Famous Birthdays for February 5th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 976 – Sanjō, emperor of Japan (d. 1017)
• 1321 – John II, marquess of Montferrat (d. 1372)
• 1438 – Philip II, duke of Savoy (d. 1497)
• 1505 – Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss statesman and historian (d. 1572)
• 1519 – René of Châlon, prince of Orange (d. 1544)
• 1525 – Juraj Drašković, Croatian Catholic cardinal (d. 1587)
• 1533 – Andreas Dudith, Croatian-Hungarian nobleman and diplomat (d. 1589)
• 1534 – Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian soldier, composer, and critic (d. 1612)
• 1589 – Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet and educator (d. 1669)
• 1594 – Biagio Marini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1663)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1608 – Gaspar Schott, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1666)
• 1626 – Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)^[19]
• 1650 – Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (d. 1708)
• 1703 – Gilbert Tennent, Irish-American minister (d. 1764)
• 1723 – John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (d. 1794)
• 1725 – James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1783)
• 1748 – Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor (d. 1798)
• 1788 – Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1850)
• 1795 – Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (d. 1871)
• 1804 – Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet and hymn-writer (d. 1877)
• 1808 – Carl Spitzweg, German painter and poet (d. 1885)
• 1810 – Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer (d. 1880)
• 1827 – Peter Lalor, Irish-Australian activist and politician (d. 1889)
• 1837 – Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Church, Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers (d. 1899)
• 1840 – John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber (d. 1921)
• 1840 – Hiram Maxim, American engineer, invented the Maxim gun (d. 1916)
• 1847 – Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (d. 1903)
• 1848 – Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (d. 1907)
• 1848 – Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean lieutenant (d. 1882)
• 1852 – Terauchi Masatake, Japanese field marshal and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1919)
• 1866 – Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d. 1963)
• 1870 – Charles Edmund Brock, British painter and book illustrator (d. 1938)
• 1876 – Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1931)
• 1878 – André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën (d. 1935)
• 1880 – Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (d. 1973)
• 1889 – Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1962)
• 1889 – Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962)
• 1889 – Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician (d. 1950)
• 1891 – Renato Petronio, Italian rower (d. 1976)
• 1892 – Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player (d. 1979)
• 1897 – Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1965)

1901–present[edit]

• 1903 – Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1994)^[20]
• 1903 – Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 1975)
• 1906 – John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)
• 1907 – Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician (d. 2007)
• 1907 – Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2000)
• 1908 – Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver (d. 1948)
• 1908 – Peg Entwistle, Welsh-American actress (d. 1932)
• 1908 – Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (d. 1939)
• 1909 – Grażyna Bacewicz, Polish violinist and composer (d. 1969)
• 1910 – Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian biologist and academic (d. 2007)
• 1910 – Francisco Varallo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2010)
• 1911 – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960)
• 1914 – William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1997)
• 1914 – Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist, biophysicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 1915 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
• 1917 – Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (d. 2002)^[21]
• 1917 – Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Red Buttons, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Tim Holt, American actor (d. 1973)
• 1919 – Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1996)
• 1921 – Ken Adam, German-born English production designer and art director (d. 2016)^[22]
• 1923 – Claude King, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1923 – James E. Bowman, American physician and academic (d. 2011)
• 1924 – Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Robert Allen, American pianist and composer (d. 2000)
• 1927 – Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch captain and pilot (d. 1977)
• 1928 – Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director (d. 1985)
• 1928 – Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (d. 2013)
• 1928 – P. J. Vatikiotis, Israeli-American historian and political scientist (d. 1997)
• 1929 – Hal Blaine, American session drummer (d. 2019)
• 1929 – Luc Ferrari, French pianist and composer (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (d. 2008)
• 1932 – Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2016)
• 1933 – Jörn Donner, Finnish director and screenwriter (d. 2020)
• 1933 – B. S. Johnson, English author, poet, and critic (d. 1973)
• 1934 – Hank Aaron, American baseball player (d. 2021)^[23]
• 1934 – Don Cherry, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1935 – Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)
• 1935 – Johannes Geldenhuys, South African military commander (d. 2018)
• 1936 – K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Indian poet and academic (d. 2020)
• 1937 – Stuart Damon, American actor and singer (d. 2021)
• 1937 – Larry Hillman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022)
• 1937 – Gaston Roelants, Belgian runner
• 1937 – Alar Toomre, Estonian-American astronomer and mathematician
• 1937 – Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist and academic (d. 2006)
• 1938 – Rafael Nieto Navia, Colombian lawyer, jurist, and diplomat
• 1939 – Brian Luckhurst, English cricketer (d. 2005)
• 1940 – H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Luke Graham, American wrestler (d. 2006)
• 1941 – Stephen J. Cannell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1941 – Henson Cargill, American country music singer (d. 2007)
• 1941 – David Selby, American actor and playwright
• 1941 – Barrett Strong, American soul singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1941 – Kaspar Villiger, Swiss engineer and politician, 85th President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1941 – Cory Wells, American pop-rock singer (d. 2015)
• 1942 – Roger Staubach, American football player, sportscaster, and businessman
• 1943 – Nolan Bushnell, American engineer and businessman, founded Atari, Inc.
