Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/September 5

Births

• 1638 - Louis XIV of France (d. 1715)
• 1888 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, second President of India (d. 1975)
• 1905 - Arthur Koestler, Hungarian writer (d. 1983)
• 1921 - Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive (d. 2007)
• 1939 - George Lazenby, Australian actor
• 1940 - Raquel Welch, American actress (d. 2023)
• 1942 - Werner Herzog, German film director
• 1946 - Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer Queen (d. 1991)
• 1963 - Juan Alderete, American bassist (Racer X)
• 1973 - Rose McGowan, Italian-born actress

Deaths

• 1857 - Auguste Comte, French sociologist (b. 1798)
• 1902 - Rudolf Virchow, German pathologist and politician (b. 1821)
• 1988 - Gert Fröbe, German actor (b. 1913)
• 1997 - Mother Teresa, Albanian missionary and humanitarian, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1910)