On This Day

politician · b. 1944

American actress and comedian · b. 1973

American football player · b. 2004

Norwegian businessman · 1881–1957

writer · b. 1958

basketball player · b. 1991

German professional basketball player and coach · b. 1957

Russian art historian and artist (born 1960) · b. 1960

singer · 1914–1996

Swedish politician (1905-1971) · 1905–1971

Moroccan Canadian and Moroccan American actress · b. 1975

German poet (1882–1937) · 1882–1937

entrepreneur · 1929–2022

Canadian field hockey player · b. 1932

Austrian ethnomusicologist · b. 1934

writer · 1894–1943

actor · 1890–1974

Slovak footballer · b. 1981

association football player · b. 2000

German actor · b. 1941

Olympic field hockey player · b. 1985

entrepreneur · 1937–2023

British actor and filmmaker (born 1960) · b. 1960

philosopher · 1872–1956

American football player, running back · b. 1985

film director · b. 1966

journalist · 1851–1931

Serbian footballer · b. 1988

writer · 1879–1951

German footballer and manager · b. 1953

Actor · b. 1985

actor · b. 1985

Swiss actor and comedian (1916-1990) · 1916–1990

rapper · b. 1964

film director · b. 1981

Oscar Winners · 1886–1959

scientist · b. 1937

artist · 1884–1967

German anthropologist (1883-1945) · 1883–1945

artist · 1925–2017

German poet (1882–1937) · 1882–1937

chemist · 1857–1932

German politician (1852–1927) · 1852–1927

American composer and musician (1922–2019) · 1922–2019

Danish field hockey player (1879–1966) · 1879–1966

German field hockey player (1905–1962) · 1905–1962

actor · 1975–2025

writer · 1867–1936

British all-round amateur sportsman (1917-2004) · 1917–2004

singer · 1941–1967

writer · 1868–1944

German writer and publicist (1923-2014) · 1923–2014

German botanist and author (1883-1957) · 1883–1957

American comedian and actor (1940–2005) · 1940–2005

singer · 1876–1937

Notable Trials · 1836–1867

Irish rugby union footballer, coach and administrator · 1934–2023

scientist · 1936–2019

American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972) · 1876–1972

American psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972

English novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970

German-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978

German Wehrmacht general (1879–1973) · 1879–1973

Irish astronomer, economist and engineer (1880-1972) · 1880–1972

scientist · 1880–1972

military person · 1880–1972

German actor (1880-1971) · 1880–1971

politician · 1880–1976

athlete · 1881–1973

Austrian lawyer (1881–1973) · 1881–1973

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973) · 1881–1973

King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist · 1882–1973

philosopher · 1882–1973

athlete · 1882–1976

scientist · 1882–1970

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Chimpanzee · 1957–1983

Orca · 1962–1971

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Mountain gorilla · 1967–1977

Banking · b. 1865

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943