Ron Nyswaner

American film director and writer.

Born October 5th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Clarksville.

Neal Ascherson

British journalist (born 1932).

Born October 5th, 1932 (age 93 years) in Edinburgh.

Avraham Adan

Israeli military general and author (1926–2012).

Born October 5th, 1926 in Kfar Giladi.

Died September 28th, 2012 at 85 years old in Ramat HaSharon (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Pavel Popovich

Soviet cosmonaut (1930–2009).

Born October 5th, 1930 in Uzyn. ^[ref]

Died September 29th, 2009 at 78 years old in Hurzuf (stroke). ^[ref]

Florian Kohfeldt

German football manager.

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

James Rizzi

American pop artist (1950-2011).

Born October 5th, 1950 in New York City.

Died December 26th, 2011 at 61 years old in New York City. ^[ref]

Noot Seear

Canadian model.

Born October 5th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Vancouver.

José Froilán González

Argentine racing driver.

Born October 5th, 1922 in Arrecifes.

Died June 15th, 2013 at 90 years old in Arrecifes (respiratory failure). ^[ref]

Mercedes Lambre

Argentine actress, singer, dancer and model.

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

Archduchess Walburga, Countess Douglas

Austrian imperial and royal and swedish politician.

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

Abi Ofarim

Israeli musician and dancer (1937-2018).

Born October 5th, 1937 in Safed.

Died May 4th, 2018 at 80 years old in Munich.

Francis Peyton Rous

American scientist (1879-1970).

Born October 5th, 1879 in Baltimore.

Died February 16th, 1970 at 90 years old in New York City.

John Alton

American cinematographer of austrian-hungarian origin (1901-1996).

Born October 5th, 1901 in Sopron.

Died June 2nd, 1996 at 94 years old in Santa Monica.

Denny Rehberg

American politician.

Born October 5th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Billings.

Samuel Vincent

Canadian voice actor.

Born October 5th, 1971 (age 54 years) in North Vancouver.

He Xiangjian

Chinese businessperson (1942-).

Born October 5th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Shunde District.

Wilhelm Weitling

German-american socialist (1808–1871).

Born October 5th, 1808 in Magdeburg.

Died January 25th, 1871 at 62 years old in New York City. ^[ref]

Novica Veličković

Serbian basketball player.

Born October 5th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Belgrade.

Billy Lee Riley

American rockabilly musician, singer, record producer and songwriter (1933–2009).

Born October 5th, 1933 in Pocahontas.

Died August 2nd, 2009 at 75 years old in Jonesboro (cancer). ^[ref]

Julio Velázquez

Spanish football manager.

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

Efe Sodje

Nigerian footballer.

Born October 5th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Greenwich.

Martin Frk

Czech ice hockey player.

Born October 5th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Pelhřimov.

Sascha Lewandowski

German association football player and manager (1971–2016).

Born October 5th, 1971 in Dortmund.

Died June 8th, 2016 at 44 years old in Bochum.

André Kuipers

Dutch astronaut.

Born October 5th, 1958 (age 67 years) in Amsterdam. ^[ref]

Inna Churikova

Soviet and russian actress (1943–2023).

Born October 5th, 1943 in Belebey.

Died January 14th, 2023 at 79 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]