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January 12 1976

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Joins FBI
Robert Hanssen
career

Born on This Day

🇺🇸Ajita Wilson
deceased
American actress (1950–1987) · 1950–1987
Days lived
13,649
🇨🇦Alexander Francis Chamberlain
deceased
Canadian anthropologist (1865–1914) · 1865–1914
Days lived
17,983

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Adolf Jandorf
deceased
German Jewish entrepreneur, founder of KaDeWe (1870–1932) · 1870–1932
Days lived
22,619
🇬🇧Agatha Christie
deceased
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976) · 1890–1976
Days lived
31,165

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
44,936
🇺🇸Margarete Bieber
deceased
German-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978
Days lived
36,004

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇦🇺Harriet
deceased
Galápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,139
🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
52,607

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
50,780
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
50,477

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
655,987
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
135,501

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
13,430
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
6,852

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Alfred Rosenberg

deceased

Notable Trials · 1893–1946

Days lived

19,635

Arthur Larned Ryerson

🇺🇸Arthur Larned Ryerson

American lawyer and entrepreneur (1851-1912) · 1851–1912

Days lived

22,374

Bob Dishy

Bob Dishy

Actor · b. 1934

Days alive

15,341

Bob Hewitt

🇿🇦Bob Hewitt

South African convicted rapist and professional tennis player · b. 1940

Days alive

13,150

Branislav Đukanović

🇲🇪Branislav Đukanović

Montenegrin footballer · b. 1959

Days alive

6,210

Brun-Otto Bryde

🇩🇪Brun-Otto Bryde

German judge · b. 1943

Days alive

12,054

Cade McNown

🇺🇸Cade McNown

All-American college football player, professional football player, quarterback · b. 1977

Days alive

1

Chad Greenway

🇺🇸Chad Greenway

American football player · b. 1983

Days alive

1

Christiane Amanpour

🇬🇧Christiane Amanpour

Journalist · b. 1958

Days alive

6,575

D.O. (Do Kyung-soo)

🇰🇷D.O. (Do Kyung-soo)

K-pop Idol (EXO) · b. 1993

Days alive

1

Ezequiel Calvente

🇪🇸Ezequiel Calvente

Spanish footballer · b. 1991

Days alive

1

Felix Maria Davídek

🇨🇿Felix Maria Davídek

bishop of the Roman Catholic Church (1921–1988) · 1921–1988

Days lived

24,689

Guy Fischer

🇫🇷Guy Fischer

member of the Senate of France (1944-2014) · 1944–2014

Days lived

25,862

Hamadi Jebali

🇺🇸Hamadi Jebali

Tunisian politician and journalist · b. 1949

Days alive

9,862

Hande Yener

🇹🇷Hande Yener

Singer · b. 1973

Days alive

1,096

Hans Richter

🇩🇪Hans Richter

German film actor (1919–2008) · 1919–2008

Days lived

32,775

Haruki Murakami

🇯🇵Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer · b. 1949

Days alive

9,862

Hermann Göring

Hermann Göring

Notable Trials · 1893–1946

Days lived

19,634

Jack London

🇺🇸Jack London

journalist · 1876–1916

Days lived

14,925

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos

Founder of Amazon · b. 1964

Days alive

4,384

Joe Frazier

🇺🇸Joe Frazier

American boxer (1944–2011) · 1944–2011

Days lived

24,772

John Singer Sargent

🇺🇸John Singer Sargent

artist · 1856–1925

Days lived

25,295

José Antonio Patlán

🇲🇽José Antonio Patlán

Mexican footballer · b. 1983

Days alive

1

Josef Wagner

🇩🇪Josef Wagner

German nazi politician (1899-1945) · 1899–1945

Days lived

16,912

Joseph Helffrich

🇩🇪Joseph Helffrich

German astronomer (1890–1971) · 1890–1971

Days lived

29,933

Juan Foyth

Juan Foyth

association football player · b. 1998

Days alive

1

Judith Herzfeld

🇺🇸Judith Herzfeld

American chemist · b. 1948

Days alive

10,228

Kim Hyun-soo

🇰🇷Kim Hyun-soo

film director · b. 1988

Days alive

1

Liliana Cavani

🇮🇹Liliana Cavani

Italian film director and screenwriter · b. 1933

Days alive

15,706

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

🇮🇳Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Indian spiritual master · 1917–2008

