List of Famous people born on December 5th

Andrew Yeom Soo-jung is a Korean cardinal of the Catholic Church and the Korean Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seoul. Yeom succeeded Archbishop Emeritus Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk. As Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul, he also serves as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Pyongyang in North Korea. Aside from Archbishop, he was also the chairman of Catholic Peace Broadcasting Corporation. Founded in 1990, this corporation included a Catholic television channel and a radio station, both of which became highly valued Christian voices and champions of values such as peace, reconciliation, the defence of life, dignity and inalienable human rights.

General Sir Arthur William Currie, was a senior officer of the Canadian Army who fought during World War I. He had the unique distinction of starting his military career on the very bottom rung as a pre-war militia gunner before rising through the ranks to become the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps. Currie's success was based on his ability to rapidly adapt brigade tactics to the exigencies of trench warfare, using set piece operations and bite-and-hold tactics. He is generally considered to be among the most capable commanders of the Western Front, and one of the finest commanders in Canadian military history.

Cyril V. Jackson was a South African astronomer, known for discovering 72 asteroids and a number of comets.

Lucas Euser is a retired American, and former United healthcare, cyclist. After witnessing a crash, whilst competing in the 2014 US National Road Race, he stayed alongside fellow American cyclist Taylor Phinney. Following this experience; he retired, and they remain good friends.

Ahn Eak-tai was a South Korean classical composer and conductor. He conducted numerous major orchestras across Europe, including the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Rome Philharmonic Orchestra. Ahn composed "Aegukga", a song best known as the national anthem of South Korea, Korean Dance, Nongae, and the Symphonic Fantasy Korea. His unpublished works, some of which have been discovered recently, include Poema Synfonic ‘Mallorca, Lo Pi Formentor, and The Death of Emperor Gojong.

Valery Nikolayevich Likhachov is a retired Russian cyclist. He was part of the Soviet team that won the 100 km team time trial event at the 1970 UCI Road World Championships and the 1972 Summer Olympics; individually, he finished in 34th place in the road race in 1972.