List of Famous people born on December 5th

Viktor Evgrafovich Shudegov was a Russian scientist and politician. He served as Chairman of the Committee on Science, Culture, Education, Healthcare and Ecology of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chairman of the Education Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, and Chairman of the Council of the regional branch of the "A Just Russia" party in the Udmurt Republic.

Lars Ingvar Hirdwall, is a Swedish actor. One of the country's most prolific stage and film actors, he is probably most widely recognised for his two heterogenous roles in the Martin Beck universe; as the eponymous killer in Bo Widerberg's The Man on the Roof in 1976, and the recurrent role as "The Neighbor" in the mass produced film series, a rambunctious raconteur who frequently interacts with the titular police investigator for the purpose of comic relief. He also had a role in the film adaption of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series as the lawyer Dirch Frode, and starred as various colourful characters in Lars Molin's comedies.

Christopher Jeremy Sandford was an English television screenwriter who came to prominence in 1966 with Cathy Come Home, his controversial entry in BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand, which was directed by Ken Loach. Later, in 1971, he wrote another successful one-off, Edna, the Inebriate Woman, for The Wednesday Play's successor series Play for Today.

Anatoli Šmigun is a cross-ski coach and former cross-skier.

Alastair McCorquodale was a Scottish athlete and cricketer.

Alexandre-Marie Colin (1798-1875) was a French painter of historical and genre subjects.

Jérôme Simon is a French professional road bicycle racer. Jérôme Simon is the brother of cyclists Pascal Simon, François Simon and Régis Simon.

Dame Rosie Gojich Stephenson-Goodknight, known on Wikipedia as Rosiestep, is an American Wikipedia editor who is noted for her attempts to address gender bias in the encyclopedia by running a project to increase the quantity and quality of women's biographies. She has contributed thousands of new articles and was named co-Wikipedian of the Year in 2016. In May 2018, she was honored with a Serbian knighthood as a Dame of the St. Sava Order of Diplomatic Pacifism.