List of Famous people born on December 5th

John Yems is an English professional football manager, who is currently the manager of League Two club Crawley Town.

Martin Selmayr is a European civil servant from Germany who was Secretary-General of the European Commission from 2018 to 2019 and Chief of Staff to Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker from 2014 to 2018. During his time in the Juncker Commission, Selmayr was widely described as one of the most influential figures within the European Union. After taking office as Secretary-General, he was described in a debate in the European Parliament as "the most powerful bureaucrat in the world." A resident of Brussels since 2000, he is a member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) party of Belgium. He is considered by many to be close to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and its leadership, but the European Commission said he has never been a member of that party.

Katy Kung is a Hong Kong actress under the contract of TVB.

Julio César Toresani was an Argentine football midfielder and coach.

Sachiko Kokubu is a Japanese actress and fashion model. She has starred in several TV dramas and movies, including the 2004 horror film Tokyo Psycho.

Ricardo Bofill Leví is a Spanish architect. He founded Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura in 1963 and developed it into a leading international architectural and urban design practice. According to architectural historian Andrew Ayers, his creations rank "among the most impressive buildings of the 20th century."

Rumi Utsugi is a Japanese footballer who last played as a midfielder for Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League. She previously played for Montpellier and Nippon TV Beleza.

Hilary Koprowski was a Polish virologist and immunologist active in the United States who demonstrated the world's first effective live polio vaccine. He authored or co-authored over 875 scientific papers and co-edited several scientific journals.

Xavier Garbajosa is a retired French rugby player who most recently was manager of Top 14 side Montpellier.

Gerald Malke, known professionally as Gary D, was a German trance/hardstyle producer and DJ, known for the trance compilations D.Trance.