Cyril Rootham

English organist, teacher, conductor and composer.

Born October 5th, 1875 in Redland.

Died March 18th, 1938 at 62 years old in Cambridge.

Brent W. Jett

American astronaut.

Born October 5th, 1958 (age 67 years) in Pontiac.

Juvenal Olmos

Chilean footballer.

Born October 5th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Santiago.

Enrico Fabris

Italian speed skater.

Born October 5th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Asiago.

Takahiro Ogihara

Japanese association football player.

Born October 5th, 1991 (age 34 years) in Osaka Prefecture.

Valeriy Fedorchuk

Ukrainian footballer.

Born October 5th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Netishyn.

Andy Nägelein

German footballer.

Born October 5th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Hong Kong.

Ana Paula Vázquez

Mexican archer.

Born October 5th, 2000 (age 25 years) in Ramos Arizpe. ^[ref]

Ify Ibekwe

Nigerian basketball player (born 1989).

Born October 5th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Carson. ^[ref]

Elfriede Kaun

German high jumper (1914–2008).

Born October 5th, 1914 in Büttel.

Died March 5th, 2008 at 93 years old in Kiel. ^[ref]

Mariano Barbacid

Spanish biologist.

Born October 5th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Madrid. ^[ref]

Johanna Matz

Austrian film actress.

Born October 5th, 1932 in Vienna.

Died April 21st, 2025 at 92 years old ^[ref]

Yuri Artsutanov

Russian engineer (1929–2019).

Born October 5th, 1929 in Saint Petersburg.

Died January 1st, 2019 at 89 years old in Saint Petersburg. ^[ref]

Jonatan Hellvig

Swedish beach volleyball player.

Born October 5th, 2001 (age 24 years) in Lidingö.

Manuel Orazi

Italian art nouveau illustrator and poster artist (1860-1934).

Born October 5th, 1860 in Rome. ^[ref]

Died October 28th, 1934 at 74 years old in Paris. ^[ref]

Rustam Khudzhamov

Ukrainian footballer.

Born October 5th, 1982 (age 43 years) in Skvyra.

Aitor Ariño

Spanish handball player.

Born October 5th, 1992 (age 33 years) in Penarth.

Kirmen Uribe

Spanish writer.

Born October 5th, 1970 (age 55 years) in Ondarroa.

Emiliano Aguirre

Spanish paleontologist.

Born October 5th, 1925 in Ferrol.

Died October 11th, 2021 at 96 years old in Burgos. ^[ref]

Barbara Oteng Gyasi

Ghanaian politician.

Born October 5th, 1964 (age 61 years) in Ghana. ^[ref]

Tsukasa Yoshida

Japanese judoka.

Born October 5th, 1995 (age 30 years) in Kyoto.

Paul Wild

Swiss astronomer (1925-2014).

Born October 5th, 1925 in Wädenswil.

Died July 2nd, 2014 at 88 years old in Bern.

Kjell Johansson

Swedish table tennis player (1946–2011).

Born October 5th, 1946 in Eskilstuna.

Died October 24th, 2011 at 65 years old in Eksjö.

Thomson Allan

Scottish footballer (born 1946).

Born October 5th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Longridge.

Bohdan Ihor Antonych

Ukrainian poet (1909–1937).

Born October 5th, 1909 in Nowica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. ^[ref]

Died July 6th, 1937 at 27 years old in Lviv. ^[ref]