February 5

• 2 BC – Caesar Augustus is granted the title pater patriae by the Roman Senate.{{cite book|last=Swan|first=Peter M.|year=2004|title=The Augustan Succession|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=103–104|isbn=978-0-19-534714-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=26s6CG8LffsC&pg=PA103}}
• 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.{{cite book |last1=De Carolis |first1=E. |last2=Patricelli |first2=G. |title=Vesuvius, A.D. 79: The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HYvrOkP1b2IC&pg=PA75 |access-date=29 April 2011 |year=2003 |publisher=L'Erma di Bretschneider |isbn=978-88-8265-199-2 |pages=71–76}}
• 756 – Chinese New Year; An Lushan proclaims himself Emperor of China and founds the short-lived state of Yan.{{cite book|last=Xiong|first=Victor C.|year=2016|title=Capital Cities and Urban Form in Pre-modern China|publisher=Routledge|page=151|isbn=978-1-317-23556-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCMlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA151}}
• 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.Trevor N. Dupuy, Curt Johnson and David L. Bongard, Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography, (Castle Books, 1995), p. 326
• 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.{{cite web|title=Martyrs List|url=http://www1.bbiq.jp/martyrs/ListEngl.html|publisher=Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum|access-date=2010-01-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214135648/http://www1.bbiq.jp/martyrs/ListEngl.html|archive-date=2010-02-14}}

• 1783 – In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.{{cite journal|title=A revision of the 1783–1784 Calabrian (southern Italy) tsunamis|url=http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/2668/1/1496.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718174657/http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/2668/1/1496.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-18 |url-status=live|last1=Maramai|first1=A.|last2=Graziani|first2=L.|last3=Tinti|first3=S.|year=2006|journal=Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.|volume=6|issue=6|pages=1053–1060|doi=10.5194/nhess-6-1053-2006|bibcode=2006NHESS...6.1053G|doi-access=free}}
• 1810 – Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins.{{sfn|Fremont-Barnes|2002|pp=12-13}}
• 1818 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.{{sfn|Bain|1911|p=932}}
• 1852 – The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.{{Cite news |date=February 17, 2020 |title=On This Day in 1852 the Hermitage Opened |language=en |work=The Moscow Times |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/02/17/on-this-day-the-hermitage-opened-a69308 |access-date=October 21, 2021}}
• 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.{{Cite book |url=https://www.wdl.org/en/item/7314/view/1/69/ |title=The Roumanian Question: The Roumanians and their Lands |last=Stoica |first=Vasile |publisher=Pittsburgh Printing Company |year=1919 |pages=69 |via=World Digital Library}}
• 1869 – The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-47041314 |title=Welcome Stranger: World's largest gold nugget remembered |work=BBC |last=O'Shea |first=Johnny |date=5 February 2019 |access-date=6 November 2021}}
• 1885 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/23/belgium-begins-to-face-brutal-colonial-legacy-of-leopold-ii |title=Belgium begins to face brutal colonial legacy of Leopold II |work=The Guardian |last=Boffey |first=Daniel |date=23 November 2019 |access-date=6 November 2021}}

• 1901 – J. P. Morgan incorporates U.S. Steel in the state of New Jersey,{{cite book|author=|title=Poor's Manual of Industrials|location=New York|publisher=Poor's Manual Company|date=1916|oclc=1776201|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LzxJAQAAMAAJ|page=1247}} although the company would not start doing business until February 25{{cite news|title=Giant Steel Trust Launched at Last|work=The New York Times|date=February 26, 1901|page=3|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1901/02/26/102624117.html |url-access=subscription}} 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.{{cite news|title=Steel Trust's Capital to Be $1,100,000,000|work=The New York Times|date=April 2, 1901|page=2|postscript=;}} {{cite book|last=Warren|first=Kenneth|title=Big Steel: The First Century of the United States Steel Corporation, 1901-2001|location=Pittsburgh|publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press|date=2001|isbn=9780822970590|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixYEjoykrhYC|page=21}}
• 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.{{cite book|author-link= Mark Ringer|last= Ringer|first= Mark|title= Opera's First Master: The Musical Dramas of Claudio Monteverdi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cYMu68t63zwC&pg=PA132 |publisher= Amadeus Press|location= Newark N.J.|year= 2006|isbn= 1-57467-110-3 |page=132}}
• 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 – {{SS|Tuscania|1914|6}} 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.{{cite book|last=Meisner|first=Maurice|author-link=Maurice Meisner|title=Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic|year=1986|location=New York|publisher=Free Press|isbn=9780029208700|oclc=13270932|edition=3rd|url=https://libcom.org/library/maos-china-after-history-peoples-republic-maurice-meisner|pages=329–330}}
• 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.{{Cite web |title=Toronto bathhouse raids: How the arrests galvanized the gay community |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bathhouse-raids-toronto-police-gay-community-arrests-apology-1.3645926}}
• 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35499554|title=NZ minister hit by sex toy in protest|date=5 February 2016|work=BBC News|access-date=6 February 2020|language=en-GB}}
