital and largest city of Argentina) on April 5th, 1942 and is 82 years old today.

Other personalities born on April 5

38

Kenichi Hayakawa

Badminton player

*April 5th, 1986, Otsu

83

Michael Moriarty

American-Canadian actor and musician (b. 1941)

*April 5th, 1941, Detroit

33

Andreas Heinz

German badminton player

*April 5th, 1991, Groß-Gerau

31

Airi Mikkelä

Badminton player

*April 5th, 1993, Vantaa

80

Reinhard Günzel

German general

*April 5th, 1944, The Hague

30

Simona Tabasco

Italian actress

*April 5th, 1994, Naples

82

Roman Herzog

Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1934-2017)

*April 5th, 1934, Landshut †January 10th, 2017, Bad Mergentheim

77

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

President of the Philippines

*April 5th, 1947, San Juan

80

Willy Planckaert

Road bicycle racer

*April 5th, 1944, Nevele

81

Frank Schepke

German rower (1935-2017)

*April 5th, 1935, Königsberg †April 4th, 2017, Kiel

74

Agnetha Fältskog

Swedish singer (born 1950)

*April 5th, 1950, Jönköping

69

Akira Toriyama

Japanese manga artist and video game character designer

*April 5th, 1955, Nagoya

80

Peter King

American politician (born 1944)

*April 5th, 1944, Manhattan

69

Charlotte de Turckheim

French comedian

*April 5th, 1955, Paris

84

Colin Powell

American general and diplomat (1937–2021)

*April 5th, 1937, New York City †October 18th, 2021, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

51

Pharrell Williams

American singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer

*April 5th, 1973, Virginia Beach

80

Willeke van Ammelrooy

Dutch actress

*April 5th, 1944, Amsterdam

40

Kim Dae-sung

South Korean badminton player

*April 5th, 1984, Miryang

30

Sandra-Maria Jensen

Danish badminton player

*April 5th, 1994, Bulgaria

95

Ivar Giaever

Norwegian physicist

*April 5th, 1929, Bergen

83

Tisa Chang

Actress

*April 5th, 1941, Chongqing

83

Eugenijus Levickas

Soviet rower

*April 5th, 1941, Vepriai

81

Bette Davis

American actress (1908–1989)

*April 5th, 1908, Lowell †October 6th, 1989, Neuilly-sur-Seine

77

Barclay Wade

Australian rower

*April 5th, 1944, Sydney †December 26th, 2021

81

Félix Vásquez

Dominican Republic politician

*April 5th, 1943, Loma de Cabrera

73

Josef Wiesehöfer

German classical historian (born 1951)

*April 5th, 1951, Wickede

44

Matt Bonner

American basketball player

*April 5th, 1980, Concord

36

Matthias Jaissle

German association football player and manager

*April 5th, 1988, Nürtingen

75

Larry J. Franco

American film producer

*April 5th, 1949, Sonora

80

Viktor Kurentsov

Soviet weightlifter

*April 5th, 1941, Syanno District †April 7th, 2021, Odintsovo

Also born in 1942

81

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, North London

81

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

81

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

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

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

74

Muhammad Ali

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

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

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

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

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

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

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

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

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

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

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

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

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

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

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

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

71

Bob Hoskins

British actor (1942–2014)

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

82

Michael Bloomberg

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

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

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

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

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

81

Fraser Stoddart

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

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Silvia Braslavsky