The 278th day of the year, the 279th in a leap year
Born on 5 October
Every 5 October birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Libra, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LibraAir, cardinal, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- Opal, TourmalineThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Marigold, CosmosUsually taken today to mean warmth and order.
- Most common weekdays
- Wednesday and Monday16 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 October in any year.
Which weekday 5 October falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 5 October falls on every day of the week: Wednesday 16, Monday 16, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Saturday 15.
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How common a birthday 5 October is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,877 babies were born on 5 October in each year of the twenty, making it the 36th 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 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Denis Diderot | 1713–1784 | French Enlightenment philosopher, writer and encyclopedist |
| Václav Havel | 1936–2011 | President of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003 |
| Chester A. Arthur | 1829–1886 | president of the United States from 1881 to 1885 |
| Kate Winslet | 1975– | English actress |
| Imran Khan | 1952– | Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022 |
| Ramzan Kadyrov | 1976– | Russian politician and head of the Chechen Republic |
| Robert H. Goddard | 1882–1945 | American physicist |
| Neil deGrasse Tyson | 1958– | American astrophysicist and science communicator |
| Donald Pleasence | 1919–1995 | British actor |
| Jesse Eisenberg | 1983– | American actor |
| Bernard Bolzano | 1781–1848 | Bohemian mathematician and priest |
| Bernie Mac | 1957–2008 | American actor |
| Guy Pearce | 1967– | Australian actor |
| Glynis Johns | 1923–2024 | British actress |
| Reinhard Selten | 1930–2016 | German economist |
| Careca | 1960– | Brazilian association football player |
| Ray Kroc | 1902–1984 | American businessman |
| Bob Geldof | 1951– | Irish singer-songwriter and political activist |
Died on 5 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Jobs | 1955–2011 | American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. |
| Jacques Offenbach | 1819–1880 | German-born French composer |
| Maurice Wilkins | 1916–2004 | New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist |
| Lars Onsager | 1903–1976 | American physical chemist and theoretical physicist |
| Philip III of France | 1245–1285 | king of France from 1270 to 1285 |
| Henning Mankell | 1948–2015 | Swedish writer, human rights activist and dramatist |
| Faustina Kowalska | 1905–1938 | nun and saint from Poland |
| Phocas | 547–610 | Byzantine emperor from 602 to 610 |
| Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor | 1016–1056 | Holy Roman Emperor |
| Gloria Grahame | 1923–1981 | American actress |
| Roland Garros | 1888–1918 | French aviator and fighter pilot |
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