List of Famous people born on May 5th

Peter Howitt is a British actor and film director.

David Azulai was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas for over 20 years from 1996 and 2018. He was also Minister of Religious Services from 2015 until his death in 2018.

Zhang Yishan is a prominent Chinese actor and former child star.

Ian Stephen McCulloch is an English singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the frontman of the rock group Echo & the Bunnymen.

Ahmed Adghirni was a Moroccan Berber politician, lawyer, writer, and human rights activist. He was from a Shilha tribe.

Don Juan Manuel was a Spanish medieval writer, nephew of Alfonso X of Castile, son of Manuel of Castile and Beatrice of Savoy. He inherited from his father the great Seigneury of Villena, receiving the titles of Lord, Duke and lastly Prince of Villena. He married three times, choosing his wives for political and economic convenience, and worked to match his children with partners associated with royalty. Juan Manuel became one of the richest and most powerful men of his time, coining his own currency as the kings did. During his life, he was criticised for choosing literature as his vocation, an activity thought inferior for a nobleman of such prestige.

Melinda Culea is an American film and television actress, former model, author and artist.

Larissa Hope Wilson is a former English actress best known for her role as Jal Fazer in the first two series of the UK television series Skins.

Samir Kassir was a Lebanese-Palestinian-French professor of history at Saint-Joseph University and journalist.

Marc Alaimo is an American actor, known for his villainous roles. He is best known for his role as recurring villain Gul Dukat in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.