Births on 5 February
2000s
Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck
2016
Heir apparent to the Bhutanese throne (born 2016)
Jisung
2002
South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter (born 2002)
Taehyun (singer)
2002
South Korean singer (born 2002)
Kim Min-ju
2001
South Korean actress (born 2001)
1900s
Patrick Roberts
1997
English footballer (born 1997)
Stina Blackstenius
1996
Swedish footballer (born 1996)
Adnan Januzaj
1995
Belgian footballer (born 1995)
Leilani Latu
1993
Tonga international rugby league player (born 1993)
Ty Rattie
1993
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1993)
Stefan de Vrij
1992
Dutch footballer (born 1992)
Neymar
1992
Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
Nabil Bahoui
1991
Swedish-born Moroccan professional footballer
Gerald Tusha
1991
Albanian footballer
Dmitry Andreikin
1990
Russian chess grandmaster (born 1990)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
1990
Indian cricketer (born 1990)
Jordan Rhodes
1990
English-Scottish footballer (born 1990)
Jeremy Sumpter
1989
American actor (born 1989)
Alex Brightman
1987
American actor (born 1987)
Vedran Ćorluka
1986
Croatian footballer (born 1986)
Kevin Gates
1986
American rapper (born 1986)
Lloyd Johansson
1985
Australia international rugby union player
Laurence Maroney
1985
American football player (born 1985)
Cristiano Ronaldo
1985
Portuguese footballer (born 1985)
Carlos Tevez
1984
Argentine footballer (born 1984)
Anja Hammerseng-Edin
1983
Norwegian handball player (born 1983)
Laura del Río
1982
Spanish footballer (born 1982)
Kevin Everett
1982
American football player (born 1982)
Tomáš Kopecký
1982
Slovak ice hockey player (born 1982)
Rodrigo Palacio
1982
Argentine footballer (born 1982)
Mia Hansen-Løve
1981
French film director (born 1981)
Loukas Vyntra
1981
Greek footballer (born 1981)
Brad Fitzpatrick
1980
American programmer and creator of LiveJournal
Jo Swinson
1980
British politician (born 1980)
Nate Holzapfel
1979
American entrepreneur (born 1979)
Brian Russell
1978
American football player (born 1978)
Samuel Sánchez
1978
Spanish road racing cyclist
Ben Ainslie
1977
British sailor
Adam Dykes
1977
Australian rugby league footballer
Adam Everett
1977
American baseball player (born 1977)
John Aloisi
1976
Australian soccer player and manager
Abhishek Bachchan
1976
Indian actor and film producer (born 1976)
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
1975
Dutch football manager (born 1975)
Michael Maguire (rugby league)
1974
Australian former professional RL coach and former rugby league footballer
Richard Matvichuk
1973
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1973)
Trijntje Oosterhuis
1973
Dutch singer and songwriter (born 1973)
Luke Ricketson
1973
Australia & Ireland international rugby league footballer
Queen Mary of Denmark
1972
Queen of Denmark since 2024
Brad Fittler
1972
Australia international rugby league player and coach
Michel Breistroff
1971
French ice hockey player
Sara Evans
1971
American country singer (born 1971)
Jean-Marc Jaumin
1970
Belgian basketball player and coach
Darren Lehmann
1970
Australian cricketer and coach
Jeremy Rockliff
1970
Australian politician (born 1970)
Bobby Brown
1969
American singer (born 1969)
Michael Sheen
1969
Welsh actor (born 1969)
Derek Stephen Prince
1969
American voice actor (1994–present)
Roberto Alomar
1968
Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1968)
Chris Barron
1968
American singer, songwriter (born 1968)
Marcus Grönholm
1968
Finnish rally driver (born 1968)
Chris Parnell
1967
American actor (born 1967)
José María Olazábal
1966
Spanish professional golfer
Rok Petrovič
1966
Slovenian alpine skier
Tarik Benhabiles
1965
Algerian-French tennis player
Gheorghe Hagi
1965
Romanian footballer and manager (born 1965)
Keith Moseley
1965
American musician and songwriter (born 1965)
Quique Sánchez Flores
1965
Spanish footballer (born 1965)
Jon Spencer
1965
American singer-songwriter
Laura Linney
1964
American actress (born 1964)
Ha Seung-moo
1964
South Korean theologian (born 1963)
Duff McKagan
1964
American musician (born 1964)
Steven Shainberg
1963
American film director and producer (born 1963)
