List of Famous people born on February 5th

Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria was the eldest child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I.

Františka Plamínková (1875–1942) was a Czech feminist and suffrage activist. Trained as a teacher, she became involved in feminism because teachers were forbidden to marry. She transitioned into journalism, writing articles about inequality. Elected to the Prague City Council and the National Assembly, she served as Senate Chair when Czechoslovakia broke away from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She was a vice president of the International Council of Women, as well as the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance and attended many international feminist congresses. Plamínková was arrested by the Gestapo in 1942 and executed.

Miguel Boyer Salvador was a Spanish economist and politician, who served as minister of economy, treasury and commerce from 1982 to 1985.

Tatchakorn Yeerum, better known internationally as Tony Jaa and in Thailand as Jaa Phanom, is a Thai martial artist, actor, action choreographer, stuntman, director and former Buddhist monk. His films include Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (2003), Tom-Yum-Goong (2005), Ong Bak 2: The Beginning (2008), Furious 7 (2015) and SPL II: A Time for Consequences (2015).

Baron Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès was a French military officer and politician. Despite his later career as a senator under the Second French Empire, D'Anthès is mostly known for fatally wounding the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin in a duel in 1837.

Emperor Sanjō was the 67th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

Taisuke Maruyama is a professional Japanese baseball player. He is currently a free agent having previously played pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Hideaki Yamazaki is a Japanese Shotokan kickboxer and a veteran of the Japanese Krush organization, winning the -65 kg and -63 kg titles. He also won the Krush-63 kg WILDRUSH League in 2012.

Kathleen Mae Bruyere was a captain in the United States Navy. She was one of the twelve women named by Time magazine as Time Person of the Year in 1975, representing American women. In May 1975, she became the first female officer in the Navy to serve as the flag secretary to an admiral commanding an operational staff. In 1977, Byerly was one of six officers who sued the United States Secretary of the Navy and the United States Secretary of Defense over their being restricted from serving on combat aircraft and ships. This led to the 1948 Women's Armed Services Integration Act being struck down as unconstitutional.

Kerime Nadir Azrak was a Turkish novelist and author.