| 39091 | April 5 | Birth | 1899 – Alfred Blalock, American surgeon and academic (d. 1964) |
| 39092 | April 5 | Birth | 1899 – Elsie Thompson, American super-centenarian (d. 2013) |
| 39093 | April 5 | Birth | 1900 – Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer (d. 1985) |
| 39094 | April 5 | Birth | 1900 – Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1928) |
| 39095 | April 5 | Birth | 1900 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967) |
| 39096 | April 5 | Birth | 1901 – Melvyn Douglas, American actor (d. 1981) |
| 39097 | April 5 | Birth | 1904 – Richard Eberhart, American poet and academic (d. 2005) |
| 39098 | April 5 | Birth | 1906 – Lord Buckley, American actor and singer (d. 1960) |
| 39099 | April 5 | Birth | 1908 – Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989) |
| 39100 | April 5 | Birth | 1908 – Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (d. 2006) |
| 39101 | April 5 | Birth | 1908 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1986) |
| 39102 | April 5 | Birth | 1908 – Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (d. 1989) |
| 39103 | April 5 | Birth | 1909 – Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer, co-founded Eon Productions (d. 1996) |
| 39104 | April 5 | Birth | 1909 – Erwin Wegner, German hurdler (d. 1945) |
| 39105 | April 5 | Birth | 1912 – Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 1997) |
| 39106 | April 5 | Birth | 1912 – John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983) |
| 39107 | April 5 | Birth | 1912 – István Örkény, Hungarian author and playwright (d. 1979) |
| 39108 | April 5 | Birth | 1912 – Bill Roberts, English sprinter and soldier (d. 2001) |
| 39109 | April 5 | Birth | 1916 – Albert Henry Ottenweller, American bishop (d. 2012) |
| 39110 | April 5 | Birth | 1916 – Gregory Peck, American actor, political activist, and producer (d. 2003) |
| 39111 | April 5 | Birth | 1917 – Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994) |
| 39112 | April 5 | Birth | 1920 – Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2001) |
| 39113 | April 5 | Birth | 1920 – Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian soldier and author (d. 2004) |
| 39114 | April 5 | Birth | 1920 – Alfonso Thiele, Turkish-Italian race car driver (d. 1986) |
| 39115 | April 5 | Birth | 1920 – Rafiq Zakaria, Indian cleric, scholar, and politician (d. 2005) |
| 39116 | April 5 | Birth | 1922 – Tom Finney, English footballer (d. 2014) |
| 39117 | April 5 | Birth | 1922 – Harry Freedman, Polish-Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (d. 2005) |
| 39118 | April 5 | Birth | 1922 – Christopher Hewett, English actor and director (d. 2001) |
| 39119 | April 5 | Birth | 1922 – Gale Storm, American actress and singer (d. 2009) |
| 39120 | April 5 | Birth | 1923 – Michael V. Gazzo, American actor and playwright (d. 1995) |