June 5 is the birthday of 46 notable people we've found so far, including entrepreneurs, authors, historical figures and scientists, and 2 of them are billionaires.
The people we list for this date were born across 351 years, from 1646 to 1997.
People born on this day come from 21 countries, most often United States (10 of 46).
Robert Kraft is the wealthiest person we list for June 5, with an estimated $14B reported as of 2025.
Founders born on June 5 started companies including Blackstone Inc., Amblin Entertainment and Salvatore Ferragamo.
June 5 birthdays span at least four well-represented fields, including billionaires, investors, entrepreneurs and founders.
46% of the people we list for this date are historical figures who are no longer living.
2 Nobel laureates were born on June 5, including Dennis Gabor and Allvar Gullstrand.
6 of them had founded a company, won a major award or taken a top job before turning 30.
💰 Richest person born on June 5
Office of Governor Maura Healey of Massachusetts (Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office) Joshua Qualls in his capacity a, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Robert Hearth Kenneth Kraft is an American businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Kraft Group, a diversified holding company with assets in paper and packaging, sports and entertainment, real estate development, and a private equity portfolio.
Peter George Peterson was an American investment banker who served as United States Secretary of Commerce from 1972 to 1973 during the administration of President Richard Nixon. Peterson was also chairman and CEO of Bell & Howell from 1963 to 1971.
Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Share of the 46 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Authors26% (12 people)
Entrepreneurs26% (12 people)
Scientists20% (9 people)
Actors17% (8 people)
Creators17% (8 people)
Musicians17% (8 people)
Athletes13% (6 people)
Countries
21 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States10 (10 people)
France5 (5 people)
United Kingdom5 (5 people)
Italy3 (3 people)
Kingdom of Great Britain3 (3 people)
Cyprus2 (2 people)
Germany2 (2 people)
Life timeline
What were people born on June 5 doing at your age?
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.
By 25
25Valentin KipyatkovFounded JetBrains (2002)
~19Troye SivanNamed Teen Choice Awards (2014)
~24Martha ArgerichNamed International Chopin Piano Competition (1965)
Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg, formerly known by his stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor, producer, and former rapper. His work as a leading man spans the comedy, drama, and action genres.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jorge A. Rosales, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Dennis Gabor was a Hungarian-British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971 for his invention of holography. He obtained British citizenship in 1946 and spent most of his life in England.
Associated Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the field of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment.
Etching created by Cadell and Davies (1811), John Horsburgh (1828) or R.C. Bell (1872)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, was an English economist whose writings are considered the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economics, as well as its various offshoots.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Troye Sivan Mellet is an Australian singer-songwriter and actor. After gaining popularity as a singer on YouTube and in Australian talent competitions, Sivan signed with EMI Australia in 2013.
Kathleen Kennedy is an American film producer who served as the president of Lucasfilm from 2012 to 2026. She co-founded the production company Amblin Entertainment with Steven Spielberg and her eventual husband Frank Marshall in 1981.
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody was an English media personality and businesswoman. She rose to fame as a contestant on the third series of the Channel 4 reality show Big Brother in 2002.
Salvatore Ferragamo was an Italian shoe designer. Widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century footwear design, he was known for combining artisanal craftsmanship with technical innovation.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Sayyid Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi is a Comorian Islamic leader and politician, who served as the eighth President of Comoros from 2006 to 2011. He is popularly known as 'Ayatollah'.
Valentin Kipyatkov is a Russian billionaire. He made his fortune from the software firm JetBrains, co-founded with Sergey Dmitriev. He resides primarily in Cyprus. He graduated from Saint Petersburg State University.
Jeffrey Garlin is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He played Jeff Greene on the HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Murray Goldberg, patriarch of the eponymous family in the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs.
HandsomeJeffGarlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Richard Russell Riordan Jr. is an American author, best known for his Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, which includes the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, The Heroes of Olympus series, The Trials of Apollo series, and The Nico di Angelo Adventures series.
Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson is an American avant-garde artist, musician and filmmaker whose work encompasses performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects.
Studio Harcourt., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire was a British army officer and statesman.
Attributed to Michael Dahl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden since 1982. He is the third-longest serving member of the band, having appeared on each Iron Maiden album since Piece of Mind (1983).
Martin Christensen Braithwaite is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio. He plays mainly as a striker, but can also operate as a winger.
Jacques Demy was a French director, screenwriter and lyricist. He appeared at the height of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Stefania Sandrelli is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the "Italian-style comedy", starting from the 1960s. She was 14 years old when she starred in Divorce Italian Style as Angela, the cousin and love interest of Ferdinando, played by Marcello Mastroianni.
Il_conformista.jpg: Gawain78 at the Italian Wikipedia project. derivative work: Cavarrone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Nihat Haluk Bilginer is a Turkish actor. For his role in Şahsiyet (2018), Bilginer won the Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards. His movie Kış Uykusu won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Hélène Cixous is a French writer, playwright and literary critic. During her academic career, she was primarily associated with the Centre universitaire de Vincennes, which she co-founded in 1969 and where she created the first centre of women's studies at a European university.
Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Manuel "Matty" Moroun was an American billionaire businessman, most notable as the owner of the Ambassador Bridge international crossing connecting Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario.
Michael E. Brown is an American astronomer, who has been professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) since 2003.
Publishers: Mike Brown prefers the image on his personal website., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia or Elena Lucrezia Corner, also known in English as Helen Cornaro, was an Italian philosopher of noble descent in the Republic of Venice who in 1678 became one of the first women to receive an academic degree from a university and the first appointed a Doctor of Philosophy.
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Alijan Rahmanuly Ibragimov was a Kazakh oligarch of the Uyghur descent. He was born in Fergana, Uzbek SSR, and was a member of a well-known circle of oligarchs in Kazakhstan known as the "Trio." The Trio consists of Ibragimov.
Johan Gadolin was a Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist. Gadolin discovered a "new earth" containing the first rare-earth compound yttrium, which was later determined to be a chemical element.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Takayuki Suzuki is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made over 50 appearances for the Japan national team and he played professionally for two decades in Japan, Brazil, Belgium, Serbia and the United States.
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort was a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants. Botanist Charles Plumier was his pupil and accompanied him on his voyages.
Ambroise Tardieu (1788–1841), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This page lists 46 people born on June 5, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 2 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 2025. 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 June 5. Read the full methodology.
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