On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 21 1968
Born on This Day
Adriano Ferreira Martins🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1982
Albert Battel🇵🇱
deceasedGerman Righteous Among the Nations · 1891–1952
Days lived
22,259
Alex McLeish🇬🇧
Scottish association football player and manager · b. 1959
Days alive
3,287
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Alisha Lehmann
association football player · b. 1999
Antoniu Buci🇷🇴
Olympic weightlifter · b. 1990
Benny Hill🇬🇧
deceasedBritish comedian and actor (1924–1992) · 1924–1992
Days lived
24,925
Catherine Siachoque🇨🇴
actor · b. 1972
Cesar Arzo🇪🇸
Spanish association football player · b. 1986
Clive Sarstedt🇬🇧
deceasedsinger · 1944–2022
Days lived
28,491
Cristóbal Balenciaga🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish fashion designer (1895-1972) · 1895–1972
Days lived
28,185
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Detlef Schrempf🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1963
Days alive
1,826
Eduard Schönecker🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian athlete (1885-1964) · 1885–1963
Days lived
28,563
Elie Tahari🇮🇱
Israeli fashion designer · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Emma Bunton🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1976
Felix Bryk🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian-Swedish entomologist and anthropologist (1882-1957) · 1882–1957
Days lived
27,385
Felix Hoffmann🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1868–1946
Days lived
28,507
Fiona Swarovski🇮🇹
entrepreneur · b. 1965
Days alive
1,095
František Dvořák
deceasedCzechoslovak fencer · 1871–1939
Days lived
25,114
Gary Beck🇺🇸
American racing driver · b. 1941
Days alive
9,861
Geena Davis🇺🇸
Film actor · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Gerhard Boldt🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1918–1981
Days lived
23,120
Grigori Rasputin
deceasedRussian mystic (1869–1916) · 1869–1916
Days lived
17,509
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Hakeem Olajuwon🇺🇸
Nigerian-American basketball player · b. 1963
Days alive
1,826
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Hasso Plattner🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Heinrich Albers-Schönberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman radiologist (1865-1921) · 1865–1921
Days lived
20,587
Helmut Satzinger🇦🇹
Austrian egyptologist · b. 1938
Days alive
10,957
IShowSpeed
Streamer · b. 2005
Israel Zangwill🇬🇧
deceasedBritish Zionist author (1864–1926) · 1864–1926
Days lived
22,837
J. W. Alexander🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican gospel singer, songwriter, producer, A&R man and manager (1916–1996) · 1916–1996
Days lived
29,389
Jeff Koons
sculptor · b. 1955
Days alive
4,748
John Cofie🇩🇪
English footballer · b. 1993
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Johnny Oates🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1946-2004) · 1946–2004
Days lived
21,522
Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
Actor · b. 1996
Karina Lombard🇺🇸
French-American Actress · b. 1969
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Ken Leung
Actor · b. 1970
Kim Dotcom🇫🇮
entrepreneur · b. 1974
Kirsten Klose🇩🇪
German hammer thrower · b. 1977
Konrad Emil Bloch🇺🇸
deceasedGerman American biochemist (1912–2000) · 1912–2000
Days lived
32,410
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Laura Robson🇬🇧
British female tennis player · b. 1994
Ludwig Thoma🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1867–1921
Days lived
19,940
Madita🇦🇹
Austrian actress and singer · b. 1978
Manfred Stücklschwaiger🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1965
Days alive
1,095
Marion Becker🇩🇪
German javelin thrower · b. 1950
Days alive
6,574
Marko Babić🇭🇷
Croatian association football player and manager · b. 1981
Maurice Zundel🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss theologian (1897-1975) · 1897–1975
Days lived
28,689
Mike Medavoy🇺🇸
American film producer · b. 1941
Days alive
9,861
Mykhailo Fedorov🇺🇦
Politician · b. 1991
N. Santhanam🇮🇳
actor · b. 1980
Oskar Roehler🇩🇪
German film director, screen writer and journalist · b. 1959
Days alive
3,287
Patrick de Lange
Dutch baseball player · b. 1976
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Paul Allen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018) · 1953–2018
Days lived
24,008
Paul Scofield
deceasedOscar Winners · 1922–2008
Days lived
31,469
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
royalty · b. 2004
Rainer Baumann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer (1930–2021) · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,495
Ralf Schmitt🇩🇪
football player · b. 1977
Richard Carr🇮🇳
deceasedIndian field hockey player · 1911–2000
Days lived
32,602
Rudolf Krause🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer and manager (1927-2003) · 1927–2003
Days lived
28,084
Sterling Ruby🇺🇸
American artist (born 1972) · b. 1972
Telly Savalas🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1922–1994
