March 5th, 1972

Born on March 5th, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 19,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 955 days, exactly on December 7th, 2026, people who were born on March 5th, 1972 will be 20,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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, 1972

52

Luca Turilli

Italian musician, composer and producer

*March 5th, 1972, Trieste

52

Reto Finger

Swiss author

*March 5th, 1972, Bern

52

Mikael Tillström

Swedish tennis player

*March 5th, 1972, Jönköping

52

Nicole Ramalalanirina

Franco-Malagasy athlete

*March 5th, 1972, Antananarivo

52

Hernán Gumy

Argentine tennis player

*March 5th, 1972, Buenos Aires

52

Brian Grant

American basketball player

*March 5th, 1972, Columbus

52

Amaya Forch

Chilean singer

*March 5th, 1972, Santiago

52

Giuseppe Gandini

Italian actor

*March 5th, 1972, Ferrara

52

Anand Rajaram

Canadian actor

*March 5th, 1972, New Delhi

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 5th?

36

Young Dolph

American rapper (1985–2021)

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

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

39

Willem Viljoen

Badminton player

*March 5th, 1985, Bloemfontein

60

Maria Bengtsson

Badminton player

*March 5th, 1964, Malmö

54

Aleksandar Vučić

President of Serbia

*March 5th, 1970, Belgrade

50

Eva Mendes

American actress

*March 5th, 1974, Miami

67

Henning Krautmacher

German singer and actor

*March 5th, 1957, Leverkusen

26

Leif Torbjørn Næsvold

Norwegian Nordic combined skier (born 1998)

*March 5th, 1998, Trondheim

75

Bernard Arnault

French entrepreneur

*March 5th, 1949, Roubaix

46

Kimberly McCullough

American actress, television director and dancer

*March 5th, 1978, Bellflower

54

John Frusciante

American guitarist

*March 5th, 1970, Astoria

57

Antje Boetius

German biologist

*March 5th, 1967, Frankfurt

76

Jack Marshall

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

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

20

Liu Yutong

Badminton player

*March 5th, 2004, Cangzhou

69

Penn Jillette

American magician

*March 5th, 1955, Greenfield

58

Mario De Clercq

Belgian cyclist

*March 5th, 1966, Oudenaarde

43

Christian Knees

Road bicycle racer

*March 5th, 1981, Cologne

42

Giorgia Palmas

Italian television presenter, showgirl, actress and former model

*March 5th, 1982, Cagliari

47

Rosa Luxemburg

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

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

Same year
Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*March 20th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

51

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

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Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1972 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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