| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Hank Aaron |
Baseball |
5-Feb-1934 |
|
Hit 755 home runs over his career |
| Roberto Alomar |
Baseball |
5-Feb-1968 |
|
Hall of Fame second baseman |
| Abhishek Bachchan |
Actor |
5-Feb-1976 |
|
Guru and Dhoom 2 |
| Simeon E. Baldwin |
Politician |
5-Feb-1840 |
30-Jan-1927 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1911-15 |
| Robert H. Barrow |
Military |
5-Feb-1922 |
30-Oct-2008 |
27th USMC Commandant, 1979-83 |
| John Beilein |
Basketball |
5-Feb-1953 |
|
Head Coach, University of Michigan |
| Bobby Brown |
Singer |
5-Feb-1969 |
|
My Prerogative |
| William S. Burroughs |
Author |
5-Feb-1914 |
2-Aug-1997 |
Naked Lunch |
| Nolan Bushnell |
Business |
5-Feb-1943 |
|
Co-founder of Atari, started Chuck E. Cheese |
| Red Buttons |
Actor |
5-Feb-1919 |
13-Jul-2006 |
They Shoot Horses Don't They? |
| John Carradine |
Actor |
5-Feb-1906 |
27-Nov-1988 |
In over 200 B movies |
| Adam Carson |
Drummer |
5-Feb-1975 |
|
Drummer for AFI |
| Don Cherry |
Hockey |
5-Feb-1934 |
|
Hockey player, head coach, broadcaster |
| André Citroën |
Engineer |
5-Feb-1878 |
3-Jul-1935 |
Europe's Henry Ford |
| Darren Criss |
Actor |
5-Feb-1987 |
|
Blaine Anderson on Glee |
| John C. Cutler |
Politician |
5-Feb-1846 |
30-Jul-1928 |
Utah Governor, committed suicide |
| Stuart Damon |
Actor |
5-Feb-1937 |
|
Alan Quartermaine on General Hospital |
| Calvin Darden |
Business |
5-Feb-1950 |
|
VP at UPS, 1998-2005 |
| Mary Elizabeth Donaldson |
Royalty |
5-Feb-1972 |
|
Future Queen of Denmark |
| Sara Evans |
Country Musician |
5-Feb-1971 |
|
No Place That Far |
| Ruth Fertel |
Business |
5-Feb-1927 |
16-Apr-2002 |
Founder, Ruth's Chris Steak House |
| T. R. Fraser |
Scientist |
5-Feb-1841 |
4-Jan-1920 |
Made poison and venom into medicine |
| Mark Fuhrman |
Government |
5-Feb-1952 |
|
Former LAPD detective, O. J. Simpson case |
| H. R. Giger |
Artist |
5-Feb-1940 |
|
Alien designer |
| Jennifer Granholm |
Politician |
5-Feb-1959 |
|
Governor of Michigan, 2003-11 |
| John Guare |
Playwright |
5-Feb-1938 |
|
Six Degrees of Separation |
| Christopher Guest |
Actor |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
This Is Spinal Tap |
| Jorge Guinle |
Socialite |
5-Feb-1916 |
5-Mar-2004 |
Brazilian playboy |
| John Hale |
Novelist |
5-Feb-1926 |
|
The Whistle Blower |
| Barbara Hershey |
Actor |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
Boxcar Bertha and Mary Magdalene |
| Alan L. Hodgkin |
Scientist |
5-Feb-1914 |
20-Dec-1998 |
Electrical impulses in nerves |
| Robert Hofstadter |
Physicist |
5-Feb-1915 |
17-Nov-1990 |
Size, shape, and structure of neutrons and protons |
| Tim Holt |
Actor |
5-Feb-1918 |
15-Feb-1973 |
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| Joris-Karl Huysmans |
Author |
5-Feb-1848 |
12-May-1907 |
Decadent author, À Rebours |
| Tony Jaa |
Actor |
5-Feb-1976 |
|
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior |
| Benoît Jacquot |
Film Director |
5-Feb-1947 |
|
The School of Flesh |
| Al Kooper |
Musician |
5-Feb-1944 |
|
Blood, Sweat and Tears |
| David Ladd |
Actor |
5-Feb-1947 |
|
A Dog of Flanders |
| Jennifer Jason Leigh |
Actor |
5-Feb-1962 |
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| Laura Linney |
Actor |
5-Feb-1964 |
|
Meryl in The Truman Show |
| Frederick Lonsdale |
Playwright |
5-Feb-1881 |
4-Apr-1954 |
The King of Cadonia |
| Michael Mann |
Film Director |
5-Feb-1943 |
|
Manhunter |
| Trayvon Martin |
Victim |
5-Feb-1995 |
26-Feb-2012 |
Shot and killed by George Zimmerman |
