Today's Famous Birthdays

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Patricia Ann Carroll
(May 5, 1927 – July 30, 2022)

was an American actress and comedian. She was known for voicing Ursula in The Little Mermaid
and for appearances in CBS's The Danny Thomas Show, ABC's Laverne & Shirley, and NBC's ER.
Carroll was an Emmy, Drama Desk, and Grammy Award winner, as well as a Tony Award nominee.
Carroll was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on May 5, 1927, to Maurice Clifton Carroll (d. 1963)
and Kathryn Angela (née Meagher). Her family moved to Los Angeles when Pat was five years old,
and she soon began acting in local productions. She graduated from Immaculate Heart High School
and attended Catholic University of America after enlisting in the United States Army as a
civilian actress technician.









Sir Michael Edward Palin KCMG CBE FRGS FRSGS FRSL
(born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He was a member
of the Monty Python comedy group. Since 1980, he has made numerous television travel documentaries,
and is a widely recognized writer and presenter. Palin appeared in some of the most famous Python
sketches, including "Argument Clinic", "Dead Parrot sketch", "The Lumberjack Song",
"The Spanish Inquisition", "Bicycle Repair Man" and "The Fish-Slapping Dance". Palin was born in
Ranmoor, Sheffield, the second child and only son of Edward Moreton Palin (1900–1977) and
Mary Rachel Lockhart (née Ovey; 1903–1990). His father was a Shrewsbury and Cambridge-educated
engineer working for a steel firm. His maternal grandfather, Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Lockhart Ovey,
DSO, was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1927.










Karl Heinrich Marx FRSA
(German; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883)

was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of
political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 pamphlet The
Communist Manifesto and the four-volume Das Kapital (1867–1883). Marx's political and philosophical
thought had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic, and political history.
His name has been used as an adjective, a noun, and a school of social theory.










Elizabeth Cochran Seaman
(born Elizabeth Jane Cochran; May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922),

better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist, who was widely known for her
record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character
Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from
within. She was a pioneer in her field and launched a new kind of investigative journalism.
Elizabeth Jane Cochran was born May 5, 1864, in "Cochran's Mills", now part of Burrell Township,
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.









Tyrone Edmund Power III
(May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958)

was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in
swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include Jesse James, The Mark of Zorro,
Marie Antoinette, Blood and Sand, The Black Swan, Prince of Foxes, Witness for the Prosecution,
The Black Rose, and Captain from Castile. Power's own favorite film among those that he starred
in was Nightmare Alley. Power was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1914, the son of Helen Emma "Patia"
and the English-born American stage and screen actor Tyrone Power Sr., often known by his first name
"Fred". Power was descended from a long Irish theatrical line going back to his great-grandfather,
the Irish actor and comedian Tyrone Power (1797–1841).









Tammy Wynette
(born Virginia Wynette Pugh; May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998)

was an American country music artist, as well as an actress and author. She is considered among
the genre's most influential and successful artists. Along with Loretta Lynn, Wynette helped bring
a woman's perspective to the male-dominated country music field that helped other women find
representation in the genre. Her characteristic vocal delivery has been acclaimed by critics,
journalists and writers for conveying unique emotion. Twenty of her singles topped the Billboard
country chart during her career. Her signature song "Stand by Your Man" received both acclaim
and criticism for its portrayal of women's loyalty towards their husbands. Virginia Wynette Pugh
was born in Itawamba County, Mississippi in 1942. With only 800 people, Itawamba County
did not have any official towns at the time of her birth. The farm where she was born bordered
the Alabama state line. Wynette later credited both Alabama and Mississippi as her home states.
She was the only child born to Mildred Faye Russell and William Hollis Pugh.









William Thomas Ward
(born 5 May 1948)

is an English drummer. He was a co-founder and the original drummer for the heavy metal band
Black Sabbath. Ward helped found Black Sabbath in 1969 alongside bandmates Ozzy Osbourne
(lead singer), Tony Iommi (guitarist) and Geezer Butler (bass). According to his Black Sabbath
bandmates Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne, Ward has dramatically changed his lifestyle since
Black Sabbath's 1970s and early 80s heyday. Iommi says he stopped smoking, gave up alcohol,
became a vegan, and does not use drugs of any kind.[4] Osbourne says that Ward has been sober
for approximately 30 years.










Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE
(born 5 May 1988)

is an English singer-songwriter. After graduating in arts from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed
a record deal with XL Recordings. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 and spawned the UK
top-five singles "Chasing Pavements" and "Make You Feel My Love". 19 has sold over 2.5 million
copies in the UK and was named in the top 20 best-selling debut albums of all time in the UK.
Adele was honored with the Brit Award for Rising Star as well as the Grammy Award for
Best New Artist. Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on 5 May 1988 in the Tottenham district of London,
to an English mother, Penny Adkins, and a Welsh father, Marc Evans.