| 76591 | July 5 | Birth | 1899 – Marcel Achard, French playwright, screenwriter, and author (d. 1974) |
| 76592 | July 5 | Birth | 1900 – Yoshimaro Yamashina, Japanese ornithologist, founded the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology (d. 1989) |
| 76593 | July 5 | Birth | 1902 – Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American colonel and politician, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1985) |
| 76594 | July 5 | Birth | 1904 – Harold Acton, English scholar and author (d. 1994) |
| 76595 | July 5 | Birth | 1904 – Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist and ornithologist (d. 2005) |
| 76596 | July 5 | Birth | 1904 – Milburn Stone, American actor (d. 1980) |
| 76597 | July 5 | Birth | 1910 – Georges Vedel, French lawyer and academic (d. 2002) |
| 76598 | July 5 | Birth | 1911 – Endel Aruja, Estonian-Canadian physicist and academic (d. 2008) |
| 76599 | July 5 | Birth | 1911 – Haydn Bunton, Sr., Australian footballer and coach (d. 1955) |
| 76600 | July 5 | Birth | 1911 – Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1980) |
| 76601 | July 5 | Birth | 1911 – Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (d. 1974) |
| 76602 | July 5 | Birth | 1913 – George Costakis, Russian art collector (d. 1990) |
| 76603 | July 5 | Birth | 1913 – Smiley Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1966) |
| 76604 | July 5 | Birth | 1914 – Annie Fischer, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1995) |
| 76605 | July 5 | Birth | 1914 – Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress and singer (d. 2009) |
| 76606 | July 5 | Birth | 1915 – John Woodruff, American runner and commander (d. 2007) |
| 76607 | July 5 | Birth | 1918 – K. Karunakaran, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (d. 2010) |
| 76608 | July 5 | Birth | 1918 – Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian general and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2012) |
| 76609 | July 5 | Birth | 1918 – George Rochberg, American composer and educator (d. 2005) |
| 76610 | July 5 | Birth | 1921 – Viktor Kulikov, Russian marshal (d. 2013) |
| 76611 | July 5 | Birth | 1921 – Nanos Valaoritis, Greek author, poet, and playwright |
| 76612 | July 5 | Birth | 1924 – János Starker, Hungarian-American cellist and educator (d. 2013) |
| 76613 | July 5 | Birth | 1925 – Fernando de Szyszlo, Peruvian painter and sculptor |
| 76614 | July 5 | Birth | 1925 – Jean Raspail, French author and explorer |
| 76615 | July 5 | Birth | 1928 – Pierre Mauroy, French educator and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2013) |
| 76616 | July 5 | Birth | 1928 – Warren Oates, American actor and singer (d. 1982) |
| 76617 | July 5 | Birth | 1929 – Katherine Helmond, American actress and director |
| 76618 | July 5 | Birth | 1929 – Jovan Rašković, Serbian psychiatrist, academic, and politician (d. 1992) |
| 76619 | July 5 | Birth | 1929 – Jiří Reynek, Czech poet and graphic artist (d. 2014) |
| 76620 | July 5 | Birth | 1929 – Chikao Ohtsuka, Japanese actor (d. 2015) |