• 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.{{Cite web|title=Pope Francis holds first Papal Mass in Abu Dhabi|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/pope-francis-holds-papal-mass-abu-dhabi-190205065039040.html|access-date=2020-08-25|website=www.aljazeera.com}}
• 2020 – United States President Donald Trump is acquitted by the United States Senate in his first impeachment trial.{{cite web|title=Trump impeachment vote live updates: Sharply divided Senate acquits Trump on both articles|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-poised-acquit-trump-historic-impeachment-trial/story?id=68774104|author1=Turner, Trish|author2=Libby Cathey|website=ABCNews.go.com|date=February 5, 2020|access-date=February 5, 2020}}
• 2020 – Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193 overshoots the runway at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport and crashes, killing three people and injuring 179.{{cite news |date=5 February 2020 |title=Airliner skids, breaks open in Istanbul; 3 dead, 179 injured |url=https://apnews.com/f7a089322c96a26dfde4bb5c0ac30b1f |access-date=5 February 2020 |work=Associated Press}}
• 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.{{cite news |date=6 February 2021 |title=Policías causan riña en manifestación de ciclistas en CDMX |trans-title=Police cause a brawl during a cyclist demonstration in Mexico City |url=https://posta.com.mx/estados/cdmx/policias-causan-rina-en-manifestacion-con-ciclistas-de-cdmx/ |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=POSTA |language=es-MX}} Eleven police officers are arrested.{{cite news |last1=Bravo |first1=Elba Mónica |date=6 February 2021 |title=Separan de su cargo a once elementos de la SSC tras riña con ciclistas |trans-title=Eleven SSC members removed from their posts after fight with cyclists |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/02/06/capital/separan-de-su-cargo-a-elementos-de-la-ssc-tras-rina-con-ciclistas/ |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=La Jornada |language=es}}

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

• 1608 – Gaspar Schott, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1666)
• 1626 – Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696){{cite book|first=Arthur Augustus|last=Tilley|title=Madame de Sévigné: Some Aspects of Her Life and Character|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2016|page=153|isbn=978-1-31662-004-5}}
• 1650 – Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (d. 1708)
• 1703 – Gilbert Tennent, Irish-American minister (d. 1764)
• 1723 – John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (d. 1794)
• 1725 – James Otis Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1783)
• 1748 – Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor (d. 1798)
• 1788 – Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1850)
• 1795 – Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (d. 1871)
• 1804 – Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet and hymn-writer (d. 1877)
• 1808 – Carl Spitzweg, German painter and poet (d. 1885)
• 1810 – Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer (d. 1880)
• 1827 – Peter Lalor, Irish-Australian activist and politician (d. 1889)
• 1837 – Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Church, Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers (d. 1899)
• 1840 – John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber (d. 1921)
• 1840 – Hiram Maxim, American engineer, invented the Maxim gun (d. 1916)
• 1847 – Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (d. 1903)
• 1848 – Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (d. 1907)
• 1848 – Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean lieutenant (d. 1882)
• 1852 – Terauchi Masatake, Japanese field marshal and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1919)
• 1866 – Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d. 1963)
• 1870 – Charles Edmund Brock, British painter and book illustrator (d. 1938)
• 1876 – Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1931)
• 1878 – André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën (d. 1935)
• 1880 – Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (d. 1973)
• 1889 – Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1962)
• 1889 – Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962)
• 1889 – Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician (d. 1950)
• 1891 – Renato Petronio, Italian rower (d. 1976)
• 1892 – Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player (d. 1979)
• 1897 – Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1965){{cite news|title=Adlai Ewing Stevenson: An Urbane, Witty, Articulate Politician and Diplomat|work=The New York Times|date=July 15, 1965|page=10}}

• 1903 – Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1994){{Cite web|url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Koto+Matsudaira/0/8673.html|title=Koto Matsudaira|website=Munzinger|language=de|access-date=2019-12-26}}
• 1903 – Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 1975)
• 1906 – John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988){{cite news|last=Krebs|first=Albin|title=John Carradine, Actor, 82, Dies|work=The New York Times|date=November 29, 1988|page=B11}}
• 1907 – Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician (d. 2007)
• 1907 – Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2000)
• 1908 – Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver (d. 1948)
• 1908 – Peg Entwistle, Welsh-American actress (d. 1932){{cite book|last=Zeruk|first=James|title=Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Suicide: A Biography|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Company|date=2013|isbn=9780786473137|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BXNzAQAAQBAJ|page=12}}
• 1908 – Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (d. 1939)
• 1909 – Grażyna Bacewicz, Polish violinist and composer (d. 1969)
• 1910 – Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian biologist and academic (d. 2007)
• 1910 – Francisco Varallo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2010)
