List of Famous people born on August 5th

Sebastian Schonlau is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for and captains 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV.

Gérard Onesta is a French politician and was Member of the European Parliament for the South West of France.

Krzysztof Olaf Charamsa is a Polish Catholic theologian and author. In 2015, after declaring he was homosexual and in a relationship, he was suspended from his position as a Catholic priest and removed from several previous posts in the Roman Curia.

Shigeru Ban is a Japanese architect, known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims. He was profiled by Time magazine in their projection of 21st-century innovators in the field of architecture and design.

Laurent Jans is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays for Belgian club Standard Liège and captains the Luxembourg national football team as a right back.

Jérémy Sorbon is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 2 club En Avant de Guingamp.

Sakae Tsuboi was a Japanese novelist and poet.

Sonja Kohn is an Austrian banker.

Charles Henry Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip, is a British peer and businessman, a member of the House of Lords from 1993 until 1999.