On This Day — January 5
4501 noted people were born and 2173 died on January 5 in our archive, including Arnaud Denjoy, Camille Jordan and Ivan Petrovsky.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on January 5
Arnaud Denjoy
1884 – 1974
Camille Jordan
1838 – 1922
Ivan Petrovsky
1901 – 1973
Aaron Cohen
1931 – 2010
Adam Ciołkosz
1902 – 1978
Alfred Croiset
1845 – 1923
Alyaksandr Vaytovich
b. 1938
Anne-Marie Lizin
1949 – 2015
Aparajita Datta
b. 1970
Arthur D. Hasler
1908 – 2001
Boris Babkin
1877 – 1950
Carl Engler
1842 – 1925
Dirk van de Kaa
1933 – 2026
Ed Rendell
b. 1944
Federigo Enriques
1871 – 1946
Ferdinand von Roemer
1818 – 1891
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
b. 1956
Frederick Young
1876 – 1948
Frédéric Taddeï
b. 1961
Gaston Deschamps
1861 – 1931
George Tenet
b. 1953
Ghassan Tueni
1926 – 2012
Hele Everaus
b. 1953
Helmuth Nyborg
b. 1937
Hosea Williams
1926 – 2000
Jean-Guy Paquet
b. 1938
Joseph Gallian
b. 1942
Kathleen Kenyon
1906 – 1978
M.R. Srinivasan
1930 – 2025
Marcel Aubut
b. 1948
Markus Söder
b. 1967
Mike DeWine
b. 1947
Mike Rann
b. 1953
Nikolay Zhukovsky
1847 – 1921
Norman MacKenzie
1894 – 1986
Philip Jessup
1897 – 1986
Qian Qichen
1928 – 2017
Rebecca Lancefield
1895 – 1981
Rudolf Christoph Eucken
1846 – 1926
Saskia Sassen
b. 1947
Sergey Gornyakov
b. 1966
Stephen Cole Kleene
1909 – 1994
Susan Avery
b. 1950
Teruaki Mukaiyama
1927 – 2018
Tokio Kanō
1935 – 2017
Uli Hoeneß
b. 1952
Vasily Likhachyov
1952 – 2019
Vasily Radlov
1837 – 1918
Viktor Moskvin
b. 1955
Viktor Ozerov
b. 1958
Walter Brandmüller
b. 1929
Walter Mondale
1928 – 2021
Wilhelm Klemm
1896 – 1985
Wolfgang Sobotka
b. 1956
Yoav Benjamini
b. 1949
Adela Dankowska
b. 1935
Adrian Cioroianu
b. 1967
Adriana Christian Ocampo Uria
b. 1955
Alberto Crescenti
b. 1953
Alexander Dalgarno
1928 – 2015
Alexandru Slătineanu
1873 – 1939
Alfred Vulpian
1826 – 1887
Alfredo Conde Cid
b. 1945
Alice Bache Gould
1868 – 1953
Andreas Maurer
b. 1970
Anne-Louis Girodet
1767 – 1824
Antoine Portal
1742 – 1832
Anton Füster
1808 – 1881
Arsène Darmesteter
1846 – 1888
Arthur H. Robinson
1915 – 2004
Arvid Mauritz Posse
1792 – 1850
Aryness Joy Wickens
1901 – 1991
Athol Guy
b. 1940
Baltazar Kasirivu-Atwooki
b. 1958
Balthasar von Campenhausen
1772 – 1823
Bashir Al-Hashimi
b. 1961
Bernard Rogel
b. 1956
Bilal M. Ayyub
b. 1958
Bob Whan
1933 – 2015
Brunó Ferenc Straub
1914 – 1996
Carl Joachim Hambro
1885 – 1964
Carmen Ortiz
b. 1956
Carolyn McCarthy
1944 – 2025
Claude Prouvoyeur
1927 – 2018
Conrad Totman
b. 1934
Cornelis Johannes van Doorn
1837 – 1906
Daniel Agnew
1809 – 1902
Daniel Wilson
1816 – 1892
Danny Atar
b. 1958
Deborah Carthy-Deu
b. 1966
Dobri Dzhurov
1916 – 2002
Edwin A. Locke
b. 1938
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
b. 1957
Elle Kull
b. 1952
Endel Taniloo
1923 – 2019
Eric Reissner
1913 – 1996
Ettore Mambretti
1859 – 1948
Foysol Choudhury
b. 1969
Frederik Ludvig Bang
1747 – 1820
Frédéric Thomas
1814 – 1884
George David Beveridge Jr.
