List of Famous people born on August 5th

Giles Gordon Kirlue Barnes is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Jamaica national team. He began his career with Derby County, where he won the club's Young Player of the Year award in 2007 and was Championship Player of the Month in March 2007.

Lorri Bagley is an American actress and model.

Alan Ferguson is an American music video director. He is the son of the late Winifred Hocker Ferguson and the late William Alfred Ferguson Sr. His father was a U.S. Army veteran and a postal worker. He married his longtime girlfriend, Solange Knowles, whom he had been dating since 2008, on November 16, 2014. For Solange's 2016 album, Ferguson is credited as co-director on both the "Cranes in the Sky" and "Don't Touch My Hair" videos.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Makei is a Belarusian politician who has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus since 2012.

Terence John Cooke is an English former professional footballer and youth team coach of the Denver Kickers.

Kevin Johnson is an American football cornerback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wake Forest. He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft.

Hishammuddin bin Hussein is a Malaysian politician in the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and currently serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 10 March 2020. He was also the Minister of Defence of Malaysia from 16 May 2013 to 10 May 2018. He previously served as Minister of Youth and Sports (1999–2004), Minister of Education (2004–2009), and Minister of Home Affairs (2009–2013). As Acting Minister of Transport (2013–2014) he came to international prominence in March 2014, as the minister responsible for investigating the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

John Garrett Olerud, nicknamed Johnny O, is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1989 through 2005, most notably as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays team that won two consecutive World Series championships in 1992 and 1993. He also played for the New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox.

Erik Guay is a Canadian former World Cup alpine ski racer. Racing out of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Guay won the World Cup season title in super-G in 2010 and was the world champion in downhill in 2011, as well as in the super-G in 2017. With 25 World Cup podiums, he is the career leader for Canada.

Jamie Baker is a retired British professional male tennis player, who was British No. 2 in 2008.