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August 5, 1990

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August 5 1990

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Born on This Day

Angry Anderson🇦🇺
deceased
Singer · 1947–2026
Days lived
28,902
Brian Sandoval🇺🇸
29th Governor of Nevada and former United States District Judge · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
C. J. Spiller🇺🇸
American football player and coach (born 1987) · b. 1987
Days alive
1,096
Carl Harries🇩🇪
deceased
chemist · 1866–1923
Days lived
20,908
Chen Ding🇨🇳
Chinese racewalker · b. 1992
Dennis Schmidt-Foß🇩🇪
German actor and voice actor · b. 1970
Days alive
7,305
Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos🇧🇷
football player · b. 1980
Days alive
3,652
Gavi
association football player · b. 2004
Giel ten Bosch
Dutch journalist and baseball player · b. 1974
Days alive
5,844
Grégory Sertic🇫🇷
football player · b. 1989
Days alive
365
Hayo Vierck🇩🇪
deceased
German archaeologist (1939–1989) · 1939–1989
Days lived
18,121
Hermann Kobold🇩🇪
deceased
German astronomer (1858-1942) · 1858–1942
Days lived
30,625
Hun Sen
Prime Minister of Cambodia (1985–1993; 1998–2023) · b. 1952
Days alive
13,879
Jennifer Finch🇺🇸
deceased
Musician · 1966–2026
Days lived
21,897
Jesse Williams🇺🇸
actor · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
Joachim Schubart🇩🇪
German astronomer · b. 1928
Days alive
22,645
Johan Kappelhof🇳🇱
Dutch footballer · b. 1990
Days alive
0
John Huston🇺🇸
deceased
American film director, screenwriter, and actor (1906–1987) · 1906–1987
Days lived
29,608
Joseph Merrick
deceased
artist · 1862–1890
Days lived
10,111
Josie Totah🇺🇸
Film actor · b. 2001
Justin Marshall🇳🇿
New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1973
Days alive
6,209
Kō Shibasaki🇯🇵
Japanese actor and singer · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
Korey Hall🇺🇸
American professional football player · b. 1983
Days alive
2,557
Lance Berwald🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
Lorri Bagley
Actor · b. 1973
Days alive
6,209
Lucy Everest Boole
deceased
British chemist and pharmacist (1862-1904) · 1862–1904
Days lived
15,462
Mahima Makwana🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1999
Marians Pahars🇱🇻
football player · b. 1976
Days alive
5,113
Marine Le Pen
Notable Trials · b. 1968
Days alive
8,035
Mathieu Gorgelin🇫🇷
football player · b. 1990
Days alive
0
Patrick Ewing🇺🇸
Jamaican-American basketball player · b. 1962
Days alive
10,227
Reid Hoffman🇺🇸
Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist · b. 1967
Days alive
8,401
Salomon Kalou
Ivorian association football player · b. 1985
Days alive
1,826
Scheila Gonzalez🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
Sef Vergoossen
Dutch association football player and manager · b. 1947
Days alive
15,706
Thomas Lang🇦🇹
rapper · b. 1967
Days alive
8,401
Tobias Regner🇩🇪
German singer and guitarist · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Toni Doblas🇪🇸
football player · b. 1980
Days alive
3,652
Uri Sagi🇮🇱
Israeli military officer · b. 1943
Days alive
17,167
Valdis Dombrovskis🇱🇻
11th Prime Minister of Latvia · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
Walter Bluhm🇩🇪
deceased
German actor (1904-1976) · 1904–1976
Days lived
26,416

Died on This Day

Alec Guinness
deceased
Oscar Winners · 1914–2000
Days lived
31,537
Angéla Németh🇭🇺
deceased
athletics competitor · 1946–2014
Days lived
25,005

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Sándor Farkas
Catholic priest, born 1853 · b. 1853
Days alive
50,254
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,932

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Harriet🇦🇺
deceased
Galápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
57,925

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,098
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,795

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,305
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,819

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,748
12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,170

