Famous people born on 5 September

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

1. Louis XIV 1638King of France and Navarredied aged 76
2. Freddie Mercury 1946British singer-songwriter and rock musiciandied aged 45
3. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky 1857Russian scientist and physicistdied aged 78
4. Abu Hanifa AD 699Theologian and juristdied aged 67 or 68
5. Caspar David Friedrich 1774German landscape painterdied aged 65
6. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1888Politician and philosopher who served as President of Indiadied aged 86
7. Michael Keaton 1951American actorliving, 75
8. Werner Herzog 1942German film director and screenwriterliving, 84
9. Mikhail Kutuzov 1747Russian diplomatdied aged 65
10. Louis VIII of France 1187King of Francedied aged 39
11. Arthur Koestler 1905Hungarian novelist and journalistdied aged 77
12. Raquel Welch 1940American actordied aged 82
13. Bukayo Saka 2001British footballerliving, 25
14. MMMarianna Madia 1980Italian politicianliving, 46
15. Johann Christian Bach 1735German composerdied aged 46
16. Viktor Ambartsumian 1908Soviet astrophysicistdied aged 87
17. Bob Newhart 1929American stand-up comedian and actordied aged 94
18. Paul Breitner 1951German footballerliving, 75
19. Leonardo Araújo 1969Brazilian footballerliving, 57
20. Christoph Martin Wieland 1733German poetdied aged 79
21. Susumu Tonegawa 1939Japanese biologist and neuroscientistdied aged 86
22. Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791Prussian composerdied aged 72