History Births on February 05

Quique Sánchez Flores, Spanish footballer and manager

#Quique_Sánchez_Flores

Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO (d. 1979)

#Dirk_Stikker

Daniel Balavoine, French singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1986)

#Daniel_Balavoine

Barbara Hershey, American actress

#Barbara_Hershey

Tom Wilkinson, English actor

#Tom_Wilkinson

Red Buttons, American actor (d. 2006)

#Red_Buttons

John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (d. 1794)

#John_Witherspoon

Gaston Roelants, Belgian runner

#Gaston_Roelants

Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (d. 1907)

#Joris-Karl_Huysmans

Charlotte Rampling, English actress

#Charlotte_Rampling

Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet and educator (d. 1669)

#Esteban_Manuel_de_Villegas

Neymar, Brazilian footballer

#Neymar

Ty Rattie, Canadian ice hockey player

#Ty_Rattie

Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutanese prince

#Jigme_Namgyel_Wangchuck

Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet and hymn-writer (d. 1877)

#Johan_Ludvig_Runeberg

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)

#Marie_de_Rabutin-Chantal,_marquise_de_Sévigné

Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer and manager

#Giovanni_van_Bronckhorst

Stina Blackstenius, Swedish footballer

#Stina_Blackstenius

Gustavo Benítez, Paraguayan footballer and manager

#Gustavo_Benítez_(footballer,_born_1953)

Donald Sanford, American-Israeli sprinter

#Donald_Sanford_(athlete)

David Wiesner, American author and illustrator

#David_Wiesner

Adam Everett, American baseball player and coach

#Adam_Everett

Jordan Rhodes, Scottish footballer

#Jordan_Rhodes

Amnon Dankner, Israeli journalist and author (d. 2013)

#Amnon_Dankner

Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (d. 1903)

#Eduard_Magnus_Jakobson

Jörn Donner, Finnish director and screenwriter

#Jörn_Donner

John Aloisi, Australian footballer and manager

#John_Aloisi

Juraj Draškovi?, Croatian Catholic cardinal (d. 1587)

#Juraj_Draškovi?

Alex Kuznetsov, Ukrainian-American tennis player

#Alex_Kuznetsov

Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1931)

#Ernie_McLea

Sara Evans, American country singer

#Sara_Evans

Stephen J. Cannell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)

#Stephen_J._Cannell

Nabil Bahoui, Swedish footballer

#Nabil_Bahoui

Johannes Geldenhuys, South African military commander (d. 2018)

#Johannes_Geldenhuys

Marina Melnikova, Russian tennis player

#Marina_Melnikova

Carl Spitzweg, German painter and poet (d. 1885)

#Carl_Spitzweg

Claude King, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

#Claude_King

Vladimir Moskovkin, Ukrainian-Russian geographer, economist, and academic

#Vladimir_Moskovkin

Tomáš Kopecký, Slovak ice hockey player

#Tomáš_Kopecký

Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor (d. 1798)

#Christian_Gottlob_Neefe

Laura Linney, American actress

#Laura_Linney

H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (d. 2014)

#H._R._Giger

Stefan de Vrij, Dutch footballer

#Stefan_de_Vrij

Lloyd Johansson, Australian rugby player

#Lloyd_Johansson

Samuel Sánchez, Spanish cyclist

#Samuel_Sánchez

Larry Hillman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Larry_Hillman

Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director (d. 1985)

#Tage_Danielsson

Clemente Mastella, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Justice

#Clemente_Mastella

Vedran ?orluka, Croatian footballer

#Vedran_?orluka

John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber (d. 1921)

#John_Boyd_Dunlop

Henfil, Brazilian journalist, author, and illustrator (d. 1988)

#Henfil

Gaspar Schott, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1666)

#Gaspar_Schott

Héctor Rebaque, Mexican race car driver

#Héctor_Rebaque

Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer-songwriter

#Trijntje_Oosterhuis

Terauchi Masatake, Japanese field marshal and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1919)

#Terauchi_Masatake

Hank Aaron, American baseball player

#Hank_Aaron

Gerald Tusha, Albanian footballer

#Gerald_Tusha

Philip II, duke of Savoy (d. 1497)

#Philip_II,_Duke_of_Savoy

Mia Hansen-Løve, French director and screenwriter

#Mia_Hansen-Løve

Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver (d. 1948)

#Marie_Baron

Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2000)

#Pierre_Pflimlin

Bobby Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

#Bobby_Brown

Gra?yna Bacewicz, Polish violinist and composer (d. 1969)

