Famous people born on 5 February

• William S. BurroughsAmerican novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer · 1914–1997
  83 yrs
• Robert PeelFormer Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · 1788–1850
  62 yrs
• Robert HofstadterAmerican physicist and Nobel laureate · 1915–1990
  75 yrs
• Adlai Stevenson II ↗American politician and diplomat (1900–1965); 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 · 1900–1965
  65 yrs
• Joris-Karl Huysmans ↗French novelist and art critic · 1848–1907
  59 yrs
• Alan Lloyd Hodgkin ↗Physiologist and biophysicist · 1914–1998
  84 yrs
• Johan Ludvig Runeberg ↗Finland’s national poet, author of Finland’s national anthem, Swedish-speaking writer and poet · 1804–1877
  73 yrs
• Madame de Sévigné ↗French noble and epistolarian writer · 1626–1696
  70 yrs
• Sven-Göran Eriksson ↗Swedish football manager · 1948–2024
  76 yrs
• Tom Wilkinson ↗English actor · 1948–2023
  75 yrs
• Nikolay Dobrolyubov ↗Russian critic and philosopher · 1836–1861
  25 yrs
• Hank Aaron ↗American baseball player · 1934–2021
  86 yrs
• Andreas Papandreou ↗Greek economist and politician · 1919–1996
  77 yrs
• Carl Spitzweg ↗German painter · 1808–1885
  77 yrs
• John Boyd Dunlop ↗Scottish inventor · 1840–1921
  81 yrs
• André Citroën ↗French businessman · 1878–1935
  57 yrs
• Cesare Maldini ↗Italian footballer and manager · 1932–2016
  84 yrs
• Hiroaki Sato ↗Japanese association football player · 1932–1988
  55 yrs
• John Carradine ↗American actor · 1906–1988
  82 yrs
• Lev Shestov ↗Russian existentialist philosopher · 1866–1938
  72 yrs
• Terauchi Masatake ↗Japanese general · 1852–1919
  67 yrs
• Red Buttons ↗American comedian and actor · 1919–2006
  87 yrs
• Francisco Varallo ↗Argentine footballer · 1910–2010
  100 yrs
• H. R. Giger ↗Swiss artist · 1940–2014
  74 yrs
• Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya ↗Syrian Islamic jurist, theologian and spiritual writer · 1292–1350
  58 yrs
• Joan II of Navarre ↗Queen of Navarre · 1311–1349
  38 yrs
• Hiram Stevens Maxim ↗American-born inventor · 1840–1916
  76 yrs
• John Lindley ↗English botanist, gardener, orchidologist, editor, scientific illustrator · 1799–1865
  66 yrs
• Gara Garayev ↗Azerbaijani composer · 1918–1982
  64 yrs
• Fred Sinowatz ↗Austrian historian and chancellor · 1929–2008
  79 yrs
• Alexandre Brongniart ↗French chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist · 1770–1847
  77 yrs

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