List of Famous people born on December 5th

Gian Paolo Pillitteri is a former Italian Democratic Socialist Party politician and film critic. He was also affiliated with the Italian Socialist Party from 1976 to 1994. He was born in Sesto Calende, Province of Varese, Lombardy. He served in the Chamber of Deputies of Italy in Legislature IX (1983–1987) and Legislature XI (1992–1994). He was mayor of Milan from 1986 to 1992.

Lucas Sideras is the former drummer of the Greek progressive rock band Aphrodite's Child.

Patricia Pérez is a Spanish actress, presenter and writer. She became known in Spain, the United States and throughout Latin America for co-hosting the 1993 hit game show El Gran Juego de la Oca with Emilio Aragón and Lydia Bosch.

Sir Charles Du Cane was a British Conservative Party politician and colonial administrator who was a Member of Parliament between 1852 and 1854 and Governor of Tasmania from 1868 to 1874.

Chris Nahon is a French film director best known for directing the films Kiss of the Dragon, Empire of the Wolves, and Blood: The Last Vampire.

William Franklin Goodling was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. At the time of his death, he was the Chairman of the Board of the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy.

Michel Mondésert was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

John Clement Favalora is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Miami in Florida from 1994 to 2010. Favarola previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana from 1986 to 1989 and as bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg in Florida from 1989 to 1994