Nedim Gürsel

Turkish writer (born 1951).

Born April 5th, 1951 (age 75 years) in Gaziantep.

Zoran Živković

Serbian handball player.

Born April 5th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Niš.

Tommaso Giacomel

Italian biathlete.

Born April 5th, 2000 (age 26 years) in Sterzing. ^[ref]

Felix Lichnowsky

German politician (1814-1848).

Born April 5th, 1814 in Vienna.

Died September 19th, 1848 at 34 years old in Frankfurt (lynching).

Gustavo Jiménez

President of peru (1886-1933).

Born April 5th, 1886 in Cerro de Pasco.

Died March 14th, 1933 at 46 years old in Paiján District (gunshot wound).

Friedrich Sigmund Merkel

German anatomist (1845–1919).

Born April 5th, 1845 in Nuremberg.

Died May 28th, 1919 at 74 years old in Göttingen.

Sandra Bagarić

Croatian opera singer.

Born April 5th, 1974 (age 52 years) in Zenica.

Rahim Huseynov

Azerbaijani politician (1936–2023).

Born April 5th, 1936 in Baku.

Died November 12th, 2023 at 87 years old in Baku.

Robert Kosch

German officer (1856–1942).

Born April 5th, 1856 in Kłodzko.

Died December 22nd, 1942 at 86 years old in Berlin.

Tadeusz Pruszkowski

Polish artist (1888-1942).

Born April 5th, 1888 in Borucice, Łódź Voivodeship.

Died August 1st, 1942 at 54 years old in Warsaw, Lviv.

Choi Eun-sung

South korean footballer.

Born April 5th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Hanam.

Sam Bosworth

New zealand coxswain.

Born April 5th, 1994 (age 32 years) in Waipara.

Rasmus Quist Hansen

Danish rower.

Born April 5th, 1980 (age 46 years) in Middelfart.

Tran Le Quoc Toan

Vietnamese weightlifter.

Born April 5th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Da Nang.

Einar Lundborg

Swedish aviator (1896–1931).

Born April 5th, 1896 in Kolkata.

Died January 27th, 1931 at 34 years old in Malmslätt.

Antonio López Herranz

Spanish footballer (1913-1959).

Born April 5th, 1913 in Madrid.

Died September 29th, 1959 at 46 years old in Los Angeles.

Alexey Volkov

Russian biathlete.

Born April 5th, 1988 (age 38 years) in Raduzhny.

Lamiya Valiyeva

Azerbaijani para athletics competitor.

Born April 5th, 2002 (age 24 years).

Martyna Trajdos

German judoka.

Born April 5th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Bełchatów. ^[ref]

Trevor Marsicano

American speed skater.

Born April 5th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Schenectady.

Georg Voigt

German historian (1827–1891).

Born April 5th, 1827 in Königsberg.

Died August 18th, 1891 at 64 years old in Leipzig.

Willy Planckaert

Road bicycle racer.

Born April 5th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Nevele.

Doğan Babacan

Turkish association football referee (1929–2018).

Born April 5th, 1930 in Istanbul. ^[ref]

Died May 18th, 2018 at 88 years old in Istanbul. ^[ref]

Andy Linden

Racecar driver.

Born April 5th, 1922 in Brownsville.

Died February 10th, 1987 at 64 years old in Torrance.

Mahmoud Mollaghasemi

Iranian wrestler.

Born April 5th, 1929 in Tehran. ^[ref]

Died June 30th, 2026 at 97 years old ^[ref]