Jennifer Jason Leigh
1962
American actress (born 1962)
Savvas Kofidis
1961
Greek footballer and coach
Tim Meadows
1961
American actor and comedian (born 1961)
Aris Christofellis
1960
Greek singer
Bonnie Crombie
1960
Canadian politician (born 1960)
Micky Hazard
1960
English footballer
Jennifer Granholm
1959
American politician (born 1959)
Jüri Tamm
1957
Estonian hammer thrower and politician (1957–2021)
Vinnie Colaiuta
1956
American drummer (born 1956)
Héctor Rebaque
1956
Mexican racing driver (born 1956)
David Wiesner
1956
American illustrator and writer of children's books (born 1956)
Mao Daichi
1956
Japanese actress (born 1956)
Mike Heath (baseball)
1955
American baseball player (born 1955)
Cliff Martinez
1954
American musician and composer
Frank Walker (Australian author)
1954
Australian author
Freddie Aguilar
1953
Filipino musician (1953–2025)
John Beilein
1953
American basketball coach (born 1953)
Gustavo Benítez (footballer, born 1953)
1953
Paraguayan footballer and coach
Daniel Balavoine
1952
French singer (1952–1986)
Vladimir Moskovkin
1952
Ukrainian geographer (born 1952)
Nikolay Merkushkin
1951
Russian politician (born 1951)
Jonathan Freeman (actor)
1950
American actor and puppeteer (born 1950)
Rafael Puente
1950
Mexican footballer and manager (born 1950)
Kurt Beck
1949
German politician (born 1949)
Maidarjavyn Ganzorig
1949
Mongolian cosmonaut (1949–2021)
Yvon Vallières
1949
Canadian politician and teacher (born 1949)
Sven-Göran Eriksson
1948
Swedish football manager (1948–2024)
Christopher Guest
1948
American and British director and actor (born 1948)
Barbara Hershey
1948
American actress (born 1948)
Errol Morris
1948
American film director (born 1948)
Tom Wilkinson
1948
English actor (1948–2023)
Mary L. Cleave
1947
American astronaut and engineer (1947–2023)
Clemente Mastella
1947
Italian politician (born 1947)
Darrell Waltrip
1947
American racing driver and commentator (born 1947)
Amnon Dankner
1946
Israeli newspaper editor (1946–2013)
Charlotte Rampling
1946
English actress (born 1946)
Douglas Hogg
1945
British politician and barrister
J. R. Cobb
1944
American guitarist and songwriter (1944–2019)
Henfil
1944
Brazilian cartoonist
Al Kooper
1944
American songwriter, record producer and musician (born 1944)
Tamanoumi Masahiro
1944
Japanese sumo wrestler
Nolan Bushnell
1943
American businessman and engineer (born 1943)
Michael Mann
1943
American filmmaker (born 1943)
Craig Morton
1943
American football player (born 1943)
Dušan Uhrin
1943
Football coach (born 1943)
Roger Staubach
1942
American football player and Navy officer (born 1942)
Stephen J. Cannell
1941
American television producer and writer (1941–2010)
Henson Cargill
1941
American musician (1941–2007)
David Selby
1941
American actor
Barrett Strong
1941
American singer and songwriter (1941–2023)
Kaspar Villiger
1941
83rd President of the Swiss Confederation
H. R. Giger
1940
Swiss artist (1940–2014)
Luke Graham (wrestler)
1940
American professional wrestler
Brian Luckhurst
1939
English cricketer
Jane Bryant Quinn
1939
American journalist
Rafael Nieto Navia
1938
Colombian diplomat (1938–2024)
Stuart Damon
1937
American actor (1937–2021)
Larry Hillman
1937
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (1937–2022)
Gaston Roelants
1937
Athletics competitor, long distance runner, steeplechase, cross country
Alar Toomre
1937
American astronomer and mathematician
Wang Xuan (computer scientist)
1937
Chinese computer scientist (1936–2006)
K. S. Nissar Ahmed
1936
Indian writer (1936–2020)
Alex Harvey (musician)
1935
Scottish rock musician (1935–1982)
Johannes Geldenhuys
1935
South African Military Officer
Hank Aaron
1934
American baseball player (1934–2021)
Don Cherry
1934
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and commentator
Jörn Donner
1933
Finnish writer (1933–2020)
B. S. Johnson
1933
English novelist, poet and critic (1933–1973)
Cesare Maldini
1932
Italian footballer (1932–2016)
Hal Blaine
1929
American drummer (1929–2019)
Luc Ferrari
1929
Musical artist
Fred Sinowatz
1929
Chancellor of Austria from 1983 to 1986
Hristu Cândroveanu
1928
Aromanian editor, literary critic and writer
Tage Danielsson
1928
Swedish author, actor, comedian, poet and film director
