February 5
February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 329 days remaining until the end of the year (330 in leap years).
Events
Up to 1900
- 1520 – Sven Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)
- 1578 - Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian painter (b. 1520)
- 1661 - Shunzhi Emperor of China (b. 1638)
- 1705 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (b. 1635)
- 1754 - Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch astronomer and cartographer (b. 1678)
- 1790 - William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)
- 1807 - Pasquale Paoli, Corsican military leader and politician (b. 1725)
- 1818 – King Charles XIII of Sweden (b. 1748)
- 1881 – Thomas Carlyle, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1795)
- 1882 - Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish traveler, writer and diplomat (b. 1841)
- 1889 - Ole Jacob Broch, Norwegian scientist and politician (b. 1818)
1901 – 2000
- 1917 – Jaber II al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1860)
- 1922 - Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian inventor (b. 1871)
- 1927 - Inayat Khan, Indian educator (b. 1882)
- 1931 - Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician (b. 1849)
- 1933 - Joseph Roffo, French rugby player (b. 1879)
- 1938 – Hans Litten, German lawyer (b. 1903)
- 1941 – Banjo Paterson, Australian poet (b. 1864)
- 1941 - Otto Strandman, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1864)
- 1947 – Hans Fallada, German writer (b. 1893)
- 1952 - Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877)
- 1953 - Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (b. 1873)
- 1955 - Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and writer (b. 1885)
- 1969 – Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1972 - Marianne Moore, American writer (b. 1887)
- 1976 - Rudy York, American baseball player (b. 1926)
- 1981 – Ella Grasso, Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919)
- 1993 - Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American writer, producer and director (b. 1909)
- 1993 - Tip Tipping, English actor and stuntman (b. 1958)
- 1993 - Adnan Kahveci, Turkish politician (b. 1949)
- 1997 - Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat (b. 1920)
- 1999 – Wassily Leontief, Russian economist (b. 1906)
From 2001
- 2005 – Gnassingbé Eyadéma, President of Togo (b. 1937)
- 2008 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritual guru (b. 1917)
- 2009 – Dana Vavrova, Czech actress (b. 1967)
- 2010 – Harry Schwarz, South African lawyer, politician and diplomat (b. 1924)
- 2011 – Brian Jacques, British writer (b. 1939)
- 2013 - Stuart Freeborn, British make-up artist (b. 1914)
- 2013 - Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer (b. 1924)
- 2014 - Carlos Borges, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1931)
- 2015 - Henri Coppens, Belgian footballer (b. 1930)
- 2015 - K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
- 2015 - Val Logsdon Fitch, American nuclear physicist (b. 1923)
- 2016 - Bodil Malmsten, Swedish poet and novelist (b. 1944)
- 2016 - Bill Birchfield, American politician (b. 1935)
- 2016 - Ciriaco Cañete, Filipino martial artist (b. 1919)
- 2017 - Sonny Geraci, American musician (b. 1947)
- 2017 - Björn Granath, Swedish actor (b. 1946)
- 2018 - Margot Duhalde, Chilean pilot (b. 1920)
- 2021 - Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (b. 1929)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1906 – John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)
- 1907 – Pierre Pflimlin, Prime Minister of France (d. 2000)
- 1908 - Daisy and Violet Hilton, English conjoined twins (d. 1969)
- 1910 – Charles Leblond, Canadian cell biologist (d. 2007)
- 1910 – Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (d. 2010)
- 1911 – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960)
- 1914 – William S. Burroughs, American writer (d. 1997)
- 1914 – Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, British physiologist and biophysicist (d. 1998)
- 1915 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist (d. 1990)
- 1915 - Margaret Millar, Canadian writer (d. 1994)
- 1916 - Ugo Locatelli, Italian footballer (d. 1993)
- 1917 - Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress (d. 2012)
- 1919 – Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1996)
- 1919 - Red Buttons, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1919 - Tim Holt, American actor (d. 1973)
- 1921 - Ken Adam, German-born British motion picture designer (d. 2016)
- 1921 - John Pritchard, English conductor (d. 1989)
- 1923 - Fatmawati, First Lady of Indonesia (d. 1980)
- 1923 - Claude King, American musician (d. 2013)
- 1924 - Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (d. 2014)
- 1926 - Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (d. 2012)