Days lived
26,299
Thomas de Maizière🇩🇪
politician · b. 1954
Days alive
5,113
Timmy Smith🇺🇸
former professional American football player · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Trương Tấn Sang
politician · b. 1949
Days alive
6,939
Woody Crumbo🇺🇸
deceasedPotawatomi artist from Oklahoma (1912-1989) · 1912–1989
Days lived
28,198
Died on This Day
Al St. John🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film actor (1892–1963) · 1892–1963
Days lived
25,699
Alex Groza🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player (1926-1995) · 1926–1995
Days lived
24,943
Andor Gábor🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian writer · 1884–1953
Days lived
25,203
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Berkeley L. Bunker🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician (1906-1999) · 1906–1999
Days lived
33,765
Blaise Meliani🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer (1887-1961) · 1887–1961
Days lived
26,805
Bogusław Kaczyński🇵🇱
deceasedPolish classical music journalist (1942–2016) · 1942–2016
Days lived
26,927
Cecil B. DeMille🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director, producer and actor (1881–1959) · 1881–1959
Days lived
28,285
Denis Fahey🇮🇪
deceasedIrish Catholic priest (1883-1954) · 1883–1954
Days lived
25,769
Emil Jellinek🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1853–1918
Days lived
23,665
Emiliano Sala🇮🇹
deceasedfootball player · 1990–2019
Days lived
10,309
Erika Böhm-Vitense🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American astronomer · 1923–2017
Days lived
34,201
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Ernst Herzfeld🇺🇸
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1879–1948) · 1879–1948
Days lived
25,018
Ernst Wahle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist and politician (1889-1981) · 1889–1981
Days lived
33,478
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George Orwell🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1903–1950
Days lived
17,012
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Giovanni Comisso🇮🇹
deceasedItalian writer (1895–1969) · 1895–1969
Days lived
26,773
Gottlieb Redecker🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1871–1945) · 1871–1945
Days lived
26,929
Jackie Wilson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer (1934–1984) · 1934–1984
Days lived
18,123
Joseph Schildkraut🇺🇸
deceasedactor (1896-1964) · 1896–1964
Days lived
24,775
Julius Bauschinger🇫🇷
deceasedGerman astronomer (1860–1934) · 1860–1934
Days lived
27,021
Lotte Laserstein🇸🇪
deceasedartist · 1898–1993
Days lived
34,387
Louis XVI of France
deceasedNotable Trials · 1754–1793
Days lived
14,031
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Mauricio Funes
deceasedNotable Trials · 1959–2025
Days lived
23,837
Nikolaus Obermauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman boxer · 1920–2001
Days lived
29,261
Otto Bachof🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge (1914–2006) · 1914–2006
Days lived
33,559
Randy Parton🇺🇸
deceasedSinger-songwriter · 1953–2021
Days lived
24,509
Rolf Julius🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1939–2011
Days lived
26,294
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Trude Fleischmann🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian-born American photographer (1895-1990) · 1895–1990
Days lived
34,363
Vladimir Lenin
deceasedNotable Trials · 1870–1924
Days lived
19,643
Werner Nachmann🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1925–1988
Days lived
22,807
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
42,022
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
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
Paul Hausser🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,677
Fritz Achterberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1880-1971) · 1880–1971
Days lived
33,215
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
49,693
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
47,866
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,563
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,136
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,578
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,544
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,178
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,622
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,274
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,073
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,587
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,605
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,274
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,626
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,169
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,079
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,056
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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