February 5th Birthdays

American singer, Cory Wells, was born on this day in 1941 as Emil Lewandowski in Buffalo, NY. Wells was one-third of the popular 70’s group, Three Dog Night. He sang lead on their first No. 1 hit, “Mama Told Me Not to Come,” among others. Wells passed away in his sleep at his home on October 20, 2015.

• 1929
  Al Worthington, American baseball player
• 1941
  David Selby, American actor
• 1942
  James B. Cobb, Jr., American guitarist
  Roger Staubach, American football player
• 1943
  Craig Morton, American football player
• 1944
  Al Kooper, American musician
• 1946
  Charlotte Rampling, British actress
• 1948
  Christopher Guest, American actor
  Barbara Hershey, American actress
• 1950
  Jonathan Freeman, American actor
• 1953
  John Beilein, American basketball coach
• 1954
  Cliff Martinez, American musician
• 1955
  Mike Heath, American baseball player
• 1962
  Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
• 1964
  Laura Linney, American actress
  Duff McKagan, American musician
• 1965
  Keith Moseley, American musician
• 1967
  Chris Parnell, American actor
• 1969
  Bobby Brown, American singer
  Michael Sheen, Welsh actor
• 1971
  Sara Evans, American singer
• 1972
  Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
• 1975
  Adam Carson, American musician
• 1976
  Brian Moorman, American football player
• 1977
  Adam Everett, American baseball player
  Ahmad Merritt, American football player
• 1978
  Shawn Reaves, American actor
  Brian Russell, American football player
• 1980
  Prince Peter, American-born Yugoslav royalty
• 1981
  Nora Zehetner, American actress
• 1982
  Kevin Everett, American football player
• 1984
  Nate Salley, American football player
• 1985
  Laurence Maroney, American football player
  Crystal Hunt, American actress
  Lindsey Cardinale, American singer
• 1987
  Darren Criss, American actor, singer
• 1988
  Johnathan Haggerty, American football player
• 1989
  Jeremy Sumpter, American actor
• 2002
  Davis Cleveland, American actor
• 2016
  Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutanese prince

February Birthday Calendar

Died on February 5th:

• 1881
  Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian (age 85)
• 1946
  George Arliss, English actor, playwright (age 77)
• 1967
  Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, L.L.Bean founder (age 94)
• 1969
  Thelma Ritter, American actress (age 66)
• 1976
  Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets), (age 51)
• 1991
  Dean Jagger, American actor (age 87)
• 1993
  Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, screenwriter (age 83)
• 1995
  Doug McClure, American actor (age 59)
• 1998
  Tim Kelly, American guitarist (Slaughter), (age 35)
• 2008
  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru (age 90)
• 2012
  Sam Coppola, American actor (age 79)
• 2020
  Kirk Douglas, American actor (age 103)
• 2021
  Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (age 91)
• 2024
  Toby Keith, American country singer, actor (age 62)