Births For May 5th according to Wikipedia.
867 - Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)
1210 - King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)
1546 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)
1747 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
1764 - Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)
1813 - Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)
1818 - Karl Marx, German political philosopher (d. 1883)
1826 - Empress Eugenie of France, wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920)
1832 - H.H. Bancroft, American historian and publisher (d. 1918)
1833 - Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer (d. 1905)
1834 - Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)
1846 - Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
1865 - Elizabeth Jane Cochran, American journalist and writer (d. 1922)
1866 - Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (d. 1938)
1869 - Hans Pfitzner, Russian-born composer (d. 1949)
1883 - Archibald Wavell, British general (d. 1950)
1887 - Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1972)
1890 - Christopher Morley, American writer (d. 1957)
1899 - Freeman Gosden, American radio comedian (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy) (d. 1982)
1901 - Blind Willie McTell, American singer (d. 1959)
1903 - James Beard, American chef and cookbook writer (d. 1985)
1908 - Kurt Böhme, German bass (d. 1989)
1914 - Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958)
1915 - Alice Faye, American actress (d. 1998)
1916 - Zail Singh, President of India (d. 1994)
1921 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
1923 - Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (d. 2003)
1926 - Ann B. Davis, American actress
1935 - Douglas Marland, American television writer (d. 1993)
1936 - Patrick Gowers, British composer
1941 - Alexander Ragulin, Russian hockey player (d. 2004)
1942 - Marc Alaimo, American actor
1942 - Tammy Wynette, American musician (d. 1998)
1943 - Raphael, Spanish singer
1943 - Michael Palin, British writer, actor, and comedian
1944 - Roger Rees, Welsh actor
1944 - John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor
1948 - Bill Ward, British drummer (Black Sabbath)
1952 - Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (d. 2005)
1954 - Dave Spector, American television personality and commentator
1957 - Richard E. Grant, British actor
1958 - Ron Arad, Israeli aircraft navigator missing in action.
1959 - Brian Phelps, American disk jockey and actor
1961 - Hiro Hase, Japanese professional wrestler
1963 - James LaBrie, Canadian singer (Dream Theater)
1966 - Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth)
1967 - Takehito Koyasu, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
1970 - Kyan Douglas, American TV-personality, see Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
1970 - Juan Acevedo, Baseball player
1971 - David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (d. 2005)
1972 - Devin Townsend, Canadian musician (Strapping Young Lad)
1972 - James Cracknell, British Rowing Champion, Double Olymipic Gold Medalist
1976 - Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentine footballer
1976 - Chad Patton, American wrestling referee
1979 - Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
1979 - Bipasha Basu, Indian actress and supermodel
1981 - Craig David, British R&B singer (I have heard of him)
1981 - Danielle Fishel, American actress
1981 - Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian supermodel
1981 - Chris Duncan, baseball player
1982 - Jay Bothroyd, English footballer
1983 - Henry Cavill, English actor
1984 - Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire)
1987 - John Gotti Agnello, son of columnist and author Victoria Gotti and grandson of mobster John Gotti
1988- Brooke Hogan, American singer (Hulk Hogan's daughter)
1989 - Chris Brown, American singer
Out of that list I have only heard of Brooke Hogan, Chad Patton(I have seen him on WWE), Craig David, Hiro Hase and Michael Palin.
Interestingly according to Wikipedia Napoleon the First of France died in 1821 on May 5th.
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