#Gra?yna_Bacewicz

Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer, created LiveJournal

#Brad_Fitzpatrick

Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (d. 1871)

#Wilhelm_Karl_Ritter_von_Haidinger

Don Cherry, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster

#Don_Cherry

Cory Wells, American pop-rock singer (Three Dog Night) (d. 2015)

#Cory_Wells

Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer (d. 1880)

#Ole_Bull

Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian biologist and academic (d. 2007)

#Charles_Philippe_Leblond

Peg Entwistle, Welsh-American actress (d. 1932)

#Peg_Entwistle

Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian soldier, composer, and critic (d. 1612)

#Giovanni_de'_Bardi

Douglas Hogg, English lawyer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

#Douglas_Hogg

Jüri Tamm, Estonian hammer thrower and politician

#Jüri_Tamm

Al Kooper, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Al_Kooper

Cliff Martinez, American drummer and songwriter

#Cliff_Martinez

Dmitry Andreikin, Russian chess player

#Dmitry_Andreikin

Bonnie Crombie, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 6th Mayor of Mississauga

#Bonnie_Crombie

Stuart Damon, American actor and singer

#Stuart_Damon

Carlos Tevez, Argentinian footballer

#Carlos_Tevez

Christopher Guest, American actor and director

#Christopher_Guest

Sanj?, emperor of Japan (d. 1017)

#Emperor_Sanj?

Hal Blaine, American session drummer

#Hal_Blaine

Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer

#Cristiano_Ronaldo

Mike Heath, American baseball player and manager

#Mike_Heath

Roger Staubach, American football player, sportscaster, and businessman

#Roger_Staubach

Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962)

#Ernest_Tyldesley

Michael Maguire, Australian rugby league player and coach

#Michael_Maguire_(rugby_league)

Francisco Varallo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2010)

#Francisco_Varallo

Tim Holt, American actor (d. 1973)

#Tim_Holt

Mao Daichi, Japanese actress

#Mao_Daichi

Billy Sharp, English footballer

#Billy_Sharp

Mary L. Cleave, American engineer and astronaut

#Mary_L._Cleave

Yvon Vallières, Canadian educator and politician

#Yvon_Vallières

Darren Criss, American actor, singer, and entrepreneur

#Darren_Criss

Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish footballer and manager

#Sven-Göran_Eriksson

Chris Parnell, American actor and comedian

#Chris_Parnell

Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2016)

#Cesare_Maldini

Sekope Kepu, Australian rugby player

#Sekope_Kepu

Anja Hammerseng-Edin, Norwegian handball player

#Anja_Hammerseng-Edin

Bernard of Corleone, Italian saint (d. 1667)

#Bernard_of_Corleone

Rodrigo Palacio, Argentinian footballer

#Rodrigo_Palacio

Nikolay Merkushkin, Mordovian engineer and politician, 1st Head of the Republic of Mordovia

#Nikolay_Merkushkin

Loukas Vyntra, Czech-Greek footballer

#Loukas_Vyntra

Andreas Dudith, Croatian-Hungarian nobleman and diplomat (d. 1589)

#Andreas_Dudith

André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën (d. 1935)

#André_Citroën

José María Olazábal, Spanish golfer

#José_María_Olazábal

Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (d. 1973)

#Gabriel_Voisin

Luc Ferrari, French pianist and composer (d. 2005)

#Luc_Ferrari

Barrett Strong, American soul singer-songwriter and pianist

#Barrett_Strong

Brad Fittler, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster

#Brad_Fittler

Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress, screenwriter, producer and director

#Jennifer_Jason_Leigh

Peter Lalor, Irish-Australian activist and politician (d. 1889)

#Peter_Lalor

Michel Breistroff, French ice hockey player (d. 1996)

#Michel_Breistroff

Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1962)

#Patsy_Hendren

Jennifer Granholm, Canadian-American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Michigan

#Jennifer_Granholm

Nolan Bushnell, American engineer and businessman, founded Atari, Inc.

