List of Famous people born on January 5th

Veikko Kankkonen is a retired Finnish ski jumper who competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics. He won two medals in 1964 with a gold in the individual normal hill and a silver in the individual large hill event. That same year he won the jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival, which also earned him the Holmenkollen medal. He also won the Four Hills Tournament and served as the flag bearer for Finland at the 1968 Olympics.

Anastasios "Sakis" Rouvas, known mononymously as Sakis, is a Greek recording artist; model; film and television actor; businessman and former pole vaulter. Born in Corfu, he won medals on the national athletics team during the 1980s. Rouvas began a musical career in 1991 as one of Greece's first dance-pop performers. His tenor vocals, complex choreography, costumes, and technological advancements have been credited with transforming music videos and live performances. Rouvas is noted for avoiding domestic music, attaining success for a non-laïko or -éntekhno artist, and for breaking cultural, social, artistic, and generational barriers in Greece and Cyprus.

Jang Gwang is a South Korean actor in film and television.

Erdem Şen is a Belgian professional footballer of Turkish descent who most recently played as a midfielder for İstanbulspor.

Denis Alibec is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Kayserispor and the Romania national team.

Nihel Cheikh Rouhou is a Tunisian judoka. She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the +78 kg event.

Ronald Van Avermaet is a Belgian former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Victor Mikhailovich Lebedev was a Russian composer. He was born in Leningrad, USSR. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia in 2005.

Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Paris.