May 5 (UPI) – People born on this date are the sign of Taurus.
— Danish Soren Kierkegaard in 1813
— German political theorist Karl Marx in 1818
— Hatter John Stetson in 1830
— Crusader journalist Nellie Bly in 1864
— Radio actor Freeman Gosden, Masters of “Amos and Andy,” 1899
— Chef/cookbook James Beard in 1903
— Actor Tyrone Power in 1914
— Singer/actor Alice Faye in 1915
— Actor Michael Murphy in 1938 (age 84)
— Actor Lance Henriksen in 1940 (age 82)
— Singer Tammy Wynette in 1942
— Actor Michael Palin in 1943 (age 79)
— Actor John Rhys-Davies in 1944 (age 78)
— Actor Roger Rees in 1944
— Author/columnist Kurt Loder in 1945 (age 77)
— Television journalist Brian Williams in 1959 (age 63)
— Actress Tina Yothers in 1973 (age 49)
— Actress Danielle Fishel in 1981 (age 41)
— Actor Henry Cavill in 1983 (age 39)
— Singer/songwriter Adele Adkins in 1988 (age 34)
— Singer Chris Brown in 1989 (age 33)
— Model Hannah Jeter in 1990 (age 32)
— American figure skater Nathan Chen, the first to perform six quadruple jumps on the Olympic program, in 1999 (age 23)