February 5

Events

Pre-1600

• 2 BC – Caesar Augustus is granted the title pater patriae by the Roman Senate.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.<ref name="De Carolis">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 756 – Chinese New Year; An Lushan proclaims himself Emperor of China and founds the short-lived state of Yan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.<ref>Trevor N. Dupuy, Curt Johnson and David L. Bongard, Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography, (Castle Books, 1995), p. 326</ref>
• 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1783 – In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.<ref name ="Maramai">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1810 – Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins.Template:Sfn
• 1818 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.Template:Sfn
• 1852 – The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1859 – Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia, is also elected as prince of Wallachia, joining the two principalities as a personal union called the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered in the birth of the modern Romanian state.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1869 – The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1885 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

1901–present

• 1901 – J. P. Morgan incorporates U.S. Steel in the state of New Jersey,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> although the company would not start doing business until February 25<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the assets of Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company, Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company, and William Henry Moore's National Steel Company were not acquired until April 1.<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1905 – In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
• 1907 – Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
• 1913 – Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
• 1913 – Claudio Monteverdi's last opera L'incoronazione di Poppea was performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1917 – The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• 1917 – The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
• 1918 – Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
• 1918 – Template:SS is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
• 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists.
• 1924 – The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
• 1933 – Mutiny on Royal Netherlands Navy warship HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën off the coast of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies.
• 1939 – Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th "Caudillo de España", or Leader of Spain.
• 1941 – World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea.
• 1945 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
• 1958 – Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
• 1958 – A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
• 1962 – French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
• 1963 – The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the most important, if not the most important, decisions in the development of European Union law.
• 1967 – Cultural Revolution: The Shanghai People's Commune is formally proclaimed, with Yao Wenyuan and Zhang Chunqiao being appointed as its leaders.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1971 – Astronauts land on the Moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
• 1975 – Riots break out in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship.
• 1981 – Operation Soap: The Metropolitan Toronto Police Force raids four gay bathhouses in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, arresting just under 300, triggering mass protest and rallies.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage, meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years.
• 1988 – Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
• 1994 – Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
• 1994 – Markale massacres, more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell explodes in a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo.
• 1997 – The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
• 2000 – Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya.
• 2004 – Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
• 2008 – A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.
• 2016 – New Zealand politician Steven Joyce is hit by a flung rubber dildo in a Waitangi Day protest.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2019 – Pope Francis becomes the first Pope in history to visit and perform papal mass in the Arabian Peninsula during his visit to Abu Dhabi.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – United States President Donald Trump is acquitted by the United States Senate in his first impeachment trial.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193 overshoots the runway at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport and crashes, killing three people and injuring 179.<ref name="AP 2020.02.05">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2021 – Police riot in Mexico City as they try to break up a demonstration by cyclists who were protesting after a bus ran over a bicyclist.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Eleven police officers are arrested.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 976 – Sanjō, emperor of Japan (died 1017)
• 1321 – John II, marquess of Montferrat (died 1372)
• 1438 – Philip II, duke of Savoy (died 1497)
• 1505 – Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss statesman and historian (died 1572)
• 1519 – René of Châlon, prince of Orange (died 1544)
• 1525 – Juraj Drašković, Croatian Catholic cardinal (died 1587)
• 1533 – Andreas Dudith, Croatian-Hungarian nobleman and diplomat (died 1589)
• 1534 – Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian soldier, composer, and critic (died 1612)
• 1589 – Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet and educator (died 1669)
• 1594 – Biagio Marini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1663)

