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Abdelkader Chadi
Algerian boxer · b. 1986
🇺🇸Chuck Evans
basketball player · b. 1971
🇺🇸Connie Francis
deceased
singer · 1937–2025
Days lived
31,993
Denise Bronzetti
Captain Regent, head of government for San Marino · b. 1972
🇺🇸Deron Washington
basketball player · b. 1985
🇺🇸Eddie Elias
deceased
American sports executive · 1928–1998
Days lived
25,540
🇳🇴Edvard Munch
deceased
Norwegian painter. (1863–1944) · 1863–1944
Days lived
29,261
🇧🇷Everton Nogueira
Brazilian association football player · b. 1959
Days alive
3,653
🇺🇸Frank Sinatra
deceased
actor · 1915–1998
Days lived
30,104
🇩🇪Gerd Strantzen
deceased
field hockey player (1897-1958) · 1897–1958
Days lived
22,175
🇰🇷Hahm Eun-jung
singer · b. 1988
🇹🇷Hakan Köseoğlu
basketball player · b. 1981
🇩🇪Hans Keilson
deceased
Dutch psychologist (1909-2011) · 1909–2011
Days lived
37,060
🇩🇪Hans Robert Jauss
deceased
German academic (1921-1997) · 1921–1997
Days lived
27,473
Hermann Künne
deceased
German sailor (1897–1918) · 1897–1918
Days lived
7,436
🇺🇸Holly Gagnier
actor · b. 1958
Days alive
4,018
🇺🇸Jennifer Connelly
American actress (born 1970) · b. 1970
🇺🇸John Salmons
basketball player · b. 1979
🇩🇪Jörg Lütcke
basketball player · b. 1975
🇺🇸Kailash Purryag
deceased
President of Mauritius from 2012 to 2015 · 1947–2025
Days lived
28,316
🇵🇱Krzysztof Kosedowski
Polish boxer · b. 1960
Days alive
3,287
🇩🇪Liesl Karlstadt
deceased
German actress (1892-1960) · 1892–1960
Days lived
24,698
🇦🇹Manès Sperber
deceased
YouTube personality · 1905–1984
Days lived
28,544
🇭🇺Mária Telkes
deceased
Hungarian–American scientist and inventor · 1900–1995
Days lived
34,688
🇩🇪Martina Hellmann
East German discus thrower · b. 1960
Days alive
3,287
🇩🇪Max Raabe
German singer · b. 1962
Days alive
2,557
🇫🇷Michael Olise
Association football player · b. 2001
🇬🇧Nathaniel Chalobah
football player · b. 1994
🇩🇪Pamela Wedekind
deceased
German actress (1906-1986) · 1906–1986
Days lived
28,973
Portia Simpson-Miller
former prime minister of Jamaica · b. 1945
Days alive
8,766
🇮🇳Rajinikanth
Indian actor (born 1950) · b. 1950
Days alive
6,940
🇩🇪Reiner Plaßhenrich
German association football player and manager · b. 1976
🇺🇸Sammy Davis, Sr.
deceased
American dancer · 1900–1988
Days lived
31,937
🇺🇸Seymour Ginsburg
deceased
American computer scientist (1927–2004) · 1927–2004
Days lived
28,117
🇺🇸Sheila E.
American singer and percussionist (born 1957) · b. 1957
Days alive
4,383
🇮🇳Sowcar Janaki
deceased
Actor · 1931–2026
Days lived
34,586
🇧🇪Stefaan De Clerck
basketball player · b. 1951
Days alive
6,575
🇩🇪Sven Beuckert
German association football player and manager · b. 1973
🇧🇷Tomas Behrend
German tennis player · b. 1974
🇺🇸Tracy Austin
US tennis player · b. 1962
Days alive
2,557
Trần Lập
deceased
Vietnamese musician (1974-2016) · 1974–2016
Days lived
15,071
🇩🇪Ulla Wiesner
German singer · b. 1940
Days alive
10,592
🇺🇸William Francis Hillebrand
deceased
chemist · 1853–1925
Days lived
25,989
🇯🇵Yasujirō Ozu
deceased
Japanese film director, screenwriter (1903–1963) · 1903–1963
Days lived
21,915

Died on This Day

🇨🇦Alexander Grant Dexter
deceased
Canadian journalist (1896-1961) · 1896–1961
Days lived
24,053
🇩🇪Alexander Parvus
deceased
German political activist (1867–1924) · 1867–1924
Days lived
20,914

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
42,713
🇬🇧Bertrand Russell
deceased
YouTube personality · 1872–1970
Days lived
35,688

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇦🇺Harriet
deceased
Galápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
50,384

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,557
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,254

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,764
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
133,278

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
11,207
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
4,629

