Famous people born on 5 October

• Denis DiderotFrench Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist · 1713–1784
  70 yrs
• Václav HavelCzech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic · 1936–2011
  75 yrs
• Chester A. ArthurPresident of the United States from 1881 to 1885 · 1829–1886
  57 yrs
• Robert H. GoddardAmerican physicist · 1882–1945
  62 yrs
• Donald PleasenceBritish actor · 1919–1995
  75 yrs
• Bernard Bolzano ↗Bohemian mathematician and priest · 1781–1848
  67 yrs
• Bernie Mac ↗American actor · 1957–2008
  50 yrs
• Cosimo de' Medici ↗First ruler of the Medici political dynasty · 1389–1464
  74 yrs
• Glynis Johns ↗British actress · 1923–2024
  100 yrs
• Reinhard Selten ↗German economist · 1930–2016
  85 yrs
• Eugène Pottier ↗French politician · 1816–1887
  71 yrs
• Milena Dravić ↗Serbian actress · 1940–2018
  78 yrs
• Ray Kroc ↗American businessman · 1902–1984
  81 yrs
• Francis Peyton Rous ↗American scientist · 1879–1970
  90 yrs
• Marie Laforêt ↗French-Swiss singer and actress · 1939–2019
  80 yrs
• Mary of Modena ↗Queen consort of England · 1658–1718
  59 yrs
• Georges Bidault ↗French politician · 1899–1983
  83 yrs
• Jonathan Edwards ↗Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian · 1703–1758
  54 yrs
• Pavel Popovich ↗Soviet cosmonaut · 1930–2009
  78 yrs
• Francesco Guardi ↗Italian painter · 1712–1793
  80 yrs
• Antoine Gizenga ↗Congolese Prime Minister, candidate for President · 1925–2019
  93 yrs
• Brian O'Nolan ↗Irish writer · 1911–1966
  54 yrs
• Maurice Quentin de La Tour ↗French Rococo portraitist · 1704–1788
  83 yrs
• Richard F. Gordon ↗American astronaut · 1929–2017
  88 yrs
• Magda Szabó ↗Hungarian writer, poet and translator · 1917–2007
  90 yrs
• Madame de Montespan ↗French noble, mistress of Louis XIV; · 1640–1707
  66 yrs
• Philipp Mainländer ↗German poet and philosopher · 1841–1876
  34 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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