1601–1900

• 1608 – Gaspar Schott, German mathematician and physicist (died 1666)
• 1626 – Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (died 1696)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1650 – Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (died 1708)
• 1703 – Gilbert Tennent, Irish-American minister (died 1764)
• 1723 – John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (died 1794)
• 1725 – James Otis Jr., American lawyer and politician (died 1783)
• 1748 – Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor (died 1798)
• 1788 – Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1850)
• 1795 – Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (died 1871)
• 1804 – Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet and hymn-writer (died 1877)
• 1808 – Carl Spitzweg, German painter and poet (died 1885)
• 1810 – Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer (died 1880)
• 1827 – Peter Lalor, Irish-Australian activist and politician (died 1889)
• 1837 – Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Church, Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers (died 1899)
• 1840 – John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber (died 1921)
• 1840 – Hiram Maxim, American engineer, invented the Maxim gun (died 1916)
• 1847 – Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (died 1903)
• 1848 – Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (died 1907)
• 1848 – Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean lieutenant (died 1882)
• 1852 – Terauchi Masatake, Japanese field marshal and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1919)
• 1866 – Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State (died 1963)
• 1870 – Charles Edmund Brock, British painter and book illustrator (died 1938)
• 1876 – Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1931)
• 1878 – André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën (died 1935)
• 1880 – Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (died 1973)
• 1889 – Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer (died 1962)
• 1889 – Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (died 1962)
• 1889 – Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician (died 1950)
• 1891 – Renato Petronio, Italian rower (died 1976)
• 1892 – Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player (died 1979)
• 1897 – Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO (died 1979)
• 1900 – Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 1965)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

