List of Famous people born on August 5th

Élisabeth Depardieu is a French actress, writer, co-producer, ex-wife of actor Gérard Depardieu and mother of actors Guillaume and Julie.

Daniëlle van de Donk is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and a winger for Arsenal in the FA Women's Super League and the Netherlands national team. She has over 105 caps with the national team and helped win the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 and finish second at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Clifford "C. J." Spiller Jr. is an American football coach and former running back who is currently the running backs coach for the Clemson Tigers. He played college football for Clemson and was recognized as a unanimous All-American. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills with the ninth overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. He has also played for the New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs.

Gary Evan Stevenson is an American religious leader and former businessman who is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served previously as the church's Presiding Bishop and was the fourteenth man to serve in that position. He has been a general authority of the church since 2008. Stevenson was appointed to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in October 2015. Currently, he is the twelfth most senior apostle in the church.

Mark Alan Mulder is an American former professional baseball player. A left-handed starting pitcher, Mulder pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals. He is a two-time All-Star.

Vladimir Vasilievich Kvachkov is a Russian former Spetsnaz colonel and military intelligence officer, known for being arrested and charged for the attempted assassination of politician and businessman Anatoly Chubais in 2005, for which he was jailed for three years until he was acquitted on 5 June 2008. Kvachkov did not admit nor did he deny his role in the assassination attempt, instead declaring the act not criminal, and that the elimination of Chubais and the present Russian government was justified as Russia is under the occupation of a "Judeo-Masonic mafia".

Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong is a Mexican politician who served as the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto. He was Governor of Hidalgo until April 2011.

Ibrahima Diakité better known by his stage name Gazo is a French rapper from Ile-de-France, a region of various surrounding department of Paris.

Catherine Mary McKenna is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Ottawa Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. She served as Minister of Environment and Climate Change in the Cabinet headed by Justin Trudeau and was then moved to Minister of Infrastructure and Communities in the reshuffle following the 2019 federal election.

Carl Demonte Crawford, nicknamed "The Perfect Storm", is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He batted and threw left-handed.