Silvia Braslavsky (84)
April 5th, 1942

Argentine chemist – Silvia Braslavsky was born in Buenos Aires (Capital and largest city of Argentina) on April 5th, 1942 and is 84 years old today.

Other personalities born on April 5

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Kenichi Hayakawa

Japanese badminton player

*April 5th, 1986, Otsu

85

Michael Moriarty

American-Canadian actor and musician (b. 1941)

*April 5th, 1941, Detroit

82

Peter King

American politician (born 1944)

*April 5th, 1944, Manhattan

82

Roman Herzog

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

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

32

Simona Tabasco

Italian actress

*April 5th, 1994, Naples

79

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Filipino politician, president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010

*April 5th, 1947, San Juan

82

Willy Planckaert

Road bicycle racer

*April 5th, 1944, Nevele

68

Akira Toriyama

Japanese manga artist and character designer (1955-2024)

*April 5th, 1955, Kiyosu †March 1st, 2024, Japan

84

Colin Powell

American general and diplomat (1937–2021)

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

97

Ivar Giaever

Norwegian physicist

*April 5th, 1929, Bergen

81

Miet Smet

Belgian politician (1943–2024)

*April 5th, 1943, Sint-Niklaas †December 19th, 2024, Destelbergen

59

Frank Cremeans

American politician

*April 5th, 1943, Cheshire †January 2nd, 2003, Gallipolis

56

Nicolas Grunitzky

Togolese President (1913-1969)

*April 5th, 1913, Atakpamé †September 27th, 1969, Paris

58

Cem Karaca

Turkish rock singer, recording artist, songwriter (1945–2004)

*April 5th, 1945, Bakırköy †February 8th, 2004, Istanbul

80

Tom Wheeler

American businessman and politician

*April 5th, 1946, Redlands

56

Ronald White

American singer (1939–1995)

*April 5th, 1939, Detroit †August 26th, 1995, Detroit

71

Lazarus Chakwera

Malawi religious figure and politician

*April 5th, 1955, Lilongwe

51

Vincenzo Gioberti

Italian philosopher and politician (1801-1852)

*April 5th, 1801, Turin †October 26th, 1852, Paris

45

Augustin Malroux

French politician

*April 5th, 1900, Tarn †April 10th, 1945, extermination camp

Also born in 1942

83

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, London

83

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

83

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

83

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

74

Muhammad Ali

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

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

84

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

84

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

84

Otto Fräßdorf

East German association football player and manager

*February 3rd, 1942, Magdeburg

84

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

69

Muammar Gaddafi

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

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

76

Aretha Franklin

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

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

84

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

83

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

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

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

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician (1942–2017)

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

84

Vicente Fox Quesada

62th President of Mexico

*July 2nd, 1942, Mexico City

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

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

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

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

84

Michael Bloomberg

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

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

71

Bob Hoskins

English actor (1942–2014)

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

84

Barbra Streisand

American singer and actress (born 1942)

*April 24th, 1942, Brooklyn

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

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

82

Fraser Stoddart

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

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh †December 30th, 2024, Melbourne

84

Javier Solana

Spanish politician

*July 14th, 1942, Madrid

84

Michael Crawford

British actor and singer

*January 19th, 1942, Salisbury

Silvia Braslavsky