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February 5

6 births · 4 deaths · 0 events

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Born this day

1985

Cristiano Ronaldo

Turns 41

Oldest record

238th

Robert Peel

birth anniversary

Famous births6

1788 · 238 yrs

Robert Peel

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–1835), and Home Secretary (1822–1827, 1828–1830).

RoyaltyWould be 238

Photo: John Linnell · Public domain

1914 · 112 yrs

William S. Burroughs

William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a postmodern author who influenced underground and popular culture and literature.

LiteratureWould be 112

Photo: Revista Panorama Número 297 de Enero, 1973. · Public domain

1945 · 81 yrs

Charlotte Rampling

Tessa Charlotte Rampling (born 5 February 1946) is an English actress. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, she began her career as a model.

FilmAge 81

Photo: Siebbi · CC BY-SA 3.0

1984 · 42 yrs

Carlos Tevez

Carlos Alberto Tevez (Latin American Spanish:; né Martínez; born 5 February 1984) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player. A dynamic forward in his prime, Tevez was capable of playing as a striker, as a winger, as a supporting forward, or as an attacking midfielder.

SportsAge 42

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1985 · 41 yrs

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains the Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr.

SportsAge 41

Photo: Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0

1992 · 34 yrs

Neymar

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (born 5 February 1992), known mononymously as Neymar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for and captains Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Santos.

SportsAge 34

Photo: Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous deaths4

1881 · 145 yrs

Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. Known as the "sage of Chelsea", his writings strongly influenced the intellectual and artistic culture of the Victorian era.

ScholarshipWould be 230

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2020 · 6 yrs

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck.

FilmWould be 109

Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domain

2021 · 5 yrs

Christopher Plummer

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition for his performances in film, stage, and television.

FilmWould be 96

Photo: GDC Graphics · CC BY 2.0

2023 · 3 yrs

Pervez Musharraf

Pervez Musharraf (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) was a Pakistani politician and military officer who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. He overthrew Nawaz Sharif's government in the 1999 coup d'état and proclaimed himself the chief executive of Pakistan, under martial law.

MilitaryWould be 83

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