Alphonse Hasselmans

Belgian-born french harpist, composer and pedagogue.

Born March 5th, 1845 in Liège.

Died May 19th, 1912 at 67 years old in Paris.

Pablo Brandán

Argentine footballer and manager.

Born March 5th, 1983 (age 43 years) in Merlo.

Festus Onigbinde

Nigerian football manager.

Born March 5th, 1938 in Modakeke.

Died March 9th, 2026 at 88 years old ^[ref]

Chris Cohen

British footballer (born 1987).

Born March 5th, 1987 (age 39 years) in Norwich.

Louise Pearce

American pathologist (1885-1959).

Born March 5th, 1885 in Winchester.

Died August 10th, 1959 at 74 years old in New York City.

Clara Ledesma

Painter (1924-1999).

Born March 5th, 1924 in Santiago de los Caballeros.

Died May 25th, 1999 at 75 years old in New York City.

Georg Friedrich Daumer

German philosopher and poet (1800-1875).

Born March 5th, 1800 in Nuremberg.

Died December 13th, 1875 at 75 years old in Würzburg.

Giannis Anastasiou

Greek footballer and manager.

Born March 5th, 1973 (age 53 years) in Arta.

He Zehui

Chinese physicist (1914–2011).

Born March 5th, 1914 in Suzhou.

Died June 20th, 2011 at 97 years old in Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

Andres Larka

Estonian military personnel and politician (1879-1943).

Born March 5th, 1879 in Pilistvere.

Died January 8th, 1943 at 63 years old in Kirov Oblast.

Tobias Grahn

Swedish footballer.

Born March 5th, 1980 (age 46 years) in Karlskrona.

Václav Brožík

Czech painter and professor (1851-1901).

Born March 5th, 1851 in Brožíkova. ^[ref]

Died April 15th, 1901 at 50 years old in Paris. ^[ref]

Alexandre Barthe

French footballer.

Born March 5th, 1986 (age 40 years) in Avignon.

Judy Grinham

British swimmer, olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder.

Born March 5th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Neasden.

Adrien Houngbédji

Beninese politician.

Born March 5th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Aplahoué.

Christian Knees

Road bicycle racer.

Born March 5th, 1981 (age 45 years) in Bonn.

Talgat Nigmatulin

Soviet film actor (1949-1985).

Born March 5th, 1949 in Kyzyl-Kiya.

Died February 11th, 1985 at 35 years old in Vilnius.

Edouard Van Beneden

Belgian cytologist, embryologist, marine biologist.

Born March 5th, 1846 in Leuven.

Died April 28th, 1910 at 64 years old in Liège.

Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn

Vietnamese catholic cardinal.

Born March 5th, 1934 in Cà Mau.

Died March 22nd, 2026 at 92 years old

Charles John Andersson

Swedish explorer (1827–1867).

Born March 5th, 1828 in Norra Råda församling, Älvdalen.

Died July 9th, 1867 at 39 years old in Namibia (dysentery).

Pierre Péan

French essayist and journalist (1938–2019).

Born March 5th, 1938 in Sablé-sur-Sarthe.

Died July 25th, 2019 at 81 years old in Argenteuil. ^[ref]

Dumisa Ngobe

South african soccer player.

Born March 5th, 1973 (age 53 years) in Witbank.

Ray Loriga

Spanish writer and screenwriter (1967-).

Born March 5th, 1967 (age 59 years) in Madrid.

Nicole Billa

Austrian footballer.

Born March 5th, 1996 (age 30 years) in Kufstein.

Jordi Ribera

Spanish handball coach.

Born March 5th, 1963 (age 63 years) in Sarrià de Ter.