Konrad Adenauer
1876 – 1967
German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU
Famous Birthdays on January 5
16 notable people were born on January 5.
19th Century
Germany
Paramahansa Yogananda
1893 – 1952
Yogi, Kriya Yoga guru and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship (1893-1952)
20th Century
Sultan bin Abdulaziz
1926 – 2011
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Second deputy prime minister, and the minister of defense (1926-2011)
politician
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
1928 – 1979
4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979)
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
Umberto Eco
1932 – 2016
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
Raisa Gorbacheva
1932 – 1999
wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (1932-1999)
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
1938 – 2025
Kenyan writer (1938–2025)
essayistnovelistphilosopher
Juan Carlos I of Spain
1938
King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
Hayao Miyazaki
1941
Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (born 1941)
Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
1942 – 2024
Prime Minister of Kuwait from 2011 to 2019 (1942–2024)
politician
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
1956
German politician, president of Germany since 2017
Deepika Padukone
1986
Indian actress
Azizulhasni Awang
1988
Malaysian racing cyclist
sport cyclist
Saeid Mollaei
1992
Iranian judoka
judoka
Dzinara Smolskaya
1996
Belarusian biathlete
biathlete
Tino Kadewere
1996
Zimbabwean association football player
association football player