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December 5 birthdays

293 notable historical figures were born on December 5, and 188 died on this day. Everyone born on December 5 is a Sagittarius.

19% of December 5 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (73) than any other country.

Born on December 5

• Walt Disney (1901 to 1966. American animator, producer and entrepreneur (1901–1966))
• Martin Van Buren (1782 to 1862. President of the United States from 1837 to 1841)
• Werner Heisenberg (1901 to 1976. German physicist (1901–1976))
• Strom Thurmond (1902 to 2003. American politician (1902–2003))
• Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927 to 2016. King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016)
• Paula Patton (born 1975. American actress)
• Owen Cooper (born 2009. English actor (born 2009))
• Pope Julius II (1443 to 1513. Head of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513)
• Józef Piłsudski (1867 to 1935. Polish statesman (1867–1935))
• Lin Biao (1907 to 1971. Chinese marshal and politician (1907–1971))
• Otto Preminger (1905 to 1986. Austrian-American director, producer, and actor (1905–1986))
• Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum (born 1985) (born 1985. Sheikha of Dubai)
• Christina Rossetti (1830 to 1894. English poet (1830–1894))
• Mamady Doumbouya (born 1984. President of Guinea since 2021)
• Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925 to 1980. President of Nicaragua (1967–72; 1974–79))
• Moshe Katsav (born 1945. President of Israel from 2000 to 2007)
• Hanif Kureishi (born 1954. British playwright (born 1954))
• Lydia Leonard (born 1981. British actress (born 1981))
• Ravish Kumar (born 1974. Indian journalist and anchor (born 1974))
• Arnold Sommerfeld (1868 to 1951. German theoretical physicist (1868–1951))
• Jianwen (1377 to 1402. Emperor of China from 1398 to 1402)
• Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959. Japanese artist (born 5 December 1959))
• Gershom Scholem (1897 to 1982. Israeli philosopher and historian (1897–1982))
• Milton H. Erickson (1901 to 1980. American psychiatrist (1901–1980))
• Sheldon Glashow (born 1932. American theoretical physicist)
• Sorin Grindeanu (born 1973. President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania)
• Camarón de la Isla (1950 to 1992. Spanish Gypsy flamenco singer (1950–1992))
• Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661 to 1724. British statesman (1661–1724))
• Armando Diaz (1861 to 1928. Italian general (1861–1928))
• Ruthanna Hopper (born 1972. American author and actress (born 1972))
• Bruce Golding (born 1947. Prime Minister of Jamaica from 2007 to 2011)
• C. R. Swart (1894 to 1982. South African politician (1894–1982))
• Natalia Pavlovna Paley (1905 to 1981. Member of the Romanov family (1905–1981))
• Ricardo Bofill (1939 to 2022. Spanish architect (1939–2022))
• Little Richard (1932 to 2020. American musician and songwriter (1932–2020))
• Hilary Koprowski (1916 to 2013. Polish virologist and immuologist (1916–2013))
• Paul Painlevé (1863 to 1933. French mathematician and statesman (1863–1933))
• Arthur Samuel (computer scientist) (1901 to 1990. American computer scientist (1901–1990))
• Ilana Levine (born 1963. American actress)
• Jack Whitten (1939 to 2018. American painter and sculptor)
• Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896 to 1984. Czech Nobel prize laureate and scientist)
• Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792 to 1865. Supreme Protector of the Peru-Bolivia Confederation)
• Ronnie O'Sullivan (born 1975. English snooker player (born 1975))
• Philip K. Wrigley (1894 to 1977. American businessman (1894–1977))
• Roger Douglas (born 1937. New Zealand politician)
• Nicolae Văcăroiu (born 1943. Romanian politician)
• C. F. Powell (1903 to 1969. British physicist (1903–1969))
• Anthony Martial (born 1995. French footballer (born 1995))
• Elizabeth S. Anderson (born 1959. American philosopher (born 1959))
• Benjamin Creme (1922 to 2016. Scottish esoteric writer (1922–2016))
• Konstantin Korovin (1861 to 1939. Russian impressionist painter (1861–1939))
• Rosalía Arteaga (born 1956. Ecuadorian politician (born 1956))
• Evelyn Wever-Croes (born 1966. 4th Prime Minister of Aruba)
• María Guardiola (born 1978. Spanish politician (born 1978))
• Josh Malihabadi (1898 to 1982. Pakistani poet (1898–1982))
• Egberto Gismonti (born 1947. Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist (born 1947))
• Vir Singh (writer) (1872 to 1957. Indian writer and poet)
• Fausto Sozzini (1539 to 1604. Italian theologian and co-founder of Socinianism (1539–1604))
• Abdulaziz bin Fahd Al Saud (born 1990. Saudi royal and former government official)
• David Bomberg (1890 to 1957. British painter (1890–1957))

Died on December 5

• Claude Monet (1840 to 1926. French painter (1840–1926))
• Nelson Mandela (1918 to 2013. President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 to 1791. Composer (1756–1791))
• Frank Gehry (1929 to 2025. Canadian and American architect (1929–2025))
• Francis II (1544 to 1560. King of France from 1559 to 1560)
• Michael I (1921 to 2017. King of Romania (r. 1927–1930, 1940–1947))
• Aurobindo Ghosh (1872 to 1950. Indian yogi (1872–1950))
• Pedro II of Brazil (1825 to 1891. Emperor of Brazil from 1831 to 1889)
• Dave Brubeck (1920 to 2012. American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012))
• Phillis Wheatley (1753 to 1784. American writer (c. 1753–1784))
• Oscar Niemeyer (1907 to 2012. Brazilian architect (1907–2012))
• Amrita Sher-Gil (1913 to 1941. Hungarian-Indian painter (1913–1941))
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 to 2007. German composer (1928–2007))
• Ne Win (1911 to 2002. Leader of Burma (1958–1960; 1962–1988))
• Ealhswith (852 to 902. Consort of Alfred the Great from 871 to 899)
• Colin Wilson (1931 to 2013. English writer (1931–2013))
• Tancred, Prince of Galilee (1072 to 1112. Prince of Galilee (1099–1101, 1109–1112))
• Princess Augusta of Cambridge (1822 to 1916. Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1860 to 1904)
• Huseyn Suhrawardy (1892 to 1963. Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 to 1957)
• Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864 to 1945. British archbishop (1864–1945))
• Robert Watson-Watt (1892 to 1973. Scottish physicist who pioneered radio direction-finding and radar (1892–1973))
• Nicolas Steno (1638 to 1686. Danish scientist and Catholic bishop (1638 – 1686))
• Fabiola of Belgium (1928 to 2014. Queen of the Belgians from 1960 to 1993)
• Hashim al-Atassi (1875 to 1960. Syrian statesman, thrice president (1875–1960))
• Alexandre Dumas (1802 to 1870. French writer and dramatist (1802–1870))
• Sabbas the Sanctified (439 to 532. Byzantine monk)
• Jacques Tits (1930 to 2021. Belgian mathematician (1930–2021))
• Violetta Villas (1938 to 2011. Polish singer (1938–2011))
• Louis Hennepin (1626 to 1701. Belgian explorer and missionary)
• Jean d'Ormesson (1925 to 2017. French novelist, writer and public figure (1925–2017))

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