Famous people born on 5 August

11 of the people we track were born on 5 August, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Neil Armstrong 1930American astronautdied aged 82
2. Guy de Maupassant 1850French writerdied aged 42
3. Marine Le Pen 1968French politicianliving, 58
4. Niels Henrik Abel 1802Norwegian mathematiciandied aged 26
5. Vitus Bering 1681Danish-born explorerdied aged 60
6. Kajol 1974Indian film actorliving, 52
7. John Huston 1906American film actor and directordied aged 81
8. Wassily Leontief 1906Russian economistdied aged 92
9. Hun Sen 1952Cambodian politician who served as Prime Minister of Cambodialiving, 74
10. Gavi 2004Spanish footballerliving, 22
11. IAIvar Aasen 1813Norwegian linguist and poetdied aged 83