December 5th Birthdays

Little Richard, seminal American rock ‘n roller and pianist extraordinaire, was born on this day in 1932 in Macon, Georgia. He passed away at the age of 87 on May 9, 2020. Here he is on Sesame Street, singing “Rubber Duckie”

Also born on December 5th:

  • 1947
    Jim Messina, American musician
    Jim Plunkett, American football player
  • 1951
    Morgan Brittany, American actress
  • 1952
    Andy Kim, Canadian singer, songwriter
  • 1956
    Brian Backer, American actor
  • 1957
    Art Monk, American football player
  • 1958
    Dean Erickson, American actor
  • 1960
    Jack Russell, American singer
  • 1962
    Nivek Ogre, Canadian vocalist
  • 1963
    Doctor Dre, American radio personality
  • 1965
    Johnny Rzeznik, American singer, guitarist
    Wayne Smith, Jamaican reggae musician
  • 1967
    Gary Allan, American country musician
  • 1968
    Margaret Cho, American comedian, actress
    Lisa Marie, American model, actress
  • 1969
    Alex Kapp Horner, American actress
  • 1971
    Kali Rocha, American actress
  • 1972
    Cliff Floyd, American baseball player
    Mike Mahoney, American baseball player
    Angela Shelton, American actress & writer
  • 1974
    Charlie Batch, American football player
  • 1975
    Paula Patton, American actress
  • 1976
    Amy Acker, American actress
  • 1982
    Eddy Curry, American basketball player
    Keri Hilson, American singer
    Trai Essex, American football player
  • 1984
    Lauren London, American actress
  • 1985
    Frankie Muniz, American actor
    Josh Smith, American basketball player
  • 1989
    Gregory Tyree Boyce, American actor

December Birthday Calendar



Died on December 5th:

  • 1791
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer, musician (age 35)
  • 1870
    Alexandre Dumas, French novelist, playwright (age 68)
  • 1926
    Claude Monet, French painter (age 86)
  • 1931
    Vachel Lindsay, American poet (age 52)
  • 1951
    Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player, manager (age 64)
  • 1968
    Fred Clark, American actor (age 54)
  • 1979
    Jesse Pearson, American actor, singer (Bye Bye Birdie), (age 49)
  • 1983
    Robert Aldrich, American director, screenwriter (age 65)
  • 2008
    Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (age 84)
    Beverly Garland, American actress (age 82)
  • 2010
    Alan Armer, American director, screenwriter (age 88)
    Don Meredith, American football player, sportscaster, actor (age 72)
  • 2012
    Dave Brubeck, American pianist, composer (age 91)
    Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect (age 104)
  • 2013
    Nelson Mandela, 1st President of South Africa (age 95)
  • 2014
    Fabiola, Queen of Belgium (age 86)
  • 2022
    Kirstie Alley, American actress (age 71)
  • 2023
    Denny Laine, English musician (age 79)
    Norman Lear, American television producer (age 101)
Share

You may also like...