#Nolan_Bushnell

Freddie Aguilar, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Freddie_Aguilar

Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician (d. 1950)

#Recep_Peker

Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress (d. 2012)

#Isuzu_Yamada

John Beilein, American basketball player and coach

#John_Beilein

Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1996)

#Andreas_Papandreou

Tim Meadows, American actor and screenwriter

#Tim_Meadows

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

#Mary,_Crown_Princess_of_Denmark

Patrick Roberts, English footballer

#Patrick_Roberts

Kevin Everett, American football player

#Kevin_Everett

Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d. 1963)

#Domhnall_Ua_Buachalla

Jo Swinson, English politician

#Jo_Swinson

Marcus Grönholm, Finnish race car driver

#Marcus_Grönholm

Daisy and Violet Hilton, English conjoined twins (d. 1969)

#Daisy_and_Violet_Hilton

Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (d. 1708)

#Anne_Jules_de_Noailles

Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1965)

#Adlai_Stevenson_II

Derek Stephen Prince, American voice actor

#Derek_Stephen_Prince

Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster

#Darrell_Waltrip

Duff McKagan, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

#Duff_McKagan

Adnan Januzaj, Belgian-Albanian footballer

#Adnan_Januzaj

Ken Adam, German-born English production designer and art director (d. 2016)

#Ken_Adam

Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (d. 2014)

#Duraisamy_Simon_Lourdusamy

Darren Lehmann, Australian cricketer and coach

#Darren_Lehmann

Michael Sheen, Welsh actor and director

#Michael_Sheen

David Selby, American actor and playwright

#David_Selby

Curtis Jerrells, American basketball player

#Curtis_Jerrells

Jonathan Freeman, American actor and singer

#Jonathan_Freeman_(actor)

Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean lieutenant (d. 1882)

#Ignacio_Carrera_Pinto

Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (d. 1939)

#Eugen_Weidmann

Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1850)

#Robert_Peel

Kurt Beck, German politician

#Kurt_Beck

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Indian cricketer

#Bhuvneshwar_Kumar

Roberto Alomar, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach

#Roberto_Alomar

William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1997)

#William_S._Burroughs

Reed Sorenson, American race car driver

#Reed_Sorenson

Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss statesman and historian (d. 1572)

#Aegidius_Tschudi

Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (d. 2008)

#Fred_Sinowatz

Errol Morris, American director and producer

#Errol_Morris

Vinnie Colaiuta, American drummer

#Vinnie_Colaiuta

Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)

#Robert_Hofstadter

Hiram Maxim, American engineer, invented the Maxim gun (d. 1916)

#Hiram_Maxim

Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer and manager

#Gheorghe_Hagi

Nate Holzapfel, American entrepreneur and television personality

#Nate_Holzapfel

Leilani Latu, Australian rugby league player

#Leilani_Latu

Luke Ricketson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

#Luke_Ricketson

Kaspar Villiger, Swiss engineer and politician, 85th President of the Swiss Confederation

#Kaspar_Villiger

Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Church, Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers (d. 1899)

#Dwight_L._Moody

Carlos Villanueva, Chilean footballer

#Carlos_Villanueva_(footballer)

Linus Omark, Swedish ice hockey player

#Linus_Omark

Henson Cargill, American country music singer (d. 2007)

#Henson_Cargill

John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)

#John_Carradine

Karin Ontiveros, Mexican model

Laurence Maroney, American football player

Laura del Rio, Spanish footballer

Brian Russell, American football player

Adam Dykes, Australian rugby league player

Ben Ainslie, English sailor

Abishek Bachchan, Indian actor

Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Jean-Marc Jaumin, Belgian basketball player and coach

Rok Petrovi?, Slovenian skier (d. 1993)

Keith Moseley, American bass player and songwriter

Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player and coach

Steven Shainberg, American film director and producer

Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager

Aris Christofellis, Greek soprano and musicologist

Frank Walker, Australian journalist and author

Rafael Puente, Mexican footballer

Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (d. 1971)

J. R. Cobb, American guitarist and songwriter

Dušan Uhrin, Czech and Slovak footballer and manager

Craig Morton, American football player and sportscaster

Michael Mann, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Luke Graham, American wrestler (d. 2006)

Brian Luckhurst, English cricketer (d. 2005)

Rafael Nieto Navia, Colombian lawyer, jurist, and diplomat

Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist and academic (d. 2006)

Alar Toomre, Estonian-American astronomer and mathematician

K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Indian poet and academic

Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)

B. S. Johnson, English author, poet, and critic (d. 1973)

P. J. Vatikiotis, Israeli-American historian and political scientist (d. 1997)

Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (d. 2013)

Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch captain and pilot (d. 1977)

Robert Allen, American pianist and composer (d. 2000)

James E. Bowman, American physician and academic (d. 2011)

Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist, biophysicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960)

Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician (d. 2007)

Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 1975)

Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player (d. 1979)

Renato Petronio, Italian rower (d. 1976)

Charles Edmund Brock, British painter and book illustrator (d. 1938)

James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1783)

Gilbert Tennent, Irish-American minister (d. 1764)

Biagio Marini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1663)

René of Châlon, prince of Orange (d. 1544)

John II, marquess of Montferrat (d. 1372)