On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
February 5 1968
Born on This Day
Abhishek Bachchan🇮🇳
Film actor · b. 1976
Adéla Bruns🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1987
Alex Harvey🇬🇧
deceasedmusician · 1935–1982
Days lived
17,166
André Mathes🇩🇪
American football player · b. 1975
Anthony Ingruber
Actor · b. 1990
Antonín Hájek🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1916–1983
Days lived
24,756
Astrid Kumbernuss🇩🇪
German shot and discus thrower · b. 1970
August Kopff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1882-1960) · 1882–1960
Days lived
28,568
Brian Moorman🇺🇸
American football player, punter · b. 1976
Changpeng Zhao (CZ)
Founder of Binance · b. 1977
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Charlotte Rampling🇬🇧
Model · b. 1946
Days alive
8,035
Christa Williams🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1926–2012
Days lived
31,558
Christopher Guest🇺🇸
British-American screenwriter, comedian, musician, director, and actor (born 1948) · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Claude King🇺🇸
deceasedUS country singer and songwriter (1923-2013) · 1923–2013
Days lived
32,903
Cristiano Ronaldo🇵🇹
Professional footballer · b. 1985
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Daniel Balavoine🇫🇷
deceasedsinger · 1952–1986
Days lived
12,397
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Darren Criss🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1987
Dieter Kuprella🇩🇪
deceasedbasketball player · 1946–2025
Days lived
29,007
Flora Martirosian🇺🇸
deceasedArmenian folk singer (1957-2012) · 1957–2012
Days lived
20,377
Francisco Varallo🇦🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1910–2010
Days lived
36,731
Gan Tingting🇨🇳
Chinese actress · b. 1986
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Götz Werner🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1944–2022
Days lived
28,493
Hans Bender🇩🇪
deceasedGerman psychologist (1907-1991) · 1907–1991
Days lived
30,772
Horst Fascher🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1936
Days alive
11,688
Jack Yerman🇺🇸
American sprinter · b. 1939
Days alive
10,592
Jacqui Dankworth🇬🇧
British singer · b. 1963
Days alive
1,826
Jean-Pierre Zola🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1916–1979
Days lived
22,992
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Jennifer Suhr🇺🇸
American pole vaulter · b. 1982
Jisung (Park Ji-sung)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (NCT) · b. 2002
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Michael Sheen🇬🇧
Welsh actor · b. 1969
Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann🇺🇸
deceasedNicaraguan-American Catholic priest and diplomat (1933–2017) · 1933–2017
Days lived
30,804
Nadine Ernsting-Krienke🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1974
Otto Brahm🇩🇪
deceasedGerman theatre director (1856–1912) · 1856–1912
Days lived
20,750
Ralf Scheepers🇩🇪
singer · b. 1965
Days alive
1,095
Red Buttons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican comedian and actor (1919–2006) · 1919–2006
Days lived
31,935
Rob Mayth🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1984
Silvius Magnago🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1914–2010
Days lived
35,173
Susan Kare🇺🇸
artist · b. 1954
Days alive
5,113
Vast Aire🇺🇸
American rapper · b. 1978
Vinnie Colaiuta🇺🇸
American drummer · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
William S. Burroughs
deceasedNotable Trials · 1914–1997
Days lived
30,494
Zackary Wright🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1985
Died on This Day
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Alfred Halm🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1861–1951
Days lived
32,564
Barney Dreyfuss🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1865–1932
Days lived
24,452
Christopher Plummer
deceasedtelevision actor · 1929–2021
Days lived
33,292
Emeric Pressburger🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian-British screenwriter, director and producer (1902–1988) · 1902–1988
Days lived
31,108
George Arliss
deceasedOscar Winners · 1868–1946
Days lived
28,424
George Paice🇬🇧
deceasedFalklands Islands bowls player · 1941–2024
Days lived
29,997
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Han Urbanus🇳🇱
deceasedDutch baseball player (1927-2021) · 1927–2021
Days lived
34,197
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Hans Jonas🇩🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1903–1993
Days lived
32,779
Harry Schwarz🇩🇪
deceasedSouth African activist (1924-2010) · 1924–2010
Days lived
31,314
Hermann Baranowski🇩🇪
deceasedSS general (1884-1940) · 1884–1940
Days lived
20,326
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Jaber II Al-Sabah🇰🇼
deceasedSheikh of Kuwait (1860-1917) · 1860–1917
Days lived
20,854
John Paul Getty III🇺🇸
deceasedEntrepreneur · 1956–2011
Days lived
19,939
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director, screenwriter, and producer (1909-1993) · 1909–1993
Days lived
30,675
Kirk Douglas🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1916–2020) · 1916–2020
Days lived
37,678
Lou Andreas-Salomé🇷🇺
deceasedYouTube personality · 1861–1937
Days lived
27,751
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Ludwig Binswanger🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss psychiatrist and essayist (1881-1966) · 1881–1966
Days lived
30,978
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi🇮🇳
deceasedIndian spiritual master · 1917–2008
Days lived
33,261
Manès Sperber🇦🇹
deceasedYouTube personality · 1905–1984
Days lived
28,544
Meister Eckhart
deceasedNotable Trials · 1260–1328
Days lived
24,871
Munavvar Kalantarli🇹🇷
deceasedSoviet Azerbaijani singer and actor · 1912–1963
Days lived
18,308
Ove Arup🇬🇧
deceasedAnglo-Danish engineer (1895-1988) · 1895–1988
Days lived
33,897
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Paul Engelmann🇮🇱
deceasedCzech architect (1891–1965) · 1891–1965
Days lived
26,899
Pervez Musharraf
deceasedNotable Trials · 1943–2023
Days lived
29,033
Pieter Helbert Damsté
deceasedDutch classical scholar (1860-1943) · 1860–1943
Days lived
30,128
Rudy York🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1913–1970
Days lived
20,626
Xiangzhong Yang🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1959–2009
Days lived
18,087
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
42,037
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
49,708
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
47,881
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,578
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,151
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,593
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,559
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,193
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,637
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,289
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,088
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,602
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,620
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,289
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,641
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,184
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,094
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,071
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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