The following folks, for better or for worse, were born on this day in history, June 5.
1640 – Pu Songling, Chinese author (d. 1715)
1819 – John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)
1877 – Willard Miller, Canadian-American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1959)
1884 – Frederick Lorz, American runner (d. 1914)
1895 – William Boyd, American actor and producer (d. 1972)
1899 – Otis Barton, American diver, engineer, and actor, designed the bathysphere (d. 1992)
1912 – Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (d. 2003)
1922 – Sheila Sim, English actress (d. 2016)
1924 – Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (d. 2013)
1928 – Tony Richardson, English-American director and producer (d. 1991)
1938 – Roy Higgins, Australian jockey (d. 2014)
1939 – Joe Clark, Canadian journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Canada
1941 – Martha Argerich, Argentinian pianist
1947 – Laurie Anderson, American singer-songwriter and violinist
1953 – Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment
1960 – Claire Fox, English author and academic
1967 – Matt Bullard, American basketball player and sportscaster
1971 – Mark Wahlberg, American model, actor, producer, and rapper
1974 – Chad Allen, American actor
1977 – Liza Weil, American actress
1985 – Jeremy Abbott, American figure skater
1990 – DJ Mustard, American record producer and songwriter
1998 – Yulia Lipnitskaya, Russian figure skater