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December 5 birthdays

Edison Lobão, Jill Farrant, Juan Felipe Alves Ribeiro, Franz Martin Hilgendorf, Oluwasegun Abiodun were born on December 5.

709 people · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Zodiac sign

What zodiac sign is December 5?

Sagittarius

December 5 falls under Sagittarius. November 22 – December 21.

People born under Sagittarius

We use fixed Western tropical calendar ranges. These are a browsing convention; boundaries are not calculated from birth time. No personality claims.

  1. Edison Lobão

    politician

    89 years old

    1936

    No external source identified

  2. Jill Farrant

    cell biologist, botanist

    65 years old

    1960

    No external source identified

  3. Juan Felipe Alves Ribeiro

    association football player

    38 years old

    1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  4. Franz Martin Hilgendorf

    zoologist, scientific collector

    1839–1904 · aged 64

    1839

    Source: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World

  5. Oluwasegun Abiodun

    association football player

    41 years old

    1984

    Source: FBref

  6. Patriz Ilg

    athlete, athletics competitor

    68 years old

    1957

    Source: World Athletics database

  7. Vilém Dušan Lambl

    physician, botanist

    1824–1895

    1824

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  8. Mary Boyoi

    politician, singer

    51 years old

    1974

    No external source identified

  9. Ivan Deryugin

    pentathlete

    1928–1996 · aged 67

    1928

    No external source identified

  10. Choe Hyo-sim

    weightlifter

    32 years old

    1993

    No external source identified

  11. 30 years old

    1995

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  12. Carlos Orlando Caballero

