Born on December 5th, 1899
Weekday
Tuesday
December 5th, 1899 was a Tuesday.
Zodiac
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Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)
November 23rd, 1899 - December 21st, 1899
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 45,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 574 days, exactly on November 14th, 2025, people who were born on December 5th, 1899 will be 46,000 days old!
45,426 Days
6,489 Weeks
1,492 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on December 5th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 5th
Born on December 5th, 1899
80 Bolesław Woytowicz
Polish composer, pianist, educator
*December 5th, 1899, Dunaivtsi †July 11th, 1980, KatowiceSame Day
Who's birthday is on December 5th?
65 Walt Disney
American animator and producer (1901–1966)
*December 5th, 1901, Chicago †December 15th, 1966, Burbank
74 Werner Heisenberg
German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner
*December 5th, 1901, Würzburg †February 1st, 1976, Munich
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Former King of Thailand
*December 5th, 1927, Mount Auburn Hospital †October 13th, 2016, Siriraj Hospital
63 Hennes Weisweiler
German association football player and manager (1919–1983)
*December 5th, 1919, Lechenich †July 5th, 1983, Aesch
108 Johannes Heesters
Dutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011)
*December 5th, 1903, Amersfoort †December 24th, 2011, Starnberg
87 Carl Ferdinand Cori
Czech Nobel prize laureate and scientist
*December 5th, 1896, Prague †October 20th, 1984, Cambridge
79 Martin Van Buren
President of the United States from 1837 to 1841
*December 5th, 1782, Kinderhook †July 24th, 1862, Kinderhook
100 Strom Thurmond
American politician (1902–2003)
*December 5th, 1902, Edgefield †June 26th, 2003, Edgefield
63 Lin Biao
Chinese Communist military commander and politician
*December 5th, 1907, Subraga Basin †September 13th, 1971, Öndörkhaan
85 Sally Long
American actress (1901-1987)
*December 5th, 1901, Kansas City †August 12th, 1987, Newport Beach
91 Sheldon Glashow
American theoretical physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)
*December 5th, 1932, New York City
88 Władysław Szpilman
Polish pianist, composer, Holocaust survivor
*December 5th, 1911, Sosnowiec †July 6th, 2000, WarsawSame year
Born in 1899
76 Gustav Heinemann
German politician, President of Germany 1969–1974
*July 23rd, 1899, Schwelm †July 7th, 1976, Essen
80 Alfred Hitchcock
English filmmaker (1899–1980)
*August 13th, 1899, Leytonstone †April 29th, 1980, Bel Air
61 Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
*July 21st, 1899, Oak Park †July 2nd, 1961, Ketchum
86 Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)
*August 24th, 1899, Buenos Aires †June 14th, 1986, Geneva
57 Humphrey Bogart
American actor (1899–1957)
*December 25th, 1899, New York City †January 14th, 1957, Los Angeles
73 Noël Coward
English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer
*December 16th, 1899, Teddington †March 26th, 1973, Firefly EstateHuang Xianfan
Chinese historian, ethnologist and educator (1899-1982)
*November 13th, 1899, Fusui County †January 18th, 1982, Guilin
73 Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgian politician (1899-1972)
*January 25th, 1899, Schaerbeek †July 31st, 1972, Braine-l'Alleud
88 Fred Astaire
American dancer, actor, and singer (1899–1987)
*May 10th, 1899, Omaha †June 22nd, 1987, Los AngelesEdwin L. Marin
American film director
*February 21st, 1899, Jersey City †May 2nd, 1951, Los Angeles
92 Friedrich Hayek
Austrian and British economist
*May 8th, 1899, Vienna †March 23rd, 1992, Freiburg im Breisgau.jpg "Marcel Arland")
86 Marcel Arland
French writer
*July 5th, 1899, Varennes-sur-Amance †January 12th, 1986, Saint-Sauveur-sur-École
86 Gale Sondergaard
American actress (1899-1985)
*February 15th, 1899, Litchfield †August 14th, 1985, Woodland Hills
56 Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
Austrian politician and nobleman (1899-1956)
*May 10th, 1899, Eferding †March 15th, 1956, Schruns
66 Gertrude Berg
American actress, screenwriter (1899-1966)
*October 3rd, 1899, New York City †September 14th, 1966, New York City
84 Gloria Swanson
American actress (1899–1983)
*March 27th, 1899, Chicago †April 4th, 1983, Weill Cornell Medical Center
69 Lucio Fontana
Italian-Argentine sculptor, painter and theorist, Manifiesto blanco, Spatialism (1899-1968)
*February 19th, 1899, Rosario †September 7th, 1968, Comabbio
75 Duke Ellington
American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)
*April 29th, 1899, Washington, D.C. †May 24th, 1974, New York CityVladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)
*April 10th, 1899, Saint Petersburg †July 2nd, 1977, MontreuxBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on December 5th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Saint Nicholas' Eve) which are celebrated on December 5th.
Clement of Alexandria (Episcopal Church)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_of_AlexandriaDecember 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_5_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Children's Day (Suriname)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_DayDay of Military Honour - Battle of Moscow (Russia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Military_HonourDiscovery Day (Haiti and Dominican Republic)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_DayInternational Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Volunteer_DayKlozum (Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KlozumKrampusnacht (Austria)
Saint Nicholas' Eve (Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Germany, Poland and the UK)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KrampusThe King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial Birthday (Thailand)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_ThailandWorld Soil Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Year_of_SoilDate as a Roman numeral / digit
5.12.1899
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | XC = 90 | X = 10 | IX = 9 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1899 is a normal year and no leap year.