People born on September 5

Louis XIV of France

King of France and Navarra, from 1643 to 1715

Freddie Mercury

British singer, songwriter, record producer and graphic designer (1946–1991)

Robert Walpole

British statesman and art collector, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745)

Caspar David Friedrich

German Romantic landscape painter (1774–1840)

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Indian philosopher and politician (1888–1975)

Vitellius

Roman emperor (15-69)

Abū Ḥanīfa

8th-century Sunni theologian and jurist

Michael Keaton

American actor

John Cage

American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)

Raquel Welch

American actress (1940–2023)

Marianna Madia

Italian politician

Arthur Koestler

Hungarian born author and journalist active in Palestine-Israel, Germany, France and Great Britain

Werner Herzog

German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director

Johann Christian Bach

German composer (1735–1782)

Leonardo Araújo

Brazilian association football player