    association football coach, association football player

    67 years old

    1958

    Source: FBref

  13. Zina Kocher

    biathlete, cross-country skier

    43 years old

    1982

    No external source identified

  14. Hanns Jelinek

    musician, actor

    1901–1969 · aged 67

    1901

    Source: SNAC

  15. María Luisa Escobar

    composer, opera singer

    1903–1985 · aged 81

    1903

    Source: fembio.org

  16. 46 years old

    1979

    No external source identified

  17. Johannes Max Proskauer

    bryologist, botanist

    1923–1970 · aged 47

    1923

    Source: texts.cdlib.org

  18. Pieter Bout*

    artist, printmaker

    Date disputed

    1658

    Source: general catalog of BnF

  19. Étienne Sansonetti

    association football player

    1935–2018 · aged 82

    1935

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  20. 68 years old

    1957

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  21. Friedrich von Hermann

    statistician, ministerialrat

    1795–1868 · aged 72

    1795

    Source: BnF authorities

  22. Lionel Cox

    sport cyclist

    1930–2010 · aged 79

    1930

    No external source identified

  23. Pavel Richter

    ice hockey coach, ice hockey player

    71 years old

    1954

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  24. Heidi Schmid

    athlete, fencer

    87 years old

    1938

    No external source identified

  25. Heikki A. Alikoski

    Esperantist, astronomer

    1912–1997 · aged 85

    1912

    No external source identified

  26. Giuseppe de Majo

    bandleader, composer

    1697–1771 · aged 73

    1697

    Source: SNAC

  27. Tatiana Kononenko

    chess player

    47 years old

    1978

    No external source identified

  28. Winthrop Palmer

    ice hockey player

    1906–1970 · aged 63

    1906

    No external source identified

  29. Johann Christian Mikan

    botanical collector, botanist

    1769–1844

    1769

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  30. Argo Arbeiter

    association football coach, association football player

    52 years old

    1973

    Source: Transfermarkt

  31. Alesʹ Razanaŭ

    prose writer, poet

    1947–2021 · aged 73

    1947

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  32. Patricia Davies

    field hockey player

    69 years old

    1956

    No external source identified

  33. Guy Sagiv

    sport cyclist

    31 years old

    1994

    Source: uci.org

  34. 1593–1631 · aged 38

    1593

    Source: GCatholic.org

  35. Francesco D'Ovidio

    university teacher, romanist

    1849–1925 · aged 75

    1849

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  36. Charles Russell

    rugby league player, rugby union player

    1884–1957 · aged 72

    1884

    No external source identified

  37. Thomas Laub

    composer

    1852–1927 · aged 74

    1852

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  38. Madis Kõiv

    physicist, writer

    1929–2014 · aged 84

    1929

    Source: Estonian biographical database

  39. Sotir Ferrara

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1937–2017 · aged 79

    1937

    No external source identified

  40. Diego Palomeque

    athletics competitor

    32 years old

    1993

    Source: World Athletics database

  41. Olof Celsius*

    politician, historian

    Date disputed

    1716

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  42. Erik Meijer

    politician

    81 years old

    1944

    No external source identified

  43. János Takács

    table tennis player

    1954–2025 · aged 70

    1954

    Source: PIM authority

  44. 79 years old

    1946

    Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000

  45. Herbert Girton Deignan

    zoologist, ornithologist

    1906–1968 · aged 61

    1906

    Source: Herbert Deignan: Ornithologist

  46. Andrzej Cikoto

    Catholic priest

    1891–1952

    1891

    No external source identified

  47. Irina Tebenikhina

    volleyball player

    47 years old

    1978

    No external source identified

  48. Michael Gruber

    Nordic combined skier, alpine skier

    46 years old

    1979

    No external source identified

  49. Paul Kogerman

    minister, politician

    1891–1951 · aged 59

    1891

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  50. 60 years old

    1965

    Source: eduskunta.fi

  51. Jérôme Simon

    sport cyclist

    65 years old

    1960

    No external source identified

  52. Zied Boughattas

    association football player

    35 years old

    1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  53. Arrigo Pedrollo

    pianist, conductor

    1878–1964 · aged 86

    1878

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  54. 1926–1987 · aged 60

    1926

    No external source identified

  55. Miklós Szilvásy

    amateur wrestler

    1925–1969

    1925

    No external source identified

  56. Bruno Cenghialta

    sport cyclist, sporting director

    63 years old

    1962

    No external source identified

  57. Athiel Mbaha

    association football player

    49 years old

    1976

    Source: Transfermarkt

  58. 42 years old

    1983

    No external source identified

  59. 1904–1990 · aged 85

    1904

    No external source identified

  60. Viesturs Meijers

    chess player

    1967–2024 · aged 56

    1967

    No external source identified

  61. Ryūgo Okamoto

    association football player

    52 years old

    1973

    No external source identified

  62. Date disputed

    1656

    Source: RKDartists

  63. 51 years old

    1974

    No external source identified

  64. Valeriy Spitsyn

    athletics competitor

    60 years old

    1965

    Source: World Athletics database

  65. Dalmacio Langarica

    sport cyclist

    1919–1985 · aged 65

    1919

    No external source identified

  66. Elio Ragni

    sprinter

    1910–1998 · aged 87

    1910

    No external source identified

  67. Kalevi Laurila

    cross-country skier, police officer

    1937–1991 · aged 53

    1937

    No external source identified

  68. Ernest Paul

    sport cyclist, artist

    1881–1964 · aged 82

    1881

    Source: birth certificate

  69. Valery Likhachov

    sport cyclist, athlete

    78 years old

    1947

    Source: Catalog of the German National Library

  70. Maxime Marotte

    sport cyclist

    39 years old

    1986

    Source: firstcycling.com

  71. Yusuke Kondo

    association football player

    41 years old

    1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  72. Robert Fowler

    sport cyclist

    1931–2001 · aged 70

    1931

    No external source identified

  73. Wilhelm Pfaff

    astronomer, astrologer

    1774–1835 · aged 60

    1774

    Source: Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg

  74. Karl Palatu

    association football player

    43 years old

    1982

    Source: FBref

  75. Huenes Marcelo Lemos

    association football player

    44 years old

    1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  76. Diego Veronelli

    tennis player

    46 years old

    1979

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  77. Shintaro Shimada

    association football player

    30 years old

    1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  78. Javier Aramendia

    sport cyclist

    39 years old

    1986

    No external source identified

  79. 64 years old

    1961

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  80. Heinrich Fritsch

    physician, gynecologist

    1844–1915 · aged 70

    1844

    Source: Who Named It?

  81. Jean Elias

    association football player

    56 years old

    1969

    No external source identified

  82. Holly Edmondston

    sport cyclist

    29 years old

    1996

    Source: olympedia.org

  83. André Heuzé

    film director, screenwriter

    1880–1942 · aged 61

    1880

    Source: BnF authorities

  84. David John de Laubenfels

    phytogeographer, geographer

    1925–2016 · aged 90

    1925

    Source: Harvard Index of Botanists

  85. 39 years old

    1986

    No external source identified

  86. Knute Johnsgaard

    cross-country skier

    33 years old

    1992

    No external source identified

  87. Bernard Sulzberger

    sport cyclist

    42 years old

    1983

    No external source identified

  88. Paul Abel Mamba Diatta

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    65 years old

    1960

    No external source identified

  89. Henriette Wolters-van Pee*

    miniature painter, painter

    Date disputed

    1692

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  90. Igor Flores

    sport cyclist

    52 years old

    1973

    No external source identified

  91. Stéphane Barthe

    sport cyclist

    53 years old

    1972

    No external source identified

  92. Tomi Correa

    association football player

    41 years old

    1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  93. Wilhelm Müller

    handball player, athlete

    1909–1984 · aged 74

    1909

    No external source identified

  94. Marcial Ávalos

    association football player

    104 years old

    1921

    Source: FBref

  95. 55 years old

    1970

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  96. Vesa Hakala

    politician, ski jumper

    57 years old

    1968

    No external source identified

  97. Albert Vanbuel

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    85 years old

    1940

    No external source identified

  98. Sabine Zwiener

    athletics competitor

    58 years old

    1967

    Source: World Athletics database

  99. Giampaolo Rugarli

    writer, journalist

    1932–2014 · aged 81

    1932

    No external source identified

  100. 1891–1988 · aged 96

    1891

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  101. Harrie Meyers

    sport cyclist, track cyclist

    1879–1928 · aged 48

    1879

    No external source identified

  102. William Greggan

    tug of war competitor

    1882–1976 · aged 93

    1882

    No external source identified

  103. 1760–1837 · aged 76

    1760

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  104. Hirotada Ito

    association football player

    38 years old

    1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  105. Kanta Goto

    association football player

    32 years old

    1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  106. Bertold Spuler

    politician, orientalist

    1911–1990 · aged 78

    1911

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  107. Claudio Giovanella

    association football player

    55 years old

    1970

    No external source identified

  108. Luciano Zuccoli

    science fiction writer, cavalry officer

    1868–1929 · aged 60

    1868

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  109. John Edward Jones

    politician, governor

    1840–1896 · aged 55

    1840

    Source: Find a Grave

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