• 1943 – Michael Mann, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Craig Morton, American football player and sportscaster
• 1943 – Dušan Uhrin, Czech and Slovak footballer and manager
• 1944 – J. R. Cobb, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2019)
• 1944 – Henfil, Brazilian journalist, author, and illustrator (d. 1988)
• 1944 – Al Kooper, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1944 – Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (d. 1971)
• 1945 – Douglas Hogg, English lawyer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• 1946 – Amnon Dankner, Israeli journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Charlotte Rampling, English actress
• 1947 – Mary L. Cleave, American engineer and astronaut
• 1947 – Clemente Mastella, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Justice
• 1947 – Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1948 – Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish footballer and manager
• 1948 – Christopher Guest, American actor and director
• 1948 – Barbara Hershey, American actress
• 1948 – Errol Morris, American director and producer
• 1948 – Tom Wilkinson, English actor
• 1949 – Kurt Beck, German politician
• 1949 – Yvon Vallières, Canadian educator and politician
• 1950 – Jonathan Freeman, American actor and singer
• 1950 – Rafael Puente, Mexican footballer
• 1951 – Nikolay Merkushkin, Mordovian engineer and politician, 1st Head of the Republic of Mordovia
• 1952 – Daniel Balavoine, French singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1986)
• 1952 – Vladimir Moskovkin, Ukrainian-Russian geographer, economist, and academic
• 1953 – Freddie Aguilar, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – John Beilein, American basketball player and coach
• 1953 – Gustavo Benítez, Paraguayan footballer and manager
• 1954 – Cliff Martinez, American drummer and songwriter
• 1954 – Frank Walker, Australian journalist and author
• 1955 – Mike Heath, American baseball player and manager
• 1956 – Vinnie Colaiuta, American drummer
• 1956 – Héctor Rebaque, Mexican race car driver
• 1956 – David Wiesner, American author and illustrator
• 1956 – Mao Daichi, Japanese actress
• 1957 – Jüri Tamm, Estonian hammer thrower and politician (d. 2021)
• 1959 – Jennifer Granholm, Canadian-American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Michigan
• 1960 – Aris Christofellis, Greek soprano and musicologist
• 1960 – Bonnie Crombie, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 6th Mayor of Mississauga
• 1960 – Micky Hazard, English footballer^[24]
• 1961 – Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1961 – Tim Meadows, American actor and screenwriter
• 1962 – Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress, screenwriter, producer and director
• 1963 – Steven Shainberg, American film director and producer
• 1964 – Laura Linney, American actress
• 1964 – Ha Seung-moo, Korean poet, pastor, historical theologian
• 1964 – Duff McKagan, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1965 – Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player and coach
• 1965 – Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1965 – Keith Moseley, American bass player and songwriter
• 1965 – Quique Sánchez Flores, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1966 – José María Olazábal, Spanish golfer
• 1966 – Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (d. 1993)
• 1967 – Chris Parnell, American actor and comedian
• 1968 – Roberto Alomar, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
• 1968 – Marcus Grönholm, Finnish race car driver
• 1969 – Bobby Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1969 – Michael Sheen, Welsh actor and director
• 1969 – Derek Stephen Prince, American voice actor
• 1970 – Jean-Marc Jaumin, Belgian basketball player and coach
• 1970 – Darren Lehmann, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1971 – Michel Breistroff, French ice hockey player (d. 1996)
• 1971 – Sara Evans, American country singer
• 1972 – Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
• 1972 – Brad Fittler, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1973 – Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1973 – Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer-songwriter
• 1973 – Luke Ricketson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1974 – Michael Maguire, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1975 – Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1976 – John Aloisi, Australian footballer and manager
• 1976 – Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
• 1977 – Ben Ainslie, English sailor
• 1977 – Adam Dykes, Australian rugby league player
• 1977 – Adam Everett, American baseball player and coach
• 1978 – Brian Russell, American football player
• 1978 – Samuel Sánchez, Spanish cyclist
• 1979 – Nate Holzapfel, American entrepreneur and television personality
• 1980 – Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer, created LiveJournal
• 1980 – Jo Swinson, Scottish politician
• 1981 – Mia Hansen-Løve, French director and screenwriter
• 1981 – Loukas Vyntra, Czech-Greek footballer
• 1982 – Laura del Río, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Kevin Everett, American football player
• 1982 – Tomáš Kopecký, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1982 – Rodrigo Palacio, Argentinian footballer
• 1983 – Anja Hammerseng-Edin, Norwegian handball player
• 1984 – Carlos Tevez, Argentinian footballer
• 1985 – Lloyd Johansson, Australian rugby player
• 1985 – Laurence Maroney, American football player
• 1985 – Paul Vandervort, American actor, film producer, and former model
• 1985 – Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
• 1986 – Vedran Ćorluka, Croatian footballer, centre back^[25]
• 1986 – Kevin Gates, American rapper, singer, and entrepreneur^[26][27][28]
• 1986 – Sekope Kepu, Australian rugby player
• 1986 – Billy Sharp, English footballer
• 1986 – Reed Sorenson, American race car driver
• 1986 – Carlos Villanueva, Chilean footballer
• 1987 – Darren Criss, American actor, singer, and entrepreneur
• 1987 – Curtis Jerrells, American basketball player
• 1987 – Alex Kuznetsov, Ukrainian-American tennis player
• 1987 – Linus Omark, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1987 – Donald Sanford, American-Israeli sprinter
• 1988 – Karin Ontiveros, Mexican model
• 1989 – Marina Melnikova, Russian tennis player
• 1990 – Dmitry Andreikin, Russian chess player
• 1990 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Indian cricketer
• 1990 – Jordan Rhodes, Scottish footballer
• 1991 – Nabil Bahoui, Swedish footballer
• 1991 – Gerald Tusha, Albanian footballer
• 1992 – Stefan de Vrij, Dutch footballer
• 1992 – Neymar, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 – Leilani Latu, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 – Ty Rattie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1995 – Adnan Januzaj, Belgian-Albanian footballer
• 1996 – Stina Blackstenius, Swedish footballer
• 1997 – Patrick Roberts, English footballer
• 2016 – Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutanese prince