Famous Birthdays for 5th August 2026

1461 – Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1492-1506) and King of Poland (1501-6), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1506)
1647 – Anne Le Fèvre Dacier, French scholar, classicist, and the first woman to translate Homer’s “Iliad” and “Odyssey”, born in Preuilly-sur-Claise, France (d. 1720)
1877 – Tom Thomson, Canadian painter, born in Claremont, Ontario (d. 1917)
1923 – Ralph Baruch [Rudolph Maximilian Baruch], German-American media executive and the founding president of Viacom (1971-83), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 2016)
1934 – Gay Byrne, Irish radio and television host (The Late Late Show 1962-99), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2019)
1943 – Rodney Pattison, British yachtsman (Olympic gold Flying Dutchman class 1968, 72; silver 1976), born in Campbeltown, Scotland
1948 – David Hungate, American rock bassist (Toto, 1976-1982 and 2014-15, “Rosanna”, “Africa”), and Nashville session musician, born in Troy, Missouri
1981 – K? Shibasaki, Japanese singer and actress (47 Ronin), born in Toshima, Japan
1989 – Shanshan Feng, Chinese golfer (Women’s PGA C’ship 2012), born in Guangzhou, China
2184 – Christine Lauren Chapel, (Star Trek), born in Davenport Heights, Vermont

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