February 5 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on February 5, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Jan 20 – Feb 18
Birth stone
Amethyst
Birth flower
Violet
How common
#312 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous February 5 birthdays
Hiram Maxim · American-born inventor1840
Adlai Stevenson II · American politician and diplomat1900
John Carradine · American actor1906
William S. Burroughs · American novelist1914
Robert Hofstadter · American physicist and Nobel laureate1915
Red Buttons · American comedian and actor1919
Hank Aaron · American baseball player1934
Michael Mann · American film director, screenwriter, and producer1943
Nolan Bushnell · American entrepreneur1943
Barbara Hershey · American actress1948
Jennifer Jason Leigh · American actress1962
Laura Linney · American actress1964
Duff McKagan · American rock musician1964
Gheorghe Hagi · Romanian association football player and manager1965
Giovanni van Bronckhorst · Dutch association football player and manager1975
Abhishek Bachchan · Indian actor and film producer1976
Carlos Tevez · Argentine association football player1984
Cristiano Ronaldo · Portuguese association football player1985
Darren Criss · American actor and singer1987
Neymar · Brazilian footballer1992
On this day in history
1861In a speech before the U.S. Congress, Representative John Edward Bouligny refused to join his fellow Louisiana congressmen in heeding the state's secession convention and resigning.
2004The National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti captured the city of Gonaïves, starting a coup d'état against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government.
2009The United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal ran aground on a coral reef off the island of Oahu.
2020United States President Donald Trump is acquitted by the United States Senate in his first impeachment trial.
1923Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford made 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class score.
1962French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
1985The mayors of Carthage and Rome signed a symbolic peace treaty to officially end the Third Punic War, 2,134 years after it began.
2016Cybercriminals initiate the Bangladesh Bank robbery, using the SWIFT network to fraudulently transfer $101 million from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York account of Bangladesh Bank.
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