Births on 5 January
2000s
Walker Scobell
2009
American actor (born 2009)
Shane Wright
2004
Canadian ice hockey player (born 2004)
Mykhailo Mudryk
2001
Ukrainian footballer (born 2001)
Ellis Simms
2001
English footballer (born 2001)
Gastón Martirena
2000
Uruguayan footballer (born 2000)
1900s
Mattias Svanberg
1999
Swedish footballer (born 1999)
Filip Ugrinić
1999
Swiss footballer (born 1999)
Carles Aleñá
1998
Spanish footballer (born 1998)
Corey Horsburgh
1998
Australian rugby league footballer (born 1998)
Jesús Vallejo
1997
Spanish footballer (born 1997)
James Fisher-Harris
1996
New Zealand and Māori international rugby league footballer
Nicolás Tripichio
1996
Argentine footballer
Tyler Ulis
1996
American basketball player and coach
Toafofoa Sipley
1995
Niue international rugby league footballer
Lachlan Fitzgibbon
1994
Australian rugby league footballer (born 1994)
Zemgus Girgensons
1994
Latvian ice hockey player (born 1994)
Matt Grzelcyk
1994
American ice hockey player (born 1994)
Tyrone Phillips
1994
Fiji international rugby league footballer
Gustavo Scarpa
1994
Brazilian footballer (born 1994)
Phillip Dorsett
1993
American football player (born 1993)
Franz Drameh
1993
British actor (born 1993)
Stefan Rzadzinski
1993
Canadian racing driver (born 1993)
Mike Faist
1992
American actor (born 1992)
Suki Waterhouse
1992
English actress, singer, and model (born 1992)
Denis Alibec
1991
Romanian footballer (born 1991)
Eric Fisher (American football)
1991
American football player (born 1991)
C. J. Cron
1990
American baseball player (born 1990)
Leroy Fer
1990
Dutch association football player
Jose Iglesias (baseball)
1990
Cuban-born American baseball player (born 1990)
Mark Nicholls (rugby league)
1990
Australian former rugby league footballer
José Luis Palomino
1990
Argentine footballer (born 1990)
Eduardo Escobar
1989
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1989)
Krisztián Németh
1989
Hungarian footballer (born 1989)
Azizulhasni Awang
1988
Malaysian cyclist based in Australia (born 1988)
Luke Daniels
1988
English footballer (born 1988)
Mandip Gill
1988
British actress (born 1988)
Nikola Kalinić (footballer)
1988
Croatian footballer (born 1988)
Miroslav Raduljica
1988
Serbian basketball player (born 1988)
Dexter Bean
1987
American racing driver & crew chief (born 1987)
Kristin Cavallari
1987
American television personality (born 1987)
Stuart Flanagan
1987
Hungary international rugby league footballer
Brian Mushana Kwesiga
1987
Ugandan-born engineer and former president of the Ugandan North American Association)
Jason Mitchell
1987
American actor (born 1987)
Alexander Salák
1987
Czech professional ice hockey goaltender (born 1987)
Deepika Padukone
1986
Indian actress (born 1986)
Filinga Filiga
1985
New Zealand rugby league footballer
Anthony Stewart (ice hockey)
1985
Canadian ice hockey player
Diego Vera
1985
Uruguayan footballer (born 1985)
Derrick Atkins
1984
Bahamian sprinter (born 1984)
Matt Ballin
1984
Australian rugby league footballer
Bronx Goodwin
1984
NZ Maori international rugby league footballer
Nori Aoki
1982
Japanese baseball player (born 1982)
Janica Kostelić
1982
Croatian alpine skier (born 1982)
Deadmau5
1981
Canadian music producer and DJ (born 1981)
Brooklyn Sudano
1981
American actress (born 1981)
Luke Bailey (rugby league)
1980
Australia international rugby league footballer
Brad Meyers
1980
Australia international rugby league footballer
Jason Basham
1979
American racing driver
Kyle Calder
1979
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1979)
Giuseppe Gibilisco
1979
Italian pole vaulter and coach
Scott Kremerskothen
1979
Australian cricketer (born 1979)
January Jones
1978
American actress (born 1978)
Gavin Lester
1977
Australian rugby league footballer
Diego Tristán
1976
Spanish footballer (born 1976)
Bradley Cooper
1975
American actor and filmmaker (born 1975)
Warrick Dunn
1975
American football player (born 1975)
Mike Grier
1975
American ice hockey player (born 1975)
Jessica Chaffin
1974
American actress, comedian, writer and podcaster (born 1974)
Iwan Thomas
1974
British sprinter (born 1974)
Derek Cecil
1973
American actor
Uday Chopra
1973
Indian actor (born 1973)
Sakis Rouvas
1972
Greek singer & athlete (born 1972)
