Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 5

Births

 * 1813 - Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)
 * 1818 - Karl Marx, German political philosopher (d. 1883) (pictured)
 * 1914 - Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958)
 * 1916 - Zail Singh, President of India (d. 1994)
 * 1919 - Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (d. 1999)
 * 1942 - Tammy Wynette, American musician (d. 1998)
 * 1943 - Michael Palin, English writer, actor, and comedian
 * 1988 - Adele, English singer and songwriter

Deaths

 * 311 - Galerius, Roman Emperor
 * 1821 - Napoleon I of France (b. 1769)
 * 1921 - Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1864)
 * 1977 - Ludwig Erhard, German politician (CDU) and Chancellor of Germany from 1963 until 1966 (b. 1897)