List of Famous people born on January 5th

Kengo Hanazawa is a Japanese manga artist known for his seinen works. He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for Ressentiment and was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taisho for I Am a Hero. His series Boys on the Run was adapted into a live action film in 2010. He formerly worked as Osamu Uoto's assistant.

Natnael Berhane is an Eritrean professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis. He is a two time African cycling champion in 2012 and 2013.

Mauricio Barcelata Pinedo is a Mexican actor and TV host. He currently hosts Sale el Sol, the morning show of Imagen Televisión.

Heidi Neururer is a professional snowboarder from Austria. Her speciality is the Parallel (Giant) Slalom.

Koji Fukada is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Hamdi Harbaoui is a Tunisian footballer who plays as a striker for Excel Mouscron.

Franziska Liebhardt is a Paralympic athlete from Germany. She competes in throwing events in the F37 classification and in the long jump in the T37 classification. As of September 2016, she holds the women's F37 world record in the shot put, which she set whilst competing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Walter Brandmüller is a German prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since 2010. He was president of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences from 1998 to 2009.

Parviz Abdullayev — professional Azerbaijani kickboxer, honored Sport Master of Azerbaijan, six-time world champion in professional kickboxing.

Kiyoshi Miki was a Japanese philosopher, literary critic, scholar and university professor. He was an esteemed student of Nishida Kitarō and a prominent member of the Kyoto School.