Born:
Peter Ackroyd, British Author
More Notable Birthdays on October 5:
1975 - Kate Winslet, born in Reading, England, actress, Titanic, Jude, Hamlet, Get Back
1965 - Mario Lemieux, Montreal, NHL high scoring center, Pittsburgh Penguin
1959 - Maya Lin, born in Athens, Ohio, artist, architect of Chinese descent, known for Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., sculpture, landscape art
1951 - Bob Geldof, born in Dublin, Ireland, rocker, member of The Boomtown Rats, singer, songwriter, actor, played Pink in "The Wall"
1902 - Ray Kroc, born in Illinois, founder of McDonalds and owner for the San Diego Padres
