Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 5 November

17 of the people we track were born on 5 November, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

Vandana Shiva and Oleg Blokhin were born on the very same day, 5 November 1952.

  1. Vivien Leigh 1913British actordied aged 53
  2. Bryan Adams 1959Canadian singer and musicianliving, 66
  3. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 32
  4. Vandana Shiva 1952Indian philosopher and environmentalistliving, 73
  5. Yair Lapid 1963Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister of Israelliving, 62
  6. Famke Janssen 1964Dutch actorliving, 61
  7. Paul Sabatier 1854French chemistdied aged 86
  8. Mikhail Bakhtin 1895Russian philosopherdied aged 79
  9. William Daniel Phillips 1948American physicistliving, 77
  10. Virat Kohli 1988Indian cricketerliving, 37
  11. Will Durant 1885American historian and philosopherdied aged 96
  12. Oleg Blokhin 1952Footballer and coachliving, 73
  13. Sam Rockwell 1968American actorliving, 57
  14. Kasper Schmeichel 1986Danish footballerliving, 39
  15. J. B. S. Haldane 1892Geneticist and biologistdied aged 72
  16. Jeffrey Sachs 1954American economistliving, 71
  17. Marco Verratti 1992Spanish footballerliving, 33