Lope de Vega
1562 – 1635
Spanish playwright and poet (1562-1635)
Famous Birthdays on December 5
12 notable people were born on December 5.
16th Century
Spain
18th Century
Andrés de Santa Cruz
1792 – 1865
Supreme protector of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation
military commanderdiplomatpolitician
20th Century
Walt Disney
1901 – 1966
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
Władysław Szpilman
1911 – 2000
(1911-2000) Polish pianist, composer, Holocaust survivor
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
1925 – 1980
Dictador of Nicaragua (1967–72, 1974–79)
politician
Bhumibol Adulyadej
1927 – 2016
former King of Thailand (1927–2016)
jazz musiciansaxophonistsocial worker
Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa
1947
Mongolian cosmonaut
politicianastronaut
Rosalía Arteaga Serrano
1956
Writer and former President of Ecuador
politicianlawyerwriter
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
1979
Uzbekistani chess player
non-fiction writerchess player
Ján Mucha
1982
Slovak association football player (1982–)
association football playerassociation football coach
Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum
1985
sheikha of Dubai
Ondrej Duda
1994
Slovak association football player
association football player