| Cliff Martinez |
Composer |
5-Feb-1954 |
|
Composer for Steven Soderbergh films |
| Drummond Matthews |
Geologist |
5-Feb-1931 |
20-Jul-1997 |
Plate tectonics |
| Sir Hiram Maxim |
Inventor |
5-Feb-1840 |
24-Nov-1916 |
Maxim machine gun |
| Duff McKagan |
Bassist |
5-Feb-1964 |
|
Ex-Bassist for Guns N' Roses |
| Tim Meadows |
Comic |
5-Feb-1961 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Dwight L. Moody |
Religion |
5-Feb-1837 |
22-Dec-1899 |
Revivalist, founder Northfield Mt. Hermon |
| Errol Morris |
Film Director |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
Documentary filmmaker |
| José María Olazábal |
Golf |
5-Feb-1966 |
|
Winner, 1994 and 1999 Masters |
| Manuel Orantes |
Tennis |
5-Feb-1949 |
|
Winner, 1975 US Open |
| James Otis |
Government |
5-Feb-1725 |
23-May-1783 |
Massachusetts patriot and pamphleteer |
| Andreas Papandreou |
Head of State |
5-Feb-1919 |
23-Jun-1996 |
Twice Prime Minister of Greece |
| James W. Pardew |
Diplomat |
5-Feb-1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Bulgaria, 2002-05 |
| Chris Parnell |
Actor |
5-Feb-1967 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Robert Peel |
Head of State |
5-Feb-1788 |
2-Jul-1850 |
U.K. Prime Minister |
| Samuel Phillips, Jr. |
Educator |
5-Feb-1752 |
10-Feb-1802 |
Founder of Phillips Academy |
| Mahlon Pitney |
Judge |
5-Feb-1858 |
9-Dec-1924 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1912-22 |
| Frank Podmore |
Author |
5-Feb-1856 |
14-Aug-1910 |
Fabian Society |
| Jane Bryant Quinn |
Journalist |
5-Feb-1939 |
|
Personal finance columnist |
| Howell Raines |
Journalist |
5-Feb-1943 |
|
Executive editor, NYT, resigned |
| Charlotte Rampling |
Actor |
5-Feb-1945 |
|
The Verdict |
| Cristiano Ronaldo |
Soccer |
5-Feb-1985 |
|
Real Madrid |
| David Selby |
Actor |
5-Feb-1941 |
|
Richard Channing on Falcon Crest |
| Madame de Sévigné |
Author |
5-Feb-1626 |
17-Apr-1696 |
Eminent French letter writer |
| Michael Sheen |
Actor |
5-Feb-1969 |
|
Welsh stage actor |
| Norton Simon |
Business |
5-Feb-1907 |
2-Jun-1993 |
Founder, Norton Simon Museum |
| Paul L. Smith |
Actor |
5-Feb-1939 |
|
Midnight Express |
| Belle Starr |
Criminal |
5-Feb-1848 |
3-Feb-1889 |
Bandit Queen of the Old West |
| Roger Staubach |
Football |
5-Feb-1942 |
|
Five-time NFC leading passer |
| W. Richard Stevens |
Author |
5-Feb-1951 |
1-Sep-1999 |
UNIX Network Programming |
| Adlai Stevenson |
Politician |
5-Feb-1900 |
14-Jul-1965 |
Governor of Illinois, 1949-53 |
| Dirk Stikker |
Diplomat |
5-Feb-1897 |
23-Dec-1979 |
NATO Secretary General, 1961-64 |
| Theodore H. Strauss |
Business |
5-Feb-1925 |
|
Sr. Managing Director, Bear Stearns |
| Barrett Strong |
Musician |
5-Feb-1941 |
|
Influential Motown singer and composer |
| Punch Sulzberger |
Publisher |
5-Feb-1926 |
|
New York Times Publisher, 1963-91 |
| Jeremy Sumpter |
Actor |
5-Feb-1989 |
|
Star of remade Peter Pan |
| Carlos Tévez |
Soccer |
5-Feb-1984 |
|
Manchester United |
| Stephen G. Thieke |
Business |
5-Feb-1947 |
|
Former Risk Manager, JP Morgan |
| Charles Turnbull |
Politician |
5-Feb-1935 |
|
Governor of Virgin Islands |
| Vast Aire |
Rapper |
5-Feb-1978 |
|
Cannibal Ox |
| Loudon Wainwright III |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Feb-1947 |
|
Rufus was a Tit-Man |
| Cory Wells |
Singer |
5-Feb-1942 |
|
Three Dog Night |
| Armstrong Williams |
Columnist |
5-Feb-1959 |
|
Black conservative pundit on the take |
| Vivian Wu |
Actor |
5-Feb-1966 |
|
The Pillowbook |
| Isuzu Yamada |
Actor |
5-Feb-1917 |
9-Jul-2012 |
Yojimbo |