• 1911 – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960)
• 1914 – William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1997){{cite news |title = William S. Burroughs Dies at 83; Member of the Beat Generation Wrote 'Naked Lunch' |first = Richard |last = Severo |date = August 3, 1997 |newspaper = The New York Times |url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEED6123DF930A3575BC0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |access-date = October 22, 2007 }}
• 1914 – Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist, biophysicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 1915 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
• 1917 – Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (d. 2002){{cite news |last1=Saxon|first1=Wolfgang |title=Edward Mortola, 85; Oversaw Expansion at Pace |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/29/nyregion/edward-mortola-85-oversaw-expansion-at-pace.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 29, 2002 |access-date=February 5, 2017 |language=en}}
• 1917 – Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Red Buttons, American actor (d. 2006){{cite news|title=Comedian Red Buttons dies at 87|work=BBC|date=July 14, 2006|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5178496.stm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720134851/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5178496.stm|archivedate=July 20, 2006}}
• 1919 – Tim Holt, American actor (d. 1973){{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Jim|title=The Rodeo and Hollywood: Rodeo Cowboys on Screen and Western actors in the Arena|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Co.|date=2006|isbn=9780786424702|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9LYuEQAAQBAJ|page=167}}
• 1919 – Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1996)
• 1921 – Ken Adam, German-born English production designer and art director (d. 2016){{cite web |title=Obituary: Ken Adam, production designer |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituary-ken-adam-production-designer-1480741 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=11 March 2016 |access-date=1 July 2020 |language=en}}
• 1923 – Claude King, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1923 – James E. Bowman, American physician and academic (d. 2011)
• 1924 – Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Robert Allen, American pianist and composer (d. 2000)
• 1927 – Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch captain and pilot (d. 1977)
• 1928 – Hristu Cândroveanu, Romanian editor, literary critic and writer (d. 2013){{cite news|url=https://www.ziuaconstanta.ro/fondul-documentar-dobrogea-de-ieri-si-de-azi/articol/citeste-dobrogea-hristu-candroveanu-un-creator-neobosit-dedicat-cauzei-etniei-sale-3942.html|title=Hristu Cândroveanu - un creator neobosit, dedicat cauzei etniei sale|first=Cristina|last=Titz|newspaper=Ziua de Constanța|date=5 February 2021|language=ro}}
• 1928 – Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director (d. 1985)
• 1928 – Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (d. 2013){{cite news|last=Steinfels|first=Peter|title=Andrew M. Greeley, Priest, Scholar and Scold, Is Dead at 85|work=The New York Times|date=May 30, 2013|accessdate=February 6, 2025|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/us/andrew-m-greeley-outspoken-priest-dies-at-85.html}}
• 1928 – P. J. Vatikiotis, Israeli-American historian and political scientist (d. 1997)
• 1929 – Hal Blaine, American session drummer (d. 2019)
• 1929 – Luc Ferrari, French pianist and composer (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (d. 2008)
• 1932 – Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2016)
• 1933 – Jörn Donner, Finnish director and screenwriter (d. 2020)
• 1933 – B. S. Johnson, English author, poet, and critic (d. 1973)
• 1934 – Hank Aaron, American baseball player (d. 2021)[https://www.al.com/sports/2021/01/baseball-icon-hank-aaron-dead-at-age-86.html Baseball icon Hank Aaron dead at age 86] al. January 22, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
• 1934 – Don Cherry, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/cherry-don-know.html|title=The Greatest Canadian | work= Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | date=2008 | access-date = March 11, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080512150759/http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/cherry-don-know.html |archive-date = May 12, 2008}}
• 1935 – Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)
• 1935 – Johannes Geldenhuys, South African military commander (d. 2018)
• 1936 – K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Indian poet and academic (d. 2020)
• 1937 – Stuart Damon, American actor and singer (d. 2021)
• 1937 – Larry Hillman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022)
• 1937 – Gaston Roelants, Belgian runner
• 1937 – Alar Toomre, Estonian-American astronomer and mathematician
• 1937 – Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist and academic (d. 2006)
• 1938 – Rafael Nieto Navia, Colombian lawyer, jurist, and diplomat
• 1939 – Brian Luckhurst, English cricketer (d. 2005)
• 1939 – Jane Bryant Quinn, American financial journalist
• 1940 – H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (d. 2014){{cite news|title='Alien' Artist H.R. Giger Dies at 74|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 13, 2014|accessdate=February 6, 2025|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alien-artist-hr-giger-dies-703558/}}
• 1940 – Luke Graham, American wrestler (d. 2006)
• 1941 – Stephen J. Cannell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010){{Cite news |first=Dennis |last=McLellan |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-1020-stephen-cannell-20101002-story.html |title=Stephen J. Cannell dies at 69; TV writer, producer |date=October 2, 2010 |access-date=February 6, 2025}}
• 1941 – Henson Cargill, American country music singer (d. 2007)
