Famous people born on 5 March

• Rosa LuxemburgPolish-German Marxist revolutionary · 1871–1919
  47 yrs
• George Frideric HandelGerman-British Baroque composer · 1685–1759
  74 yrs
• Charles VHoly Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556 · 1500–1558
  58 yrs
• Zhou Enlai1st Premier of the People's Republic of China · 1898–1976
  77 yrs
• Pier Paolo PasoliniItalian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual · 1922–1975
  53 yrs
• Clement VIIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1592 to 1605 · 1536–1605
  68 yrs
• Daniel KahnemanIsraeli-American psychologist and economist · 1934–2024
  90 yrs
• Giovanni Pico della MirandolaItalian Renaissance philosopher · 1463–1494
  31 yrs
• Giovanni Battista TiepoloItalian painter · 1696–1770
  74 yrs
• Siegbert Tarrasch ↗German chess player, chess writer, and chess theoretician · 1862–1934
  71 yrs
• James Tobin ↗American economist · 1918–2002
  84 yrs
• David II of Scotland ↗King of Scotland from 1329 to 1371 · 1324–1371
  46 yrs
• Lynn Margulis ↗American evolutionary biologist · 1938–2011
  73 yrs
• Jiang Qing ↗Chinese political figure and wife of Mao Zedong · 1914–1991
  77 yrs
• Rex Harrison ↗British actor · 1908–1990
  82 yrs
• Heitor Villa-Lobos ↗Brazilian composer · 1887–1959
  72 yrs
• Canaan Banana ↗1st President of Zimbabwe · 1936–2003
  67 yrs
• Dean Stockwell ↗American actor · 1936–2021
  85 yrs
• Samantha Eggar ↗British actress · 1939–2025
  86 yrs
• Laurent Schwartz ↗French mathematician · 1915–2002
  87 yrs
• Karl Rahner ↗German Catholic theologian · 1904–1984
  80 yrs
• Austen Henry Layard ↗British politician · 1817–1894
  77 yrs
• William Beveridge ↗British economist and social reformer · 1879–1963
  84 yrs
• Étienne-Jules Marey ↗French scientist and chronophotographer · 1830–1904
  74 yrs
• Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony ↗Elector of Saxony · 1585–1656
  71 yrs
• Momofuku Ando ↗Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, created instant noodle (ramyeon), Nissin Chikin Ramen · 1910–2007
  96 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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