People born on April 5

Thomas Hobbes

English philosopher (1588–1679)

Bette Davis

American actress (1908–1989)

Gregory Peck

American actor (1916–2003)

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

President of the Philippines

Spencer Tracy

American actor (1900–1967)

Colin Powell

American general and diplomat (1937–2021)

Agnetha Fältskog

Swedish singer (born 1950)

Herbert von Karajan

Austrian conductor (1908–1989)

Joseph Lister

British surgeon and antiseptic pioneer (1827–1912)

Roman Herzog

Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1934-2017)

Ivar Giaever

Norwegian physicist

Akira Toriyama

Japanese manga artist and character designer (1955–2024)

Pharrell Williams

American artist and businessman

Conrad Gessner

Swiss physician, bibliographer and naturalist (1516–1565)

Algernon Charles Swinburne

English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (1837-1909)