| 39151 | April 5 | Birth | 1938 – Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (d. 2014) |
| 39152 | April 5 | Birth | 1938 – Mal Colston, Australian educator and politician |
| 39153 | April 5 | Birth | 1939 – Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (d. 2010) |
| 39154 | April 5 | Birth | 1939 – Ronald White, American singer-songwriter (The Miracles) (d. 1995) |
| 39155 | April 5 | Birth | 1940 – Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 39156 | April 5 | Birth | 1940 – Gilles Proulx, Canadian journalist, historian, and radio host |
| 39157 | April 5 | Birth | 1941 – Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor and singer |
| 39158 | April 5 | Birth | 1941 – Dave Swarbrick, English singer-songwriter and fiddler (Fairport Convention, Whippersnapper, and Swarb's Lazarus) |
| 39159 | April 5 | Birth | 1942 – Allan Clarke, English singer-songwriter (The Hollies) |
| 39160 | April 5 | Birth | 1942 – Peter Greenaway, Welsh director and screenwriter |
| 39161 | April 5 | Birth | 1943 – Max Gail, American actor and director |
| 39162 | April 5 | Birth | 1943 – Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal |
| 39163 | April 5 | Birth | 1944 – Peter T. King, American soldier, lawyer, and politician |
| 39164 | April 5 | Birth | 1944 – Pedro Rosselló, Puerto Rican physician and politician, 7th Governor of Puerto Rico |
| 39165 | April 5 | Birth | 1945 – Cem Karaca, Turkish singer and guitarist (d. 2004) |
| 39166 | April 5 | Birth | 1945 – Tommy Smith, English footballer and manager |
| 39167 | April 5 | Birth | 1946 – Jane Asher, English actress |
| 39168 | April 5 | Birth | 1946 – Russell Davies, Welsh journalist and radio host |
| 39169 | April 5 | Birth | 1946 – Björn Granath, Swedish actor |
| 39170 | April 5 | Birth | 1947 – Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Filipino academic and politician, 14th President of the Philippines |
| 39171 | April 5 | Birth | 1947 – Virendra Sharma, Indian-English lawyer and politician |
| 39172 | April 5 | Birth | 1948 – Les Binks, Irish drummer and songwriter (Judas Priest, Lionheart, Tytan, and Axis Point) |
| 39173 | April 5 | Birth | 1948 – Dave Holland, English drummer (Judas Priest, Pinkerton's Assorted Colours, Finders Keepers, and Trapeze) |
| 39174 | April 5 | Birth | 1949 – John Berg, American actor (d. 2007) |
| 39175 | April 5 | Birth | 1949 – Judith Resnik, American engineer and astronaut (d. 1986) |
| 39176 | April 5 | Birth | 1950 – Harpo, Swedish singer-songwriter |
| 39177 | April 5 | Birth | 1950 – Ann C. Crispin, American author (d. 2013) |
| 39178 | April 5 | Birth | 1950 – Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer (ABBA) |
| 39179 | April 5 | Birth | 1950 – Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor |
| 39180 | April 5 | Birth | 1951 – Yevgeniy Gavrilenko, Belarusian hurdler |