List of Famous people born on January 5th

Joel Thomas Zimmerman, known professionally as Deadmau5, is a Canadian electronic music producer, DJ, and musician. Zimmerman mainly produces progressive house music, though he also produces and DJs other genres of electronic music, including techno under the alias Testpilot. Zimmerman has received six Grammy Award nominations for his work.

David Pereira da Costa is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Lens.

Jesús Vallejo Lázaro is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Granada CF on loan from Real Madrid.

Mayuko Takata is a Japanese actress, best known in the western world for her appearances on the Japanese TV show Iron Chef.

Kate Schellenbach is an American musician and television producer. She is the drummer of Luscious Jackson and was a founding member of Beastie Boys.

Francisco H.L. Ou is a former diplomat, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China serving under President Ma Ying-Jeou from 2008 to 2009.

Qamar Zaman Kaira is the former Minister of Information and Mass-Media Broadcasting in the Government of Pakistan.

John B. King Jr. is an American civil servant and former government official who is the President and CEO of The Education Trust. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 10th United States Secretary of Education from 2016 to 2017 under President Barack Obama.

Mathieu Perreault is a Canadian ice hockey winger for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Washington Capitals, the Anaheim Ducks and the Winnipeg Jets in the NHL, and, during the 2012–13 NHL lockout, for the HIFK of the Finnish SM-liiga.

Masami Tanaka is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan. She won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Sumika Minamoto. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.