05 February: today's birthdays

• Ole Bull - Norwegian violinist
• William Burroughs - American writer, essayist, and painter. His best-known novel is The Naked Lunch
• Stefan de Vrij - Dutch professional footballer 
• Hans Ruedi Giger - Swiss painter and artist
• Christopher Guest - American actor
• Joris-Karl Huysmans - French writer of Flemish descent. His name in France George-Charles Huysmans
• George-Charles Huysmans - French writer of Flemish descent. His name in Dutch: Joris-Karl Huysmans
• Jennifer Jason Leigh - American actress, born Jennifer Lee Morrow. She starred in Short Cuts, directed by Robert Altman and she is one of the stars of The Hateful Eight by Quentin Tarantino
• Laura Linney - American actress
• Madame de Sévigné - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French writer
  
• Michael Mann - American film director, screenwriter and producer
• Neymar - Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, Brazilian footballer
• Charlotte Rampling - English actress. She starred in Stardust Memories directed by Woody Allen, The Damned 
  by Luchino Visconti, and Max, Mon Amour by Nagisa Oshima
• Cristiano Ronaldo - Portuguese footballer, born Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
• Michael Sheen - English film and stegae actor
• Carlos Tévez - Argentine soccer player