Birthday: 5 September
Famous people born on 5 September
24 of the best-known people in our data were born on 5 September, including Louis XIV of France, Freddie Mercury and Caspar David Friedrich. The longest life among them was Nicanor Parra's, at 103 years.
- Louis XIV of FranceKing of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715 · 1638–171576 yrs
- Freddie MercuryBritish singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen · 1946–199145 yrs
- Caspar David FriedrichGerman Romantic landscape painter · 1774–184065 yrs
- Robert WalpoleBritish statesman and art collector, 1st Earl of Orford · 1676–174568 yrs
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan2nd President and 1st Vice President of India, Indian philosopher and politician · 1888–197586 yrs
- John CageAmerican avant-garde composer · 1912–199279 yrs
- Raquel WelchAmerican actress · 1940–202382 yrs
- Arthur KoestlerHungarian-British author and journalist · 1905–198377 yrs
- Johann Christian Bach ↗German composer · 1735–178246 yrs
- Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy ↗Count, Russian poet, novelist and playwright · 1817–187558 yrs
- Bob Newhart ↗American stand-up comedian and actor · 1929–202494 yrs
- Christoph Martin Wieland ↗German poet and writer · 1733–181379 yrs
- Giacomo Meyerbeer ↗German-French composer · 1791–186472 yrs
- Jesse James ↗American outlaw, confederate guerrilla, and train robber · 1847–188234 yrs
- Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb ↗German field marshal and war criminal · 1876–195679 yrs
- Andriyan Nikolayev ↗Soviet cosmonaut · 1929–200474 yrs
- Ken Naganuma ↗Japanese association football player and manager · 1930–200877 yrs
- Otto Bauer ↗Austrian Social Democrat · 1881–193856 yrs
- Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen ↗Archduke of Austria · 1771–184775 yrs
- Nicanor Parra ↗Chilean writer, poet, mathematician, and physicist · 1914–2018103 yrs
- Darryl F. Zanuck ↗American film producer · 1902–197977 yrs
- Victorien Sardou ↗French dramatist · 1831–190877 yrs
- Mario Scelba ↗Italian politician · 1901–199190 yrs
- Jacques Paul Migne ↗French priest and scholar · 1800–187575 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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