On This Day — February 5
4334 noted people were born and 2049 died on February 5 in our archive, including Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Arthur Keith and Jean-Marie Duhamel.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on February 5
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
1914 – 1998
Arthur Keith
1866 – 1955
Jean-Marie Duhamel
1797 – 1872
Kazimierz Urbanik
1930 – 2005
Andreas Papandreou
1919 – 1996
André Citroën
1878 – 1935
Azouz Begag
b. 1957
Betty Roberts
1923 – 2011
Brian Coppola
b. 1957
C. Daniel Mote, Jr.
b. 1937
Gheorghe Hagi
b. 1965
Gilbert Tennent
1703 – 1764
Gregory Rapota
b. 1944
Jean Becquerel
1878 – 1953
Lionel Smith Beale
1828 – 1906
Mark Jones
b. 1951
Marshall Rosenbluth
1927 – 2003
Matthew Meigs
1812 – 1889
Mečislovas Reinys
1884 – 1953
Michael Cullen
1945 – 2021
Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann
1933 – 2017
Mikhail Alekseyenko
1847 – 1917
Mirra Komarovsky
1905 – 1999
Mykola Pidhornyi
1903 – 1983
Natalya Kaspersky
b. 1966
Patrick Winston
1943 – 2019
Peter J. Freyd
b. 1936
Queen Mary of Denmark
b. 1972
Richard Schöne
1840 – 1922
Robert Hofstadter
1915 – 1990
Robert Peel
1788 – 1850
Sarah Weddington
1945 – 2021
Sir Horace Rumbold, 9th Baronet
1869 – 1941
Vincenzo Fagiolo
1918 – 2000
Wang Xuan
1936 – 2006
Wim van Eekelen
1931 – 2025
Yitang Zhang
b. 1955
Yuriy A. Sergeyev
b. 1956
Adlai Stevenson II
1900 – 1965
Adrian Dixon
b. 1948
Al Kooper
b. 1944
Alain Le Roy
b. 1953
Alar Toomre
b. 1937
Alec Cameron
b. 1963
Aleksander Kakowski
1862 – 1938
Aleksandr Zarkhi
1908 – 1997
Alexandre Brongniart
1770 – 1847
Alfred Gilman, Sr.
1908 – 1984
Alison Saar
b. 1956
Amarnath Sehgal
1922 – 2007
Andrea 't Mannetje
1972 – 2023
Aristide Rinaldini
1844 – 1920
Artur Muravyov
b. 1965
Avner Shaki
1926 – 2005
Bartholomew Lloyd
1772 – 1837
Bertil Holmlund
1947 – 2025
Brad Fitzpatrick
b. 1980
Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape
1888 – 1981
Camilla Stoltenberg
b. 1958
Carme Chaparro
b. 1973
Charles B. Brownson
1914 – 1988
Charles Gomis
1941 – 2021
Charles Wesley Turnbull
1935 – 2022
Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière
1806 – 1865
Clarence Bird
1885 – 1986
Claude Giraud
1936 – 2020
David T. Ansted
1814 – 1880
Deborah Willis
b. 1948
Derrick Rossi
b. 1966
Dirk Stikker
1897 – 1979
Dominique Lecourt
1944 – 2022
Douglas Hogg
b. 1945
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
1924 – 2014
Eberhard von Stohrer
1883 – 1953
Edgar Aldrich
1848 – 1921
Edmund Ware Sinnott
1888 – 1968
Edward I-hsin Chen
1950 – 2022
Elco Brinkman
1948 – 2026
Emmanuel des Essarts
1839 – 1909
Felix William Fuentebella
b. 1975
Ferdinand Hochstetter
