September 5 is the birthday of 47 notable people we've found so far, including actors, authors, entrepreneurs and musicians, and 3 of them are billionaires.
Peter Woo Kwong-ching, GBM, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman. He was the chairman of Wheelock and Company and The Wharf (Holdings) until 19 May 2015. As of April 2021, his net worth is estimated to be $14 billion.
Peter R. Kellogg, is an American businessman with a net worth estimated by Forbes at around $3.4 billion, primarily derived from his leadership of Wall Street firm Spear, Leeds & Kellogg.
Thomas Dundon is an American billionaire businessman in financial services, real estate, and sports entertainment; he is chairman and managing partner of Dundon Capital Partners in Dallas, chairman of pickleball.com, and owner/CEO of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National…
Share of the 47 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Actors30% (14 people)
Authors28% (13 people)
Entrepreneurs26% (12 people)
Musicians23% (11 people)
Politicians21% (10 people)
Athletes17% (8 people)
Creators15% (7 people)
Countries
28 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States13 (13 people)
Germany3 (3 people)
India2 (2 people)
Japan2 (2 people)
Russia2 (2 people)
United Kingdom2 (2 people)
Afghanistan1 (1 people)
Life timeline
What were people born on September 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.
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~17Jack DanielFounded Jack Daniel's (1866)
~16Bukayo SakaJoined England national under-17 association football team (2017)
Freddie Mercury was a British singer, songwriter and pianist who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen, which he co-founded with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Louis XIV was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. He is a symbol of the Age of Absolutism in Europe for styling himself as "The Sun King" and "Louis the Great", which portrayed him as supreme leader.
Hyacinthe Rigaud, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Bukayo Ayoyinka Temidayo Moses Saka is an English professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team.
Michael John Douglas, known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.
Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Jo Raquel Welch was an American actress. Welch first gained attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she signed a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox.
Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Darryl Francis Zanuck was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era. Best known as a co-founder of 20th Century Fox, he played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of its longest survivors.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi is the younger son and youngest of three children of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi. He is the maternal-line grandson of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and US actress Grace Kelly.
Bernd Schwabe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pita Limjaroenrat, nicknamed Tim, is a Thai businessman and former politician who served as Leader of the Move Forward Party, the de facto successor to the dissolved Future Forward Party, from 2020 to 2023, and then as the advisory chair of the party from 2023 to 2024.
Warangkana Chomchuen (Voice of America), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Lee Myung-hee is a South Korean business magnate and the chairwoman of the Shinsegae Group. She is the youngest daughter of Lee Byung-chul, founder of the Samsung Group and the sister of the former late chairman Lee Kun-Hee.
Jack Joseph Valenti was an American political advisor and lobbyist who served as a Special Assistant to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was also the longtime president of the Motion Picture Association of America.
University of Houston Digital Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Rósa Arianna McGowan is an American actress and activist. After her film debut in a brief role in the comedy Encino Man (1992), she achieved recognition for her performance in the dark comedy The Doom Generation (1995), receiving an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
George Robert Newhart was an American comedian and actor. Newhart was known for his deadpan and stammering delivery style. Beginning his career as a stand-up comedian, he transitioned his career to acting in television.
Jim Wallace (Smithsonian Institution), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
George Robert Lazenby is a retired Australian actor. He began his professional career as a model and an actor in commercials. He had no film acting experience when he was cast as the fictional British spy James Bond for the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).
Carice Anouk van Houten is a Dutch actress. Her first leading role in the television film Suzy Q (1999) won her the Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama; two years later, she won the Golden Calf for Best Actress for Miss Minoes (2001).
Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian academic, philosopher and statesman who served as the Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962 and President of India from 1962 to 1967. He was the ambassador of India to the Soviet Union from 1949 to 1952.
Katerina Alexandre Hartford Graham is a Swiss-born American actress, singer, and dancer. She played Bonnie Bennett on the CW supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017).
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, artist, and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde.
Rob Bogaerts for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Caspar David Friedrich was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and anti-classical work, conveys a subjective, emotional response to the natural world.
Caspar David Friedrich, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Nikhil Kamath is an Indian entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of Zerodha, a retail stockbroker, and True Beacon, an asset management company. As of December 2025, Kamath is worth $3.3 billion, according to Forbes.
Arthur Koestler was an Austro-Hungarian-born author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest, and was educated in Austria, apart from his early school years.
Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
John Alieu Carew is a Norwegian actor and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was capped 91 times and scored 24 goals for the Norway national team.
A Mozman's friend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Leonardo Nascimento de Araújo, known as Leonardo Araújo or simply Leonardo, is a Brazilian football executive and former player and manager. In July 2026, he joined the Italian Football Federation as an adviser to technical director Paolo Maldini.
Doha Stadium Plus Qatar Photograph: Mohan (www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nuri Kazım Şahin is a German and Turkish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the head coach of Süper Lig club Başakşehir.
Antalyaspor A.Ş., CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Paul Breitner is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and left-back. Considered one of the best full-backs and midfielders of all time, and one of the best players of his era, Breitner was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Time Team.
Abdullah Abdullah is an Afghan politician who led the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) from May 2020 until August 2021, when the Afghan government was overthrown by the Taliban.
DFID - UK Department for International Development, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer, linking Mozart and Wagner. With his 1831 opera Robert le diable and its successors, he gave the genre of grand opera "decisive character".
Au Ménestrel, Paris, 1865. Uploaded, stiched and restored by JLPC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev was a Soviet cosmonaut. In 1962, aboard Vostok 3, he became the third Soviet cosmonaut to fly into space. Nikolayev was an ethnic Chuvash and because of it is considered the first Turkic cosmonaut.
Otto Bauer was an Austrian politician who was one of the founders and leading thinkers of the Austromarxists who sought a middle ground between social democracy and revolutionary socialism.
Albert Hilscher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval was a Chilean physicist and poet. He has been considered one of the most influential Spanish-language Chilean poets of the 20th century.
1855–1921 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Friese-Greene was a prolific English inventor and professional photographer. He was known as a pioneer in the field of motion pictures, having devised a series of cameras between 1888–1891 and shot moving pictures with them in London.
Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was a Saudi Arabian politician and businessman. A member of the House of Saud, he held different cabinet posts in the 1950s and was the chairman of the Allegiance Council from 2007 to 2017.
Saudi Arabia newspapers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Rodolfo "Rudy" Castro Fariñas, Sr. is a Filipino lawyer, politician and the former Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines and represents the 1st District of Ilocos Norte, the Philippines.
House of Representatives of the Philippines, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Lester Allan Pelton was an American inventor who contributed significantly to the development of hydroelectricity and hydropower in the American Old West as well as world-wide.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ken Naganuma was a Japanese football player and manager. A forward, he earned four caps for the Japan national team between 1954 and 1961 and later also served as the team's manager. He was also the president of the Japan Football Association from 1994 to 1998.
Unknown (Asahi Shinbun), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This page lists 47 people born on September 5, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 3 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 2026. 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 September 5. Read the full methodology.
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