Stian Carstensen
1971
Norwegian jazz musician
Nigel Gaffey
1970
Australian rugby league footballer
Marilyn Manson
1969
American musician (born 1969)
Paul McGillion
1969
British-Canadian actor
Shaun Micheel
1969
American professional golfer (born 1969)
Shea Whigham
1969
American actor (born 1969)
Carrie Ann Inaba
1968
American television dancer, choreographer, actress, and singer (born 1968)
Joé Juneau
1968
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1968)
Joe Flanigan
1967
American actor and writer
Vinnie Jones
1965
English professional footballer and actor (born 1965)
Stuart Raper
1965
Australian rugby league footballer (born 1965)
Patrik Sjöberg
1965
Swedish high jumper
Jeff Fassero
1963
American baseball player and coach (born 1963)
Suzy Amis Cameron
1962
American environmental advocate, actress, and model
Danny Jackson
1962
American baseball player (born 1962)
Arie Setiabudi Soesilo
1962
Iris DeMent
1961
American singer-songwriter (born 1961)
Glenn Strömberg
1960
Swedish footballer
Clancy Brown
1959
American actor (born 1959)
Nancy Delahunt
1959
Canadian curler
Jiří Hrdina
1958
Czech ice hockey player (born 1958)
Ron Kittle
1958
American baseball player (born 1958)
Kevin Hastings
1957
Australian rugby league footballer (born 1957)
George Moroko
1957
Australian rugby league footballer
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
1956
President of Germany since 2017
Mamata Banerjee
1955
8th Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2011 (born 1955)
Alex English
1954
American basketball player/coach (born 1954)
László Krasznahorkai
1954
Hungarian novelist (born 1954)
Pamela Sue Martin
1953
American actress (born 1953)
Mike Rann
1953
Australian politician (born 1953)
George Tenet
1953
Central Intelligence Agency Director from 1996 to 2004
Uli Hoeneß
1952
German football player and executive
Ioan Petru Culianu
1950
Romanian academic (1950–1991)
Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith
1950
British barrister (born 1950)
John Manley
1950
Canadian politician
Chris Stein
1950
American guitarist
Ted Lange
1948
American actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1948)
Mike DeWine
1947
Governor of Ohio since 2019
Mercury Morris
1947
American football player (1947–2024)
Diane Keaton
1946
American actress (1946–2025)
Carolyn McCarthy
1944
American politician (1944–2025)
Ed Rendell
1944
Governor of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011
Mary Gaudron
1943
Australian judge (born 1943)
Murtaz Khurtsilava
1943
Georgian footballer (born 1943)
Maurizio Pollini
1942
Italian pianist and conductor (1942–2024)
Charlie Rose
1942
American TV interviewer and journalist (born 1942)
Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
1942
Kuwaiti royal and politician (1942–2024)
Bob Cunis
1941
New Zealand cricketer (1941–2008)
Chuck McKinley
1941
American tennis player (1941–1986)
Hayao Miyazaki
1941
Japanese animator and artist (born 1941)
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
1941
Indian cricketer (1941–2011)
Athol Guy
1940
Australian musician and politician
Pim de la Parra
1940
Surinamese-Dutch film director (1940–2024)
M. E. H. Maharoof
1939
Sri Lankan politician (1939–1997)
Juan Carlos I
1938
King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
1938
Kenyan writer and academic (1938–2025)
Florence King
1936
American journalist
Terry Lineen
1936
NZ international rugby union player (1936–2020)
Murli Manohar Joshi
1934
Indian politician (born 1934)
Phil Ramone
1934
American record producer (1934–2013)
Umberto Eco
1932
Italian semiotician, philosopher and writer (1932–2016)
Chuck Noll
1932
American football player and coach (1932–2014)
Alvin Ailey
1931
American dancer and activist (1931–1989)
Alfred Brendel
1931
Austrian composer and pianist (1931–2025)
Walt Davis
1931
American basketball player (1931–2020)
Robert Duvall
1931
American actor and filmmaker (1931–2026)
Kevin Considine
1930
Australian rugby league footballer (1930–2023)
Aulis Rytkönen
1929
Finnish footballer (1929-2014)
Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer)
1928
Pakistani cricketer (1928–2016)
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
1928
