Famous People Born on December 5
Famous people born on December 5 include Walt Disney (1901), Werner Heisenberg (1901) and Martin Van Buren (1782).
BORN ON THIS DAY
Walt Disney
Created Mickey Mouse, Disney empire
Werner Heisenberg
Uncertainty principle, quantum mechanics pioneer
MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Martin Van Buren
President of the United States from 1837 to 1841
Bhumibol Adulyadej
King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016
Józef Piłsudski
Polish statesman (1867–1935)
Pope Julius II
Head of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513
Fyodor Tyutchev
Russian poet (1803–1873)
Arnold Sommerfeld
German theoretical physicist (1868–1951)
Fritz Lang
Austrian filmmaker (1890–1976)
C. F. Powell
British physicist (1903–1969)
Sheldon Glashow
American theoretical physicist
José Carreras
Spanish tenor (born 1946)
Little Richard
American musician (1932–2020)
Christina Rossetti
English poet (1830–1894)
George Armstrong Custer
United States cavalry commander (1839–1876)
Moshe Katsav
President of Israel from 2000 to 2007
Ronnie O'Sullivan
English snooker player (born 1975)
DIED ON THIS DAY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
Alexandre Dumas
Author of The Three Musketeers
Claude Monet
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Nelson Mandela
Anti-apartheid hero, South African President
MORE FAMOUS DEATHS
Władysław Reymont
Polish novelist (1867–1925)
Oscar Niemeyer
Brazilian architect (1907–2012)
Frank Gehry
Canadian-American architect (1929–2025)
Pedro II of Brazil
Emperor of Brazil from 1831 to 1889
Francis II of France
King of France from 1559 to 1560
Michael I of Romania
King of Romania (r. 1927–1930, 1940–1947)
Kirstie Alley
American actress (1951–2022)
Amrita Sher-Gil
Hungarian-Indian painter (1913–1941)
Karlheinz Stockhausen
German composer (1928–2007)
Bob Dole
American politician and attorney (1923–2021)
Sources
- December 5 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
- Walt Disney — Wikipedia
- Werner Heisenberg — Wikipedia
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Wikipedia
- Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
- Claude Monet — Wikipedia
- Nelson Mandela — Wikipedia
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths