Vladimir Fyodorov

Soviet footballer (1955–1979).

Born January 5th, 1955 in Tashkent Region.

Died August 11th, 1979 at 24 years old in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Viktoriya Borshchenko

Ukrainian handball player.

Born January 5th, 1986 (age 40 years) in Kherson.

Nelly Roussel

French activist (1878–1922).

Born January 5th, 1878 in Paris.

Died December 18th, 1922 at 44 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).

Michèle Jacot

French alpine skier.

Born January 5th, 1952 (age 74 years) in Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin.

Osman Göçen

Turkish wrestler (born 1997).

Born January 5th, 1997 (age 29 years) in Mersin. ^[ref]

Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko

Russian writer, essayist, journalist, memoirist (1845-1936).

Born January 5th, 1845 in Tbilisi.

Died September 18th, 1936 at 91 years old in Podolí. ^[ref]

Trevor Philp

Canadian alpine skier.

Born January 5th, 1992 (age 34 years) in Toronto. ^[ref]

Gustaf af Geijerstam

Swedish writer (1858-1909).

Born January 5th, 1858 in Heds.

Died March 6th, 1909 at 51 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish. ^[ref]

Ion Draica

Olympic wrestler.

Born January 5th, 1958 (age 68 years) in Constanța.

Donatella Di Pietrantonio

Italian writer.

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

Vassily Solomin

Boxer (1953-1997).

Born January 5th, 1953 in Perm.

Died December 28th, 1997 at 44 years old in Perm (lung cancer).

Michel Bensoussan

French footballer.

Born January 5th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Pau.

Johan Sætre

Norwegian ski jumper.

Born January 5th, 1952 (age 74 years) in Trysil Municipality.

Alyaksey Hawrylovich

Football player.

Born January 5th, 1990 (age 36 years) in Pinsk.

Marek Kvapil

Czech ice hockey player.

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

Benoît Vaugrenard

Road racing cyclist.

Born January 5th, 1982 (age 44 years) in Vannes.

Anton Ingolič

Writer, playwright and editor (1907–1992).

Born January 5th, 1907 in Spodnja Polskava. ^[ref]

Died March 11th, 1992 at 85 years old in Ljubljana. ^[ref]

Gustaf Jansson

Swedish marathon runner (1922–2012).

Born January 5th, 1922 in Brattfors.

Died April 11th, 2012 at 90 years old in Karlstad. ^[ref]

David Costa

Portuguese association football player.

Born January 5th, 2001 (age 25 years) in Lisbon. ^[ref]

Antônio Flávio

Brazilian footballer and manager.

Born January 5th, 1987 (age 39 years) in Brejinho de Nazaré.

Aleksey Gushchin

Sport shooter (1922–1986).

Born January 5th, 1922 in Khokholsky District.

Died December 14th, 1986 at 64 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

Wei Haiying

Association football player.

Born January 5th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Tunchang County.

Bridget Parker

Equestrian.

Born January 5th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Northumberland.

Håvard Klemetsen

Norwegian nordic combined skier.

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

Shinobu Ikeda

Japanese association football player and manager.

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