Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 5 December

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

Walt Disney and Werner Heisenberg were born on the very same day, 5 December 1901.

Sheldon Glashow and Little Richard were born on the very same day, 5 December 1932.

  1. Walt Disney 1901American animator and producerdied aged 65
  2. Martin Van Buren 1782American politician who served as President of the United Statesdied aged 79
  3. Bhumibol Adulyadej 1927King of Thailanddied aged 88
  4. Werner Heisenberg 1901German theoretical physicistdied aged 74
  5. Pope Julius II 1443Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 69
  6. Józef Piłsudski 1867Polish politician who served as Prime Minister of Polanddied aged 67
  7. Arnold Sommerfeld 1868German physicistdied aged 82
  8. Fritz Lang 1890Austrian filmmakerdied aged 85
  9. C. F. Powell 1903British physicistdied aged 65
  10. Sheldon Glashow 1932American theoretical physicistliving, 93
  11. Little Richard 1932American musiciandied aged 87
  12. José Carreras 1946Spanish opera singerliving, 79
  13. Christina Rossetti 1830British poetdied aged 64
  14. George Armstrong Custer 1839American military officerdied aged 36
  15. Moshe Katsav 1945Israeli politician who served as President of Israelliving, 80
  16. Ronnie O'Sullivan 1975British snooker playerliving, 50