musicminder The Premier Online Music & Entertainment Resource Directory Search For: In Table: Albums Businesses Entertainers Hits On This Day Home About Us Contact Us Businesses Entertainers Albums Birthdates Hits Instruments Lyrics Memorials On This Day Home > Birthdates Menu > List Birthdates BIRTHDATES Search Results for Date: OCTOBER 5th Click on an Entertainer's name in the list below to view more information about that Entertainer. Click on a date in the list to view a list of other Entertainers with the same birthdate.   Number of Records Matching Query: 26   BILL DIXON   Date Born: Monday 5 October 1925   Description: Trumpeter, Composer, visual artist, USA   Summary: He co-led some releases with Archie Shepp and appeared on Cecil Taylor's Blue Note record Conquistador! in 1966. BILLY LEE RYLEY   Date Born: Thursday 5 October 1933   Description: Vocalist, USA   Summary: Born the son of a sharecropper, Riley learned to play guitar from black farm workers. After 4 years in the Army. BOB GELDOF   Date Born: Tuesday 5 October 1954   Description: Vocalist, Humanitarian, UK   Summary: The group charted with’ I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS. Geldof has been awarded Knight of the British Empire. He was instrumental with the Live Aid Concert for Africa. BOBBY EDNER   Date Born: Wednesday 5 October 1988   Description: Vocalist, Actor, USA   Summary: Edner has also become proficient in singing, dancing, and even songwriting. BRYAN ADAMS   Date Born: Monday 5 October 1959   Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, Composer, Canada   Summary: Adams was born in Canada, to English parents. BW STEVENSON   Date Born: Wednesday 5 October 1949   Description: Vocalist,Composer, USA   Summary: He later turned to the composing of songs during the late eighties in Nashville. Recorded for RCA records in the seventies. CAL WILSON   Date Born: Monday 5 October 1970   Description: Comedien, NZ   Summary: After attending high school in Christchurch, Wilson completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Canterbury. CARLO MASTRANGELO   Date Born: Wednesday 5 October 1938   Description: Vocalist, USA   Summary: An original member and the baritone voice of the quartet. DIANE CILENTO   Date Born: Thursday 5 October 1933   Description: Actress, Australia   Summary: Cilento was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Tom Jones in 1963. DONALD PLEASENCE   Date Born: Sunday 5 October 1919   Description: Actor, UK   Summary: The son of Alice and Thomas Stanley Pleasence, a stationmaster.He was brought up in the small village of Grimoldby, Lincolnshire, England, and attended Ecclesfield Grammar School in south west Yorkshire. GEORGE JONES Jnr   Date Born: Monday 5 October 1936   Description: Vocalist, USA   Summary: George Jones Sr was known for singing the lead on "Lama Rama Ding Dong" with The Edsels. GLYNIS JOHNS   Date Born: Friday 5 October 1923   Description: Actress, South Africa   Summary: In 1944, she appeared with her father in Halfway House, and in 1948 starred as a mermaid in Miranda (Johns later reprised the role in a 1954 sequel, Mad About Men). GUY PEARCE   Date Born: Saturday 5 October 1957   Description: Actor, Australian   Summary: In 2010 he appeared as playboy David, the Prince of Wales, who became King Edward VIII, in the award-winning film The King's Speech. HAROLD FALTERMEYER   Date Born: Sunday 5 October 1952   Description: Musician, composer, producer   Summary: He is recognized as one of the composers/producers who best captured the zeitgeist of 1980s synthpop in film scores. JEFF CONWAY   Date Born: Thursday 5 October 1950   Description: Actor, USA   Summary: An American actor, best known for his roles in the movie Grease, and the US TV series Taxi and Babylon 5. JIMMY BLANTON   Date Born: Saturday 5 October 1918   Description: Bassist, USA   Summary: Jimmy Blanton played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra. JOHNNY DUNCAN   Date Born: Wednesday 5 October 1938   Description: Vocalist, USA   Summary: Johnny was born into a musical family. He is very proud of his talented and famous cousins, including Eddie Seals, Jimmy Seals of Seals & Croft, and country singer Dan Seals. KATE WINSLET   Date Born: Sunday 5 October 1975   Description: Actress, UK   Summary: At the age of 22, Winslet became the youngest actress to receive two Oscar nominations; at age 33, she was the youngest actor to receive six nominations. KATHRYN CRAWFORD   Date Born: Monday 5 October 1908   Description: Actress, Singer, USA   Summary: Born Katherine Moran in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, Crawford had a somewhat tumultuous childhood. MARGIE SINGLETON   Date Born: Saturday 5 October 1935   Description: Vocalist, Composer, USA   Summary: Margie Singleton was a popular duet and solo recording artist, working with legendary Country stars George Jones and Faron Young. PAUL THOMAS   Date Born: Sunday 5 October 1980   Description: Bassist, USA   Summary: His first instrument was guitar, but he later switched to bass RICHARD KERMODE   Date Born: Saturday 5 October 1946   Description: Keyboardist, USA   Summary: Worked also with "Janis Joplin with the Butterfield Blues Band" -"Santana plus" a member of "The Kosmic Blues Band". RICHARD STREET   Date Born: Monday 5 October 1942   Description: Singer, dancer, songwriter, USA   Summary: An American soul and R&B singer, most notable as a member of Motown vocal group The Temptations from 1971 to 1993. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Street was the first member of the Temptations to actually be a native of the city which served as Motown's namesake and hometown. SIDNEY HARTH   Date Born: Monday 5 October 1925   Description: Violinist and conductor, USA   Summary: In 1957 Harth became the first American to receive the Laureate Prize in the Wieniawski Violin Competition held in Poland. STEVE MILLER   Date Born: Tuesday 5 October 1943   Description: Guitarist, Vocalst,Composer , USA   Summary: Miller was born to Dr George "Sonny" Miller, a pathologist, jazz enthusiast, hat salesman and amateur recording engineer, and Bertha, a jazz-influenced singer.P/E WILBUR WILDE   Date Born: Wednesday 5 October 1955   Description: Saxophonist, Vocals, Presentation, Production, Writing. Australia   Summary: He is most famous for appearing as part of the house band on Hey Hey It's Saturday - 1984 - 1999           Disclaimer:   Music Minder takes as much care as possible to check the accuracy of the information provided. However, we can not guarantee the absolute accuracy of any material provided. 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