List of Famous people born on May 5th

Fumiko Hayashi , is a Japanese politician and the incumbent mayor of Yokohama, the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. She is the first female mayor of the city. Her previous roles have included president of BMW Tokyo, president of Tokyo Nissan Auto Sales, and chairperson and CEO of the Japanese supermarket chain Daiei. On taking the chief executive role at Daiei, all of whose executives are men, Hayashi told the Nikkei Weekly: "I thought I would be able to create an example of a success in male-female collaboration."

Cengiz Kurtoğlu is a Turkish music artist. He worked as a civil servant at a tea factory in Artvin and moved to Istanbul in 1984.

Thomas Thévenoud is a French politician. He is a member of the National Assembly of France, a former trade minister, and a former member of the French Socialist Party. He represents the first legislative district of Saône-et-Loire department since 2012, and is vice-president of the general council of the department since 2008.

Gui Minhai, also known as Michael Gui, is a Chinese-born Swedish book publisher and writer. He is an author of many books related to Chinese politics and Chinese political figures; Gui authored around 200 books during his ten-year career under the pen-name Ah Hai (阿海). and is one of three shareholders of Causeway Bay Books in Hong Kong.

Jeff Gord was a bondage artist and photographer. who specialized in the forniphilia subgenre, a form of objectifying sexual bondage which involves the subject being tightly bound and expected to stay immobile for a prolonged period.

Grace Wong Kwan-hing is a Hong Kong television actress, best known for her role as Fa Man in the martial arts television drama A Fist Within Four Walls. She was the first runner up at the Miss Hong Kong 2007 beauty pageant. She was contestant No. 9, an overseas delegate from New York City, United States. At the Miss International 2007 pageant, she also made top 15 at the pageant. Grace has publicly declared that she is a devout Christian. She is close friends with Linda Chung, Eliza Sam, Leanne Li and Christine Kuo. Grace's acting roles for the past 10 years have shown her to be in running for one of TVB's fadan titles.

Axel Eduard Fischer is a German politician. He is a member of the CDU and has been a member of the German parliament since 1998, representing Karlsruhe-Land since 2002.

David James Hagen was a Scottish professional footballer.

Julio Francis Ribeiro is a retired Indian police officer and civil servant. He held increasingly responsible positions during his career, and led the Punjab Police during part of the Punjab insurgency periods. In 1987, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award for his services.

Jheryl Busby was an American recording company executive who was the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Motown Records.