Days lived

33,262

Marcos Ayerza

🇦🇷Marcos Ayerza

Argentine rugby union footballer · b. 1983

Days alive

1

Matthias Döschner

🇩🇪Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager · b. 1958

Days alive

6,575

Maybrit Illner

🇩🇪Maybrit Illner

German journalist · b. 1965

Days alive

4,018

Melanie C

🇬🇧Melanie C

singer · b. 1974

Days alive

731

Michael Bielický

🇩🇪Michael Bielický

artist · b. 1954

Days alive

8,036

Mikheil Meskhi

🇬🇪Mikheil Meskhi

athlete · 1937–1991

Days lived

19,824

Naya Rivera

singer · 1987–2020

Days lived

12,232

Ottmar Hitzfeld

🇩🇪Ottmar Hitzfeld

German football player and manager · b. 1949

Days alive

9,862

Paul Guthnick

🇩🇪Paul Guthnick

German astronomer (1879–1947) · 1879–1947

Days lived

25,074

Pixie Lott

🇬🇧Pixie Lott

singer-songwriter · b. 1991

Days alive

1

Raekwon

🇺🇸Raekwon

American rapper · b. 1970

Days alive

2,192

Raf Simons

🇧🇪Raf Simons

Belgian fashion designer (born 1968) · b. 1968

Days alive

2,923

Rob Zombie

🇺🇸Rob Zombie

American rock singer and filmmaker · b. 1965

Days alive

4,018

Ruth Brown

🇺🇸Ruth Brown

singer · 1928–2006

Days lived

28,800

Ruth R. Benerito

🇺🇸Ruth R. Benerito

American scientist and inventor (1916-2013) · 1916–2013

Days lived

35,697

Ryōta Murata

🇯🇵Ryōta Murata

Japanese boxer · b. 1986

Days alive

1

Sarah Thomas

🇬🇧Sarah Thomas

Welsh field hockey midfield and forward player · b. 1981

Days alive

1

Scott Burrell

🇺🇸Scott Burrell

American basketball player · b. 1971

Days alive

1,827

Sergei Korolev

Sergei Korolev

scientist · 1907–1966

Days lived

21,553

Swami Vivekananda

🇺🇸Swami Vivekananda

singer · 1863–1902

Days lived

14,418

Takeshi Aono

🇯🇵Takeshi Aono

film director · b. 1983

Days alive

1

Toto Wolff

Toto Wolff

racing automobile driver · b. 1972

Days alive

1,462

Vasili Eroshenko

🇬🇧Vasili Eroshenko

writer · 1890–1952

Days lived

22,991

Víctor Pérez Alonso

🇪🇸Víctor Pérez Alonso

football player · b. 1988

Days alive

1

Vlastimil Hort

🇩🇪Vlastimil Hort

Czech-German chess player · 1944–2025

Days lived

29,707

Zack de la Rocha

🇺🇸Zack de la Rocha

singer · b. 1970

Days alive

2,192

Zayn Malik

🇬🇧Zayn Malik

Singer, songwriter · b. 1993

Days alive

1

Amir Bhatia, Baron Bhatia

🇬🇧Amir Bhatia, Baron Bhatia

British politician (1932–2024) · 1932–2024

Days lived

33,538

Champion Jack Dupree

🇺🇸Champion Jack Dupree

American blues pianist (1910–1992) · 1909–1992

Days lived

30,032

Ellen Thesleff

🇫🇮Ellen Thesleff

Finnish painter (1869-1954) · 1869–1954

Days lived

30,780

Frank E. McKinney

🇺🇸Frank E. McKinney

chairman of the Democratic National Committee · 1905–1974

Days lived

25,214

Gavriil Agarkov

Gavriil Agarkov

Soviet aeronautical engineer and industrial manager (1905-1992) · 1905–1992

Days lived

31,709

Gianluigi Bonelli

🇮🇹Gianluigi Bonelli

writer · 1908–2001

Days lived

33,625

Graham Taylor

🇬🇧Graham Taylor

football player · 1944–2017

Days lived

26,418

Henri-Georges Clouzot

🇫🇷Henri-Georges Clouzot

French film director, screenwriter and producer (1907–1977) · 1907–1977

Days lived

25,257

Inge Vermeulen

🇺🇸Inge Vermeulen

field hockey player (1985–2015) · 1985–2015

Days lived

10,964

Jürg Federspiel

🇨🇭Jürg Federspiel

Swiss writer (1931-2007) · 1931–2007

Days lived

27,593

Ludwig Biermann

🇩🇪Ludwig Biermann

German astronomer (1907-1986) · 1907–1986

Days lived

28,796

Marcel Arland

🇫🇷Marcel Arland

writer · 1899–1986

Days lived

31,603

Paul Johnson

🇬🇧Paul Johnson