1901–present

• 1903 – Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations (died 1994)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1903 – Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 1975)
• 1906 – John Carradine, American actor (died 1988)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1907 – Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician (died 2007)
• 1907 – Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France (died 2000)
• 1908 – Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver (died 1948)
• 1908 – Peg Entwistle, Welsh-American actress (died 1932)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1908 – Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (died 1939)
• 1909 – Grażyna Bacewicz, Polish violinist and composer (died 1969)
• 1910 – Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian biologist and academic (died 2007)
• 1910 – Francisco Varallo, Argentinian footballer (died 2010)
• 1911 – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (died 1960)
• 1914 – William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 1997)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1914 – Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist, biophysicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
• 1915 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990)
• 1917 – Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (died 2002)<ref name="NYT2002">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1917 – Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress (died 2012)
• 1919 – Red Buttons, American actor (died 2006)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1919 – Tim Holt, American actor (died 1973)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1919 – Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1996)
• 1921 – Ken Adam, German-born English production designer and art director (died 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1923 – Claude King, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
• 1923 – James E. Bowman, American physician and academic (died 2011)
• 1924 – Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (died 2014)
• 1927 – Robert Allen, American pianist and composer (died 2000)
• 1927 – Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch captain and pilot (died 1977)
• 1928 – Hristu Cândroveanu, Romanian editor, literary critic and writer (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1928 – Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director (died 1985)
• 1928 – Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1928 – P. J. Vatikiotis, Israeli-American historian and political scientist (died 1997)
• 1929 – Hal Blaine, American session drummer (died 2019)
• 1929 – Luc Ferrari, French pianist and composer (died 2005)
• 1929 – Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (died 2008)
• 1932 – Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager (died 2016)
• 1933 – Jörn Donner, Finnish director and screenwriter (died 2020)
• 1933 – B. S. Johnson, English author, poet, and critic (died 1973)
• 1934 – Hank Aaron, American baseball player (died 2021)<ref>Baseball icon Hank Aaron dead at age 86 al. January 22, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.</ref>
• 1934 – Don Cherry, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1935 – Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1982)
• 1935 – Johannes Geldenhuys, South African military commander (died 2018)
• 1936 – K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Indian poet and academic (died 2020)
• 1937 – Stuart Damon, American actor and singer (died 2021)<ref name=UPI02052025 />
• 1937 – Larry Hillman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022)
• 1937 – Gaston Roelants, Belgian runner
• 1937 – Alar Toomre, Estonian-American astronomer and mathematician
• 1937 – Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist and academic (died 2006)
• 1938 – Rafael Nieto Navia, Colombian lawyer, jurist, and diplomat
• 1939 – Brian Luckhurst, English cricketer (died 2005)
• 1939 – Jane Bryant Quinn, American financial journalist<ref name=UPI02052025 />
• 1940 – H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1940 – Luke Graham, American wrestler (died 2006)
• 1941 – Stephen J. Cannell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1941 – Henson Cargill, American country music singer (died 2007)
• 1941 – David Selby, American actor and playwright<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1941 – Barrett Strong, American soul singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2023)
• 1941 – Kaspar Villiger, Swiss engineer and politician, 85th President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1942 – Roger Staubach, American football player, sportscaster, and businessman<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1943 – Nolan Bushnell, American engineer and businessman, founded Atari, Inc.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1943 – Michael Mann, American director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name=UPI02052025 />
• 1943 – Craig Morton, American football player and sportscaster
• 1943 – Dušan Uhrin, Czech and Slovak footballer and manager
• 1944 – J. R. Cobb, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2019)
• 1944 – Henfil, Brazilian journalist, author, and illustrator (died 1988)
• 1944 – Al Kooper, American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name=UPI02052025 />
• 1944 – Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (died 1971)
• 1945 – Douglas Hogg, English lawyer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• 1946 – Amnon Dankner, Israeli journalist and author (died 2013)
• 1946 – Charlotte Rampling, English actress<ref name=UPI02052025 />
• 1947 – Mary L. Cleave, American engineer and astronaut (died 2023)
• 1947 – Clemente Mastella, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Justice
• 1947 – Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster<ref name=UPI02052025 />
• 1948 – Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish footballer and manager (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Christopher Guest, British-American actor and director<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1948 – Barbara Hershey, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1948 – Errol Morris, American director and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1948 – Tom Wilkinson, English actor (died 2023)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1949 – Kurt Beck, German politician
• 1949 – Maidarjavyn Ganzorig, Mongolian cosmonaut and academic (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1949 – Yvon Vallières, Canadian educator and politician
