| 39145 | April 5 | Birth | 1935 – Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist and astronomer |
| 39146 | April 5 | Birth | 1936 – John Kelly, Irish soldier and politician (d. 2007) |
| 39147 | April 5 | Birth | 1937 – Felicia Atkins, Australian model |
| 39148 | April 5 | Birth | 1937 – Joseph Lelyveld, American journalist and author |
| 39149 | April 5 | Birth | 1937 – Colin Powell, American general and politician, 65th United States Secretary of State |
| 39150 | April 5 | Birth | 1938 – Colin Bland, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer |
| 39121 | April 5 | Birth | 1923 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (d. 2001) |
| 39122 | April 5 | Birth | 1925 – Sadri Alışık, Turkish actor (d. 1995) |
| 39123 | April 5 | Birth | 1926 – Roger Corman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 39124 | April 5 | Birth | 1926 – Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer and colonel (d. 2014) |
| 39125 | April 5 | Birth | 1928 – Fernand Dansereau, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 39126 | April 5 | Birth | 1928 – Haldun Dormen, Turkish actor, director, and producer |
| 39127 | April 5 | Birth | 1928 – Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (d. 1992) |
| 39128 | April 5 | Birth | 1929 – Hugo Claus, Belgian author, poet, and painter (d. 2008) |
| 39129 | April 5 | Birth | 1929 – Ivar Giaever, Norwegian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 39130 | April 5 | Birth | 1929 – Nigel Hawthorne, English actor and producer (d. 2001) |
| 39131 | April 5 | Birth | 1929 – Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (d. 1967) |
| 39132 | April 5 | Birth | 1930 – Mary Costa, American actress and singer |
| 39133 | April 5 | Birth | 1931 – Jack Clement, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013) |
| 39134 | April 5 | Birth | 1932 – Billy Bland, American singer-songwriter |
| 39135 | April 5 | Birth | 1933 – Feridun Buğeker, Turkish footballer (d. 2014) |
| 39136 | April 5 | Birth | 1933 – Larry Felser, American journalist (d. 2013) |
| 39137 | April 5 | Birth | 1933 – Frank Gorshin, American actor and soldier (d. 2005) |
| 39138 | April 5 | Birth | 1933 – Barbara Holland, American author (d. 2010) |
| 39139 | April 5 | Birth | 1933 – K. Kailasapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and academic (d. 1982) |
| 39140 | April 5 | Birth | 1934 – John Carey, English author and critic |
| 39141 | April 5 | Birth | 1934 – Roman Herzog, German lawyer and politician, 7th President of Germany |
| 39142 | April 5 | Birth | 1934 – Moise Safra, Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra (d. 2014) |
| 39143 | April 5 | Birth | 1934 – Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2000) |
| 39144 | April 5 | Birth | 1935 – Peter Grant, English talent manager (d. 1995) |