journalist · 1928–2023

Days lived

34,405

Roberto Noble

🇦🇷Roberto Noble

journalist · 1902–1969

Days lived

24,233

Tito Warnholtz

🇩🇪Tito Warnholtz

field hockey player (1906–1993) · 1906–1993

Days lived

31,742

Zygmunt Hübner

🇵🇱Zygmunt Hübner

Polish actor (1930–1989) · 1930–1989

Days lived

21,481

Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra

🇵🇪Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra

deceased

politician · 1880–1976

Days lived

34,808

William Greggan

🇬🇧William Greggan

athlete · 1882–1976

Days lived

34,032

Rafael von Frenckell

🇫🇮Rafael von Frenckell

Finnish CEO of Rosenlew company · 1883–1978

Days lived

34,699

Imogen Cunningham

🇺🇸Imogen Cunningham

artist · 1883–1976

Days lived

34,041

Horst von der Goltz

Horst von der Goltz

German spy and actor · b. 1884

Days alive

33,614

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler

🇫🇷Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler

writer · 1884–1979

Days lived

34,533

Paul Oppenheim

🇩🇪Paul Oppenheim

chemist · 1885–1977

Days lived

33,608

Grete Freund

🇦🇹Grete Freund

actor · 1885–1982

Days lived

35,393

Ernst Bloch

🇨🇭Ernst Bloch

philosopher · 1885–1977

Days lived

33,630

Sonia Delaunay

🇫🇷Sonia Delaunay

French painter (1885–1979) · 1885–1979

Days lived

34,354

Oskar Kokoschka

🇦🇹Oskar Kokoschka

artist · 1886–1980

Days lived

34,326

Clemens Holzmeister

🇦🇹Clemens Holzmeister

Austrian architect and stage designer (1886–1983) · 1886–1983

Days lived

35,506

Nicholas Prokopievich Miholaps

🇧🇾Nicholas Prokopievich Miholaps

Soviet ceramic artist, director of the National Art Museum of Belarus (1886-1979) · 1886–1979

Days lived

34,213

Willem Drees

🇳🇱Willem Drees

Dutch politician (1886–1988) · 1886–1988

Days lived

37,204

Hans von Obstfelder

🇩🇪Hans von Obstfelder

military person · 1886–1976

Days lived

32,978

Armin T. Wegner

🇩🇪Armin T. Wegner

German pacifist, writer and poet (1886–1978) · 1886–1978

Days lived

33,451

Zhu De

🇨🇳Zhu De

politician · 1886–1976

Days lived

32,725

Arthur Rubinstein

Arthur Rubinstein

classical pianist · 1887–1982

Days lived

35,025

Lonesome George

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,431

Lin Wang

🇹🇼Lin Wang

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,468

Ham

🇺🇸Ham

Chimpanzee · 1957–1983

Days lived

9,334

Washoe

🇺🇸Washoe

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,400

Digit

🇷🇼Digit

Mountain gorilla · 1967–1977

Days lived

4,018

Secretariat

🇺🇸Secretariat

Thoroughbred horse · 1970–1989

Days lived

7,129

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

50,050

HSBC

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

40,492

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

39,458

Goldman Sachs

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

39,092

Eli Lilly

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

36,536

Chevron

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

35,188

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

59,519

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

40,188

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

18,540

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

16,083

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

13,993

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

11,970

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

1,390

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

207