List of Famous people born on January 5th

Júlia Gonçalves de Almeida is a Brazilian actress. She has participated in several telenovelas.

Iris Luella DeMent is an American two-time Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter. DeMent's musical style includes elements of folk, country and gospel.

Carolina Punset is a Spanish politician, lawyer and forensic handwriting expert. She served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2016 until 2019. Punset has a post-graduate certificate in international development cooperation and non-governmental organisations.

Luka Mkheidze is a French judoka of Georgian descent. Mkheidze came to France with refugee status in 2010. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Jaroslav Plašil is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

David Patrick Lindsay James "Paddy" Jackson is a professional rugby union player from Northern Ireland. He primarily played at fly-half for Irish provincial side Ulster in the Pro12 and also played in France for Perpignan. He signed with London Irish for the 2019–20 Premiership Rugby season.

Hardy William Lindsay Nickerson is an American football linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for 3 years at California and was a grad-transfer at Illinois where he played for his father Hardy Nickerson.

Joyce Ann Karlin is an American lawyer and politician. She served as both a federal prosecutor and a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge. She is known for having sentenced Soon Ja Du, the merchant who shot Latasha Harlins in the back of the head, to only five years' probation and 400 hours of community service, with no jail time. The sentence was widely condemned, including by the LA County District Attorney and black community leaders in Los Angeles, and is often cited as a catalyst for the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

Rodney Lee Davis is an American Republican politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 13th congressional district since 2013.

Tim Macartney-Snape is a mountaineer and author. On 3 October 1984 Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer were the first Australians to reach the summit of Mount Everest. They reached the summit, climbing without supplementary oxygen, via a new route on the North Face. In 1990, Macartney-Snape became the first person to walk and climb from sea level to the top of Mount Everest. Macartney-Snape is also the co-founder of the Sea to Summit range of outdoor and adventure gear and accessories, a guide for adventure travel company World Expeditions and a founding director and patron of the World Transformation Movement.