Famous people born on 5 June

• John Maynard KeynesBritish economist · 1883–1946
  62 yrs
• Federico García LorcaSpanish poet, dramatist and prose writer · 1898–1936
  38 yrs
• Dennis GaborNobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor of holography · 1900–1979
  78 yrs
• Mehmed III13th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1566–1603
  37 yrs
• Allvar GullstrandSwedish ophthalmologist · 1862–1930
  68 yrs
• John Couch AdamsEnglish mathematician and astronomer · 1819–1892
  72 yrs
• Mustafa II22th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1664–1703
  39 yrs
• Ruth Benedict ↗American anthropologist and folklorologist · 1887–1948
  61 yrs
• Carlo Biotti ↗Italian judge · 1901–1977
  76 yrs
• James Connolly ↗Irish republican, trade unionist and socialist revolutionary · 1868–1916
  47 yrs
• John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ↗English soldier and statesman · 1650–1722
  72 yrs
• Johan Gadolin ↗Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist · 1760–1852
  92 yrs
• John the Fearless ↗Duke of Burgundy · 1371–1419
  48 yrs
• Elena Cornaro Piscopia ↗Venetian philosopher · 1646–1684
  38 yrs
• Jacques Demy ↗French film director · 1931–1990
  59 yrs
• Nicolae Iorga ↗Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright · 1871–1940
  69 yrs
• Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover ↗King of Hanover from 1837 to 1851 · 1771–1851
  80 yrs
• Tony Richardson ↗English theatre and film director and producer · 1928–1991
  63 yrs
• Joseph Pitton de Tournefort ↗French botanist · 1656–1708
  52 yrs
• Rudolf Peierls ↗German-born British physicist · 1907–1995
  88 yrs
• Pu Songling ↗Chinese writer · 1640–1715
  75 yrs
• Carmine Crocco ↗Italian brigand · 1830–1905
  75 yrs
• Emperor Renzong of Song ↗Chinese emperor from 1022 to 1063 · 1010–1063
  52 yrs
• Pierre Jean George Cabanis ↗French physiologist and materialist philosopher · 1757–1808
  50 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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