1922 – 1987
George Ferdinand Becker
1847 – 1919
George Hammell Cook
1818 – 1889
Georgi Vazov
1860 – 1934
Gino Fano
1871 – 1952
Girish Chandra Saxena
1928 – 2017
Gérard Defois
b. 1931
Hajime Sono
b. 1993
Hayao Miyazaki
b. 1941
Heghine Bisharyan
b. 1961
Hubert Beuve-Méry
1902 – 1989
Humberto Teixeira
1915 – 1979
Ibrahim Helmi Abd-elRahman
1919 – 1998
Ignasi Riera i Gassiot
1940 – 2025
Ihor Herasymenko
b. 1984
Inès de Bourgoing
1862 – 1953
Irwin Kra
b. 1937
Isaac Lee
b. 1971
Isabel Kelly
1906 – 1982
J. B. Jeyaretnam
1926 – 2008
J. T. Hibbert
1824 – 1908
Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
1942 – 2024
Jacob Bernoulli
1655 – 1705
Jacques Rougerie
1932 – 2022
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton
1703 – 1743
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1921 – 2019
Jeannette Piccard
1895 – 1981
Jiang Wen
b. 1963
John H. Coote
1936 – 2017
John Hemming
b. 1935
John Manley
b. 1950
John R. Cunningham
1927 – 2020
John R. Opel
1925 – 2011
Jon Krosnick
b. 1959
Joseph Erlanger
1874 – 1965
Joshua Whitehead
b. 1989
Juan Carlos I of Spain
b. 1938
Julio Garavito Armero
1865 – 1920
Karl Friedrich Griffin Dawes
1861 – 1941
King Camp Gillette
1855 – 1932
Kirsten Hansteen
1903 – 1974
Konrad Adenauer
1876 – 1967
Lai-Sang Young
b. 1952
Louis Maurin
1869 – 1956
Louis Waldman
1892 – 1982
Lynn Schenk
b. 1945
Maciej Zieliński
b. 1971
Maggie Lim
1913 – 1995
Mamata Banerjee
b. 1955
Marcel Tournier
1879 – 1951
Mark Smith
b. 1952
Martin Grabmann
1875 – 1949
Martín Almagro Gorbea
b. 1946
Mary Gaudron
1943 – 2026
Maryse Lassonde
b. 1954
Maurizio Pollini
1942 – 2024
Michael Bang Petersen
b. 1980
Miklós Perényi
b. 1948
Mohamed Abdulmageed Qubaty
b. 1958
Mooryati Soedibyo
1928 – 2024
Murli Manohar Joshi
b. 1934
Mustafa A. Salih
b. 1950
Mário A T Figueiredo
b. 1962
Naguib Pasha Mahfouz
1882 – 1974
Nancy Johnson
b. 1935
Natalia Ananjeva
b. 1946
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
1938 – 2025
Nikolay Pankov
b. 1965
Odd Arne Westad
b. 1960
Osmond Brock
1869 – 1947
Otto Niebergall
1904 – 1977
Patrick Strzoda
b. 1952
Paul Courant
b. 1948
Peter Struycken
b. 1939
Phil Ramone
1934 – 2013
Raisa Gorbacheva
1932 – 1999
Ralph A. Sawyer
1895 – 1978
Robert M. Beachy
b. 1965
Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown
1927 – 2013
Sergey Gorodetsky
1884 – 1967
Shigeo Ōdachi
1892 – 1955
Sophie Karmasin
b. 1967
Stephen W. Scherer
b. 1964
Suddhasatwa Basu
b. 1963
Sushil Kumar Modi
1952 – 2024
Takako Suzuki
b. 1986
Tamako Kataoka
1905 – 2008
Terry Davis
1938 – 2024
Tony Tan Caktiong
b. 1953
Umberto Eco
1932 – 2016
Vasily Avseenko
1842 – 1913
Vladimir Matvienko
b. 1938
Walther Leisler Kiep
1926 – 2016
Way Kuo
b. 1951
William Dougal Christie
1816 – 1874
William Preston Johnston
1831 – 1899
Yevgeniya Kirichenko
1931 – 2021
Zhang Yuzhuo
b. 1962
A. Leonard Allen
1891 – 1969
Abdullatif Abdulhamid
1954 – 2024
… and 4,301 more
Died on January 5
Louis Paul Cailletet
1832 – 1913
Max Born
1882 – 1970
Amelia Earhart
1897 – 1939
Amy Johnson
1903 – 1941
Anthony Ledwith
1933 – 2015
Antoni Dalmau i Ribalta
1951 – 2022
