April 5th Birthdays

Crispian St. Peters, British singer, was born on this day in 1939 in Swanley, Kent, England as Robin Peter Smith. He passed away at the age of 71 in 2010.

Also born on April 5:

• 1926
  Roger Corman, American film director
• 1941
  Michael Moriarty, American actor
  Dave Swarbrick, British folk musician
• 1943
  Max Gail, American actor
• 1946
  Jane Asher, British actress
• 1948
  Les Binks, British musician
  Dave Holland, British musician
• 1950
  Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer
• 1952
  Mitch Pileggi, American actor
• 1954
  Stan Ridgway, American musician
• 1955
  Janice Long, English broadcaster
  Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress
• 1961
  Lisa Zane, American actress
• 1964
  Christopher “Kid” Reid, American rapper
  Princess Erika, French singer
• 1965
  Cris Carpenter, American baseball player
• 1966
  Mike McCready, American musician
• 1968
  Paula Cole, American musician
• 1970
  Thea Gill, Canadian actress
• 1972
  Krista Allen, American actress
  Pat Green, American singer, songwriter
• 1973
  Tony Banks, American football player
  Élodie Bouchez, French actress
  Pharrell Williams, American rapper, music producer
• 1974
  Sahaj Ticotin, American musician, producer
• 1975
  Shammond Williams, American basketball player
• 1976
  Ryan Drese, American baseball player
  Ross Gload, American baseball player
• 1978
  Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
• 1980
  Matt Bonner, American basketball player
• 1982
  Hayley Atwell, English actress
• 1984
  Marshall Allman, American actor
• 1989
  Lily James, English actress

April Birthday Calendar

Died on April 5th:

• 1964
  Douglas MacArthur, American general (age 84)
• 1972
  Brian Donlevy, American actor (age 71)
• 1973
  Isabel Jewell, American actress, singer (age 64)
• 1975
  Chiang Kai-shek, 1st President, Republic of China (age 87)
• 1976
  Howard Hughes, American pilot, director (age 70)
• 1981
  Bob Hite, American singer, songwriter (Canned Heat), (age 38)
• 1992
  Molly Picon, American actress (age 94)
  Sam Walton, American businessman (age 74)
• 1994
  Kurt Cobain, American singer, guitarist (Nirvana), (age 27)
• 1996
  Charlene Holt, American actress (age 67)
• 1997
  Allen Ginsberg, American poet (age 70)
• 1998
  Cozy Powell, English drummer (age 50)
• 2002
  Layne Staley, American singer (Alice in Chains), (age 34)
• 2005
  Saul Bellow, Canadian-American author (age 89)
• 2006
  Gene Pitney, American singer, songwriter (age 66)
• 2007
  Mark St. John, American guitarist (age )
• 2008
  Charlton Heston, American actor, director (age 84)
• 2012
  Barney McKenna, Irish musician (The Dubliners), (age 72)
• 2014
  John Pinette, American comedian (age 50)
• 2020
  Honor Blackman, English actress (age 94)
• 2022
  Nehemiah Persoff, Israeli-American actor (age 102)
  Bobby Rydell, American singer, actor (age 79)