November 5th Birthdays
If you were born on November 5th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Art Garfunkel (nee Arthur Ira Garfunkel)
Grammy Award-winning American actor (Carnal Knowledge; Catch-22), singer solo (All I Know; Brooklyn Bridge theme song), and as Rock & Roll Hall of Fame duo Simon & Garfunkel (The Sound of Silence,; Mrs. Robinson; Cecilia; The Boxer; America), born November 5, 1941. (Art Garfunkel 1968 Photo: GAC)
Peter Noone (nee Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone; aka Peter Novac)
English-American actor (As the World Turns; Coronation Street; Hold On!), and musician, lead singer-songwriter for Herman’s Hermits (Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter; I’m Into Something Good; Dandy; I’m Henry VIII; No Milk Today), born November 5, 1947. (Peter Noone 1968 Photo: NBC TV)
Nestor Serrano
American actor of TV (24; Revenge; 90210; The Hat Squad; Dexter; Blue Bloods; Bosch) and movies (Brenda Starr; Falling Awake; The Indian in the Cupboard; Secretariat; Runaway Jury; City by the Sea; City Hall; Lethal Weapon 2), born November 5, 1955. (Nestor Serrano 2014 Photo: Richard Sandoval)
Robert Patrick
American actor of TV (Cabe Gallo on Scorpion; Colonel Tom Ryan on The Unit; John Doggett on The X-Files; True Blood) and movies (Terminator 2: Judgment Day; Safe House; Fire in the Sky; Cop Land; Ladder 49; Walk the Line; Spy Kids), born November 5, 1958. (Robert Patrick 2007 Photo: Wendy Lopez)
Bryan Adams
Grammy Award-winning Canadian fashion photographer, producer, musician, singer & songwriter (Cuts Like a Knife; [Everything I Do] I Do It For You; Run to You; Summer of ’69; Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?; All for Love), born November 5, 1959. (Bryan Adams 2007 Photo: Marco Maas)
Tilda Swinton (nee Katherine Matilda Swinton)
Academy Award-winning English movie actress (Michael Clayton; We Need to Talk About Kevin; The Chronicles of Narnia films; Young Adam; Orlando; The Beach; Burn After Reading; The Deep End; Hail, Caesar!; Constantine; Julia; Vanilla Sky), born November 5, 1960. (Tilda Swinton 2007 Photo: Strevo)
Tatum O’Neal (daughter of Ryan O’Neal & Joanna Moore)
Academy Award-winning American actress of TV (Maggie Gavin on Rescue Me; Blythe on Wicked Wicked Games) & films (Paper Moon; International Velvet; Nickelodeon; Little Darlings; The Bad News Bears), born November 5, 1963. Ex of John McEnroe. (Tatum O’Neal 2014: Mingle Media TV)
Famke Janssen
Dutch American actress of TV (How to Get Away with Murder; The Blacklist; Nip/Tuck) and movies (Taken films; X-Men movies; Goldeneye; The Wolverine; I Spy; House on Haunted Hill; Deep Rising; The Gingerbread Man), born November 5, 1964. (Famke Janssen 2008 Photo: Nancy Campbell)
Lisa Kleypas (aka Lisa Kleypas Ellis; “Miss Massachusetts ’85”)
RITA Award-winning American romance novelist (Sugar Daddy; Rainshadow Road; Devil’s Daughter; Cold-Hearted Rake), Regency romance author (Worth Any Price, Dreaming of You, Gambler of Craven’s; Secrets of a Summer Night, Wallflowers), born November 5, 1964. (Lisa Kleypas Painting: A. Hamilton)
Sam Rockwell (married Leslie Bibb)
Academy Award-winning American actor (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Confessions of a Dangerous Mind; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Matchstick Men; Iron Man 2; Heist; The Green Mile; Galaxy Quest), born November 5, 1968. (Sam Rockwell 2009 Photo: David Shankbone)
Seth Gilliam
American actor of TV (Father Gabriel Stokes on The Walking Dead; Sgt. Ellis Carver on The Wire; Teen Wolf; Oz; Law & Order: Criminal Intent) and movies (Starship Troopers; Jefferson in Paris; Police State; Courage Under Fire; Still Alice), born November 5, 1968. (Seth Gilliam 2016 Photo: Beckyabwitz)
(Roy Rogers 1948 The Far Frontier | Vivien Leigh 1941: Glamour of Hollywood)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on November 5th!
