On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 31 1968
Born on This Day
Afu-Ra🇺🇸
American rapper · b. 1973
Ahed Al-Tamimi
Notable Trials · b. 2001
Akshay Bhatia🇺🇸
Golfer · b. 2002
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Alexey Miller🇷🇺
Russian businessman · b. 1962
Days alive
2,191
André Bauer🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Artur Mas
Notable Trials · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Bernardo Provenzano
deceasedNotable Trials · 1933–2016
Days lived
30,479
Bill Flynn🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1950
Days alive
6,574
Bobby Windsor🇬🇧
Wales rugby union player · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Christopher Oualembo🇫🇷
Congolese footballer · b. 1987
Clemens Arnold🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1978
Cro🇩🇪
singer · b. 1990
Daniel Tammet🇬🇧
writer · b. 1979
David Lee
Archdeacon of Bradford; English Anglican priest · b. 1946
Days alive
8,035
Ed Samples🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican stock car racing driver · 1921–1991
Days lived
25,697
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Eugène Terre'Blanche
deceasedNotable Trials · 1941–2010
Days lived
25,264
Evelyn Richter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1930–2021) · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,490
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Fabio Quagliarella🇮🇹
Italian association football player · b. 1983
Fred Karger🇺🇸
American political consultant and activist · b. 1950
Days alive
6,574
Garo H. Armen🇺🇸
American businessman · b. 1953
Days alive
5,478
Georg Blädel🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1906–1990
Days lived
30,857
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Guido van Rossum🇳🇱
Dutch programmer and creator of Python · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
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Helena Paparizou🇸🇪
Greek singer · b. 1982
Henri Carton de Wiart🇧🇪
deceasedwriter · 1869–1951
Days lived
30,044
Irma Wyman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1928–2015) · 1928–2015
Days lived
32,067
Jan Hofer🇩🇪
German broadcast newsreader and television presenter · b. 1950
Days alive
6,574
Jean Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedBritish-American actress (1929–2010) · 1929–2010
Days lived
29,576
Jessica Walter
deceasedstage actor · 1941–2021
Days lived
29,272
John Lydon🇮🇪
singer-songwriter · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
José Gabriel Funes🇦🇷
Argentine Jesuit priest and astronomer · b. 1963
Days alive
1,826
Joseph D. Early🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1933–2012
Days lived
29,137
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Julián Alvarez
association football player · b. 2000
Justin Timberlake🇺🇸
actor · b. 1981
Krizia🇮🇹
deceasedItalian fashion designer and entrepreneur (1925–2015) · 1925–2015
Days lived
33,181
Kurt Blome🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1894-1969); high-ranking Nazi scientist; Deputy Reich Health Leader · 1894–1969
Days lived
27,645
Lennart von Kantzow🇸🇪
deceasedchief executive officer · 1920–1998
Days lived
28,460
Marcus Mumford🇺🇸
singer · b. 1987
Marianne Kehlau🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1925-2002) · 1925–2002
Days lived
28,394
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Marie Luise Kaschnitz🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1901–1974
Days lived
26,915
Mariusz Zaruski🇵🇱
deceasedathlete · 1867–1941
Days lived
27,095
Marvin Willoughby🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1978
Melitta Bentz🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1873–1950
Days lived
28,272
Michael Dangl🇦🇹
Austrian actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Michael Degen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Israeli actor (1928–2022) · 1928–2022
Days lived
34,402
Miyeon (Cho Mi-yeon)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol ((G)I-DLE) · b. 1997
Norman Mailer
deceasedNotable Trials · 1923–2007
Days lived
30,964
Oliver Koenig🇩🇪
German long jumper and sprinter · b. 1981
Oskar von Hindenburg🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1883–1960
Days lived
28,135
Pál Funk🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian photographer (1894–1974) · 1894–1974
Days lived
29,535
Paul Scheer🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1976
Ramona Kühne🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1980
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Raúl Richter🇩🇪
actor · b. 1987
Sarah Zierhut🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1985
Sidney Sam🇩🇪
football player · b. 1988
Silke Bodenbender🇩🇪
actor · b. 1974
Terry Date🇺🇸
rapper · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Theodor Heuss🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1884–1963
Days lived
29,169
Torsten Michaelis🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and dub actor (1961–2025) · 1961–2025
Days lived
23,574
Uwe Kockisch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor · 1944–2025
Days lived
29,911
Vincent Masingue🇫🇷
basketball player · b. 1976
Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum Co-founder · b. 1994
Wilhelm Heye🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1869–1947
Days lived
28,527
William Anderson Coffin🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1855–1925
Days lived
25,835
Wolfgang Stumph🇩🇪
actor · b. 1946
Days alive
8,035
Zane Grey🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1872–1939
Days lived
24,736
Died on This Day
A. A. Milne🇬🇧
deceasedBritish author known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh (1882-1956) · 1882–1956
Days lived
27,040
Adalbero Heussinger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman priest (1923–2011) · 1923–2011
Days lived
32,130
Alfred Rosche🇦🇹
deceasedCzech attorney (1884-1947) · 1884–1947
Days lived
22,826
Cathy Birchall🇬🇧
deceasedLong-distance motorcycle rider · 1957–2013
Days lived
20,484
Curt von Bardeleben🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1861–1924
Days lived
22,977
Dietmar Barsig🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1951-2011) · 1951–2011
Days lived
21,763
Eddie Logan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican shoeshiner · 1910–2009
Days lived
36,069
Ekkehardt Belle🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1954–2022
Days lived
24,730
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Erwin Strittmatter🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1912–1994
Days lived
29,755
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Franz Ritter von Epp🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1868–1947
Days lived
28,595
Friedrich Waldow🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1915–2013
Days lived
35,813
Fritz Henle🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American photographer (1909-1993) · 1909–1993
Days lived
30,552
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Giant Baba🇯🇵
deceasedfilm director · 1938–1999
Days lived
22,288
Hans Putz🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1920–1990
Days lived
25,277
Heinz Starke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1911-2001) · 1911–2001
Days lived
32,846
Leslie Carter🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican pop singer (1986–2012) · 1986–2012
Days lived
9,370
Lizabeth Scott🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress and singer (1921–2015) · 1921–2015
Days lived
34,092
Oskar Fischinger🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1900–1967
Days lived
24,329
Pablita Abeyta🇺🇸
deceasedDiné (Navajo) sculptor and activist (1953-2017) · 1953–2017
Days lived
23,206
Peter Paul Morandell🇮🇹
deceasedAustrian painter (1901-1976) · 1901–1976
Days lived
27,386
Rashad Khalifa🇺🇸
deceasedEgyptian-American biochemist (1935-1990) · 1935–1990
Days lived
19,797
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René Schickele🇫🇷
deceasedGerman-French writer (1883-1940) · 1883–1940
Days lived
20,633
Richard von Weizsäcker🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1920–2015
Days lived
34,624
Rolf Wenkhaus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1917–1942) · 1917–1942
Days lived
8,910
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
42,032
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
49,703
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
47,876
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,573
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,146
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,588
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,554
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,188
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,632
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,284
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,083
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,597
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,615
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,284
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,636
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,179
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,089
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,066
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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