List of Famous people born on October 5th

Louise Fitzhugh was an American writer and illustrator of children's books, known best for the novel Harriet the Spy. Her other novels were two Harriet sequels, The Long Secret and Sport, and Nobody's Family is Going to Change.

Constant Dutilleux was a 19th-century French painter, illustrator and engraver. He was the great-grandfather of the composer Henri Dutilleux.

Victor Monroe Armstrong is a British film director, stunt coordinator, second unit director, and stunt double – the world's most prolific according to the Guinness Book of Records.

Yannick Étienne Stanislas Kamanan is a French footballer, who plays for Ware as a striker.

Lucien Mérignac was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the gold medal in the masters foil, defeating fellow French fencer Alphonse Kirchhoffer in the final.