1861 – 1954
Francis Beer
b. 1939
Francisco Letamendia
1944 – 2026
Franz Schausberger
b. 1950
Fred Sinowatz
1929 – 2008
Fred van der Poel
1902 – 1980
Frederick Grinnell
b. 1945
Gara Garayev
1918 – 1982
Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès
1812 – 1895
Gerhard Oppitz
b. 1953
Grażyna Bacewicz
1909 – 1969
Grigory Grumm-Grzhimaylo
1860 – 1936
Guy Loando Mboyo
b. 1983
György Szepesi
1922 – 2018
Götz Werner
1944 – 2022
Halvor Solberg
1895 – 1974
Hans Bender
1907 – 1991
Harold Holzer
b. 1949
Henry Maudsley
1835 – 1918
Hilde Benjamin
1902 – 1989
Ignacy Chrzanowski
1866 – 1940
Igor Akhba
1949 – 2026
James Brundage
1929 – 2021
James McKay
1827 – 1879
Jennifer Brunner
b. 1957
Jennifer Granholm
b. 1959
Jerry L. Bona
b. 1945
Jo Swinson
b. 1980
Joan Puig i Ferreter
1882 – 1956
Johan Harald Kylin
1879 – 1949
Johannes Geldenhuys
1935 – 2018
John Boyd Dunlop
1840 – 1921
John Jeffries
1744 – 1819
John Lindley
1799 – 1865
John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst
1895 – 1970
John Voce Moore
1826 – 1904
Joris-Karl Huysmans
1848 – 1907
Joseph Connors
b. 1945
José Ramón Rodil, 1st Marquis of Rodil
1789 – 1853
Joy Grant
b. 1951
Juan Carlos Tedesco
1944 – 2017
József Tóth
b. 1950
Jörn Donner
1933 – 2020
Jüri Tamm
1957 – 2021
K. G. Subramanyan
1924 – 2016
Kan Suzuki
b. 1964
Kaspar Villiger
b. 1941
Kazimierz Gołojuch
b. 1964
Ken Adam
1921 – 2016
Lafayette Mendel
1872 – 1935
Lars Huldén
1926 – 2016
Laurence Vichnievsky
b. 1955
Leda Mileva
1920 – 2013
Lee Segel
1932 – 2005
Leopold von Schrötter
1837 – 1908
Les Hatton
b. 1948
Levan Izoria
b. 1974
Lin Junq-tzer
b. 1944
Liudmila Kovnatskaya
1941 – 2023
Marco Misciagna
b. 1984
Maressa Orzack
1924 – 2010
Maria A. Pallante
b. 1964
Marian Lopez Fernandez-Cao
b. 1964
Mario Gas
b. 1947
Martin E. Marty
1928 – 2025
Mary L. Cleave
1947 – 2023
Matt Watson
b. 1996
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
b. 1968
Michael Sheen
b. 1969
Michiko Ishii
1933 – 2012
Miguel Boyer
1939 – 2014
Mitsuo Nakamura
1911 – 1988
Mohammad Sami
b. 1955
Monty Jones
1951 – 2024
Mustafa Cerić
b. 1952
Mustafa Varank
b. 1976
Nikolay Andreyev
b. 1975
Nikolay Gamaleya
1859 – 1949
Nikolay Merkushkin
b. 1951
Nima Varasteh
1979 – 2014
Nolan Bushnell
b. 1943
Pak Noja
b. 1973
Pesach Wolicki
b. 1970
Pierre Pflimlin
1907 – 2000
Pierre-Christian Taittinger
1926 – 2009
Randy Barnett
b. 1952
Ricardo Rada
1885 – 1956
Rihachirō Banzai
1871 – 1950
Robert Atkins
b. 1946
Robert H. Barrow
1922 – 2008
Robert Rogers
b. 1950
Robert Stopford
1768 – 1847
Rodney Sweetnam
1927 – 2013
Roman Ingarden
1893 – 1970
Rosalind Tanner
1900 – 1992
Rostislav Yankovsky
1930 – 2016
Ryokichi Minobe
1904 – 1984
Samuel Phillips, Jr.