• 1941 – David Selby, American actor and playwright{{cite news |title=This week in West Virginia History - Feb. 2-8 |url=https://www.register-herald.com/news/life/this-week-in-west-virginia-history---feb-2-8/article_74f4e694-cf66-557f-9ac1-ca4e5926aa79.html |work=The Register-Herald |date=February 1, 2020 |access-date=February 6, 2025}}
• 1941 – Barrett Strong, American soul singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2023)
• 1941 – Kaspar Villiger, Swiss engineer and politician, 85th President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1942 – Roger Staubach, American football player, sportscaster, and businessman{{cite book|last=Rand|first=Jonathan|title=Riddell Presents: The Gridiron's Greatest Quarterbacks|location=Champaign, Ill.|publisher=Sports Publishing|date=2004|isbn=9781582613222|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IusZ3VoYKqUC|page=66}}
• 1943 – Nolan Bushnell, American engineer and businessman, founded Atari, Inc.{{cite book|last=Morrison|first=Heather S.|title=Inventors of Everyday Technology|location=New York|publisher=Cavendish Square|date=2016|isbn=9781502606600|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y1ZmDwAAQBAJ|page=12}}
• 1943 – Michael Mann, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 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 (d. 2019)
• 1944 – Henfil, Brazilian journalist, author, and illustrator (d. 1988)
• 1944 – Al Kooper, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1944 – Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (d. 1971)
• 1945 – Douglas Hogg, English lawyer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• 1946 – Amnon Dankner, Israeli journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Charlotte Rampling, English actress
• 1947 – Mary L. Cleave, American engineer and astronaut (d. 2023)
• 1947 – Clemente Mastella, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Justice
• 1947 – Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1948 – Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish footballer and manager (d. 2024){{Cite web |date=2024-08-26 |title=Sven-Goran Eriksson, Swedish soccer coach who was first foreigner to lead England team, dies at 76 |url=https://apnews.com/article/svengoran-eriksson-obituary-sweden-england-manager-5cd5b69de425fd0129cf21428b8dde1b |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• 1948 – Christopher Guest, British-American actor and director{{cite book|editor-last1=Rubinstein|editor-first1=William D.|editor-last2=Jolles|editor-first2=Michael|editor-last3=Rubinstein|editor-first3=Hilary L.|title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History|location=Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|date=2011|isbn=9780230304666|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_T_HCg17ufIC|page=386}}
• 1948 – Barbara Hershey, American actress{{cite book|last=Aaker|first=Everett|title=Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Company|date=2017|isbn=9781476662503|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltUkDwAAQBAJ|page=209}}
• 1948 – Errol Morris, American director and producer{{cite book|editor-last=Aitken|editor-first=Ian|title=The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=2013|isbn=9780415596428|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4r8cRrzOavEC|page=660}}
• 1948 – Tom Wilkinson, English actor (d. 2023){{cite news|last=Gilbey|first=Ryan|title=Tom Wilkinson obituary|work=The Guardian|date=31 December 2023|accessdate=6 February 2025|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/31/tom-wilkinson-obituary}}
• 1949 – Kurt Beck, German politician
• 1949 – Maidarjavyn Ganzorig, Mongolian cosmonaut and academic (d. 2021){{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham |isbn=9783319241630 |page=145}}
• 1949 – Yvon Vallières, Canadian educator and politician
• 1950 – Jonathan Freeman, American actor and singer{{cite book|last=Willis|first=John|title=Theatre World 1993-1994|location=New York|publisher=Applause Theatre Book Publishers|date=1996|isbn=9781557832351|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jl3mugstqCcC|page=215}}
• 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 (d. 1986)
• 1952 – Vladimir Moskovkin, Ukrainian-Russian geographer, economist, and academic
• 1953 – Freddie Aguilar, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 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 (d. 2021)
• 1959 – Jennifer Granholm, Canadian-American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Michigan{{cite book|last1=Ford|first1=Lynne E.|last2=Sonneborn|first2=Liz|title=Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics|location=New York|publisher=Facts On File|date=2021|isbn=9798887253442|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3tyPEAAAQBAJ|page=260}}
• 1960 – Aris Christofellis, Greek soprano and musicologist
• 1960 – Bonnie Crombie, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 6th Mayor of Mississauga
• 1960 – Micky Hazard, English footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=3366|title=Micky Hazard|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=2 February 2020}}
• 1961 – Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1961 – Tim Meadows, American actor and screenwriter{{Cite web |date=2022-01-24 |title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5 |url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-celebrity-christian-bale-music-595da2b9f12a2851c9506688fe1dd89a |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• 1962 – Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress, screenwriter, producer and director
• 1963 – Steven Shainberg, American film director and producer
• 1964 – Laura Linney, American actress
• 1964 – Ha Seung-moo, Korean poet, pastor, historical theologian
• 1964 – Duff McKagan, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer{{cite book|last=Stenning|first=Paul|title=Slash: Surviving Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver and Rock's Snake Pit|location=London|publisher=Music Press|date=2017|isbn=9781786064196|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=paXTEAAAQBAJ|page=20}}
