List of Famous people born on June 5th

Mark Ptashne is a molecular biologist. He is the Ludwig Chair of Molecular Biology at Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Leslie Howard Talbot Cliff was a British pair skater who competed with his wife, Violet Cliff. The couple finished seventh at the 1936 Winter Olympics. That same year, they won the silver medal at the European Figure Skating Championships and the bronze at the World Figure Skating Championships. They won another bronze at the 1937 World Championships.

Werner Böhm, better known under his artist name Gottlieb Wendehals was a German singer and musician.

Karen Sillas is an American stage and film actress. She graduated from the Acting Conservatory of the State University of New York. She is also a speech coach.

Yuriy Vasilyevich Melnichenko is a Kazakh wrestler who won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman bantamweight (52–57 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He competed at the next Olympics in the featherweight division and finished 19th.