Uzodinma Iweala (born November 5, 1982) U.S. (Nigerian) novelist, essayist, medical student – Beasts of No Nation (2005)
Rana Dasgupta (born November 5, 1971) U.K. novelist – Tokyo Cancelled (2005)
Philip V. Francis (born November 5, 1964) Indian tabla player, composer, Ghazal singer
Sam Shepard (Samuel Shepard Rogers) (born November 5, 1943) U.S. playwright, actor