Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 5

Births

 * 1520 - Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (d. 1589)
 * 1695 - John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
 * 1713 - Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encyclopedist (d. 1784)
 * 1864 - Louis Lumière, French film pioneer (d. 1948)
 * 1902 - Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 1984)
 * 1930 - Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2009)
 * 1936 - Václav Havel, playwright and President of the Czech Republic (d. 2011) (pictured)
 * 1938 - Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist, wife of John Kerry
 * 1943 - Steve Miller, American musician
 * 1951 - Bob Geldof, Irish musician (The Boomtown Rats)
 * 1962 - Michael Andretti, American race car driver
 * 1975 - Kate Winslet, English actress

Deaths

 * 578 - Justin II, Byzantine Emperor
 * 1285 - King Philip III of France (b. 1245)
 * 1565 - Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b. 1522)
 * 1791 - Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (b. 1739)
 * 1813 - Tecumseh, Shawnee leader
 * 2004 - Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (b. 1921)