Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 5
Births
- 1810 – P. T. Barnum, American circus owner (d. 1891) (pictured)
- 1889 – Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963)
- 1950 – Huey Lewis, American musician
- 1958 – Bill Watterson, American cartoonist
- 1966 – Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer`
- 1968 – Nardwuar, Canadian interviewer
- 1970 – Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004)
- 1976 – Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer
- 1979 – Amélie Mauresmo, French tennis player
- 1982 – Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer
- 1985 – Stephanie McIntosh, Australian actress
- 1985 – Nick O'Malley, English musician
Deaths
- 1945 – John Curtin, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
- 1965 – Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (b. 1909)
- 1966 – George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1885)
- 1969 – Walter Gropius, German architect (b. 1883)
- 2002 – Ted Williams, American baseball player (b. 1918)