October 5th: Most Common Birthdate

A recent in depth database query conducted by Anybirthday.com suggests that October 5th is the United States most popular birth date. Here are 10 Americans who were born on America's most popular birthdate.

1. 1830 Chester (Alan) Arthur, 21st US President (1881-5) who took over after the assassination of President Garfield.
2. 1879 Francis Peyton Rous, US scientist involved in the discovery of the role of viruses in the transmission of certain types of cancer. In 1966 he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
3. 1882 Robert Goddard, US rocket pioneer. He is known as the "Father of the Space Age," and possessed over 200 rocketry patents.
4. 1902 Ray Kroc, US businessman, founder of McDonalds.
5. 1904 John Hoyt, actor, whose films include When Worlds Collide, Androcles and the Lion, The Student Prince, Blackboard Jungle, Death of a Scoundrel, Spartacus and Desperately Seeking Susan.
6. 1908 Joshua Logan, film director whose credits include Paint Your Wagon, Camelot, Ensign Pulver, Fanny, South Pacific, Sayonara, Bus Stop and Picnic.
7. 1929 Autherine Lucy, first black person to enrol at a US university.
8. 1929 Richard Francis Gordon Jr.: NASA astronaut, one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon.
9. 1951 Karen Allen, US actress whose films include Ghost in the Machine, Raiders of the Lost Ark, National Lampoon's Animal House and Starman.
10. 1983 Nicky Hilton, US heiress, model, socialite and fashion designer, younger sister of Paris.