Notable Birthdays for March 5
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator in 1512
- the Rev. William Blackstone, the first settler in what is now Boston, in 1595
- Antoine Cadillac, founder of Detroit, in 1658
- poet Lucy Larcom in 1824
- lithographer James Ives, partner of Nathaniel Currier, in 1824
- author Frank Norris in 1870
- water treatment pioneer Emmett J. Culligan in 1893
- actor Rex Harrison in 1908
- actor Jack Cassidy in 1927
- actor Paul Sand in 1935 (age 80)
- actor Dean Stockwell in 1936 (age 79)
- actor Samantha Eggar in 1939 (age 76)
- actor Michael Warren in 1946 (age 69)
- actor Marsha Warfield in 1954 (age 61)
- magician Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller in 1955 (age 60)
- journalist Ray Suarez in 1957 (age 58)
- singer Andy Gibb in 1958
- televangelist Joel Osteen in 1963 (age 52)
- football Hall of Fame member Michael Irvin in 1966 (age 49)
- actor Eva Mendes in 1974 (age 41).
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