Famous birthdays on December 5
Famous people born on December 5, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
💎 Birthstone
Turquoise
👶 How common
No. 122 of 366
Born on December 5

Julius II
born 1443 · pope of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513 (1443–1513)

Józef Piłsudski
born 1867 · Polish politician, First Marshall, and Prime Minister (1867–1935)

Fritz Lang
born 1890 · Austrian filmmaker (1890–1976)

Walt Disney
born 1901 · American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)

Werner Heisenberg
born 1901 · German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner (1901–1976)

Bhumibol Adulyadej
born 1927 · former King of Thailand (1927–2016)

Little Richard
born 1932 · American musician (1932–2020)
José Carreras
born 1946 · Catalan tenor (born 1946)
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Ronnie O'Sullivan
born 1975 · English snooker player (born 1975)

Anthony Martial
born 1995 · French footballer (born 1995)
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Patricia Kaas
born 1966 · French singer

Randal Kolo Muani
born 1998 · French footballer (born 1998)

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
born 1971 · German politician (CSU), former Minister of Economics, Minister of Defense
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Camarón de la Isla
born 1950 · Spanish flamenco singer (1950–1992)
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Klaus Allofs
born 1956 · German football player and executive

Ricardo Bofill
born 1939 · Catalan architect (1939-2022)

Gabriel Luna
born 1982 · American actor
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Owen Cooper
born 2009 · English actor (born 2009)
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Ayman Nour
born 1964 · Egyptian politician

Ediz Gürel
born 2008 · Turkish chess player (born 2008)

Reino Paasilinna
born 1939 · Finnish politician and writer (1939-2022)

Nicolae Văcăroiu
born 1943 · 55th Prime Minister of Romania (1992-1996)
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Jeroen Krabbé
born 1944 · Dutch actor, film director (born 1944)
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Moshe Katsav
born 1945 · 8th President of Israel (2000–2007)

Bruce Golding
born 1947 · Jamaican politician; Prime Minister of Jamaica
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Oswaldo de Oliveira
born 1950 · Brazilian association football player and manager

Phumtham Wechayachai
born 1953 · Acting Prime Minister of Thailand from 14 to 16 August 2024 and from July to September 2025
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Rosalía Arteaga Serrano
born 1956 · Writer and former President of Ecuador

Arnold Scholten
born 1962 · Dutch association football player
Fred Rutten
born 1962 · Dutch footballer and manager

Abbas Araghchi
born 1962 · Iranian diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1962)

Johan Renck
born 1966 · Swedish director and musician

Krisztina Tóth
born 1967 · Hungarian poet, writer, translator (1967–)
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Bogdan Stelea
born 1967 · Romanian footballer
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José Luis Sierra
born 1968 · Chilean footballer
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Aleksander Knavs
born 1975 · Slovenian footballer
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Neil Druckmann
born 1978 · Israeli-American video game designer (born 1978)

Marcelo Zalayeta
born 1978 · Uruguayan footballer (born 1978)

Rustam Kasimdzhanov
born 1979 · Uzbekistani chess player

Matteo Ferrari
born 1979 · Italian footballer (born 1979)
December 5 in every year
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Questions about December 5 birthdays
- Who are famous people born on December 5?
- Famous people born on December 5 include Julius II (1443), Józef Piłsudski (1867), Fritz Lang (1890), Walt Disney (1901), Werner Heisenberg (1901).
- What star sign is someone born on December 5?
- Someone born on December 5 is a Sagittarius.
- What is the birthstone for December 5?
- The birthstone for December is turquoise.
- How common is a birthday on December 5?
- In the US, December 5 is the No. 122 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,580 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).