Andrew Greeley
1928
American novelist (1928–2013)
P. J. Vatikiotis
1928
American historian (1928–1997)
Robert Allen (song composer)
1927
American pianist and an arranger
Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten
1927
Dutch pilot (1927–1977)
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
1924
Catholic cardinal
Claude King
1923
American country music singer-songwriter (1923–2013)
James E. Bowman
1923
American physician and specialist in pathology, hematology, and genetics
Ken Adam
1921
British designer (1921–2016)
Red Buttons
1919
American comedian and actor (1919–2006)
Tim Holt
1919
American actor (1919–1973)
Andreas Papandreou
1919
Prime Minister of Greece (1981–1989; 1993–1996)
Edward J. Mortola
1917
American academic and chancellor
Isuzu Yamada
1917
Japanese actress (1917–2012)
Robert Hofstadter
1915
American physicist (1915–1990)
William S. Burroughs
1914
American writer and visual artist (1914–1997)
Alan Hodgkin
1914
English physiologist and biophysicist
Jussi Björling
1911
Swedish tenor (1911–1960)
Charles Philippe Leblond
1910
Canadian cell biology researcher, professor
Francisco Varallo
1910
Argentine footballer (1910–2010)
Grażyna Bacewicz
1909
Polish musician (1909–1969)
Marie Baron
1908
Dutch swimmer and diver (1908–1948)
Peg Entwistle
1908
American actress (1908–1932)
Eugen Weidmann
1908
German serial killer (1908–1939)
Birgit Dalland
1907
Norwegian politician (1907–2007)
Pierre Pflimlin
1907
78th Prime Minister of France
John Carradine
1906
American actor (1906–1988)
Koto Matsudaira
1903
Japanese diplomat
Joan Whitney Payson
1903
American businesswoman (1903–1975)
Adlai Stevenson II
1900
American politician and diplomat (1900–1965)
1800s
Dirk Stikker
1897
Dutch politician and diplomat (1897–1979)
Elizabeth Ryan
1892
American tennis player
Renato Petronio
1891
Italian rower
Patsy Hendren
1889
English cricketer (1889-1962)
Ernest Tyldesley
1889
English cricketer
Recep Peker
1889
6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1946 to 1947
Gabriel Voisin
1880
French aviation pioneer (1880–1973)
André Citroën
1878
French industrialist and Citroën car brand founder
Ernie McLea
1876
Canadian ice hockey player (1876–1931)
C. E. Brock
1870
British artist (1870–1938)
Domhnall Ua Buachalla
1866
Irish politician (1866–1963)
Terauchi Masatake
1852
Prime Minister of Japan from 1916 to 1918
Joris-Karl Huysmans
1848
French novelist and art critic (1848–1907)
Ignacio Carrera Pinto
1848
Chilean military hero (1848–1882)
Eduard Magnus Jakobson
1847
Estonian artist and missionary
John Boyd Dunlop
1840
Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon
Hiram Maxim
1840
American-British inventor (1840–1916)
Dwight L. Moody
1837
American evangelist (1837–1899)
Peter Lalor
1827
Australian politician (1827–1891)
Ole Bull
1810
Norwegian violinist (1810–1880)
Carl Spitzweg
1808
German painter (1808–1885)
Johan Ludvig Runeberg
1804
Finnish poet (1804–1877)
Before 1800
Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger
1795
Austrian mineralogist (1795–1871)
Robert Peel
1788
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835; 1841–1846)
Christian Gottlob Neefe
1748
German composer and conductor (1748–1798)
John Jeffries
1744
American physician and scientist (1744–1819)
James Otis Jr.
1725
American lawyer and activist
John Witherspoon
1723
American Founding Father and minister (1723–1794)
Gilbert Tennent
1703
Anne Jules de Noailles, 2nd Duke of Noailles
1650
17th and 18th-century French nobleman and general
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné
1626
French aristocrat (1626–1696)
Gaspar Schott
1608
German scientist
Biagio Marini
1594
Italian composer
Esteban Manuel de Villegas
1589
17th-century Spanish poet
Giovanni de' Bardi
1534
Italian literary critic, writer, composer and soldier
Andreas Dudith
1533
Hungarian nobleman and bishop
Juraj Drašković
1525
Croatian Roman Catholic statesman and cardinal
René of Chalon
1519
Prince of Orange from 1530 to 1544
Aegidius Tschudi
1505
Swiss historian
Philip II, Duke of Savoy
1438
Duke of Savoy from 1496 to 1497
John II, Marquis of Montferrat
1321
Margrave of Montferrat from 1338 (1321–1372)
Emperor Sanjō
976
Emperor of Japan from 1011 to 1016