René Huyghe, French historian and author (born 1906)

René Huyghe was a French writer on the history, psychology and philosophy of art. He was also a curator at the Louvre's department of paintings, a professor at the Collège de France director of the Musée Jacquemart-André, and, beginning in 1960 a member of the Académie Française. He was the father of the writer François-Bernard Huyghe.

February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 329 days remain until the end of the year.