List of Famous people born on October 5th

Laís Ribeiro is a Brazilian model best known for her work as a Victoria's Secret Angel.

Alexios III Megas Komnenos, or Alexius III, was Emperor of Trebizond from December 1349 until his death. He is perhaps the best-documented ruler of that country, and his reign is distinguished by a number of religious grants and literary creations.

Zeki Kuneralp was a Turkish diplomat, who was brought up in exile in Switzerland after the murder of his father, Ali Kemal Bey, during the Turkish War of Independence. After his education he returned to Turkey and, with the express approval of President İsmet İnönü, entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At first taking up diplomatic posts throughout Europe, Kuneralp was later appointed Turkish Ambassador to Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Spain, as well as twice serving as Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry. He survived an assassination attempt which claimed the lives of his wife and her brother in Madrid in 1978. He retired, in part due to ill-health, in 1979, renouncing the world and current affairs, and turning his attention instead to writing and publishing. His autobiography was translated into English in 1992, while others of his books are considered important sources of twentieth century Turkish history. He died in Istanbul in 1998.

Efraín David Fines Nevares known professionally as Tito "El Bambino" is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as part of the duo Héctor & Tito.

Douglas Ricardo Grolli, known as Douglas Grolli, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Avispa Fukuoka.

Tanner B. Roark is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Atlanta Braves organization. He has previously played for the Washington Nationals, Cincinnati Reds, Oakland Athletics, and Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. He played college baseball at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Julia Borisovna Novikova is a Russian coloratura soprano.

Jean-Baptiste Édouard Detaille was a French academic painter and military artist noted for his precision and realistic detail. He was regarded as the "semi-official artist of the French army."

Dillon Hart Francis is an American electronic musician, record producer and DJ.

Francisco Juan Martínez Mojica, usually known as Francisco Mojica, is a Spanish molecular biologist and microbiologist at the University of Alicante in Spain. He is known for his discovery of repetitive, functional DNA sequences in bacteria which he named CRISPR. These were later developed into the first widespread genome editing tool, CRISPR-Cas9.