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August 5 Famous Birthdays

Leo Zodiac Sign The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Leo (The Lion) – a fixed sign with Fire as element. August 5 is the 218th day of 2024 and there are 148 days remaining until the end of the year. Monday is the day of the week. This is the 32nd Monday this year.

Famous Aug 5 birthday celebrants include Joan Hickson, Mimi Keene, Jake Hurwitz, Vern Gosdin, Seth Swirsky, Maya Bond, John Saxon, Jennifer Finch.

The following famous people celebrate their birthday on August 5th. The list is arranged in chronological order and includes celebrities like actors, actresses, models, singers, rappers and producers. Click the    after the name to explore the birth date info and know the meaning of their life path number.

The epic list contains 255 persons. Showing 1 - 30.

  • 1301
    Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1330). Life path number 9
  • 1397
    Guillaume Dufay, Belgian-Italian composer and theorist (d. 1474). Life path number 6
  • 1461
    Alexander Jagiellon, Polish king (d. 1506). Life path number 7
  • 1540
    Joseph Justus Scaliger, French philologist and historian (d. 1609). Life path number 5
  • 1623
    Antonio Cesti, Italian organist and composer (d. 1669). Life path number 7
  • 1641
    John Hathorne, American merchant and jurist (d. 1717). Life path number 7
  • 1662
    James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (d. 1728). Life path number 1
  • 1694
    Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744). Life path number 6
  • 1749
    Thomas Lynch, Jr., American commander and politician (d. 1779). Life path number 7
  • 1797
    Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist and composer (d. 1879). Life path number 1
  • 1802
    Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (d. 1829). Life path number 6
  • 1811
    Ambroise Thomas, French composer (d. 1896). Life path number 6
  • 1813
    Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist (d. 1896). Life path number 8
  • 1815
    Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (d. 1901). Life path number 1
  • 1827
    Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (d. 1892). Life path number 22
  • 1828
    Louise of the Netherlands (d. 1871). Life path number 5
  • 1833
    Carola of Vasa (d. 1907). Life path number 1
  • 1843
    James Scott Skinner, Scottish violinist and composer (d. 1927). Life path number 2
  • 1844
    Ilya Repin, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1930). Life path number 3
  • 1850
    Guy de Maupassant, French author and poet (d. 1893). Life path number 9
  • 1862
    Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (d. 1890). Life path number 3
  • 1866
    Carl Harries, German chemist and academic (d. 1923). Life path number 7
  • 1866
    Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917). Life path number 7
  • 1868
    Oskar Merikanto, Finnish pianist and composer (d. 1924). Life path number 9
  • 1872
    Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist, founded the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (d. 1917). Life path number 22
  • 1874
    Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist and academic (d. 1948). Life path number 6
  • 1876
    Mary Ritter Beard, American historian and activist (d. 1958). Life path number 8
  • 1877
    Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917). Life path number 9
  • 1880
    Gertrude Rush, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1962). Life path number 3
  • 1880
    Ruth Sawyer, American author and educator (d. 1970). Life path number 3

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