Remember These November 5th Famous Birthdays
Elke Sommer (nee Elke von Schletz; ex of Joe Hyams)
German model (Playboy), actress of television (Peter the Great) and movies (Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!; A Shot in the Dark; The Prize; The Art of Love; The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz; The Wrecking Crew; Carry on Behind; The Venetian Affair; Zeppelin; The Victors; The Money Trap; Lily in Love) (born Nov. 5, 1940 – died Oct. 28, 2026; age 85). (Elke Sommer 1965: NBC TV [colorized])
Chris Robinson (aka Christopher Robinson)
American actor of television (Dr. Rick Webber on General Hospital; Sandy on 12 O’Clock High; Another World; The Bold and the Beautiful) and movies (Shoot Out at Big Sag; Because They’re Young; The Hawaiians; Savannah Smiles; The Long Rope) (born Nov. 5, 1938 – died June 9, 2025; age 86). (Chris Robinson 1967 12 O’Clock High)
Bill Walton (nee William Theodore Walton III)
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame American NBA center (Portland Trail Blazers 1978 NBA MVP & 1977 NBA champion; San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers; Boston Celtics, 1986 NBA Champion), 3-time College Player of the Year (UCLA Bruins), and Emmy Award-winning sportscaster (born Nov. 5, 1952 – died May 27, 2024; age 71). (Bill Walton 1977)
Lester Piggott (“The Long Fellow“)
British Champions Series Hall of Fame English horse trainer & 11 times British flat racing Champion Jockey, with almost 4500 career wins (9X Epsom Derby; 8X St. Leger Stakes; 6X Epsom Oaks; 5X 2000 Guineas) on horses such as Nijinsky, Dahlia & The Minstrel (born Nov. 5, 1935 – died May 29, 2022; age 86). (Lester Piggott 1955: National Archives of Norway)
Sam Shepard (nee Samuel Shepard Rogers III; ex of O-Lan Jones)
Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright (Buried Child), actor of TV (Bloodline) & films (The Right Stuff; Raggedy Man; Frances; The Pelican Brief; Country; The Notebook; Thunderheart; Baby Boom; August: Osage County) (born Nov. 5, 1943 – died July 27, 2017; age 73). Sam Shepard died of ALS complications. Ex-partner of Jessica Lange. (Sam Shepard c 1964: Jimaize)
Vivian Leigh (nee Vivian Mary Hartley; ex of Laurence Olivier)
Tony & Oscar-winning English stage & film star (A Streetcar Named Desire; A Yank at Oxford; That Hamilton Woman; Fire Over England; Waterloo Bridge; The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone; Ship of Fools; Anna Karenina) (born Nov. 5, 1913 – died July 8, 1967; age 53). Vivian Leigh died of tuberculosis. Ex-partner of John Merivale. (Vivian Leigh 1939 Gone With the Wind Trailer)
Charles MacArthur (married Helen Hayes; father of James MacArthur)
Academy Award-winning American Theater Hall of Fame reporter, Algonquin Round Table short story writer, playwright (Jumbo; Twentieth Century), & screenwriter (The Scoundrel; Wuthering Heights; The Front Page; Rasputin and the Empress; The Senator Was Indiscreet; Lulu Belle), and WWI veteran (born Nov. 5, 1895 – died Apr. 21, 1945; age 60), (Charles MacArthur 1935)
Joel McCrea (married Frances Dee; father of Jody McCrea)
American actor of radio, TV (Wichita Town) and movies (The Virginian; The Great Man’s Lady; Kept Husbands; Bird of Paradise; Gambling Lady; Barbary Coast; Foreign Correspondent; Internes Can’t Take Money; The Palm Beach Story; Sullivan’s Travels; Lightnin’) (born Nov. 5, 1905 – died Oct. 20, 1990; age 84). Joel McCrea died of pneumonia. (Joel McCrea 1931 Kept Husbands)
Natalie Schafer (ex of Louis Calhern)
American actress of stage, TV (Lovey Howell on Gilligan’s Island; Search for Tomorrow) and in movies (Molly and Me; The Girl Next Door; Dishonored Lady; Susan Slade; Callaway Went Thataway; Forever, Darling; Anastasia; 40 Carats; Back Street; Bernardine) (born Nov. 5, 1900 – died Apr. 10, 1991; age 90). Natalie Schafer died of liver cancer. (Natalie Schafer 1961 Thriller)
Ike Turner (nee Izear Luster Turner Jr.)