1752 – 1802
Serhiy Shaptala
b. 1973
Shankha Ghosh
1932 – 2021
Shūji Takashina
1932 – 2024
Silvius Magnago
1914 – 2010
Simeon Eben Baldwin
1840 – 1927
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 2nd Baronet
1817 – 1880
Susan Kare
b. 1954
Terauchi Masatake
1852 – 1919
Tetsuo Saito
b. 1952
Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland
1795 – 1873
Thomas Richard Fraser
1841 – 1920
Thomas Turton
1780 – 1864
Ulf Söderblom
1930 – 2016
Valentyna Arkanova
1934 – 2013
Wei Kuo-yen
b. 1953
William Bostock
1892 – 1968
William G. Moulton
1914 – 2000
William Garden Blaikie
1820 – 1899
William L. Hart
1867 – 1962
William S. Burroughs
1914 – 1997
William Zachariasen
1906 – 1980
A.C. Jose
1937 – 2016
… and 4,134 more
Died on February 5
Todd Gitlin
1943 – 2022
Wassily Leontief
1906 – 1999
William Morris Davis
1850 – 1934
Yoshihide Kozai
1928 – 2018
Asahel Stearns
1774 – 1839
Derek Yalden
1940 – 2013
Dries van Agt
1931 – 2024
François Massieu
1832 – 1896
Henri Delannoy
1833 – 1915
Irma Adelman
1930 – 2017
Jacques Ibert
1890 – 1962
Jean Malaurie
1922 – 2024
Joseph P. Vigorito
1918 – 2003
Ludvig Aubert
1838 – 1896
Norman Zabusky
1929 – 2018
Ole Jacob Broch
1818 – 1889
Oskar Klein
1894 – 1977
Pervez Musharraf
1943 – 2023
René Huyghe
1906 – 1997
Robert A. Dahl
1915 – 2014
Sigmund Exner
1846 – 1926
Stanley Cohen
1922 – 2020
Stanley Zdonik
1947 – 2026
Thomas Carlyle
1795 – 1881
Val Logsdon Fitch
1923 – 2015
William Cullen
1710 – 1790
William Elliot Griffis
1843 – 1928
Yves Pouliquen
1931 – 2020
Adolf Bernhard Meyer
1840 – 1911
Adriaan Gilles Camper
1759 – 1820
Adriaan Reland
1676 – 1718
Alevtina Fedulova
1940 – 2026
Alexander Abaza
1821 – 1895
Ananda Prasad
1928 – 2022
André Gedalge
1856 – 1926
Antonio Arregui Yarza
1939 – 2026
Antony Béraud
1792 – 1860
Antti Aarne
1867 – 1925
Ben Enwonwu
1921 – 1994
Bert Wemp
1889 – 1976
Cesare Ruperto
1925 – 2026
Curt Sachs
1881 – 1959
Eduardo Francisco Pironio
1920 – 1998
Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford
1902 – 1961
Edward Stafford
1552 – 1605
Elisabeth Vrba
1942 – 2025
Ella Grasso
1919 – 1981
Endre Dudich
1895 – 1971
Ernst Estlander
1870 – 1949
Friedrich Schwally
1863 – 1919
Gaetano Cicognani
1881 – 1962
George Arliss
1868 – 1946
George Waller
1911 – 1999
Gheorghe Țițeica
1873 – 1939
Halvor Schou
1823 – 1879
Hans Jonas
1903 – 1993
Harry George Armstrong
1899 – 1983
Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort
1900 – 1984
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
1870 – 1963
Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer
1685 – 1746
Hsing Yun
1927 – 2023
Hélène Parmelin
1915 – 1998
Ignaz Franz Castelli
1780 – 1862
Ivan Trutnev
1827 – 1912
James MacPherson Le Moine
1825 – 1912
Jean-Georges Garneau
1864 – 1944
John Christopher Guise
1826 – 1895
John Heysham Gibbon
1903 – 1973
Josep Maria Espinàs
1927 – 2023
Juan Antonio Llorente
1756 – 1823
Kan'ichi Terazawa
1882 – 1969
Kirk Douglas
1916 – 2020
Laralyn McWilliams
1965 – 2024
Laurent Dona Fologo
1939 – 2021
Lawrence Gowing
1918 – 1991
Leda Mileva
1920 – 2013
Louisa Martindale
1872 – 1966
Ludwig Binswanger
1881 – 1966
Marcella Balconi
1919 – 1999
Marianne Moore
1887 – 1972
Mariya Osipova
1908 – 1999
Michalina Wisłocka
1921 – 2005
Mineo Ōsumi
1876 – 1941
Mordechai Bibi
1922 – 2023
Moriz Haupt
1808 – 1874
Nikolai Menshutkin
1842 – 1907
Oren Harris
1903 – 1997
Otto Strandman
1875 – 1941
Ottomar Meykow
1823 – 1894
Pamela Harriman
1920 – 1997
Paul Fildes
1882 – 1971
Paul Marie André Richaud
