What happened on October 5 ?

1520 - Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (d. 1589)

1641 - Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of King Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)

1658 - Mary of Modena, queen of James II of England (d. 1718)

1695 - John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)

1703 - Jonathan Edwards, American minister (d. 1758)

1712 - Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (d. 1793)

1713 - Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encylopedist (d. 1784)

1715 - Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (d. 1789)

1717 - Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1744)

1781 - Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)

1795 - Alexander Keith, brewer (d. 1873)

1824 - Henry Chadwick, baseball writer and statistician (d. 1908)

1829 - Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (d.1886)

1878 - Louise Dresser, American actress (d. 1965)

1879 - Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1970)

1882 - Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (d. 1945)

1887 - René Cassin, French judge, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1976)

1889 - Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (d. 1936)

1894 - Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (d. 1948)

1902 - Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (d. 1975)

1902 - Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 1984)

1903 - M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (d. 1989)

1905 - Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d. 1987)

1907 - Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997)

1908 - Joshua Logan, American film director and writer (d. 1988)

1911 - Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (d. 1966)

1917 - Allen Ludden, American television game show host (d. 1981)

1919 - Donald Pleasence, English actor (d. 1995)

1921 - Bill Willis, American football player

1922 - José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver

1922 - Bil Keane, American cartoonist

1922 - Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985)

1923 - Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic professional football player and politician (d. 1994)

1923 - Glynis Johns, British actress

1924 - Bill Dana, American actor and comedian

1925 - Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)

1926 - Willi Unsoeld, American climber (d. 1979)

1928 - Louise Fitzhugh, American author (d. 1974)

1929 - Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American astronaut

1930 - Anne Haddy, Australian actress (d. 1999)

1930 - Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut

1930 - Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1933 - Diane Cilento, Australian actress

1934 - Angelo Buono, Jr., American serial killer (d. 2002)

1935 - Diahann Carroll, American actress

1936 - Václav Havel, playwright and President of the Czech Republic

1937 - Barry Switzer, American football coach

1938 - Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist, wife of John Kerry

1941 - Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina

1943 - Steve Miller, American musician

1947 - Brian Johnson, American singer (AC/DC) after replacing Bon Scott's death in 1980

1948 - Tawl Ross, American musician (P Funk)

1948 - Zoran ?ivkovi?, Serbian writer

1950 - Jeff Conaway, American actor

1951 - Karen Allen, American actress

1951 - Bob Geldof, Irish musician (The Boomtown Rats)

1952 - Clive Barker, English writer

1952 - Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor

1957 - Mark Geragos, American attorney

1958 - André Kuipers, Dutch astronaut

1958 - Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian

1960 - Daniel Baldwin, American actor

1962 - Michael Andretti, American race car driver

1963 - Caron Keating, Irish television personality (d. 2004)

1964 - Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)

1965 - Mario Lemieux, Canadian hockey player

1965 - Patrick Roy, Canadian hockey player

1967 - Guy Pearce, English-born actor

1970 - Agnes Barley, American artist

1972 - Grant Hill, American basketball player

1975 - Kate Winslet, English actress

1975 - Bobo Balde, Football Player

1976 - J.J. Yeley, Nascar Nextel Cup Driver

1978 - Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic Footballer

1978 - Morgan Webb, G4TV host and FHM columnist

1979 - Curtis Sanford, Canadian Hockey Goalie for the St Louis Blues

1980 - Paul Thomas, American musician (Good Charlotte)

1983 - Nicky Hilton, American heiress

1985 - Nicola Roberts, English singer (Girls Aloud)