August 5

August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 148 days remain until the end of the year. ^{Carmen Salinas, Mexican actress and politician (d. 2021)}

5 August 1939

Born on the same birth date (5 August 1939): Roger Clark

Born on the same birth day (5 August): Anne Acheson • Colin McRae • David Baldacci • José García Villa • Justin Marshall • Kathrin Zettel • Leonardo Leo • Loni Anderson • Mary Ritter Beard • Michal Kováč • Roger Clark • Roy Benavidez • Tobias Regner • Venkatesh Prasad • Wendell Berry

Born in the same month (August 1939): Apoorva Sengupta • Benjamin Barber • Bob Frankford • David Jacobs (writer) • David King (chemist) • Elizabeth Ashley • Fernando Poe Jr. • Festus Mogae • Frankie Ford • George Hamilton (actor) • Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling • John Peel • Johnny Preston • Maxine Brown (soul singer) • Romano Prodi