Birthday: 5 May
Famous people born on 5 May
29 of the best-known people in our data were born on 5 May, including Karl Marx, Søren Kierkegaard and Henryk Sienkiewicz. The longest life among them was Pat Carroll's, at 95 years.
- Karl MarxGerman-born philosopher · 1818–188364 yrs
- Søren KierkegaardDanish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic · 1813–185542 yrs
- Henryk SienkiewiczPolish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate · 1846–191670 yrs
- Oliver CromwellEnglish military and political leader · 1599–165859 yrs
- Arthur Leonard SchawlowAmerican physicist · 1921–199977 yrs
- Leopold II, Holy Roman EmperorHoly Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792 · 1747–179244 yrs
- Nellie BlyAmerican journalist · 1864–192257 yrs
- Zail Singh ↗President of India from 1982 to 1987 · 1916–199478 yrs
- Eugénie de Montijo ↗Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1870 · 1826–192094 yrs
- Afonso III of Portugal ↗King of Portugal · 1210–127968 yrs
- Tyrone Power ↗American actor · 1914–195844 yrs
- Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell ↗British Army general and Viceroy of India · 1883–195067 yrs
- Georgios Papadopoulos ↗Dictator of Greece from 1967 to 1973 · 1919–199980 yrs
- Trần Đức Lương ↗Vietnamese politician · 1937–202588 yrs
- Ferdinand von Richthofen ↗German traveller, geographer and scientist · 1833–190572 yrs
- Malam Bacai Sanhá ↗President of Guinea-Bissau · 1947–201264 yrs
- Albert Marth ↗German astronomer · 1828–189769 yrs
- Douglas Mawson ↗Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic · 1882–195876 yrs
- Henri Konan Bédié ↗President of Ivory Coast from 1993 to 1999 · 1934–202389 yrs
- Sylvia Pankhurst ↗English feminist and socialist · 1882–196078 yrs
- Rupert ↗King of Germany and Elector Palatine · 1352–141058 yrs
- Eugène Labiche ↗French dramatist · 1815–188872 yrs
- Tammy Wynette ↗American country singer · 1942–199855 yrs
- John William Draper ↗British-American academic · 1811–188270 yrs
- Nezahualcóyotl ↗Ruler of Texcoco · 1402–147270 yrs
- Pat Carroll ↗American actress · 1927–202295 yrs
- Alice Faye ↗American actress and singer · 1915–199883 yrs
- Leon Czolgosz ↗American laborer and assassin · 1873–190128 yrs
- Miklós Radnóti ↗Hungarian Jewish Christian poet · 1909–194435 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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