On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 2 1967
Born on This Day
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Aaron Rodgers🇺🇸
American football player (born 1983) · b. 1983
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Botho Strauss🇩🇪
YouTube personality · b. 1944
Days alive
8,400
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Britney Spears🇺🇸
actor · b. 1981

Cassie Steele🇨🇦
Canadian actress and singer · b. 1989

Channing Crowder🇺🇸
American football player, linebacker · b. 1983
Christine Westermann🇩🇪
German TV and radio moderator · b. 1948
Days alive
6,939

DJ Laz🇺🇸
rapper · b. 1971
Doron Rabinovici🇦🇹
Israeli-Austrian writer and historian · b. 1961
Days alive
2,191
Else Rambausek🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1907–1994
Days lived
31,667
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Erika Dannhoff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1909-1996) · 1909–1996
Days lived
31,610

Gaby Köster🇩🇪
German actress and comedian · b. 1961
Days alive
2,191
Gene Kingsale
Dutch baseball player · b. 1975
Géo Voumard🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss musician (1920–2008) · 1920–2008
Days lived
32,052
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Georges Seurat🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter (1859-1891) · 1859–1891
Days lived
11,440
Gunter Schoß🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1940
Days alive
9,861

Humphrey Tonkin🇺🇸
writer · b. 1939
Days alive
10,227

Ilia Malinin🇺🇸
Figure skater · b. 2004

Jaroslav Durych
deceasedCzech poet, playwright, essayist, doctor, religion writer, publicist, translator, bookwriter, writer and historic literature writer (1886–1962) · 1886–1962
Days lived
27,519

Johannes Popitz🇩🇪
deceasedPrussian politician (1884-1945) · 1884–1945
Days lived
21,976

Juice WRLD
deceasedrapper · 1998–2019
Days lived
7,676
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Justus von Dohnányi🇩🇪
German film and television actor, screen writer and film director · b. 1960
Days alive
2,556
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Kelvin Kiptum
deceasedathletics competitor · 1999–2024
Days lived
8,837

Lesley-Ann Brandt🇿🇦
South African-American actress (born 1981) · b. 1981

Ludwig Knorr🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1859–1921
Days lived
22,464

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara🇨🇺
Visual artist · b. 1987

Marion Gräfin Dönhoff🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1909–2002
Days lived
33,702

Matteo Darmian🇮🇹
Italian footballer (born 1989) · b. 1989

Miroslav Mentel🇸🇰
Slovak footballer (born 1962) · b. 1962
Days alive
1,826

Nelly Furtado🇨🇦
singer-songwriter · b. 1978
Noor Alfallah🌍
Film producer · b. 1993

Peter Duesberg🇺🇸
deceasedchemist · 1936–2026
Days lived
32,549

Roberto Capucci🇮🇹
fashion designer · b. 1930
Days alive
13,514
Roman Rossa🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1972
Rudy Pemberton🇩🇴
film director · b. 1969
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Stephen McGinn🇬🇧
football player · b. 1988
Stone Phillips🇺🇸
American TV news anchor · b. 1954
Days alive
4,748

Sugar Ramos🇲🇽
deceasedMexican boxer (1941–2017) · 1941–2017
Days lived
27,669

Tal Wilkenfeld🇦🇺
Australian musician · b. 1986
Thorvald Eigenbrod🇩🇰
deceasedDanish field hockey player (1892-1977) · 1892–1977
Days lived
30,834

Ulrich Wickert🇩🇪
German TV journalist, television presenter and writer · b. 1942
Days alive
9,131
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Ursela Monn🇨🇭
German-Swiss actress, spokeswoman and singer · b. 1950
Days alive
6,209

Vilgot Sjöman🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish writer and film director (1924-2006) · 1924–2006
Days lived
29,713
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Walter Husemann
deceasedGerman journalist (1909-1943) · 1909–1943
Days lived
12,215

Xavier Haegy🇫🇷
deceasedAlsatian priest, politician, journalist (1870-1932) · 1870–1932
Days lived
22,440
Died on This Day