- 1926 - Stefan Gierasch, American actor (d. 2014)
- 1929 – Fred Sinowatz, Chancellor of Austria (d. 2008)
- 1929 - Luc Ferrari, French composer (d. 2005)
- 1929 - Al Worthington, American baseball player
- 1929 - Hal Blaine, American musician
- 1930 - Ilon Wikland, Estonian-Swedish illustrator
- 1932 – Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer (d. 2016)
- 1933 - Milos Milutinovic, Yugoslavian footballer (d. 2003)
- 1933 - Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, Nicaraguan priest, diplomat and politician (d. 2017)
- 1934 – Hank Aaron, American Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1934 - Don Cherry, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1935 - Charles Turnbull, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
- 1937 – Larry Hillman, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1939 - Miguel Boyer, French-Spanish economist and politician (d. 2014)
- 1940 - H. R. Giger, Swiss artist (d. 2014)
- 1941 – Stephen J. Cannell, American television producer and writer (d. 2010)
- 1941 - Cory Wells, American musician (d. 2015)
- 1941 – David Selby, American actor
- 1941 - Kaspar Villiger, Swiss Federal Councillor
- 1943 – Michael Mann, American movie director
- 1944 - Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1971)
- 1945 - Chubby Brown, British comedian
- 1946 – Charlotte Rampling, British actress
- 1946 - Mauro Pagani, Italian singer-songwriter and violinist
- 1947 - Clemente Mastella, Italian politician
- 1948 – Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager
- 1948 – Christopher Guest, American actor and director
- 1949 – Kurt Beck, German politician
- 1950 - Catherine Castel, French actress and make-up artist
- 1950 - Marie-Pierre Cassel, French actress
- 1950 - Jonathan Freeman, American actor
1951 – 1975
- 1951 - Russell Grant, British astrologer
- 1951 - Robin Sachs, British actor (d. 2013)
- 1951 - Nikolay Merkushkin, Russian politician
- 1952 - Daniel Balavoine, French singer and songwriter
- 1953 - Gustavo Benitez, Paraguayan footballer
- 1954 - Cliff Martinez, American musician
- 1959 – Jennifer Granholm, Canadian-born American politician, former Governor of Michigan
- 1961 - Albert Anderson, New Zealand rugby player
- 1961 - Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager
- 1961 - Jim Meadows, American actor
- 1961 - Hakan Peker, Turkish dancer, songwriter, singer and musical composer
- 1962 - Jacqui Dankworth, English jazz singer
- 1964 – Laura Linney, American actress
- 1964 – Duff McKagan, American musician
- 1964 - David Gilmore, American jazz musician
- 1965 - Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer
- 1966 - Jose Maria Olazabal, Spanish golfer
- 1966 - Vivian Wu, Chinese actress
- 1969 – Bobby Brown, American singer
- 1969 – Michael Sheen, Welsh actor
- 1970 - Jean-Marc Jaumin, Belgian basketball player and coach
- 1972 – Mary E. Donaldson, Crown Princess of Denmark
- 1975 – Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer
- 1975 - Alison Hammond, English television presenter
From 1976
- 1976 – Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
- 1976 – John Aloisi, Australian footballer
- 1977 – Ben Ainslie, English sailor
- 1980 - Patrick Grady, Scottish politician
- 1980 - Jo Swinson, Scottish politician
- 1980 - Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer
- 1980 - Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia
- 1980 - Tiwa Savage, Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress
- 1981 - Nora Zehetner, American actress
- 1982 - Aidin Nikkah Behrami, Iranian basketball player (d. 2007)
- 1982 – Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine footballer
- 1984 – Carlos Tevez, Argentine footballer
- 1985 – Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
- 1985 - Paul Vandervort, American actor and model
- 1986 - Andreas Beck, German tennis player
- 1986 – Vedran Corluka, Croatian footballer
- 1987 - Linus Omark, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1988 - Natalie Geisenberger, German luger
- 1990 - Jordan Rhodes, Scottish footballer
- 1991 – Alba Riquelme, Paraguayan model
- 1992 – Neymar, Brazilian footballer
- 1992 - Stefan de Vrij, Dutch footballer
- 1992 - Carina Vogt, German ski jumper, first women's Ski jumping Olympic champion
- 1994 - Saki Nakajima, Japanese singer
- 1995 - Adnan Januzaj, Belgian footballer
- 1995 - Trayvon Martin, American teenager, shooting victim (d. 2012)
- 2002 – Davis Cleveland, American actor
- 2016 - Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Crown Prince of Bhutan
Deaths
Observances
- Constitution Day (Mexico)
- Kashmir Solidarity Day (Kashmir)
- Unity Day (Burundi)
- Runeberg's birthday (Finland)
Trivia
- A large number of successful footballers and football managers were born on February 5. This includes ones that are currently active in either playing or management, and some who are currently not.