Bernard Malgrange
1928 – 2024
Béla Illés
1895 – 1974
Christopher G. Weeramantry
1926 – 2017
Costas Simitis
1936 – 2025
David d'Angers
1788 – 1856
Francis Amasa Walker
1840 – 1897
George Barger
1878 – 1939
Gottlob Berger
1896 – 1975
Jean-Paul L'Allier
1938 – 2016
John Young
1930 – 2018
Karl Alfred von Zittel
1839 – 1904
Karo Halabyan
1897 – 1959
Kiyoo Wadati
1902 – 1995
Lucien Romier
1885 – 1944
Osami Nagano
1880 – 1947
Pangeran Adipati Soejono
1886 – 1943
Rudolf Haag
1922 – 2016
Tullio De Mauro
1932 – 2017
Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
1887 – 1952
Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn
1852 – 1923
Adolf Appellöf
1857 – 1921
Ahn Sung-ki
1952 – 2026
Alfonso La Marmora
1804 – 1878
Algernon Lee
1873 – 1954
Anders Carlberg
1943 – 2013
Antoni Morell Mora
1941 – 2020
Antônio Peregrino Maciel Monteiro, 2nd Baron of Itamaracá
1804 – 1868
Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall
1739 – 1799
Bernice Sandler
1928 – 2019
Bonifácio José Tamm de Andrada
1930 – 2021
Brian Johnston
1912 – 1994
Charles Mingus
1922 – 1979
Charles Nagel
1849 – 1940
Donald Alastair Cameron
1900 – 1974
Donald Grant Nutter
1915 – 1962
Edmund Herring
1892 – 1982
Edward Granville Browne
1862 – 1926
Ernest Shackleton
1874 – 1922
Everett T. Moore
1909 – 1988
Fernand Gregh
1873 – 1960
Filzä Xämidullin
1936 – 2022
František Šmahel
1934 – 2025
G. E. M. Anscombe
1919 – 2001
George Washington Carver
1864 – 1943
Gerald Kelly
1879 – 1972
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia
1856 – 1929
Gustaf Lillieblad
1651 – 1710
Harold Urey
1893 – 1981
Henri Herz
1803 – 1888
Herbert Gintis
1940 – 2023
Herbert Kyle
1873 – 1955
Herman Smith-Johannsen
1875 – 1987
James Barber
1940 – 2020
James George Russell
1848 – 1918
John A. Costello
1891 – 1976
John Alexander Johnston
1858 – 1940
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
1710 – 1771
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
1766 – 1858
Julius Leber
1891 – 1945
K. L. Shrimali
1909 – 2000
Kazimierz Lutosławski
1880 – 1924
Keith Ingram
1929 – 2007
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
1874 – 1965
Lev Korolyov
1926 – 2016
Lev Oborin
1907 – 1974
Luc Coene
1947 – 2017
Marcel Déat
1894 – 1955
Marie-Hélène Schwartz
1913 – 2013
María Cristina Vilanova
1915 – 2009
Merlyn Rees
1920 – 2006
Momofuku Ando
1910 – 2007
Nicholas Rescher
1928 – 2024
Nils Henric Liljensparre
1738 – 1814
Olav Midttun
1883 – 1972
Osian Ellis
1928 – 2021
Oswald Bumke
1877 – 1950
Pierre Boulez
1925 – 2016
Pierre Potain
1825 – 1901
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
1763 – 1827
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
1825 – 1903
Rainer Ludwig Claisen
1851 – 1930
Raymond Forni
1941 – 2008
Roy Bucher
1895 – 1980
Roy Jenkins
1920 – 2003
Rudolf Raff
1941 – 2019
Ryszard Karpiński
1935 – 2024
Simcha Friedman
1911 – 1990
T. N. Chaturvedi
1929 – 2020
Thomas Millington
1628 – 1703
Tip O'Neill
1912 – 1994
V. C. Wynne-Edwards
1906 – 1997
Viktor Varshavsky
1933 – 2005
William Alexander Hammond
1828 – 1900
William Gidley Emmett
1887 – 1985
Yōnosuke Kikuchi
