List of Famous people born on August 5th

Ella Aleksandrovna Diehl, is a badminton player from Russia.

Tatyana Gennadyevna Nesterenko is a Russian politician and stateswoman. Nesterenko led Federal Treasury for nine years (1998-2007) and in her position as First Deputy Minister of Finance in 2012-2021 was the highest-ranking woman in the Ministry.

Wilhelm Rollmann was a German U-boat commander during World War II, in which he commanded the U-34 and U-848. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He was killed in action in 1943, when his U-boat was sunk by Allied aircraft.

Lucien Didier is a former Luxembourgian cyclist. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. He rode in ten Grand Tours between 1978 and 1984, including six Tours de France. In each of his Tour starts he completed the race and helped his team leader to overall victory - Bernard Hinault four times and Laurent Fignon twice. He was the son-in law of racing cyclist Bim Diederich and is the father of racing cyclist Laurent Didier.