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🇿🇦Buks Marais

deceased

South African rugby union footballer (1927-1996) · 1927–1996

Days lived

25,202

🇺🇸Chase G. Woodhouse

American educator and congresswoman (1890-1984) · 1890–1984

Days lived

34,617

🇩🇪Claus Cornelius Fischer

German writer (1951–2020) · 1951–2020

Days lived

25,390

Daniel Carleton Gajdusek

Notable Trials · 1923–2008

Days lived

31,141

Danny Aiello

Actor · 1933–2019

Days lived

31,586

🇺🇸Douglas Fairbanks

American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer (1883–1939) · 1883–1939

Days lived

20,656

🇺🇸Earl Gillespie

American sportscaster (1922-2003) · 1922–2003

Days lived

29,725

Ernst Jaeger

German jurist and judge (1869-1944) · 1869–1944

Days lived

27,383

🇩🇪Ferdinand Gregori

German actor (1870–1928) · 1870–1928

Days lived

21,427

🇩🇪Franz Bäke

military person · 1898–1978

Days lived

29,506

🇩🇪Harry Frank

actor · 1896–1947

Days lived

18,684

🇬🇧Ian Stewart

British keyboardist (1938–1985) · 1938–1985

Days lived

17,314

🇺🇸Ike Turner

singer · 1931–2007

Days lived

27,796

🇺🇸Jack Scott

Canadian singer (1936–2019) · 1936–2019

Days lived

30,638

Jean Richepin

Notable Trials · 1849–1926

Days lived

28,434

🇦🇹Josef Bican

athlete · 1913–2001

Days lived

32,220

🇭🇺Kalman Sántha

Hungarian physician (1903-1956) · 1903–1956

Days lived

19,512

Leo Anton Karl de Ball

German astronomer (1853–1916) · 1853–1916

Days lived

23,029

🇩🇪Max Laeuger

German architect (1864–1952) · 1864–1952

Days lived

32,214

Milutin Milanković

Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958) · 1879–1958

Days lived

29,052

🇺🇸Oscar Klein

Austrian musician (1930-2006) · 1930–2006

Days lived

28,100

🇩🇪Otto Ciliax

military person · 1891–1964

Days lived

26,706

🇩🇪Paul Verner

German politician (1911-1986) · 1911–1986

Days lived

27,624

🇺🇸Peter Greene

American actor (1965–2025) · 1965–2025

Days lived

21,980

🇦🇹Robert Danneberg

Austrian politician (1885–1942) · 1885–1942

Days lived

20,960

🇩🇪Rolf Becker

actor · 1935–2025

Days lived

33,129

🇩🇪Rudolf Krause

German footballer and manager (1927-2003) · 1927–2003

Days lived

28,084

🇩🇪Theodor Heuss

writer · 1884–1963

Days lived

29,169

🇲🇽Vicente Fernández

Mexican actor and ranchera singer (1940–2021) · 1940–2021

Days lived

29,884

🇩🇪Wilhelm Genazino

YouTube personality · 1943–2018

Days lived

27,718

🇩🇪Wolfgang Ziffer

German actor (1941–2022) · 1940–2022

Days lived

29,997

🇯🇵Yasujirō Ozu

Japanese film director, screenwriter (1903–1963) · 1903–1963

Days lived

21,915

🇩🇪Gertrud von Le Fort

deceased

writer · 1876–1971

Days lived

34,718

🇺🇸Natalie Clifford Barney

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

Days lived

34,791

🇺🇸Lillian Moller Gilbreth

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

Days lived

34,190

🇬🇧E. M. Forster

English novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970

Days lived

33,394

🇺🇸Margarete Bieber

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

Days lived

36,003

🇩🇪Adolf Strauss

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

Days lived

34,163

🇮🇪Kenneth Edgeworth

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

Days lived

33,829

🇺🇸Emma P. Carr

scientist · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,404

🇩🇪Paul Hausser

military person · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,677

🇩🇪Fritz Achterberg

German actor (1880-1971) · 1880–1971

Days lived

33,215

🇵🇪Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra

politician · 1880–1976

Days lived

34,807

🇨🇳Wang Zi-Ping

athlete · 1881–1973

Days lived

33,602

Hans Kelsen

🇺🇸Hans Kelsen

Austrian lawyer (1881–1973) · 1881–1973

Days lived

33,427

🇪🇸Pablo Picasso

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

Days lived

33,402

🇸🇪Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

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

Days lived

33,180

🇫🇷Jacques Maritain

philosopher · 1882–1973

Days lived

33,033

🇬🇧William Greggan

athlete · 1882–1976

Days lived

34,031

🇬🇧Max Born

scientist · 1882–1970

Days lived

31,801

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,430

🇹🇼Lin Wang

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,467

🇺🇸Ham

Chimpanzee · 1957–1983

Days lived

9,333

🇺🇸Shamu

Orca · 1962–1971

Days lived

3,521

🇺🇸Washoe

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,399

🇷🇼Digit

Mountain gorilla · 1967–1977

Days lived

4,017

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

47,827

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

38,269

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

37,235

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

36,869

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

34,313

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

32,965

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

57,296

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

37,965

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

16,317

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

13,860

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

11,770

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

9,747