On this day: September 5
Born on this day
Louis XIV of FranceSeptember 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715 · Film
Jean-Étienne MontuclaSeptember 5, 1725 – December 18, 1799 · Science
Johann Christian BachSeptember 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782 · Music
Caspar David FriedrichSeptember 5, 1774 – May 7, 1840 · Art
Giacomo MeyerbeerSeptember 5, 1791 – May 2, 1864 · Music
Lester Allan PeltonSeptember 5, 1829 – March 14, 1908 · Technology
Elia MillosevichSeptember 5, 1848 – December 5, 1919 · Science- Eugen GoldsteinSeptember 5, 1850 – December 1930 · Science
Konstantin TsiolkovskySeptember 5, 1857 – September 19, 1935 · Culture
Amy BeachSeptember 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944 · Music
Mikhail EisensteinSeptember 5, 1867 – July 1, 1920 · Culture
Otto BauerSeptember 5, 1881 – July 4, 1938 · Culture
Harry MyersSeptember 5, 1882 – December 25, 1938 · Film
Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanSeptember 5, 1888 – April 17, 1975 · Culture
Darryl F. ZanuckSeptember 5, 1902 – December 22, 1979 · Film
Arthur KoestlerSeptember 5, 1905 – March 1, 1983 · Culture
Victor AmbartsumianSeptember 5, 1908 – August 12, 1996 · Science
Edoardo AmaldiSeptember 5, 1908 – December 5, 1989 · Science
Nicanor ParraSeptember 5, 1914 – January 23, 2018 · Science
Fons RademakersSeptember 5, 1920 – February 2007 · Film
Farida of EgyptSeptember 5, 1921 – October 16, 1988 · Art
Andriyan NikolayevSeptember 5, 1929 – July 3, 2004 · Space
Moshé MizrahiSeptember 5, 1931 – August 3, 2018 · Film
Robert H. DennardSeptember 5, 1932 – April 23, 2024 · Technology
Susumu TonegawaSeptember 5, 1939 – July 11, 2026 · Science
Werner HerzogSeptember 5, 1942 – present · Film
Al StewartSeptember 5, 1945 – present · Music
Freddie MercurySeptember 5, 1946 – November 24, 1991 · Music- Dennis DuganSeptember 5, 1946 – present · Film
Loudon Wainwright IIISeptember 5, 1946 – present · Music
Mel CollinsSeptember 5, 1947 – present · Music
Buddy MilesSeptember 5, 1947 – February 26, 2008 · Music
Michael KeatonSeptember 5, 1951 – present · Film
Vidhu Vinod ChopraSeptember 5, 1952 – present · Film
Marc-André HamelinSeptember 5, 1961 – present · Music
Sergei LoznitsaSeptember 5, 1964 – present · Film
Matthias SammerSeptember 5, 1967 – present · Sports
Dweezil ZappaSeptember 5, 1969 – present · Music
Rose McGowanSeptember 5, 1973 – present · Film
Paddy ConsidineSeptember 5, 1973 – present · Film
Toyin AbrahamSeptember 5, 1980 – present · Film
SigridSeptember 5, 1996 – present · Music
Release of The Great WarSeptember 5, 1959 · Film
Founding of KlarnaSeptember 5, 2007 · Companies