• 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 (d. 1993)
• 1967 – Chris Parnell, American actor and comedian{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Famous birthdays list for today, February 5, 2025 includes celebrities Chris Parnell, Jennifer Jason Leigh|work=The Plain Dealer|date=February 5, 2025|accessdate=February 6, 2025|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2025/02/famous-birthdays-list-for-today-february-5-2025-includes-celebrities-chris-parnell-jennifer-jason-leigh.html}}
• 1968 – Roberto Alomar, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
• 1968 – Chris Barron, American rock singer{{cite news|title=UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025|work=UPI|date=February 5, 2025|accessdate=February 6, 2025|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2025/02/05/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Feb-5-2025/7071738722532/}}
• 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{{cite news|url=https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/members/rockliffj733.html|title=Jeremy Page Rockliff|publisher=Parliament of Tasmania|accessdate=18 August 2022|archive-date=19 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019203624/https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/members/rockliffj733.html|url-status=dead}}
• 1971 – Michel Breistroff, French ice hockey player (d. 1996)
• 1971 – Sara Evans, American country singer
• 1972 – Queen Mary of Denmark{{cite magazine |title=The regal meaning behind Queen Mary's coronation dress |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/fashion-news/a46389121/queen-mary/ |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |access-date=15 January 2024 |date=15 January 2024}}
• 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{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=44115|title=14. Vedran Corluka|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=2 February 2020}}
• 1986 – Kevin Gates, American rapper, singer, and entrepreneur{{Cite web|url=https://thesource.com/2016/02/05/best-hip-hop-moments-in-bhm-kevin-gates-is-born/|title=The Source |Best Hip Hop Moments in #BHM: Kevin Gates is Born|first=Damon|last=Campbell|date=February 5, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.musictimes.com/articles/67614/20160314/kevin-gates-performs-2-phones-details-drug-charge-family-wendy-williams.htm|title=Kevin Gates Performs '2 Phones,' Details Drug Charge & Family on 'Wendy Williams' [VIDEO]|first=Wanda J.|last=Coppage|date=March 14, 2016|website=Music Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kevin-gates-mn0001036630/biography|title=Kevin Gates | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}
• 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{{cite web | url=https://www.who2.com/bio/jeremy-sumpter/ | title=Jeremy Sumpter }}
• 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{{cite web|title=아이즈원 김민주, 생일 맞아 '세젤예' 사진공개…나코도 "축하축하"|url=https://m.news.nate.com/view/20220206n01311|work=마이데일리|date=6 February 2022|access-date=18 March 2025|language=ko}}
• 2002 – Jisung, South Korean rapper{{cite web|title='V앱' NCT드림, 소년들의 상큼한 매력..'마지막 첫사랑'(종합)|url=https://m.news.zum.com/articles/35959348|work=헤럴드경제|date=8 February 2017|access-date=23 February 2025|language=ko}}
• 2016 – Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutanese prince

• 523 – Avitus of Vienne, Gallo-Roman bishop
• 994 – William IV, duke of Aquitaine (b. 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 (b. 1520)

• 1661 – Shunzhi, Chinese emperor of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1638)
• 1705 – Philipp Spener, German theologian and author (b. 1635)
• 1751 – Henri François d'Aguesseau, French jurist and politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
• 1754 – Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch astronomer and cartographer (b. 1678)
• 1766 – Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
• 1775 – Eusebius Amort, German theologian and academic (b. 1692)
• 1790 – William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710){{cite web |title=William Cullen {{!}} Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |url=https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/college-history/william-cullen |website=www.rcpe.ac.uk |date=8 February 2017 |access-date=3 December 2020}}
• 1807 – Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (b. 1725)
• 1818 – Charles XIII, king of Sweden (b. 1748)
• 1881 – Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 – Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 – Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)

• 1915 – Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 – Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 – Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 – Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 – Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 – Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)
• 1937 – Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861){{cite book|first=Laura Jo|last=Turner|chapter=Lou Andreas-Salomé|editor-first=Katharina M.|editor-last=Wilson|title=An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers Volume 1|location=New York|publisher=Garland|year=1991|page=36|isbn=978-0-82408-547-6}}
• 1938 – Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1941 – Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1941 – Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1875)
• 1946 – George Arliss, English actor and playwright (b. 1868){{cite news |author= |title=Mr. George Arliss |newspaper=The Times |location= London, England |date=6 February 1946 |page=7}}
• 1948 – Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)
• 1952 – Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877)
• 1954 – Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (b. 1876)
• 1955 – Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (b. 1885){{cite web |title=The Shepherd's Rod: A Brief History |url=http://www.shepherds-rod-message.org/about_us.html |access-date=16 January 2022}}
• 1957 – Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon and author (b. 1890){{cite web |title=Sami Ibrahim Haddad |url=http://cme.saint.roch.free.fr/ |last1=Haddad |first1=Farid |last2=Haddad |first2=Saad |access-date=16 January 2022}}
• 1962 – Jacques Ibert, French-Swiss composer (b. 1890){{Cite web |title=Jacques Ibert Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jacques-ibert-mn0002282881 |website=allmusic.com |access-date=20 December 2021}}
• 1967 – Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (b. 1872){{cite ANB |id=1000113 |title=Bean, L. L. |first=Peter C. |last=Holloran |freearticle=y}}
• 1969 – Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1902){{Cite news |title=Thelma Ritter, Versatile Actress With the Raspy Voice, Dies at 63 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/02/05/archives/thelma-ritter-versatile-actress-with-the-raspy-voice-dies-at-63-she.html |access-date=20 December 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=5 February 1969 |page=45}}
• 1970 – Rudy York, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1913){{Cite news |title=Tiger Slugger Rudy York Is Dead |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |date=6 February 1970 |page=1D |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34248206/tiger_slugger_rudy_york_is_dead/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=18 December 2021}}
• 1972 – Marianne Moore, American poet, author, critic, and translator (b. 1887){{Cite web |title=About Marianne Moore {{!}} Academy of American Poets |url=https://poets.org/poet/marianne-moore |website=poets.org |access-date=18 December 2021}}
• 1976 – Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1926){{Cite book |first=John |last=Tobler |year=1992 |title=NME Rock 'N' Roll Years |edition=1st |publisher=Reed International Books Ltd |location=London |page=285 |id=CN 5585}}
• 1977 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1894){{cite journal |author=Deser, Stanley |author-link=Stanley Deser |title=Oskar Klein |journal=Physics Today |date=June 1977 |volume=30 |issue=6 |pages=67–68 |doi=10.1063/1.3037609 |bibcode=1977PhT....30f..67D |doi-access=free}}
• 1981 – Ella Grasso, American politician, 83rd Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919){{Cite news |title=Ella Grasso dies at age 61 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40401598/el_paso_times/ |date=6 February 1981 |access-date=8 December 2021 |work=El Paso Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211032928/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40401598/el_paso_times/ |archive-date=11 December 2019 |url-status=live |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}
• 1982 – Neil Aggett, Kenyan-South African physician and union leader (b. 1953){{Cite news |title=The death of anti-apartheid campaigner Neil Aggett and South Africa's dark past |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/22/death-anti-apartheid-campaigner-neil-aggett |work=The Guardian |last=McRae |first=Donald |date=22 November 2013 |access-date=8 December 2021}}
• 1983 – Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American chemist and academic (b. 1925){{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QtZtkf35CF0C&pg=PA57 |title=Women in Medicine: An Encyclopedia |last=Windsor |first=Laura Lynn |date=1 January 2002 |access-date=8 December 2021 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-57607-392-6}}
• 1987 – William Collier Jr., American actor and producer (b. 1902){{Cite web |title= William Collier Jr {{!}} BFI |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2768ac7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312073847/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2768ac7 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 12, 2017 |work=BFI |access-date=8 December 2021}}
• 1989 – Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (b. 1937){{Cite news |title=Joseph G. Raposo Is Dead at 51; Helped to Create 'Sesame Street' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/06/obituaries/joseph-g-raposo-is-dead-at-51-helped-to-create-sesame-street.html |date=6 February 1989 |last=Flint |first=Peter B. |work=The New York Times |access-date=7 December 2021}}
• 1991 – Dean Jagger, American actor (b. 1903){{Cite news |title=Dean Jagger, Actor, 87, Is Dead; Versatile Figure in Films and TV |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/06/obituaries/dean-jagger-actor-87-is-dead-versatile-figure-in-films-and-tv.html |date=6 February 1991 |last=Flint |first=Peter B. |work=The New York Times |access-date=7 December 2021}}
• 1992 – Miguel Rolando Covian, Argentinian-Brazilian physiologist and academic (b. 1913){{Cite web |title=O PROFESSOR MIQUEL ROLANDO COVIAN |url=http://www.pcarp.usp.br/acsi/anterior/748/mat3.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030518221840/http://www.pcarp.usp.br/acsi/anterior/748/mat3.htm |archive-date=18 May 2003 |access-date=7 December 2021}}
• 1993 – Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1922)
• 1993 – Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909){{Cite news |title=Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Literate Skeptic of the Cinema, Dies at 83 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5D9113AF935A35751C0A965958260 |quote=Joseph L. Mankiewicz, a writer, director and producer who was one of Hollywood's most literate and intelligent film makers, died yesterday at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, N.Y. He was 83 and lived in Bedford, N.Y. |last=Flint |first=Peter |work=The New York Times |date=6 February 1993 |access-date=6 December 2021}}
