The Famous Birthdays: Celebrity birthdays and famous people biographies

Famous people who died on August 5th

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962)

American movie actress and singer
Aziz Shavershian

Aziz Shavershian (1989 - 2011)

Australian bodybuilder
Friedrich Engels

Friedrich Engels (1820 - 1895)

German philosopher
Charlotte Rae

Charlotte Rae (1926 - 2018)

American actress
Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda (1909 - 1955)

Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer
Dennis Waterman

Dennis Waterman (1948 - 2022)

English actor and singer
Barry Chuckle

Barry Chuckle (1944 - 2018)

English comedian and actor
Chavela Vargas

Chavela Vargas (1919 - 2012)

Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
Jeff Porcaro

Jeff Porcaro (1954 - 1992)

American drummer
Philip Sheridan

Philip Sheridan (1831 - 1888)

American Civil War Union cavalry officer
Royal Rife

Royal Rife (1888 - 1971)

American inventor
Paul Brown

Paul Brown (1908 - 1991)

American football coach and executive
Soichiro Honda

Soichiro Honda (1906 - 1991)

Japanese businessman
Chick Hearn

Chick Hearn (1916 - 2002)

American sportscaster
Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison (1931 - 2019)

American novelist
Susan Butcher

Susan Butcher (1954 - 2006)

American dog musher
Bernard Stiegler

Bernard Stiegler (1952 - 2020)

French philosopher
Otto Kretschmer

Otto Kretschmer (1912 - 1998)

German U-Boat commander and admiral
Frederick Cook

Frederick Cook (1865 - 1940)

American explorer and physician
Bryan Randall

Bryan Randall (1966 - 2023)

American photographer
Art Ross

Art Ross (1886 - 1964)

Canadian ice hockey player, coach, executive and innovator
Jô Soares

Jô Soares (1938 - 2022)

Brazilian comedian, actor, and talk show host
Dutch Clark

Dutch Clark (1906 - 1978)

American football player and coach
Bob Caruthers

Bob Caruthers (1864 - 1911)

American baseball player
James Pierpont

James Pierpont (1822 - 1893)

American songwriter