• 1950 – Jonathan Freeman, American actor and singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1950 – Rafael Puente, Mexican footballer
• 1951 – Nikolay Merkushkin, Mordovian engineer and politician, 1st Head of the Republic of Mordovia
• 1952 – Daniel Balavoine, French singer-songwriter and producer (died 1986)
• 1952 – Vladimir Moskovkin, Ukrainian-Russian geographer, economist, and academic
• 1953 – Freddie Aguilar, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)
• 1953 – John Beilein, American basketball player and coach
• 1953 – Gustavo Benítez, Paraguayan footballer and manager
• 1954 – Cliff Martinez, American drummer and songwriter
• 1954 – Frank Walker, Australian journalist and author
• 1955 – Mike Heath, American baseball player and manager
• 1956 – Vinnie Colaiuta, American drummer
• 1956 – Héctor Rebaque, Mexican race car driver
• 1956 – David Wiesner, American author and illustrator
• 1956 – Mao Daichi, Japanese actress
• 1957 – Jüri Tamm, Estonian hammer thrower and politician (died 2021)
• 1959 – Jennifer Granholm, Canadian-American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Michigan<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1960 – Aris Christofellis, Greek soprano and musicologist
• 1960 – Bonnie Crombie, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 6th Mayor of Mississauga
• 1960 – Micky Hazard, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1961 – Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1961 – Tim Meadows, American actor and screenwriter<ref name=AP02052022>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1962 – Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress, screenwriter, producer and director<ref name=AP02052022 />
• 1963 – Steven Shainberg, American film director and producer
• 1964 – Laura Linney, American actress<ref name=AP02052022 />
• 1964 – Ha Seung-moo, Korean poet, pastor, historical theologian
• 1964 – Duff McKagan, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1965 – Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player and coach
• 1965 – Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1965 – Keith Moseley, American bass player and songwriter
• 1965 – Quique Sánchez Flores, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1966 – José María Olazábal, Spanish golfer
• 1966 – Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (died 1993)
• 1967 – Chris Parnell, American actor and comedian<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1968 – Roberto Alomar, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
• 1968 – Chris Barron, American rock singer<ref name=UPI02052025>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1968 – Marcus Grönholm, Finnish race car driver
• 1969 – Bobby Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1969 – Michael Sheen, Welsh actor and director
• 1969 – Derek Stephen Prince, American voice actor
• 1970 – Jean-Marc Jaumin, Belgian basketball player and coach
• 1970 – Darren Lehmann, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1970 – Jeremy Rockliff, Australian politician, 47th Premier of Tasmania<ref name=parl>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1971 – Michel Breistroff, French ice hockey player (died 1996)
• 1971 – Sara Evans, American country singer
• 1972 – Queen Mary of Denmark<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1972 – Brad Fittler, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1973 – Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1973 – Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer-songwriter
• 1973 – Luke Ricketson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1974 – Michael Maguire, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1975 – Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1976 – John Aloisi, Australian footballer and manager
• 1976 – Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
• 1977 – Ben Ainslie, English sailor
• 1977 – Adam Dykes, Australian rugby league player
• 1977 – Adam Everett, American baseball player and coach
• 1978 – Brian Russell, American football player
• 1978 – Samuel Sánchez, Spanish cyclist
• 1979 – Nate Holzapfel, American entrepreneur and television personality
• 1980 – Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer, created LiveJournal
• 1980 – Jo Swinson, Scottish politician
• 1981 – Mia Hansen-Løve, French director and screenwriter
• 1981 – Loukas Vyntra, Czech-Greek footballer
• 1982 – Laura del Río, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Kevin Everett, American football player
• 1982 – Tomáš Kopecký, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1982 – Rodrigo Palacio, Argentinian footballer
• 1983 – Anja Hammerseng-Edin, Norwegian handball player
• 1984 – Carlos Tevez, Argentinian footballer
• 1985 – Lloyd Johansson, Australian rugby player
• 1985 – Laurence Maroney, American football player
• 1985 – Paul Vandervort, American actor, film producer, and former model
• 1985 – Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
• 1986 – Vedran Ćorluka, Croatian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Kevin Gates, American rapper, singer, and entrepreneur<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Sekope Kepu, Australian rugby player
• 1986 – Billy Sharp, English footballer
• 1986 – Reed Sorenson, American race car driver
• 1986 – Carlos Villanueva, Chilean footballer
• 1987 – Darren Criss, American actor, singer, and entrepreneur
• 1987 – Curtis Jerrells, American basketball player
• 1987 – Alex Kuznetsov, Ukrainian-American tennis player
• 1987 – Linus Omark, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1987 – Donald Sanford, American-Israeli sprinter
• 1988 – Karin Ontiveros, Mexican model
• 1989 – Marina Melnikova, Russian tennis player
• 1989 – Jeremy Sumpter, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Dmitry Andreikin, Russian chess player
• 1990 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Indian cricketer
• 1990 – Jordan Rhodes, Scottish footballer
• 1991 – Nabil Bahoui, Swedish footballer
• 1991 – Gerald Tusha, Albanian footballer
• 1992 – Stefan de Vrij, Dutch footballer
• 1992 – Neymar, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 – Leilani Latu, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 – Ty Rattie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1995 – Adnan Januzaj, Belgian-Albanian footballer
• 1996 – Stina Blackstenius, Swedish footballer
• 1997 – Patrick Roberts, English footballer
• 2001 – Kim Min-ju, South Korean actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2002 – Jisung, South Korean rapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2002 – Taehyun, South Korean singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2016 – Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutanese prince

