On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
February 25 1968
Born on This Day
Aage Tanggaard
Danish musician · b. 1957
Days alive
4,017

Ana Mena
singer · b. 1997
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Arda Güler
association football player · b. 2005

Benedetto Croce🇮🇹
deceasedItalian philosopher (1866-1952) · 1866–1952
Days lived
31,679
Bernard Bresslaw🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actor · 1934–1993
Days lived
21,656
Carlos Saleiro🇵🇹
Portuguese footballer · b. 1986

Carrot Top🇺🇸
Stand-up comedian · b. 1965
Days alive
1,095
Chelsea Handler🇺🇸
Comedian, TV Host, Author · b. 1975
Chris Knowings🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1980

Christy Knowings🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision actor · 1980–2026
Days lived
16,969

Eduardo da Silva🇧🇷
Croatian footballer · b. 1983

Evridiki🇨🇾
Greek Cypriot singer · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Franz Xaver Kroetz🇩🇪
German writer and actor (born 1946) · b. 1946
Days alive
8,035
Fred Sersen🇺🇸
deceasedCzechoslovak/American painter and cinema special effects artist (1890–1962) · 1890–1962
Days lived
26,586

Gabi Ashkenazi🇮🇱
military person · b. 1954
Days alive
5,113
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George Harrison🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1943–2001
Days lived
21,462
Gerhard Schrader🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1903–1990
Days lived
31,821

Gert Fröbe🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1913-1988) · 1913–1988
Days lived
27,586
Giacomo Facchini🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian association football player · 1897–2000
Days lived
37,564
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Gianluigi Donnarumma
association football player · b. 1999

Hans Apel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (SPD) (1932-2011) · 1932–2011
Days lived
29,048

Hermann Gröhe🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1961
Days alive
2,556

Hiroshi Fujiwara
Design Pioneer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461

Ida Noddack🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1896–1978
Days lived
30,161

Isabelle Fuhrman
actor · b. 1997

Ismaïla Sarr
association football player · b. 1998

Kana Hanazawa🇯🇵
actor · b. 1989
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Karl von Weizsäcker🇩🇪
deceasedGerman noble (1853-1926) · 1853–1926
Days lived
26,639

Kash Patel🇺🇸
FBI Director, Attorney, Former National Security Official · b. 1980

Léopold Gernaey🇧🇪
deceasedfootball player · 1927–2005
Days lived
28,646
Lewis Moonie, Baron Moonie🇬🇧
British politician (born 1947) · b. 1947
Days alive
7,670
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Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
Actor · b. 1981
Muratcan Güler🇹🇷
Turkish basketball player (born 1980) · b. 1980

Neil Jordan🇮🇪
Irish filmmaker and fiction writer · b. 1950
Days alive
6,574
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Omar Thomas🇺🇸
Professional basketball player · b. 1982

Pamela Spence🇩🇪
Turkish actress and singer · b. 1973

Roland Hemmo🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1946
Days alive
8,035
Rubén Quintana🇪🇸
basketball player · b. 1980

Rudolf Wacker🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian painter (1893-1939) · 1893–1939
Days lived
16,853

Sandrine Kiberlain🇫🇷
French actress and singer · b. 1968
Days alive
0

Shahid Kapoor🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1981
Stefan Blöcher🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
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Tony Oller🇺🇸
American singer and actor · b. 1991
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Yūki Sōma
association football player · b. 1997
Zarema Kasayeva🇷🇺
Russian weightlifter · b. 1987

Zeppo Marx🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film star; member of the Marx Brothers (1901–1979) · 1901–1979
Days lived
28,767
Died on This Day
Andrews Engelmann🇨🇭
deceasedactor (1901-1992) · 1901–1992
Days lived
33,211

Camille Huysmans🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1871–1968
Days lived
35,338
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César Keiser🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss actor (1925-2007) · 1925–2007
Days lived
29,912
Ernst Waldschmidt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1897-1985) · 1897–1985
Days lived
32,001
Givi Chokheli
deceasedSoviet footballer (1937-1994) · 1937–1994
Days lived
20,697

Glenn T. Seaborg🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist (1912–1999) · 1912–1999
Days lived
31,723
Günther Brennecke🇩🇪
deceasedWest German field hockey player (1927–2014) · 1927–2014
Days lived
31,820

Haing S. Ngor🇰🇭
deceasedPhysician · 1940–1996
Days lived
20,428
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Henrich Focke🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1890–1979
Days lived
32,281

Hosni Mubarak
deceasedNotable Trials · 1928–2020
Days lived
33,534

İhsan Doğramacı
deceasedscientist · 1915–2010
Days lived
34,662
Julius Viel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and torturer · 1918–2002
Days lived
30,685

Klaus Dick🇩🇪
deceasedGerman bishop (1928–2024) · 1928–2024
Days lived
35,062

Louisiana Red🇺🇸
deceasedAfrican American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer · 1932–2012
Days lived
29,193
Margarete Bieber🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978
Days lived
36,003
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Sjeng Tans🇳🇱
deceasedDutch politician (1912-1993) · 1912–1993
Days lived
29,623

Theodor Svedberg🇸🇪
deceasedartist · 1884–1971
Days lived
31,589

Thomas Moore🌍
deceasedPoet · 1779–1852
Days lived
26,570
Vico Torriani🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss actor and singer (1920-1998) · 1920–1998
Days lived
28,281
Yury Ivashkin🇷🇺
deceasedRussian scientist · 1940–2019
Days lived
28,903
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
42,057

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

Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra🇵🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1880–1976
Days lived
34,807
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
49,728
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
47,901
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,598
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,171
HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,613
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,579
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,213
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,657
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,309
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,108
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,622
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,640
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,309
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,661
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,204
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,114
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,091
Already Released
Films already out by this date.