List of Famous people born on October 5th

Yasir Said Arman is a Sudanese politician and a leading figure in the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM). He was the SPLM's deputy secretary-general for the northern sector and its spokesman. Initially he was presented as the SPLM candidate for the April 2010 presidential election, but the party later chose to boycott the presidential election. After South Sudan's independence on July 9, 2011 and the creation of a separate SPLM party in the Republic of the Sudan, Arman has become the secretary general of the SPLM-N.

Robert William Chapman, usually known in print as R. W. Chapman, was a British scholar, book collector and editor of the works of Samuel Johnson and Jane Austen.

Vishwambhar Dayalu Tripathi was an Indian lawyer and politician.

Óscar Bonfiglio Martínez was a Mexican football goalkeeper, and Olympian, who played for the Mexico national team in the 1930 World Cup.