Born on August 5 Died on August 5 On This Day Day Lookup

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Bruno Dallansky🇦🇹

deceased

actor · 1928–2008

Days lived

29,175

Carmen Miranda🇵🇹

Brazilian singer (1909–1955) · 1909–1955

Days lived

16,978

Charles Quigley🇺🇸

American actor (1906-1964) · 1906–1964

Days lived

21,359

Christine Böhm🇦🇹

actor · 1954–1979

Days lived

9,298

Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin🇩🇪

politician · 1873–1969

Days lived

34,997

Dutch Clark🇺🇸

American football player and coach (1906–1978) · 1906–1978

Days lived

26,231

Gustav von Wangenheim🇩🇪

German actor (1895-1975) · 1895–1975

Days lived

29,387

Hanns Seidel🇩🇪

German politician (1901–1961) · 1901–1961

Days lived

21,847

Heinrich Wieland🇩🇪

chemist · 1877–1957

Days lived

29,281

Hertha Thiele🇩🇪

German actress (1908-1984) · 1908–1984

Days lived

27,848

Issey Miyake🇯🇵

Japanese fashion designer (1938−2022) · 1938–2022

Days lived

30,786

Martin Elsaesser🇩🇪

German architect (1884–1957) · 1884–1957

Days lived

26,731

Massimiliano Capuzzoni🇮🇹

Italian rugby union player (1969-1995) · 1969–1995

Days lived

9,606

Nancy King🇺🇸

singer · 1940–2025

Days lived

31,097

Richard Burton

Richard Burton

film actor · 1925–1984

Days lived

21,453

Royal Rife🇺🇸

scientist · 1888–1971

Days lived

30,395

Rudolf Hagelstange🇩🇪

German writer (1912–1984) · 1912–1984

Days lived

26,502

Todor Zhivkov

former General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party · 1911–1998

Days lived

31,744

Toni Morrison🇺🇸

African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019) · 1931–2019

Days lived

32,310

Wilhelm Marx🇩🇪

German politician (1863–1946) · 1863–1946

Days lived

30,517

José Miguel Barandiarán🇪🇸

deceased

Basque anthropologist, etnologist and archaeologist (1889–1991) · 1889–1991

Days lived

37,244

Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

36,280

Walter Schenk🇩🇪

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,634

Hal Roach🇺🇸

American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992

Days lived

36,817

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

35,943

Lang Jingshan

artist · 1892–1995

Days lived

37,506

Zośka Vieras🇱🇹

Belarusian writer and poet (1892-1991) · 1892–1991

Days lived

36,166

Lillian Gish🇺🇸

American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993

Days lived

36,295

Martha Graham🇺🇸

Ballet dancer · 1894–1991

Days lived

35,388

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia🇮🇹

Italian film director (1894–1998) · 1894–1998

Days lived

37,799

Hermann Florstedt

military person · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,302

Adolf Pokorny🇦🇹

Austrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895-?) · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,144

Silas Simmons🇺🇸

American baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006

Days lived

40,557

Heinrich Eberbach🇩🇪

German general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992

Days lived

35,295

Sylvia de Arruda Botelho Bittencourt🇧🇷

Brazilian journalist · 1896–1995

Days lived

36,188

Friedrich Hund🇩🇪

chemist · 1896–1997

Days lived

36,945

Lilia Skala🇺🇸

Austrian-American actress (1896-1994) · 1896–1994

Days lived

35,813

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky🇦🇹

Austrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000

Days lived

37,614

Lonesome George🇪🇨

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,430

Lin Wang🇹🇼

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,467

Washoe🇺🇸

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,399

Koko🇺🇸

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,152

Alex🇺🇸

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Days lived

11,433

Keiko🇮🇸

Orca · 1977–2003

Days lived

9,841

Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

55,368

HSBC🇬🇧

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

45,810

Tata Group

Tata Group🇮🇳

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

44,776

Goldman Sachs🇺🇸

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,410

Eli Lilly🇺🇸

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

41,854

Chevron🇺🇸

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,506

Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

64,837

Crime and Punishment🇷🇺

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,506

The Great Gatsby🇺🇸

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

23,858

Brave New World🇬🇧

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,401

The Hobbit🇬🇧

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,311

The Little Prince🇫🇷

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

17,288

The Godfather🇺🇸

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

6,708

Jaws🇺🇸

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,525

Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

4,820

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,133

Alien🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,090

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

3,869