Many, many people have run a 5 minute mile. It is not even an accomplishment in the competitive running community. It has been accomplished since people began running the mile.
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The youngest person to run a sub. 5 minute mile is a 15 year old named Hunter Lee Best
Accurate records were not kept for the mile run until 1850 and by that time the record was already well below five minutes (Charles Westhall, London UK July 26th, 1852 4:28)