Famous people born on 5 October

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

1. Denis Diderot 1713French philosopher and writerdied aged 70
2. Václav Havel 1936Czech politician and playwright who served as President of the Czech Republicdied aged 75
3. Kate Winslet 1975British actorliving, 51
4. Chester A. Arthur 1829American politician who served as President of the United Statesdied aged 57
5. Imran Khan 1952Pakistani politician who served as Prime Minister of Pakistanliving, 74
6. Emomali Rahmon 1952Politicianliving, 74
7. Ramzan Kadyrov 1976Russian politicianliving, 50
8. Robert H. Goddard 1882American physicistdied aged 62
9. Neil deGrasse Tyson 1958American astrophysicist and science communicatorliving, 68
10. Donald Pleasence 1919British actordied aged 75
11. Jesse Eisenberg 1983American actorliving, 43
12. Bernard Bolzano 1781Mathematician and priestdied aged 67
13. Bernie Mac 1957American actordied aged 50
14. Guy Pearce 1967Australian actorliving, 59