Famous People Born on May 5

Hans Pfitzner

1869

German composer and conductor (d. 1949)

Georgios Papadopoulos

1919

Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1999)

Graham Dorrans

1987

Scottish footballer

(Image Credits)

John L. Leal

1858

American physician (d. 1914)

(Image Credits)

Louis Christophe François Hachette

1800

French publisher (d. 1864)

Mervyn S. Bennion

1887

American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1941)

Richard E. Grant

1957

Swazi-English actor, director, and screenwriter

(Image Credits)

Christopher Morley

1890

American journalist and author (d. 1957)

Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler

1883

American mathematician (d. 1966)

Beryl Burton

1937

English racing cyclist (d. 1996)

Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné

1684

French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles (d. 1739)

Chief Bender

1884

American baseball player and coach (d. 1954)

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