1887 – 1968
Pedro Arrupe
1907 – 1991
Pierre Bosquet
1810 – 1861
Pierre du Cambout de Coislin
1636 – 1706
Pieter Helbert Damsté
1860 – 1943
Ragnar Östberg
1866 – 1945
Richard Hayman
1920 – 2014
Richard MacDonnell
1814 – 1881
Richard Thurmond Chatham
1896 – 1957
Robin Cocks
1938 – 2023
Schwester Selma
1884 – 1984
Stanisław Juchnowicz
1923 – 2020
Su Yu
1907 – 1984
Tadeusz Brzozowski
1749 – 1820
Tamás Vásáry
1933 – 2026
Thomas Hinman Moorer
1912 – 2004
Thomas Lux
1946 – 2017
Tsutomu Hanahara
1940 – 2024
Veikko Helle
1911 – 2005
Victor Henri Rutgers
1877 – 1945
Vladimir Kuroyedov
1944 – 2026
Werner Romberg
1909 – 2003
Xavier Arnozan
1852 – 1928
Yasutake Funakoshi
1912 – 2002
Édouard Drumont
1844 – 1917
Abdizhamil Karimuly Nurpeisov
1924 – 2022
Adolph E. Borie
1809 – 1880
Albert Barillé
1920 – 2009
Aldo Tortorella
1926 – 2025
Alfred Conkling
1789 – 1874
Alwyn Crow
1894 – 1965
Andrew Barton Paterson
1864 – 1941
Andrew Price
1854 – 1909
Angélica Gorodischer
1928 – 2022
Annie Romein-Verschoor
1895 – 1978
Armas-Eino Martola
1896 – 1986
Arnail François, marquis de Jaucourt
1757 – 1852
Arthur Maxwell, 11th Baron Farnham
1879 – 1957
Arthur von Ramberg
1819 – 1875
Asghar Parsa
1919 – 2007
Axel Bredberg
1884 – 1960
Baharul Islam
1918 – 1993
Barbara Pentland
1912 – 2000
Barnum Brown
1873 – 1963
Benjamin Finkel
1865 – 1947
Beverly Pepper
1922 – 2020
Bill Birchfield
1935 – 2016
Bill Northey
1959 – 2024
Brian Turner
1944 – 2025
Browne Willis
1682 – 1760
Bruno Léchevin
1952 – 2020
Camille Marbo
1883 – 1969
Carlos Ferreyros
1843 – 1910
Charles F. McLaughlin
1887 – 1976
Charles Henry Goode
1827 – 1922
Charles J. Gilman
1824 – 1901
Charles MacGregor
1840 – 1887
Charles S. Deneen
1863 – 1940
Charles Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington
1844 – 1917
Charles XIII of Sweden
1748 – 1818
Charles le Bargy
1858 – 1936
Chendupatla Janga Reddy
1935 – 2022
Chinthamani Ragoonatha Chary
1822 – 1880
Chirayathumadom Venkatachalier Subramanian
1924 – 2016
Christopher Plummer
1929 – 2021
Claude Autant-Lara
1901 – 2000
Count Erich Kielmansegg
1847 – 1923
Dagfinn Tveito
1927 – 2015
Damodar Hota
1935 – 2022
Dan Edward Garvey
1886 – 1974
Daniel Corrie
1777 – 1837
David Clopton
1820 – 1892
David Iftody
1956 – 2001
Davies Davenport
1757 – 1837
Dean Jagger
1903 – 1991
Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte
1730 – 1803
Dorothy Lewis Bernstein
1914 – 1988
Doug McClure
1935 – 1995
Edgar Herschler
1918 – 1990
Edward Elbridge Salisbury
1814 – 1901
Edward H. Simpson
1922 – 2019
Edwin Knappe
1884 – 1971
Ella Graham Agnew
1871 – 1958
Emil von Ottenthal
1855 – 1931
Ferdinando Bocconi
1836 – 1908
Frances Partridge
1900 – 2004
Francis Foljambe
1830 – 1917
Frank Asbury Mathews, Jr.
1890 – 1964
Frank Bateman Keefe
1887 – 1952
François Pierre-Alype
1886 – 1956
Françoise Cachin
1936 – 2011
Frederick J. Almgren, Jr.
1933 – 1997
Friedrich von Duhn
1851 – 1930
Félix-Sébastien Feuillet de Conches
1798 – 1887
Galimzyan Khusainov
1937 – 2010
Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowther
1907 – 1972
George Edward Lodge
1860 – 1954
George Edwin Patey
1859 – 1935
George Phillips
1804 – 1892
George Washington Tryon
1838 – 1888
Georges-Émile Lapalme
1907 – 1985
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
1909 – 1996
Gifford Beal
1879 – 1956
Giovanni Battista de Luca
1614 – 1683
Glen Dudbridge
1938 – 2017
Guglielmo Pecori Giraldi
1856 – 1941
Gustaf Ising
1883 – 1960
Gustav Eberlein
1847 – 1926
Harry Schwarz
1924 – 2010
… and 1,849 more