1889 – 1983
A. Leonard Allen
1891 – 1969
A. Srinivasa Raghavan
1905 – 1975
Adam Martin Wyant
1869 – 1935
Adolph Goldschmidt
1863 – 1944
Akaki Chkhenkeli
1874 – 1959
Albert Schwegler
1819 – 1857
Aldrich Ames
1941 – 2026
Alexander Fraser Tytler
1747 – 1813
Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
1736 – 1806
Alfred Bielschowsky
1871 – 1940
Alik Cavaliere
1926 – 1998
Allan Ramsay
1937 – 2022
Andreas Sebastian Stenglein
1929 – 2025
André-François Miot
1762 – 1841
Anne-Marie Comparini
1947 – 2025
Anthony Cope
1486 – 1551
Antonio Caimi
1811 – 1878
Ariranga Pillay
1945 – 2023
Arthur E. Chase
1930 – 2015
Arthur Elijah Trueman
1894 – 1956
Arthur Gietzelt
1920 – 2014
Arthur Kennedy
1914 – 1990
Artur Adson
1889 – 1977
Aryeh Leib Malin
1906 – 1962
Asghar Khan
1921 – 2018
Auguste Clésinger
1814 – 1883
Aydın Boysan
1921 – 2018
Bagtygul Altybaýewa
1903 – 1972
Bartolomeo Gastaldi
1818 – 1879
Benton Jay Hall
1835 – 1894
Bernard Braine
1914 – 2000
Bob Pulford
1936 – 2026
C. George Boeree
1952 – 2021
Calvin Coolidge
1872 – 1933
Catherine de' Medici
1519 – 1589
Charles A. Repenning
1922 – 2005
Charles Gauthier
1831 – 1891
Charles H. Lewis
1871 – 1965
Charles Lennox Brownlow Maitland
1823 – 1891
Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset
1711 – 1769
Charles William Rawson Royds
1876 – 1931
Charles the Bold
1433 – 1477
Charles-Augustin de Ferriol d'Argental
1700 – 1788
Christina Crosby
1953 – 2021
Clare Potter
1903 – 1999
Clarence Gagnon
1881 – 1942
Claude Carra Saint-Cyr
1760 – 1834
Constantius I of Constantinople
1770 – 1859
Danuta Ptaszycka-Jackowska
1939 – 2025
Daphne Oram
1925 – 2003
David Stewart
1800 – 1858
Davis Elkins
1876 – 1959
Did Panas
1911 – 1994
Ding Wenjiang
1887 – 1936
Dmitry Mirimanoff
1861 – 1945
Donald McLean
1820 – 1877
Dyveke Helsted
1919 – 2005
E. J. Hughes
1913 – 2007
Eduard Lasker
1829 – 1884
Edward C. Dyer
1907 – 1975
Edward Holland
1806 – 1875
Edward Joseph Donovan
1864 – 1908
Edward the Confessor
Elizabeth B. Drewry
1907 – 2000
Elizabeth I of Russia
1709 – 1762
Elizabeth Swados
1951 – 2016
Ernst Löfström
1865 – 1937
Eva Myrtelle Fling
1886 – 1965
Francis Carter Wood
1869 – 1951
Francisco Álvarez Martínez
1925 – 2022
Frank H. Wadsworth
1915 – 2022
Gaetano Azzariti
1881 – 1961
Geoffrey Virgo
1918 – 2001
Georg Christoph Eimmart
1638 – 1705
George Duckworth
1901 – 1966
George O. Rathbun
1802 – 1870
George Prevost
1767 – 1816
Georgia Lee Lusk
1893 – 1971
Gerald Boland
1885 – 1973
Gilbert Hilton Scribner
1831 – 1910
Gilberto Perez
1943 – 2015
Giovanni Rinaldo Coronas
1919 – 2008
Giulio Santagata
1949 – 2024
Gottfried Christian Reich
1769 – 1848
Griffin Bell
1918 – 2009
H. Robert Fowler
1851 – 1926
Hans Conried
1917 – 1982
Harry Kinnard
1915 – 2009
Heinrich Alexander von Arnim
1798 – 1861
Heinrich von Schlick zu Passaun
1580 – 1650
Henry Jack
1917 – 1978
Henry K. Moeller
1849 – 1925
Hermann Brockhaus
1806 – 1877
Hermann Klaatsch
1863 – 1916
Hikaru Hayashi
1931 – 2012
Howell Lancaster
1911 – 1972
Hristo Tatarchev
1869 – 1952
Hubert Irving Teitelbaum
1915 – 1995
Humbert Wolfe
1885 – 1940
… and 1,973 more