List of Famous people born on October 5th

William V. Skall was an American cinematographer who specialized in Technicolor.

Gabriel Jules Joseph Piroird, Institute of Prado was a French Roman Catholic prelate who served as the fourteenth Diocesan Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Constantine from 25 March 1983 until his retirement on 21 November 2008.

William M. Lehman was a United States Representative from Florida. Born in Selma, Alabama, Lehman graduated from Dallas Academy and Selma High School in 1930. He received a B.S. from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1934 and attended Oxford University in 1965.

Walter Thomas James Morgan CBE FRS was a British biochemist noted for his work on the immunochemistry of antigens and described as 'one of the pioneers of immunochemistry'.

Antonio Sacconi was an Italian chess master.

Vera Molnar (1923–1986) was a German film actress. Partly of Hungarian descent, she was discovered by the film director Géza von Cziffra who cast her in prominent roles in several of his productions.

Ronald L. Nyswaner is an American screenwriter and film director.