August 5th Birthdays

Canadian country singer, Terri Clark, was born on this day in Montreal, QC, Canada

Also born on August 5th

• 1940
  Bobby Braddock, American country songwriter, musician
• 1946
  Loni Anderson, American actress
  Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
  Erika Slezak, American actress
• 1947
  Bernie Carbo, American baseball player
  Rick Derringer, American guitarist and vocalist
• 1948
  Barbara Flynn, English actress
• 1951
  John Jarratt, Australian actor
• 1953
  Samantha Sang, Australian singer
• 1956
  Maureen McCormick, American actress
• 1957
  Faith Prince, American actress
  Clayton Rohner, American actor
• 1959
  Pete Burns, English singer
  Pat Smear, American guitarist
• 1960
  Seth Swirsky, American songwriter
• 1961
  Tawny Kitaen, American actress
• 1965
  Scott William Winters, American actor
• 1966
  Jonathan Silverman, American actor
• 1967
  Matthew Caws, American singer
  Thomas Lang, Austrian drummer
• 1968
  Funkmaster Flex, American hip hop DJ
  John Olerud, American baseball player
• 1971
  “Evil” Jared Hasselhoff, American bassist
• 1975
  Antony Cotton, English actor
  Ami Foster, American actress
• 1977
  Eric Hinske, American baseball player
  Mark Mulder, American baseball player
• 1980
  Sophie Winkleman, English actress
• 1981
  Carl Crawford, American baseball player
• 1982
  Lolo Jones, American hurdler
• 1983
  Korey Hall, American football player
  Dawn Richard, American singer
• 1986
  Cassie Davis, Australian singer

August Birthday Calendar

Died on August 5th:

• 1955
  Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer (age 46)
• 1959
  Edgar Guest, American poet (“The People’s Poet) (age 77)
• 1983
  Judy Canova, American actress, comedian (age 69)
• 1984
  Richard Burton, Welsh-Swiss actor (age 58)
• 2000
  Alec Guinness, English actor (age 86)
• 2002
  Matt Robinson, American actor, screenwriter (age 65)
• 2019
  Toni Morrison, American author, Pulitzer Prize winner (“Beloved”), (age 88)
• 2018
  Charlotte Rae, American actress (age 92)
• 2022
  Judith Durham, Australian singer, The Seekers (age 79)
  Clu Gulager, American actor (age 93)
• 2024
  John Aprea, American actor (age 83)
  Maurice Williams, American singer, songwriter (age 86)