Pete Burns

Peter Jozzeppi Burns was an English singer, songwriter and television personality who formed the band Dead or Alive in 1980 during the new wave era and acted as the band's lead vocalist and principal songwriter. He sold over 17 million albums and 36 million singles worldwide and also gave successful English songwriting and record production trio Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) their first UK No. 1 hit single. His first three albums all reached the UK Top 30, with Youthquake reaching the Top 10. Additionally, the band had seven UK Top 40 singles, two US Top 20 singles and another two singles which went No. 1 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. In 2016, Billboard ranked Dead or Alive as one of the most successful "dance artists" of all time.

5 August 1959

Born on the same birth date (5 August 1959): Pat Smear

Born on the same birth day (5 August): Abbé Pierre • Anthony Edwards (basketball) • Antoine Sibierski • Darren Shahlavi • David Clarke (ice hockey) • Edward John Eyre • James Scott Skinner • Jeff Friesen • Leonid Kizim • Naum Gabo • Oleh Luzhnyi • Ray Clemence • Terry Becker • Theodore Whitmore • Tom Gilbert (rugby league)

Born in the same month (August 1959): Albert Owen • Eddi Reader • Florent Vollant • Frank Brickowski • George Kalovelonis • Jacek Kazimierski • Marc Sergeant • Mark Williams (actor) • Nagarjuna (actor) • Pia Gjellerup • Ralph Krueger • Ramón Díaz • Scott Altman • Yoshiaki Murakami