| 76621 | July 5 | Birth | 1931 – Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (d. 2000) |
| 76622 | July 5 | Birth | 1932 – Gyula Horn, Hungarian politician, 37th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 2013) |
| 76623 | July 5 | Birth | 1932 – Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948) |
| 76624 | July 5 | Birth | 1934 – Tom Krause, Finnish actor and singer (d. 2013) |
| 76625 | July 5 | Birth | 1936 – Shirley Knight, American actress |
| 76626 | July 5 | Birth | 1936 – James Mirrlees, Scottish economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 76627 | July 5 | Birth | 1938 – Ronnie Self, American singer-songwriter (d. 1981) |
| 76628 | July 5 | Birth | 1940 – Bud Andrews, American radio host and producer (d. 2014) |
| 76629 | July 5 | Birth | 1940 – Chuck Close, American painter and photographer |
| 76630 | July 5 | Birth | 1942 – Matthias Bamert, Swiss composer and conductor |
| 76631 | July 5 | Birth | 1942 – Hannes Löhr, German footballer, coach, and manager |
| 76632 | July 5 | Birth | 1943 – Curt Blefary, American baseball player and coach (d. 2001) |
| 76633 | July 5 | Birth | 1943 – Mark Cox, English tennis player, coach and sportscaster |
| 76634 | July 5 | Birth | 1943 – Robbie Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Band) |
| 76635 | July 5 | Birth | 1944 – Leni Björklund, Swedish politician, 28th Swedish Minister of Defence for Sweden |
| 76636 | July 5 | Birth | 1945 – Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 76637 | July 5 | Birth | 1945 – Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Mexico |
| 76638 | July 5 | Birth | 1946 – Pierre-Marc Johnson, Canadian lawyer, physician, and politician, 24th Premier of Quebec |
| 76639 | July 5 | Birth | 1946 – Paul Smith, English fashion designer |
| 76640 | July 5 | Birth | 1946 – Gerard 't Hooft, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 76641 | July 5 | Birth | 1946 – Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 2013) |
| 76642 | July 5 | Birth | 1947 – Todd Akin, American politician |
| 76643 | July 5 | Birth | 1948 – William Hootkins, American actor (d. 2005) |
| 76644 | July 5 | Birth | 1949 – Ludwig G. Strauss, German physician and academic (d. 2013) |
| 76645 | July 5 | Birth | 1950 – Huey Lewis, American singer-songwriter and actor (Huey Lewis and the News and Clover) |
| 76646 | July 5 | Birth | 1950 – Michael Monarch, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Steppenwolf, Detective, and World Classic Rockers) |
| 76647 | July 5 | Birth | 1951 – Keiko Fuji, Japanese singer and actress (d. 2013) |
| 76648 | July 5 | Birth | 1951 – Goose Gossage, American baseball player |
| 76649 | July 5 | Birth | 1951 – Roger Wicker, American colonel, lawyer, and politician |
| 76650 | July 5 | Birth | 1953 – Caryn Navy, American mathematician and computer scientist. |