Darlene Hard🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1936–2021) · 1936–2021
Days lived
31,377

Edmond Rostand🇫🇷
deceasedFrench poet and dramatist (1868–1918) · 1868–1918
Days lived
18,506

ElRay L. Christiansen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican Mormon leader (1897-1975) · 1897–1975
Days lived
28,630

Endicott Peabody🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician (1920-1997) · 1920–1997
Days lived
28,415

Fritz August Breuhaus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect and designer (1883-1960) · 1883–1960
Days lived
28,420

Ignaz Kiechle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1930-2003) · 1930–2003
Days lived
26,945

Ivan Illich🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian philosopher and theologian (1926–2002) · 1926–2002
Days lived
27,848

Josep Comas i Solà🇪🇸
deceasedCatalan astronomer (1868-1937) · 1868–1937
Days lived
25,186

Mária Telkes🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian–American scientist and inventor · 1900–1995
Days lived
34,688

Marquis de Sade
deceasedNotable Trials · 1740–1814
Days lived
27,210

Marty Feldman🇬🇧
deceasedBritish author, actor, comedian and director (1934–1982) · 1934–1982
Days lived
17,679
Michael Hedges🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1953–1997
Days lived
16,042
Michael Ruetz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1940–2024) · 1940–2024
Days lived
30,923

Nureddin al-Atassi
deceasedpolitician · 1929–1992
Days lived
23,346

Pablo Escobar
deceasedNotable Trials · 1949–1993
Days lived
16,072
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Reinhold von Lilienthal🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1857–1935
Days lived
28,648

Rudolf Prack🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actor (1905-1981) · 1905–1981
Days lived
27,881

Ulli Lommel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor, film director and screenwriter (1944-2017) · 1944–2017
Days lived
26,644
Willy Kaiser-Heyl🇩🇪
deceasedactor (1876-1953) · 1876–1953
Days lived
28,243
Who Was Alive
Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).
Sándor Farkas
Catholic priest, born 1853 · b. 1853
Days alive
41,972

Annette Kolb🇫🇷
deceasedGerman writer (1870-1967) · 1870–1967
Days lived
35,731

Gertrude W. Hoffmann🇩🇪
deceasedcharacter actress (1871-1968) · 1871–1968
Days lived
35,335

Camille Huysmans🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1871–1968
Days lived
35,338

Bertrand Russell🇬🇧
deceasedYouTube personality · 1872–1970
Days lived
35,688

Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1873–1969
Days lived
34,997

Charles Foulkes🇬🇧
deceasedBritish general and field hockey player (1875–1969) · 1875–1969
Days lived
34,427

Henry Hallett Dale🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish pharmacologist, Nobel laureate · 1875–1968
Days lived
34,012

Gertrud von Le Fort🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1876–1971
Days lived
34,718

Natalie Clifford Barney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972) · 1876–1972
Days lived
34,791
Edward Roberts
deceasedBritish priest · 1877–1968
Days lived
33,236

Rudolph Dirks🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1877–1968
Days lived
33,290

Lillian Moller Gilbreth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972
Days lived
34,190

E. M. Forster🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970
Days lived
33,394
Margarete Bieber🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978
Days lived
36,003

Adolf Strauss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Wehrmacht general (1879–1973) · 1879–1973
Days lived
34,163

Kenneth Edgeworth🇮🇪
deceasedIrish astronomer, economist and engineer (1880-1972) · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,829
Arthur Mallwitz🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115

Helen Keller🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
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Emma P. Carr🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,404
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Harriet🇦🇺
deceasedGalápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
49,643
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Lin Wang🇹🇼
deceasedAsian elephant · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,467
Sergeant Reckless🇺🇸
deceasedMongolian mare · 1948–1968
Days lived
7,438
Ham🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1957–1983
Days lived
9,333
Shamu🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1962–1971
Days lived
3,521
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,816
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,513
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,086
HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,528
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,494
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,128
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,572
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,224
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,023
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,537
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,555
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,224
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,576
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,119
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,029
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,006
Already Released
Films already out by this date.