Famous people born on 5 December

• Walt DisneyAmerican animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company · 1901–1966
  65 yrs
• Martin Van BurenPresident of the United States from 1837 to 1841 · 1782–1862
  79 yrs
• Bhumibol AdulyadejFormer King of Thailand · 1927–2016
  88 yrs
• Werner HeisenbergGerman theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner · 1901–1976
  74 yrs
• Lope de VegaSpanish playwright and poet · 1562–1635
  72 yrs
• Józef PiłsudskiPolish politician, First Marshall, and Prime Minister · 1867–1935
  67 yrs
• Fyodor TyutchevRussian poet · 1803–1873
  69 yrs
• Arnold SommerfeldGerman physicist · 1868–1951
  82 yrs
• Fritz LangAustrian filmmaker · 1890–1976
  85 yrs
• Cecil Frank PowellBritish physicist · 1903–1969
  65 yrs
• Manuel I KomnenosByzantine Emperor · 1118–1180
  61 yrs
• Little RichardAmerican musician · 1932–2020
  87 yrs
• Christina Rossetti ↗English poet · 1830–1894
  64 yrs
• George Armstrong Custer ↗United States cavalry commander · 1839–1876
  36 yrs
• Carl Ferdinand Cori ↗Czech Nobel prize laureate and scientist · 1896–1984
  87 yrs
• Joan Didion ↗American writer · 1934–2021
  87 yrs
• Lin Biao ↗Chinese Communist military commander and politician · 1907–1971
  63 yrs
• Johannes Heesters ↗Dutch actor, singer and entertainer · 1903–2011
  108 yrs
• Władysław Szpilman ↗(1911-2000) Polish pianist, composer, Holocaust survivor · 1911–2000
  88 yrs
• Otto Preminger ↗Austrian-American director, producer, and actor · 1905–1986
  80 yrs
• Anastasio Somoza Debayle ↗Dictador of Nicaragua · 1925–1980
  54 yrs
• Afanasy Fet ↗Russian poet · 1820–1892
  71 yrs
• Alexander Rodchenko ↗Russian artist, sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer · 1891–1956
  64 yrs
• J.J. Cale ↗American musician · 1938–2013
  74 yrs
• Armando Diaz ↗Italian general · 1861–1928
  66 yrs
• Antti Aarne ↗Finnish folklorist · 1867–1925
  57 yrs
• Paul Painlevé ↗French mathematician and politician · 1863–1933
  69 yrs
• Strom Thurmond ↗American politician · 1902–2003
  100 yrs
• Konstantin Korovin ↗Russian artist · 1861–1939
  77 yrs
• Camarón de la Isla ↗Spanish flamenco singer · 1950–1992
  41 yrs
• John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe ↗Royal Navy officer · 1859–1935
  75 yrs
• Óscar Míguez ↗Uruguayan footballer · 1927–2006
  78 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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