• 1993 – William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (b. 1916){{Cite news |title=William P. du Bois Is Dead at 76; Author and Illustrator for Children |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/07/nyregion/william-p-du-bois-is-dead-at-76-author-and-illustrator-for-children.html |last=Lambert |first=Bruce |work=The New York Times |date=7 February 1993 |access-date=6 December 2021}}
• 1995 – Doug McClure, American actor (b. 1935){{Cite news |title=OBITUARY: Doug McClure |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-doug-mcclure-1571880.html |last=Shipman |first=David |work=The Independent |date=7 February 1995 |access-date=5 December 2021}}
• 1997 – Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (b. 1920){{Cite news |title=OBITUARY : Pamela Harriman |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-pamela-harriman-1277158.html |last=Beevor |first=Antony |work=The Independent |date=6 February 1997 |access-date=5 December 2021}}
• 1997 – René Huyghe, French historian and author (b. 1906){{Cite web |title=René HUYGHE {{!}} Académie française |url=https://www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/rene-huyghe |language=fr |work=Académie Française |access-date=5 December 2021}}
• 1998 – Tim Kelly, American guitarist (b. 1963){{cite web |title=SLAUGHTER'S TIM KELLY DIES IN CAR CRASH |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1434110/slaughters-tim-kelly-dies-in-car-crash/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122073828/http://www.mtv.com/news/1434110/slaughters-tim-kelly-dies-in-car-crash/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 22, 2014 |last1=MTV News staff |website=mtv.com |date=6 February 1998 |access-date=5 December 2021}}
• 1999 – Wassily Leontief, Russian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906){{Cite news |title=NOBEL-WINNING ECONOMIST WASSILY LEONTIEF DIES |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/02/08/nobel-winning-economist-wassily-leontief-dies/37e767fc-b9ea-4632-b8de-722bed248121/ |last=Pearson |first=Richard |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=8 February 1999|access-date=5 December 2021}}
• 2000 – Claude Autant-Lara, French director and screenwriter (b. 1901){{Cite web |title=AUTANT-LARA Claude |url=https://maitron.fr/spip.php?article10525 |language=fr |date=2 September 2011 |access-date=5 December 2021}}
• 2004 – John Hench, American animator (b. 1908){{Cite web |title= Disney Legend John Hench Dies |url=https://www.awn.com/news/disney-legend-john-hench-dies |last=DeMott |first=Rick |work=AWN |date=5 February 2004 |access-date=5 December 2021}}
• 2005 – Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Togolese general and politician, President of Togo (b. 1937){{Cite news |title=Gnassingbé Eyadéma, 69, Togo Ruler, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/07/world/africa/gnassingbe-eyadema-69-togo-ruler-dies.html |work=The New York Times |date=7 February 2005 |access-date=5 December 2021}}
• 2005 – Michalina Wisłocka, Polish gynecologist and sexologist (b. 1921){{Cite web |title= GROBONET - wyszukiwarka osób pochowanych - Cmentarz Ewangelicko-Augsburski w Warszawie |trans-title=GROBONET – search engine for buried persons - Evangelical-Augsburg Cemetery in Warsaw |url=https://wawamlynarska.grobonet.com/grobonet/start.php?id=detale&idg=3778&inni=0&cinki=3%7C |language=pl |access-date=4 December 2021}}
• 2006 – Norma Candal, Puerto Rican-American actress (b. 1927){{Cite web |title=Norma Candal |url=https://prpop.org/biografias/norma-candal/ |last=Santiago |first=Javier |language=es |access-date=4 December 2021}}
• 2007 – Leo T. McCarthy, New Zealand-American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1930){{Cite news |title=LEO T. MCCARTHY: 1930-2007 / S.F. liberal committed to justice / He served 6 years as speaker of the Assembly and a record 12 years as lieutenant governor |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/LEO-T-MCCARTHY-1930-2007-S-F-liberal-2651457.php |website=sfgate.com |date=6 February 2007 |access-date=4 December 2021}}
• 2008 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, founded Transcendental Meditation (b. 1918){{Cite news |title=Indian guru Maharishi Yogi dies |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7229597.stm |date=6 February 2008 |access-date=4 December 2021 |work=BBC News}}
• 2010 – Brendan Burke, Canadian ice hockey player and activist (b. 1988){{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2010/02/08/brendan_burke_21_raised_awareness_by_coming_out_as_young_gay_athlete/ |title=Brendan Burke, 21; raised awareness by coming out as young, gay athlete |last=Stickgold |first=Emma |date=8 February 2010|publisher=The Boston Globe |access-date=3 December 2021}}
• 2010 – Harry Schwarz, South African lawyer, anti-apartheid leader, and diplomat, 13th South Africa Ambassador to United States (b. 1924)
• 2011 – Brian Jacques, English author and radio host (b. 1939){{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-12380763 |title=Redwall author Brian Jacques dies aged 71 |work=BBC News |date=7 February 2011 |access-date=3 December 2021}}
• 2011 – Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (b. 1921){{Cite news |title=PASSINGS: Peggy Rea, Tom Carnegie, Marie Lillo, Shearlean Duke |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-passings-20110212-story.html |date=12 February 2011 |access-date=3 December 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
• 2012 – Sam Coppola, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Al De Lory, American keyboard player, conductor, and producer (b. 1930)
• 2012 – John Turner Sargent Sr., American publisher (b. 1924){{Cite news |title=John Sargent, Former Doubleday President, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/business/john-sargent-former-doubleday-president-dies-at-87.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/business/john-sargent-former-doubleday-president-dies-at-87.html |archive-date=2022-01-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |date=8 February 2012 |last=Weber |first=Bruce |work=The New York Times |access-date=3 December 2021}}{{cbignore}}
