On this day · Aquarius

February 5 birthdays

300 notable historical figures were born on February 5, and 200 died on this day. Everyone born on February 5 is a Aquarius.

18% of February 5 birthdays work in Sports, more than any other field. More come from United States (74) than any other country.

Born on February 5

• Cristiano Ronaldo (born 1985. Portuguese footballer (born 1985))
• Neymar (born 1992. Brazilian footballer (born 1992))
• Laura Linney (born 1964. American actress (born 1964))
• Charlotte Rampling (born 1946. English actress (born 1946))
• Mary Donaldson (born 1972. Queen of Denmark since 2024)
• Robert Peel (1788 to 1850. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835; 1841–1846))
• Tony Jaa (born 1976. Thai martial artist and actor (born 1976))
• Abhishek Bachchan (born 1976. Indian actor and film producer (born 1976))
• Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848 to 1907. French novelist and art critic (1848–1907))
• William S. Burroughs (1914 to 1997. American writer and visual artist (1914–1997))
• Carlos Tevez (born 1984. Argentine footballer (born 1984))
• Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck (born 2016. Heir apparent to the Bhutanese throne (born 2016))
• Olafur Eliasson (born 1967. Danish-Icelandic artist (born 1967))
• Anmol Malik (born 1990. Indian author)
• Robert Hofstadter (1915 to 1990. American physicist (1915–1990))
• Carl Spitzweg (1808 to 1885. German painter (1808–1885))
• Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (born 1737) (1737 to 1740. Austrian archduchess (1737–1740))
• Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438 to 1497. Duke of Savoy from 1496 to 1497)
• Alan Hodgkin (1914 to 1998. English physiologist and biophysicist)
• Emperor Sanjō (976 to 1017. Emperor of Japan from 1011 to 1016)
• Joan Whitney Payson (1903 to 1975. American businesswoman (1903–1975))
• René of Chalon (1519 to 1544. Prince of Orange from 1530 to 1544)
• Pierre Pflimlin (1907 to 2000. 78th Prime Minister of France)
• Andrew Greeley (1928 to 2013. American novelist (1928–2013))
• Douglas Hogg (born 1945. British politician and barrister)
• Antoine Arnauld (1612 to 1694. French Catholic theologian, philosopher and mathematician (1612–1694))
• Alfredo Jaar (born 1956. Chilean-born artist, architect, photographer and filmmaker)
• Yaşar Nuri Öztürk (1951 to 2016. Turkish philosopher (1951–2016))
• Roman Ingarden (1893 to 1970. Polish philosopher (1893–1970))
• Hank Aaron (1934 to 2021. American baseball player (1934–2021))
• B. S. Johnson (1933 to 1973. English novelist, poet and critic (1933–1973))
• Giannina Braschi (born 1953. Puerto Rican writer (born 1953))
• Michael Sheen (born 1969. Welsh actor (born 1969))
• K. S. Nissar Ahmed (1936 to 2020. Indian writer (1936–2020))
• Shankha Ghosh (1932 to 2021. Indian poet (1932–2021))
• Martin E. Marty (1928 to 2025. American Lutheran religious scholar (1928–2025))
• Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807 to 1867. Russian Orthodox saint (1807–1867))
• Darren Criss (born 1987. American actor, singer, and songwriter)
• Tessa Bailey (born 1984. American author)
• Napoléon Charles Grégoire Jacques Philippe Bonaparte (1839 to 1899. Prince of Canino and Musignano)
• Giovanni Andrea Doria (1539 to 1606. Italian admiral)
• Adlai Stevenson II (1900 to 1965. American politician and diplomat (1900–1965))
• Ricardo Viñes (1875 to 1943. Spanish pianist)
• Margaret of Bourbon (1438–1483) (1438 to 1483. Countess of Bresse)
• Walter Charles Langer (1899 to 1981. American psychoanalyst of Adolf Hitler (1899–1981))
• Gara Garayev (1918 to 1982. Azerbaijani composer)
• Hovannes Adamian (1879 to 1932. Armenian engineer and television pioneer (1879–1932))
• Jennifer Jason Leigh (born 1962. American actress (born 1962))
• Luc Ferrari (1929 to 2005. Musical artist)
• Chelsea Cain (born 1972. American journalist and writer)
• Marshall Rosenbluth (1927 to 2003. American physicist (1927–2003))
• Elizabeth Swados (1951 to 2016. American musical theater writer, composer, and director (1951–2016))
• Achyut Patwardhan (1905 to 1992. Indian activist (1905–1992))
• Aleksei Leontiev (1903 to 1979. Soviet developmental psychologist)
• Kurt Beck (born 1949. German politician (born 1949))
• Bappa Mazumder (born 1972. Bangladeshi singer, lyricist and music composer)
• Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann (1933 to 2017. President of the 63rd UN General Assembly)
• Alexandre Brongniart (1770 to 1847. French scientist (1770 – 1847))
• B. G. L. Swamy (1918 to 1980. Indian botanist and writer)
• Swami Paramananda (1884 to 1940. Indian Hindu leader (1884–1940))

Died on February 5

• Christopher Plummer (1929 to 2021. Canadian actor (1929–2021))
• Kirk Douglas (1916 to 2020. American actor (1916–2020))
• Pervez Musharraf (1943 to 2023. President of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008)
• Thomas Carlyle (1795 to 1881. Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881))
• Agatha of Sicily (235 to 261. Saint and virgin martyr)
• Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861 to 1937. Psychoanalyst and author (1861–1937))
• Shunzhi Emperor (1638 to 1661. Emperor of China from 1644 to 1661)
• Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (681 to 720. Umayyad caliph from 717 to 720)
• Charles XIII (1748 to 1818. King of Sweden from 1809 to 1818)
• Mátyás Rákosi (1892 to 1971. Hungarian Communist leader (1892-1971))
• Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750 to 1822. Albanian ruler (1740–1822))
• Gnassingbé Eyadéma (1935 to 2005. President of Togo from 1967 to 2005)
• Banjo Paterson (1864 to 1941. Australian journalist, author, and poet (1864–1941))
• Pasquale Paoli (1725 to 1807. Corsican statesman (1725–1807))
• Brian Jacques (1939 to 2011. English author (1939–2011))
• Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424 to 1469. Sultan of the Timurid Empire (1451–1469))
• Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870 to 1963. British politician (1870–1963))
• Dries van Agt (1931 to 2024. Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1977 to 1982)
• Marianne Moore (1887 to 1972. American poet (1887–1972))
• Wassily Leontief (1906 to 1999. Soviet-American economist and Nobel Laureate (1906–1999))
• Alfred Ætheling (1012 to 1037. English prince (c.1012-1036))
• Hans Jonas (1903 to 1993. German-American philosopher of environmentalism and Gnosticism (1903–1993))
• Joost van den Vondel (1587 to 1679. Dutch poet and writer (1587–1679))
• Addison Mizner (1872 to 1933. American architect (1872–1933))
• Joe Raposo (1937 to 1989. American composer (1937–1989))
• Pertevniyal Sultan (1812 to 1883. Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1861 to 1876)
• Iuliu Maniu (1873 to 1953. Romanian politician (1873–1953))
• Anton Mauve (1838 to 1888. Dutch painter (1838–1888))
• Hsing Yun (1927 to 2023. Taiwanese Buddhist monk (1927–2023))
• Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort (1900 to 1984. British peer (1900–1984))

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