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)