Joseph Merrick

Joseph Carey Merrick, often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English man known for his severe physical deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "the Elephant Man", and then went to live at the London Hospital, in Whitechapel, after meeting Sir Frederick Treves, subsequently becoming well known in London society.

5 August 1862

Born on the same birth day (5 August): Airto Moreira • Andreas Weimann • Antonio Barberini • Daniëlle van de Donk • Gay Byrne • Horace Rawlins • Jonathan Silverman • José García Villa • Larry Corowa • Matthew Caws • Nelson Briles • Roberta Dodd Crawford • Tom Gilbert (rugby league)

Born in the same month (August 1862): Amos Alonzo Stagg • Andrew Fisher • Claude Debussy • Emilio Salgari • Henri Le Sidaner • Herbert Booth • Maurice Maeterlinck • Victoria of Baden • Zonia Baber