The 339th day of the year, the 340th in a leap year
Born on 5 December
Every 5 December birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Sagittarius, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- SagittariusFire, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- Turquoise, Zircon, TanzaniteThe 1912 list gave Turquoise and Lapis lazuli.
- Birth flower
- Narcissus, HollyUsually taken today to mean good wishes and defence.
- Most common weekdays
- Monday and Saturday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 5 December in any year.
Which weekday 5 December falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 5 December falls on every day of the week: Monday 16, Saturday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Thursday 15.
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How common a birthday 5 December is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,788 babies were born on 5 December in each year of the twenty, making it the 246th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 5 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Walt Disney | 1901–1966 | American animator, film producer, voice actor and entrepreneur |
| Martin Van Buren | 1782–1862 | president of the United States from 1837 to 1841 |
| Bhumibol Adulyadej | 1927–2016 | King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016 |
| Werner Heisenberg | 1901–1976 | German theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate in Physics |
| Pope Julius II | 1443–1513 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513 |
| Józef Piłsudski | 1867–1935 | Polish statesman, Chief of State and First Marshal of Poland |
| Fyodor Tyutchev | 1803–1873 | Russian poet |
| Arnold Sommerfeld | 1868–1951 | German physicist |
| Fritz Lang | 1890–1976 | Austrian filmmaker |
| C. F. Powell | 1903–1969 | British physicist |
| Sheldon Glashow | 1932– | American theoretical physicist |
| Little Richard | 1932–2020 | American musician |
| José Carreras | 1946– | Catalan tenor |
| Christina Rossetti | 1830–1894 | English poet |
| Moshe Katsav | 1945– | 8th President of Israel (2000–2007) |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 1975– | English snooker player |
| George Armstrong Custer | 1839–1876 | United States cavalry commander |
| Carl Ferdinand Cori | 1896–1984 | Austrian-American biochemist and pharmacologist |
Died on 5 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Nelson Mandela | 1918–2013 | President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1756–1791 | Austrian composer of the Classical period |
| Alexandre Dumas | 1802–1870 | French writer and dramatist |
| Claude Monet | 1840–1926 | French painter |
| Władysław Reymont | 1867–1925 | Polish novelist |
| Oscar Niemeyer | 1907–2012 | Brazilian architect |
| Frank Gehry | 1929–2025 | Canadian and American architect |
| Pedro II of Brazil | 1825–1891 | Emperor of Brazil from 1831 to 1889 |
| Francis II of France | 1544–1560 | King of France from 1559 to 1560 |
| Michael I of Romania | 1921–2017 | King of Romania from 1927 to 1930 and from 1940 to 1947 |
| Kirstie Alley | 1951–2022 | American actress |
| Karlheinz Stockhausen | 1928–2007 | German composer |
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