Kenneth Martin Follett is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold nearly 200 million copies of his works.
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Also born on June 5
- Mark Wahlberg1971 · American actor
- John Maynard Keynes1883 · British economist
- Pancho Villa1878 · Mexican revolutionary general and politician
- Troye Sivan1995 · Australian singer and actor
- Federico García Lorca1898 · Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director
- Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo1942 · President of Equatorial Guinea since 1979
- Jeff Garlin1962 · American comedian and actor
- Rick Riordan1964 · American author
Also born in 1949
- Benjamin Netanyahu1949 · Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
- Meryl Streep1949 · American actress
- Sigourney Weaver1949 · American actress
- Pablo Escobar1949 · Colombian drug lord
- Bruce Springsteen1949 · American musician and songwriter
- Richard Gere1949 · American actor
- Jessica Lange1949 · American actress
- Jeff Bridges1949 · American actor