4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979)
Denise Bryer
1928
British actress (1928–2021)
Walter Mondale
1928
Vice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981
Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
1927
American Hindu religious leader (1927–2001)
J. B. Jeyaretnam
1926
Singaporean politician
Veikko Karvonen
1926
Finnish long-distance runner
W. D. Snodgrass
1926
American poet (1926–2009)
Hosea Williams
1926
American civil rights activist and ordained minister
Lou Carnesecca
1925
American basketball coach (1925–2024)
Virginia Halas McCaskey
1923
American football executive (1923–2025)
Sam Phillips
1923
American disc jockey, songwriter and record producer (1923–2003)
Anthony Synnot
1922
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
1921
Swiss author and dramatist (1921–1990)
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1921
Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000
John H. Reed
1921
American politician (1921–2012)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
1920
Italian pianist
Hector Abhayavardhana
1919
Sri Lankan Trotskyist theoretician (1919–2012)
Severino Gazzelloni
1919
Musical artist
Francis L. Kellogg
1917
American diplomat
Wieland Wagner
1917
German stage director and impresario (1917–1966)
Jane Wyman
1917
American actress (1917–2007)
Arthur H. Robinson
1915
American geographer and cartographer
Doug Deitz
1914
Australian rugby league footballer
George Reeves
1914
American actor (1914–1959)
Jean-Pierre Aumont
1911
French actor and soldier (1911–2001)
Jack Lovelock
1910
New Zealand athlete (1910–1949)
Lucienne Bloch
1909
Swiss-American artist and photographer (1909–1999)
Stephen Cole Kleene
1909
American mathematician (1909–1994)
George Dolenz
1908
American actor (1908–1963)
Volmari Iso-Hollo
1907
Athletics competitor
Kathleen Kenyon
1906
British archaeologist (1906–1978)
Jeane Dixon
1904
American astrologer and psychic
Erika Morini
1904
Austrian violinist (1904–1995)
Harold Gatty
1903
Australian aviation record holder (1892–1973)
Hubert Beuve-Méry
1902
French journalist and newspaper editor (1902–1989)
Stella Gibbons
1902
20th-century British writer
Yves Tanguy
1900
French surrealist painter (1990–1955)
1800s
Kiyoshi Miki
1897
Japanese philosopher (1897–1945)
Paramahansa Yogananda
1893
Indian and American yogi and guru (1893–1952)
Agnes von Kurowsky
1892
American nurse, muse for Ernest Hemingway (1892–1984)
Markus Reiner
1886
Israeli scientist and engineer
Humbert Wolfe
1885
Italian-British poet, intellectual and civil servant (1885–1940)
Herbert Bayard Swope
1882
20th-century American journalist
Edwin Barclay
1882
President of Liberia from 1930 to 1944
Pablo Gargallo
1881
Spanish painter
Nikolai Medtner
1880
Russian composer and pianist (1880–1951)
Hans Eppinger
1879
Austrian physician (1879–1946
Konrad Adenauer
1876
Chancellor of West Germany from 1949 to 1963
Joseph Erlanger
1874
American physiologist (1874–1965)
Frederick Converse
1871
American composer
Dimitrios Gounaris
1867
Greek politician (1867–1922)
Fatima Cates
1865
British Muslim convert and activist (1865–1900)
Bob Caruthers
1864
American baseball player (1864–1911)
King C. Gillette
1855
American entrepreneur (1855–1932)
Rudolf Christoph Eucken
1846
19th/20th-century German philosopher (1846–1926)
Mariam Baouardy
1846
19th-century Melkite Carmelite nun and saint
Camille Jordan
1838
French mathematician (1838–1922)
William John Wills
1834
British explorer (1834–c. 1861)
Anton Füster
1808
Austrian Roman Catholic priest (1808–1881)
Before 1800
Harvey Putnam
1793
American politician (1793–1855)
Gaspar Flores de Abrego
1781
American politician
Stephen Decatur
1779
United States naval officer and commodore (1779–1820)
Zebulon Pike
1779
American general and explorer (1779–1813)
Jean-Baptiste Say
1767
French economist and businessman (1767–1832)
Claude Martin
1735
French soldier (1735–1800)
Paolo Lorenzani
1640
Italian composer
Miklós Zrínyi
1620
Croatian-Hungarian military commander (1620–1664)
Shah Jahan
1592
Mughal emperor from 1628 to 1658
Xu Xiake
1587
Chinese geographer and traveller
Francisco Suárez
1548
Spanish priest, philosopher and theologian
Gaspar de Bono
1530
Richard of Cornwall
1209
King of Germany from 1257 to 1272