Birthday twins
December 5 is the birthday of 53 notable people we've found so far, including authors, politicians, actors and scientists, and 1 of them is a billionaire.
What the data says
Entrepreneur
1963 · Russia
$9.4Bolder estimate, as of May 2021 · Bloomberg
Iskander Kakhramonovich Makhmudov is an Uzbek-born Russian businessman.
Reported estimate as of May 2021: $9.4B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.
Against the other 365
Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every December birthday · battle December 5 against another date · all rankings
Who shares December 5
Share of the 53 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Countries
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
Life timeline
Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.
The standouts
Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.
Top tier
Founder · The Walt Disney Company · entertainment
1901–1966 · United States
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons.
Boy Scouts of America, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Politician
1782–1862 · United States
Martin Van Buren was the eighth president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841. Van Buren co-founded the Democratic Party with Andrew Jackson and became Jackson's vice president from 1833 to 1837.
Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1985 · United States
Francisco James Muniz IV is an American actor and professional stock car racing driver. Muniz came to prominence in the 2000s playing the titular character of the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006), for which he was nominated for an Emmy and two Golden Globe Awards.
Nascar9919, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner
1901–1976 · Nazi Germany
Werner Karl Heisenberg was a German theoretical physicist, one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics and a principal scientist in the German nuclear program during World War II.
Top tier
Scientist
1932 · United States
Sheldon Lee Glashow is an American theoretical physicist.
Luboš Motl - Lumidek, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1896–1984 · United States
Carl Ferdinand Cori, ForMemRS was an Austrian-American biochemist and pharmacologist.
Nobel Foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Builders
Entrepreneur
1968 · United States
Wendi Deng Murdoch is a Chinese-born American entrepreneur and socialite. She was the third wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch from 1999 until 2013.
UKinUSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1953 · Thailand
Phumtham Wechayachai is a Thai politician who served as the acting Prime Minister of Thailand from the suspension of Paetongtarn Shinawatra in July to the appointment of Anutin Charnvirakul in September 2025 as well as from 14 to 16 August 2024 from the dismissal of Srettha Thavisin to the appointment of Paetongtarn.
U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1849–1921 · Colombia
Rafael Reyes Prieto was a Colombian politician and soldier who was the Chief of Staff of the Colombian National Army and President of Colombia (1904–1909).
The Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1959 · Ukraine
Oleksandr Vladylenovych Yaroslavskyi is a Ukrainian businessman. He was formerly co-owner of UkrSibbank and president of FC Metalist Kharkiv (2005–2012).
Walnoa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1922–2009 · United States
American businessman (1922–2009)
Entrepreneur
1991 · South Africa
Social media influencer
December 5 in history
Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Musician
1927–2016 · Thailand
Bhumibol Adulyadej, titled Rama IX, was King of Thailand from 9 June 1946 until his death in 2016.
Harry Pot / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1932–2020 · United States
Richard Wayne Penniman, better known by his stage name Little Richard, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for seven decades.
Anna Bleker, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1995 · Norway
Alexander Sørloth is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Norway national team.
Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1975 · United Kingdom
Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan is an English professional snooker player. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in snooker history, he has won the World Snooker Championship seven times, a modern-era record he holds jointly with Stephen Hendry.
Stephen_Maguire,_Ronnie_O’Sullivan,_and_Michaela_Tabb_at_German_Masters_Snooker_Final_(DerHexer)_2012-02-05_05.jpg: DerH, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1975 · United States
Paula Maxine Patton is an American actress and producer.
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1934–2021 · United States
Joan Didion was an American writer and journalist. She is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism, along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe.
Kathleen Ballard, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1995 · France
Anthony Jordan Martial is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward. He last played for Liga MX club Monterrey.
Дмитрий Голубович, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1998 · France
Randal Kolo Muani is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus and the France national team.
Supporterhéninois, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1962 · Iran
Abbas Araghchi is an Iranian diplomat and politician who has served as the foreign minister of Iran since August 2024.
kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1976 · United States
Amy Louise Acker is an American actress.
Flickr user RavenU, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1993 · United Kingdom
Ross Barkley is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cfcunofficial/, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1984 · United States
Lauren Nicole London is an American actress.
Travis Hudgons (Hudgons) / PictureAtlanta.Net, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1890–1976 · United States
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang, better known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked in Germany and later the United States.
Joost Evers / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1985 · France
André-Pierre Christian Gignac is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Los ruidos del deporte, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1911–2000 · Poland
Władysław Szpilman was a Polish Jewish pianist, classical composer and Holocaust survivor.
Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1982 · United States
Keri Lynn Hilson is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, she began her musical career as a songwriter and backing vocalist for other artists under the wing of record producer Anthony Dent in 2002.
Sidewalks Entertainment, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1905–1986 · United States
Otto Ludwig Preminger was an Austrian-American film and theatre director, film producer and actor. He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the theatre, and was one of the most influential directors in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s.
Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1938–2013 · United States
John Weldon "JJ" Cale was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
Louis Ramirez, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1946 · Spain
Josep Maria Carreras Coll, better known as José Carreras, is a Spanish operatic tenor who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini.
Author
1830–1894 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English writer of romantic and devotional poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember".
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1969 · United Kingdom
Sir Sajid Javid is a British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from June 2021 to July 2022, having previously served as Home Secretary from 2018 to 2019 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2019 to 2020.
Richard Townshend, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1954 · United Kingdom
Hanif Kureishi is a British playwright, screenwriter and novelist.
Artist
1972 · Sweden
Linus Sandgren FSF, ASC is a Swedish cinematographer.
Scientist
1868–1951 · Germany
Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld was a German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in both atomic and quantum physics, and also educated and mentored many students for the new era of theoretical physics.
Author
1562–1635 · Spain
Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Baroque literature. In the literature of Spain, Lope de Vega is often considered second only to Miguel de Cervantes.
Attributed to Eugenio Caxés, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1971 · Austria
Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Buhl-Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg, known professionally as Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, is a German businessman, author, journalist, podcaster, and former politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU).
User:Christoph Braun, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1891–1956 · Soviet Union
Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko was a Russian and Soviet artist, sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer. He was one of the founders of constructivism and Russian design; he was married to the artist Varvara Stepanova.
Isaak Brodsky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1803–1873 · Russian Empire
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev was a Russian poet and diplomat.
Sergey Lvovich Levitsky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1903–2011 · Austria
Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters, known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch-German actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the concert stage with a career dating back to the 1920s.
Politician
1863–1933 · France
Paul Painlevé was a French mathematician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of the French Third Republic in 1917 and 1925. After working as a professor at the Sorbonne University, he entered politics in 1906.
Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This page lists 53 people born on December 5, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 1 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of May 2021. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on December 5. Read the full methodology.
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