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Winner of the Ballon d'Or Féminin and named The Best FIFA Women's Player in 2019, Rapinoe was a member of the national teams that won the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2015 and 2019, and the team that finished second in 2011.
Famous Birthdays on July 5
1985 — Megan Rapinoe
American soccer player
July 5 has 241 recorded notable births across history, from 465 to 2005. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on July 5
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- 1977 The Pakistan Armed Forces under Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq seize power in Operation Fair Play and begin 11 years of martial law. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown. Source
- 2024 Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by Charles III, becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010 and the first one to win a general election since Tony Blair at the 2005 general election. Source
- 2009 The Staffordshire Horde, the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in Britain, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire. Source
- 1995 Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union. Source
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Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA or the RZA, is an American rapper, record producer, composer, actor, and filmmaker.
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Veronica Guerin became a reporter in 1990, writing for the Sunday Business Post and Sunday Tribune.
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Kannoth Karunakaran was an Indian politician, political strategist, decision maker and statesman who served as the chief minister of Kerala in 1977, from 1981 to March 1982, from May 1982 to 1987 and from 1991 to 1995.
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Mustafa Abdul Latif Mishatat al-Gharibawi, known as Mustafa al-Kadhimi is an independent Iraqi politician, lawyer, bureaucrat and former intelligence officer who served as the prime minister of Iraq from 7 May 2020 to 27 October 2022.
More major people born on July 5
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1969
RZA
American rapper, producer, actor, and director
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA or the RZA, is an American rapper, record producer, composer, actor, and filmmaker.
1958
Veronica Guerin
Irish journalist (died 1996)
Veronica Guerin Turley was an Irish investigative journalist focusing on organised crime in Ireland, who was murdered in a contract killing believed to have been ordered by a South Dublin-based drug cartel.
1918
K. Karunakaran
Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (died 2010)
Kannoth Karunakaran was an Indian politician, political strategist, decision maker and statesman who served as the chief minister of Kerala in 1977, from 1981 to March 1982, from May 1982 to 1987 and from 1991 to 1995.
1967
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
Iraqi politician, 80th Prime Minister of Iraq
Mustafa Abdul Latif Mishatat al-Gharibawi, known as Mustafa al-Kadhimi is an independent Iraqi politician, lawyer, bureaucrat and former intelligence officer who served as the prime minister of Iraq from 7 May 2020 to…
1029
Al-Mustansir Billah
Fatimid caliph (died 1094)
Abū Tamīm Maʿad al-Mustanṣir bi'llāh was the eighth Fatimid Caliph from 1036 until 1094. He was one of the longest reigning Muslim rulers. His reign was the twilight of the Fatimid state.
1872
Édouard Herriot
French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1957)
Édouard Marie Herriot was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister and twice as President of the Chamber of Deputies. He led the first Cartel des Gauches.
1941
Epeli Nailatikau
Fijian chief, President of Fiji (died 2026)
Brigadier-General Ratu Epeli Nailatikau,, often referred to as Na Turaga Mai Naisogolaca, was a Fijian chief who was President of Fiji from 2009 to 2015.
1896
Thomas Playford IV
Australian politician, 33rd Premier of South Australia (died 1981)
Sir Thomas Playford was an Australian politician from the state of South Australia. He served as Premier of South Australia and leader of the Liberal and Country League (LCL) from 5 November 1938 to 10 March 1965.
1653
Thomas Pitt
English businessman and politician (died 1726)
Thomas Pitt was a British merchant, colonial administrator and politician who served as the president of Fort St. George from 1698 to 1709.
1982
Kate Gynther
Australian water polo player
Kate Maree Gynther is an Australian former water polo player. She played for the Brisbane Barracudas in the National Water Polo League.
1936
Tommy LiPuma
American Grammy Award-winning jazz record producer and record label executive(died 2017)
Tommy LiPuma was an American music producer. His productions received 33 Grammy nominations and sold over 75 million albums. His six individual nominations resulted in five Grammy wins.
1970
Mac Dre
American rapper and producer, founded Thizz Entertainment (died 2004)
Andre Louis Hicks, known professionally as Mac Dre, was an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer from Vallejo, California.
1915
Babe Paley
American socialite (died 1978)
Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley was an American magazine editor and socialite. Affectionately known as Babe throughout her life, Paley made notable contributions to the field of magazine editing.
1882
Inayat Khan
Indian mystic and educator (died 1927)
Inayat Khan Rehmat Khan, was an Indian professor of musicology, singer, exponent of the sarasvati vina, poet, philosopher, writer, and pioneer of the transmission of Sufism to the West.
1925
Jean Raspail
French author and explorer (died 2020)
Jean Paul Raspail was a French explorer, novelist and travel writer. He was a recipient of the prestigious French literary awards Grand Prix du Roman and Grand Prix de littérature by the Académie Française.
1982
Philippe Gilbert
Belgian cyclist
Philippe Gilbert is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who is known for being a versatile rider who was able to win four of the five very different profile cycling monuments and also the World Road Race…
1914
John Thomas Dunlop
American administrator and labor scholar (died 2003)
John Thomas Dunlop was an American administrator, labor economist, and educator. Dunlop was the United States Secretary of Labor between 1975 and 1976 under President Gerald Ford.
1937
Nita Lowey
American politician (died 2025)
Nita Sue Lowey was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from New York from 1989 until 2021. She was a member of the Democratic Party.
1969
John LeClair
American ice hockey player
John Clark LeClair is an American former professional ice hockey player.