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 523 – Avitus of Vienne, Gallo-Roman bishop
• 994 – William IV, duke of Aquitaine (born 937)
• 1015 – Adelaide, German abbess and saint
• 1036 – Alfred Aetheling, Anglo-Saxon prince
• 1146 – Zafadola, Arab emir of Zaragoza
• 1578 – Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian painter (born 1520)

1601–1900

• 1661 – Shunzhi, Chinese emperor of the Qing Dynasty (born 1638)
• 1705 – Philipp Spener, German theologian and author (born 1635)
• 1751 – Henri François d'Aguesseau, French jurist and politician, Chancellor of France (born 1668)
• 1754 – Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch astronomer and cartographer (born 1678)
• 1766 – Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (born 1705)
• 1775 – Eusebius Amort, German theologian and academic (born 1692)
• 1790 – William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (born 1710)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1807 – Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (born 1725)
• 1818 – Charles XIII, king of Sweden (born 1748)
• 1881 – Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (born 1795)
• 1882 – Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (born 1841)
• 1892 – Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (born 1807)

1901–present

• 1915 – Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (born 1850)
• 1917 – Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (born 1860)
• 1922 – Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (born 1871)
• 1927 – Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (born 1882)
• 1931 – Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1849)
• 1933 – Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (born 1863)
• 1937 – Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (born 1861)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1938 – Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (born 1903)
• 1941 – Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (born 1864)
• 1941 – Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1875)
• 1946 – George Arliss, English actor and playwright (born 1868)<ref name=obit>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1948 – Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (born 1883)
• 1952 – Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (born 1877)
• 1954 – Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (born 1876)
• 1955 – Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (born 1885)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon and author (born 1890)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1962 – Jacques Ibert, French-Swiss composer (born 1890)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1967 – Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (born 1872)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1969 – Thelma Ritter, American actress (born 1902)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1970 – Rudy York, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1913)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1972 – Marianne Moore, American poet, author, critic, and translator (born 1887)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (born 1926)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1977 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (born 1894)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1981 – Ella Grasso, American politician, 83rd Governor of Connecticut (born 1919)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1982 – Neil Aggett, Kenyan-South African physician and union leader (born 1953)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1983 – Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American chemist and academic (born 1925)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1987 – William Collier Jr., American actor and producer (born 1902)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (born 1937)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1991 – Dean Jagger, American actor (born 1903)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1992 – Miguel Rolando Covian, Argentinian-Brazilian physiologist and academic (born 1913)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (born 1922)
• 1993 – Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1909)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1993 – William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (born 1916)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1995 – Doug McClure, American actor (born 1935)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1997 – Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (born 1920)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1997 – René Huyghe, French historian and author (born 1906)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1998 – Tim Kelly, American guitarist (born 1963)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Wassily Leontief, Russian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2000 – Claude Autant-Lara, French director and screenwriter (born 1901)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2004 – John Hench, American animator (born 1908)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2005 – Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Togolese general and politician, President of Togo (born 1937)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2005 – Michalina Wisłocka, Polish gynecologist and sexologist (born 1921)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2006 – Norma Candal, Puerto Rican-American actress (born 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2007 – Leo T. McCarthy, New Zealand-American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (born 1930)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2008 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, founded Transcendental Meditation (born 1918)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2010 – Brendan Burke, Canadian ice hockey player and activist (born 1988)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2010 – Harry Schwarz, South African lawyer, anti-apartheid leader, and diplomat, 13th South Africa Ambassador to United States (born 1924)
• 2011 – Brian Jacques, English author and radio host (born 1939)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2011 – Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (born 1921)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Sam Coppola, American actor (born 1932)
• 2012 – Al De Lory, American keyboard player, conductor, and producer (born 1930)
• 2012 – John Turner Sargent Sr., American publisher (born 1924)<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 2012 – Jo Zwaan, Dutch sprinter (born 1922)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Reinaldo Gargano, Uruguayan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Uruguay (born 1934)
• 2013 – Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer and conductor (born 1924)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2013 – Tom McGuigan, New Zealand soldier and politician, 23rd New Zealand Minister of Health (born 1921)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2014 – Robert Dahl, American political scientist and academic (born 1915)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka (born 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – Marisa Del Frate, Italian actress and singer (born 1931)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2015 – Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – Herman Rosenblat, Polish-American author (born 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2016 – Ciriaco Cañete, Filipino martial artist (born 1919)
• 2020 – Kirk Douglas, American actor (born 1916)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2021 – Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (born 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2023 – Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani military officer and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (born 1943)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2024 – Toby Keith, American country singer (born 1961)<ref>Singer Toby Keith dead at 62</ref>
• 2025 – Irv Gotti, American record producer, co-founded Murder Inc Records (born 1970)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Adelaide of Vilich
  • Agatha of Sicily<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Avitus of Vienne
  • Bertulf (Bertoul) of Renty
  • Ingenuinus (Jenewein)
  • Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson (Episcopal Church (United States))
  • 26 Martyrs of Japan (in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Anglican Church in Japan)
  • February 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Kashmir Solidarity Day (Pakistan)
• Runeberg Day (Finland)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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External links

• BBC: On This Day
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• Historical Events on February 5