Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager.

Born January 5th, 1963 (age 63 years) in Dortmund.

Glenn Turner

Australian field hockey player.

Born January 5th, 1984 (age 42 years) in Bowral.

Deborah Carthy-Deu

Puerto rican beauty pageant titleholder.

Born January 5th, 1966 (age 60 years) in Santurce.

Vladimir Solomonovich Pozner

French writer and translator (1905-1992).

Born January 5th, 1905 in Paris.

Died February 19th, 1992 at 87 years old in Paris.

Jan de Vries

Dutch motorcyclist (1944–2021).

Born January 5th, 1944 in Sint Jacobiparochie.

Died January 14th, 2021 at 77 years old in Purmerend. ^[ref]

Marco Rigoni

Italian footballer.

Born January 5th, 1980 (age 46 years) in Montegrotto Terme.

Héctor Baldassi

Argentine football referee and politician.

Born January 5th, 1966 (age 60 years) in Río Ceballos.

Adolfo Zumelzú

Argentine footballer (1902-1973).

Born January 5th, 1902 in Buenos Aires.

Died March 29th, 1973 at 71 years old in Buenos Aires.

Aulis Rytkönen

Finnish association football player (1929-2014).

Born January 5th, 1929 in Karttula.

Died April 16th, 2014 at 85 years old in Helsinki.

Santiago Ventura

Spanish tennis player.

Born January 5th, 1980 (age 46 years) in Castellón de la Plana.

Ivan Dvorny

Russian basketball player (1952-2015).

Born January 5th, 1952.

Died September 21st, 2015 at 63 years old in Omsk (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Fabienne Suter

Swiss alpine skier.

Born January 5th, 1985 (age 41 years) in Sattel.

Kari Mäkinen

Finnish bishop.

Born January 5th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Pori.

Srđan Andrić

Croatian footballer.

Born January 5th, 1980 (age 46 years) in Dubrovnik.

Patrick Huston

British archer.

Born January 5th, 1996 (age 30 years) in Belfast.

Srećko Bogdan

Croatian footballer (born 1957).

Born January 5th, 1957 in Mursko Središće.

Died April 8th, 2026 at 69 years old in Zagreb. ^[ref]

David Zec

Association football player.

Born January 5th, 2000 (age 26 years) in Kranj.

Klimenti Tsitaishvili

Georgian footballer.

Born January 5th, 1979 (age 47 years) in Tbilisi.

Veli-Matti Savinainen

Finnish ice hockey player.

Born January 5th, 1986 (age 40 years) in Espoo. ^[ref]

Pierre Veuillot

Catholic cardinal.

Born January 5th, 1913 in Paris.

Died February 14th, 1968 at 55 years old in Paris (leukemia).

Bryan Steel

English cyclist.

Born January 5th, 1969 (age 57 years) in Nottingham.

Carmine Abbagnale

Italian rower.

Born January 5th, 1962 (age 64 years) in Pompei.

Dmitri Torgovanov

Russian handball player.

Born January 5th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Leo Willis

Actor (1890-1952).

Born January 5th, 1890 in Oklahoma.

Died April 10th, 1952 at 62 years old in Monterey County.

Stephan Leyhe

German ski jumper.

Born January 5th, 1992 (age 34 years) in Schwalefeld.