José Carreras

Spanish tenor (born 1946).

Born December 5th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Spain.

Josh Smith

American basketball player.

Born December 5th, 1985 (age 40 years) in College Park.

Christina Rossetti

English poet (1830–1894).

Born December 5th, 1830 in London.

Died December 29th, 1894 at 64 years old in London (cancer).

Lin Biao

Chinese communist military commander and politician.

Born December 5th, 1907 in Huanggang.

Died September 13th, 1971 at 63 years old in Öndörkhaan (aviation accident). ^[ref]

Eddy Curry

American basketball player.

Born December 5th, 1982 (age 43 years) in Harvey.

Lisa Sheridan

American actress (1974-2019).

Born December 5th, 1974 in Macon.

Died February 25th, 2019 at 44 years old in New Orleans. ^[ref]

Jeroen Krabbé

Dutch actor, film director (born 1944).

Born December 5th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Amsterdam. ^[ref]

Lynne Ramsay

Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer (born 1969).

Born December 5th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Glasgow. ^[ref]

Jim Messina

American musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and record producer.

Born December 5th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Maywood.

Gary Allan

American country singer.

Born December 5th, 1967 (age 58 years) in La Mirada.

Mehdi Dehbi

Belgian actor.

Born December 5th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Liège.

Levy Rozman

American chess streamer and youtuber.

Born December 5th, 1995 (age 30 years) in Brooklyn. ^[ref]

James Hinchcliffe

Canadian race car driver.

Born December 5th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Oakville. ^[ref]

Luciano Vietto

Argentine association football player.

Born December 5th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Córdoba.

Taz Skylar

Spanish actor.

Born December 5th, 1995 (age 30 years) in Tenerife. ^[ref]

Anastasio Somoza Debayle

Dictador of nicaragua (1967–72, 1974–79).

Born December 5th, 1925 in León.

Died September 17th, 1980 at 54 years old in Asunción (RPG-2).

Charity Adams Earley

United states african american woman army officer.

Born December 5th, 1918 in Kittrell.

Died January 13th, 2002 at 83 years old in Dayton.

Ghulam Ali

Pakistani singer.

Born December 5th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Sialkot District.

Larry Zbyszko

American professional wrestler.

Born December 5th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Chicago.

Hanif Kureishi

English writer (born 1954).

Born December 5th, 1954 (age 71 years) in London.

Lydia Leonard

English actress.

Born December 5th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Paris.

Kali Rocha

American actress.

Born December 5th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Memphis.

Clara Rugaard

Danish actress and singer.

Born December 5th, 1997 (age 28 years) in Hellerup. ^[ref]

Robert Cecil Martin

American software consultant (b. 1952).

Born December 5th, 1952 (age 73 years).

David Taylor

American amateur wrestler.

Born December 5th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Reno.