American session musician, songwriter (Rocket 88) & performer with (wife) Tina Turner as Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Ike & Tina Turner Revue (Proud Mary; It’s Gonna Work Out; Nutbush City Limits; A Fool in Love; Bold Soul Sister) (born Nov. 5, 1931 – died Dec. 12, 2007; age 76). Ike Turner died of a cocaine overdose. (Ike Turner 1971: Rob Mieremet / Dutch National Archives)
American actor of TV (The Jimmy Stewart Show; Many Happy Returns; Mr. Terrific; The Patty Duke Show) and movies (The Glass Bottom Boat; Made in Paris; Fitzwilly; The Spirit is Willing; Man’s Favorite Sport?; The Manchurian Candidate; Love in the Afternoon) born Nov. 5, 1913 – died Sept. 9, 1975; age 61). John McGiver died of a heart attack. (John McGiver 1963 Johnny Cool)
Roy Rogers (nee Leonard Franklin Slye; “King of the Cowboys“; m. Dale Evans)
Sons of the Pioneers singer-actor of radio, TV (The Roy Rogers Show), & western films (Son of Paleface; Heart of the Rockies; The Golden Stallion; My Pal Trigger; Don’t Fence Me In; The Far Frontier; Heldorado) who married Dale Evans (born Nov. 5, 1911 – died July 6, 1998; age 86). Roy Rogers died of congestive heart failure. (Roy Rogers 1948 Photo: Insomnia Cured Here)
American model, actor of TV (Phineas Bogg on Voyagers!; Mac Harper on Cover Up; Making of a Male Model; Hotel) and films (Pat Trammell in The Bear) (born Nov. 5, 1957 – died Oct. 18, 1984; age 26). Jon-Erik Hexum died in an on-set accident when he fired a prop gun with a blank cartridge in it, at his head. (Jon-Erik Hexum 1984: Christie Jenkins Photography)
Herb Edelman (nee Herbert Edelman; ex of Louise Sorel)
American actor of TV (The Good Guys; The Golden Girls; Big John, Little John; St. Elsewhere; Murder, She Wrote; Knots Landing; Cagney & Lacey) and movies (The Odd Couple; California Suite; Barefoot in the Park; The Front Page; In Like Flint) (born Nov. 5, 1933 – died July 21, 1996; age 62). Partner of Christina Pickles. Herb Adelman died of emphysema. (Herb Adelman 1982 Nine to Five: ABC)
Richard Davalos (aka Dick Davalos; father of Elyssa Davalos)
American actor of TV (The Americans; Hawaiian Eye) & films (East of Eden; The Cabinet of Caligari; Pit Stop; All the Young Men; Kelly’s Heroes; Something Wicked This Way Comes; Cool Hand Luke; Hot Stuff; The Sea Chase; I Died a Thousand Times; Death Hunt) (born Nov. 5, 1930 – died Mar. 8, 2016; age 85). Grandfather of Alexa Davalos. (Richard Davalos 1955 Photo: Modern Screen)
American actor of movies & TV (Bonanza; The Rifleman; Gunsmoke; Dragnet; The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin; Perry Mason; Broken Arrow; The Lone Ranger; Circus Boy; Death Valley Days; Dangerous Assignment; Zane Grey Theater; Daniel Boone; Ben Casey; Johnny Ringo; Cheyenne; Black Saddle) (born Nov. 5, 1886 – died Sept. 16, 1971; age 84). (Ralph Moody 1962 Thriller)
Baby Marie Osborne (nee Helen Alice Myres; aka Marie Osborne Yeats)
American costumer, child actress in silent movies (Little Mary Sunshine; Joy and the Dragon; Should a Wife Forgive?; Shadows and Sunshine; Twin Kiddies; Told at Twilight; Sunshine and Gold; When Baby Forgot; Daddy’s Girl; The Little Diplomat; Cupid by Proxy; The Sawdust Doll) (born Nov. 5, 1911 – died Nov. 11, 2010; age 99). (Baby Marie Osborne 1917: The Photo-Play Journal)
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