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Beer first gained media attention after Justin Bieber posted a link to her cover of "At Last" in 2012, when she was 13 years old.
Famous Birthdays on March 5
1999 — Madison Beer
American singer-songwriter
March 5 has 273 recorded notable births across history, from 1133 to 2007. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 2023 The 2023 Estonian parliamentary election is held, with two centre-right liberal parties gaining an absolute majority for the first time. Source
- 1981 The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 11⁄2 million units around the world. Source
- 1616 Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published. Source
- 1960 Indonesian President Sukarno dismisses the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaces it with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members. Source
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Dean Stockwell was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his starring role in the 1960 film version of D.
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Yuri Lowenthal's roles in animation include Sasuke Uchiha in Naruto, teenage Ben Tennyson in Ben 10, Jinnosuke in Afro Samurai, Simon in Gurren Lagann and Suzaku Kururugi in Code Geass.
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Upon the death of his father, Robert the Bruce, David succeeded to the throne at the age of five and was crowned at Scone in November 1331, becoming the first Scottish monarch to be anointed at his coronation.
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Louis I of Hungary (died 1382) was the first child of Charles I of Hungary and his wife, Elizabeth of Poland, to survive infancy.
More major people born on March 5
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1936
Dean Stockwell
American actor (died 2021)
Robert Dean Stockwell was an American actor and collage artist, whose career in film and television spanned seven decades.
1971
Yuri Lowenthal
American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
Yuri Lowenthal is an American voice actor known for his work in cartoons, anime, and video games.
1324
David II of Scotland (died 1371)
David II was King of Scotland from 1329 until his death in 1371.
1326
Louis I of Hungary (died 1382)
Louis I of Hungary, also known as Louis the Great or Louis the Hungarian, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370 until his death in 1382.
1990
Mason Plumlee
American basketball player
Mason Alexander Plumlee, nicknamed "Plumdog Millionaire", is an American professional basketball player who last played for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1964
Scott Skiles
American basketball player and coach
Scott Allen Skiles Sr. is an American former professional basketball coach and player.
1887
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Brazilian guitarist and composer (died 1959)
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music".
1959
Vazgen Sargsyan
Armenian colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia (died 1999)
Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from 1995 to 1999.
1968
Gordon Bajnai
Hungarian businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Hungary
György Gordon Bajnai is a Hungarian entrepreneur and economist, who served as the Prime Minister of Hungary from 2009 to 2010.
1957
Ray Suarez
American journalist and author
Rafael Suarez, Jr., known as Ray Suarez, is an American broadcast journalist and author. He is currently host of the PBS series "Wisdom Keepers" set to premiere on the public network in June 2025.
1952
Mike Squires
American baseball player and scout
Michael Lynn Squires is an American former Major League Baseball player who played for the Chicago White Sox primarily as a first baseman in 1975 and from 1977 to 1985.
1966
Oh Eun-sun
South Korean mountaineer
Oh Eun-sun is a South Korean mountaineer. She was the first South Korean woman to climb the Seven Summits.
1882
Dora Marsden
English author and activist (died 1960)
Dora Marsden was an English suffragette, editor of literary journals, and philosopher of language.
1713
Edward Cornwallis
English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (died 1776)
Lieutenant-General Edward Cornwallis was a British Army officer and member of the aristocratic Cornwallis family.
1908
Rex Harrison
English actor (died 1990)
Sir Reginald Carey Harrison was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1924.
1952
Robin Hobb
American author
Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm, is an American writer of speculative fiction.
1936
Canaan Banana
Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (died 2003)
Canaan Sodindo Banana was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987.
1996
Emmanuel Mudiay
Congolese-American basketball player
Emmanuel Kabeya Mudiay is a Congolese-American professional basketball player for the Piratas de Quebradillas of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN).
1928
J. Hillis Miller
American academic and critic (died 2021)
Joseph Hillis Miller Jr. was an American literary critic and scholar who advanced theories of literary deconstruction.