March 5th, 1952

Born on March 5th, 1952

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 649 days, exactly on February 5th, 2026, people who were born on March 5th, 1952 will be 27,000 days old!

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What happened on March 5th?

March 5th, 1981

The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, was launched by Sinclair Research, and went on to sell more than 1.5 million units around the world.

March 5th, 1960

Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph Guerrillero Heroico of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.

March 5th, 1943

World War II: The Gloster Meteor, the Allies' only operational jet aircraft, made its maiden flight.

March 5th, 1825

Roberto Cofresí, one of the last Caribbean pirates, was apprehended after his flagship sloop Anne was captured by authorities.

March 5th, 1824

The First Anglo-Burmese War began.

March 5th, 1811

Peninsular War: At the Battle of Barrosa, Anglo-Iberian forces trying to lift the Siege of Cádiz defeated a French attack but could not break the siege itself.

March 5th, 1770

American Revolution: British soldiers fired into a crowd in Boston, killing five people.

March 5th, 1496

King Henry VII of England issued letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore undiscovered lands.

March 5th, 1279

The Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order suffered a great loss when 71 knights died in the Battle of Aizkraukle.

March 5th, 1936

The prototype (pictured) of the Supermarine Spitfire flew for the first time.

March 5th, 2011

An Antonov An-148 crashes in Russia's Alexeyevsky District, Belgorod Oblast during a test flight, killing all seven aboard.

March 5th, 2002

An earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines, kills 15 people and injures more than 100.

March 5th, 2001

In Mina, Saudi Arabia, 35 pilgrims are killed in a stampede on the Jamaraat Bridge during the Hajj.

March 5th, 1968

Air France Flight 212 crashes into La Grande Soufrière, killing all 63 aboard.

March 5th, 1967

Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 crashes near Marseilles, Ohio, killing 38.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 5th

Born on March 5th, 1952

72

Robin Hobb

American fiction writer (pseudonym)

*March 5th, 1952, Berkeley

72

Alan Clark

British keyboardist

*March 5th, 1952, Great Lumley

72

Valentina Nikonova

Fencer

*March 5th, 1952, Kazan

72

Noriko Matsuda

Japanese volleyball player

*March 5th, 1952, Kushiro

72

Alicia Bárcena Ibarra

Mexican diplomat

*March 5th, 1952, Mexico City

72

Mike Squires

American baseball player

*March 5th, 1952, Kalamazoo

72

Isatou N’jie-Saidy

Gambian politician

*March 5th, 1952, North Bank Division

57

Petar Borota

Serbian footballer (1952-2010)

*March 5th, 1952, Belgrade †February 12th, 2010, Genoa

63

Jean-Luc Vilmouth

French sculptor (1952-2015)

*March 5th, 1952, Creutzwald †December 18th, 2015, Taipei

72

Howard Huntsberry

American actor

*March 5th, 1952, Pacoima

72

Ralph Carlsson

Swedish actor

*March 5th, 1952, Gothenburg

66

Yuriy Kutsenko

Soviet decathlete

*March 5th, 1952, Tavrovo †May 22nd, 2018, Belgorod

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Who's birthday is on March 5th?

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

75

Bernard Arnault

French entrepreneur

*March 5th, 1949, Roubaix

67

Henning Krautmacher

German singer and actor

*March 5th, 1957, Leverkusen

36

Young Dolph

American rapper (1985–2021)

*March 5th, 1985, Chicago †November 17th, 2021, Memphis

69

Penn Jillette

American magician

*March 5th, 1955, Greenfield

64

Andrzej Biegalski

Polish boxer (1953-2017)

*March 5th, 1953, Gierczyn †March 14th, 2017, Jastrzębie-Zdrój

39

Willem Viljoen

Badminton player

*March 5th, 1985, Bloemfontein

60

Maria Bengtsson

Badminton player

*March 5th, 1964, Malmö

70

João Lourenço

President of Angola since 2017

*March 5th, 1954, Lobito

75

Franz Josef Jung

German politician

*March 5th, 1949, Erbach

76

Jack Marshall

Prime Minister of New Zealand, politician (1912-1988)

*March 5th, 1912, Wellington †August 30th, 1988, Snape

26

Leif Torbjørn Næsvold

Norwegian Nordic combined skier (born 1998)

*March 5th, 1998, Trondheim

47

Rosa Luxemburg

German-Polish Marxist theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary, editor (1871–1919)

*March 5th, 1871, Zamość †January 15th, 1919, Berlin

79

Lars Roar Langslet

Norwegian politician (1936-2016)

*March 5th, 1936, Nesbyen municipality †January 18th, 2016

20

Liu Yutong

Badminton player

*March 5th, 2004, Cangzhou

68

Ruedi Baur

French designer

*March 5th, 1956, Paris

71

Gardi Hutter

Swiss clown, comedian, writer and actress

*March 5th, 1953, Altstätten

30

Andy Gibb

British-Australian singer (1958–1988)

*March 5th, 1958, Manchester †March 10th, 1988, Oxford

55

Lucio Battisti

Italian singer-songwriter (1943-1998)

*March 5th, 1943, Poggio Bustone †September 9th, 1998, Molteno

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Born in 1952

71

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

72

Larry Elder

American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952)

*April 27th, 1952, Los Angeles

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

*September 28th, 1952, Freital †July 13th, 2017, Berlin

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

49

Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (1952–2001)

*March 11th, 1952, Cambridge †May 11th, 2001, Santa Barbara

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

72

Lennart Fagerlund

Cyclist

*April 2nd, 1952, Nässjö

72

Magnar Åm

Norwegian composer

*April 9th, 1952, Trondheim

71

Joachim Kaps

German actor and voice actor

*November 3rd, 1952, Görlitz

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

71

Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor (born 1952)

*June 7th, 1952, Ballymena

71

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist

*June 7th, 1952, Istanbul

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

71

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

*November 30th, 1952, Chicago

71

John Goodman

American actor, voice artist and comedian (born 1952)

*June 20th, 1952, Affton

71

Stephen Lang

American actor

*July 11th, 1952, New York City

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

*July 31st, 1952, Montevideo †February 19th, 2017, Montevideo

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Leap year

Yes: 1952 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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