The 125th day of the year, the 126th in a leap year
Born on 5 May
Every 5 May birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Taurus, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- TaurusEarth, fixed, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- EmeraldThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Lily of the valley, HawthornUsually taken today to mean returning happiness and hope.
- Most common weekdays
- Thursday and Tuesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 5 May in any year.
Which weekday 5 May falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 5 May falls on every day of the week: Thursday 16, Tuesday 16, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Sunday 15.
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How common a birthday 5 May is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,758 babies were born on 5 May in each year of the twenty, making it the 337th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 5 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Karl Marx | 1818–1883 | German-born philosopher |
| Søren Kierkegaard | 1813–1855 | Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic |
| Henryk Sienkiewicz | 1846–1916 | Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate |
| Adele | 1988– | English singer-songwriter |
| Oliver Cromwell | 1599–1658 | English military and political leader; born 5 May in the Gregorian calendar, 25 April in the Julian |
| Henry Cavill | 1983– | English actor |
| Arthur Leonard Schawlow | 1921–1999 | American physicist |
| Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor | 1747–1792 | Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792 |
| Nellie Bly | 1864–1922 | American journalist |
| Michael Palin | 1943– | English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter |
| Carlos Alcaraz | 2003– | Spanish tennis player |
| Zail Singh | 1916–1994 | President of India from 1982 to 1987 |
| Aryna Sabalenka | 1998– | Belarusian tennis player |
| Eugénie de Montijo | 1826–1920 | Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1870 |
| John Rhys-Davies | 1944– | Welsh actor |
| Afonso III of Portugal | 1210–1279 | King of Portugal |
| Raúl Jiménez | 1991– | Mexican association football player |
| Tyrone Power | 1914–1958 | American actor |
Died on 5 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Napoleon | 1769–1821 | French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 |
| Ludwig Erhard | 1897–1977 | Chancellor of West Germany (1963–1966) |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 1911–1995 | Soviet chess player |
| Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor | 1640–1705 | Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705), King of Hungary and Croatia and King of Bohemia |
| Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet | 1805–1859 | German mathematician |
| Umaru Musa Yar'Adua | 1951–2010 | President of Nigeria |
| Alfred Hermann Fried | 1864–1921 | Austrian Jewish pacifist, publicist, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate |
| Carlos Saavedra Lamas | 1878–1959 | Argentine politician |
| César Luis Menotti | 1938–2024 | Argentine footballer and manager |
| Gino Bartali | 1914–2000 | Italian road cyclist |
| Bret Harte | 1836–1902 | American writer and poet |
| Bernard Hill | 1944–2024 | British actor |
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