• 2012 – Jo Zwaan, Dutch sprinter (b. 1922){{Cite web |title=Olympisch sprinter Jo Zwaan (89) overleden {{!}} Atletiekunie.nl |url=https://www.atletiekunie.nl/nieuws/olympisch-sprinter-jo-zwaan-89-overleden |date=9 February 2012 |access-date=3 December 2021 |language=Dutch |website=www.atletiekunie.nl |archive-date=3 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203075153/https://www.atletiekunie.nl/nieuws/olympisch-sprinter-jo-zwaan-89-overleden |url-status=dead }}
• 2013 – Reinaldo Gargano, Uruguayan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Uruguay (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer and conductor (b. 1924){{Cite news |url=https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/egil-hovland-er-dod-1.10899690 |title=Egil Hovland er død |language=Norwegian |date=6 February 2013 |access-date=2 December 2021 |website=www.nrk.no}}
• 2013 – Tom McGuigan, New Zealand soldier and politician, 23rd New Zealand Minister of Health (b. 1921){{cite news |url=http://deaths.dompost.co.nz/obituaries/dominion-post-nz/obituary.aspx?n=the-hon-thomas-malcolm--mcguigan-tom&pid=162882335#fbLoggedOut |title=The Hon Thomas Malcolm McGuigan |date=6 February 2013 |work=The Dominion Post |access-date=2 December 2021}}
• 2014 – Robert Dahl, American political scientist and academic (b. 1915){{Cite web |title=Robert Dahl Passing |url=https://www.polisci.washington.edu/news/2014/05/14/robert-dahl-passing |author=Arts & Sciences Web Team |date=14 May 2014 |access-date=1 December 2021 |work=University of Washington}}
• 2015 – K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka (b. 1933){{Cite web |title=Appreciations |url=https://www.sundaytimes.lk/150301/plus/appreciations-3-137441.html |date=1 March 2015 |access-date=1 December 2021 |website=www.sundaytimes.lk}}
• 2015 – Marisa Del Frate, Italian actress and singer (b. 1931){{Cite news |title=Morta soubrette Marisa Del Frate |url=http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2015/02/06/morta-soubrette-marisa-del-frate_fccb61f4-4d7f-4a5f-9f36-77f7d4f70344.html |access-date=1 December 2021 |agency=ANSA |date=6 February 2015}}
• 2015 – Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923){{Cite web |title=Nobel laureate and Princeton physicist Val Fitch dies at age 91 |url=https://www.princeton.edu/news/2015/02/06/nobel-laureate-and-princeton-physicist-val-fitch-dies-age-91 |last=Zandonella |first=Catherine |date=6 February 2015 |access-date=1 December 2021 |work=Princeton University}}
• 2015 – Herman Rosenblat, Polish-American author (b. 1929){{Cite web |title=Herman Rosenblat, memoirist behind false Holocaust romance, dies at 85 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/19/holocaust-memoirist-herman-rosenblat |date=19 February 2015 |access-date=1 December 2021 |work=The Guardian}}
• 2016 – Ciriaco Cañete, Filipino martial artist (b. 1919)
• 2020 – Kirk Douglas, American actor (b. 1916){{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kirk-douglas-legendary-hollywood-tough-guy-dead-103-n701246|title=Kirk Douglas, legendary Hollywood tough guy, dead at 103|website=NBC News|date=5 February 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}
• 2021 – Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (b. 1929){{Cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2021/02/05/christopher-plummer-dead-91/|title=Christopher Plummer Dead at 91|website=TMZ|date=5 February 2021 }}
• 2023 – Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani military officer and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (b. 1943){{cite news |last1=Shaikh |first1=Farzana |title=General Pervez Musharraf obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/05/general-pervez-musharraf-obituary |access-date=6 February 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=5 February 2023}}
• 2024 – Toby Keith, American country singer (b. 1961)[https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/singer-toby-keith-dead-62/story?id=106980019 Singer Toby Keith dead at 62]
• 2025 – Irv Gotti, American record producer, co-founded Murder Inc Records (b. 1970){{Cite web |last=Halperin |first=Shirley |date=February 5, 2025 |title=Irv Gotti, Murder Inc. Records Founder Who Worked With Ashanti and Ja Rule, Dies at 54 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/irv-gotti-murder-inc-founder-dies-1236128314/#recipient_hashed=e84efc91c4bd67896f1827a19eaf4fce5eeecdc9cc5e1a48275261341f834217&recipient_salt=0ddbd534177fd7a097614d9cbc3c989e4d76c83bbaa3e97e67b4da0c76e21d27&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_content=584648_02-05-2025&utm_term=1743016 |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

• Christian feast day:
• Adelaide of Vilich
• Agatha of Sicily{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=J. C. |title=Dictionary of Christianity |date=2013 |location=Abingdon, Oxon |isbn=9781315074047 |page=4}}
• 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){{cite web|url=https://www.thenomadtoday.com/articulo/finland/runeberg-much-more-than-cake/20200204154925004186.html|title=Runeberg, much more than a cake|first=Eric|last=Lipchis|work=The Nomad Today|date=4 February 2020|access-date=4 February 2025}}

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• {{EB1911|noprescript=1|last=Bain |first=Robert Nisbet |author-link=Robert Nisbet Bain |wstitle=Charles XIV. |volume=5 |pages=931–32}}
• {{cite book|last1=Fentress|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Limane|first2=Hassan|title=Volubilis après Rome. Fouilles 2000-2004|publisher=Brill|year=2018}}
• {{cite book | last=Fremont-Barnes | first=Gregory | year=2002 | title=The Napoleonic Wars: The Peninsular War 1807–1814 | publisher=Oxford: Osprey | isbn=978-1-84176-370-5}}

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• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/5 BBC: On This Day]
• {{NYT On this day|month=2|day=5}}
• [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/5 Historical Events on February 5]

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