Born on June 5

French physician, physiologist, and philosopher (1757–1808), a leading figure among the Idéologues. He sought to establish a science of man by linking the physical functions of the body to moral phenomena.

A Mexican revolutionary leader, Pancho Villa was one of the key figures of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). At the head of his famous Division of the North, he fought against the regimes of Porfirio Díaz and then Victoriano Huerta before leading an armed raid against the town of Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916.

British economist, founder of modern macroeconomics. His general theory, published in 1936 in response to the Great Depression, argues for government intervention to support demand and employment.

Spanish poet and playwright, a major figure of the Generation of '27. Author of the Romancero gitano and rural tragedies such as Blood Wedding, he was assassinated in 1936 at the start of the Spanish Civil War.

French filmmaker (1931–1990), a major figure of the French New Wave, celebrated for his poetic musicals blending vivid colors with melancholy. Director of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Young Girls of Rochefort.