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January 15 1990

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Born on This Day

🇩🇪Alexander Fritz
deceased
German chess player (1857–1932) · 1857–1932
Days lived
27,490
🇷🇺Artem Zabelin
basketball player · b. 1988
Days alive
731
🇷🇺Artyom Kozlov
football player · b. 1993
🇨🇳Bu Tao
film director · b. 1983
Days alive
2,557
🇺🇸Chad Lowe
Film producer · b. 1968
Days alive
8,036
🇦🇹Christian Anders
musician · b. 1945
Days alive
16,436
🇦🇹Christiane Soeder
Austrian cyclist · b. 1975
Days alive
5,479
🇫🇷Dan Ar Braz
singer · b. 1949
Days alive
14,975
🇩🇪Daniel Caligiuri
Italian footballer · b. 1988
Days alive
731
🇩🇪Dina Gralla
deceased
actor · 1905–1994
Days lived
32,807
🇺🇸Don Cooper
American baseball player and coach · b. 1957
Days alive
12,053
🇺🇸Drew Brees
American football player and television analyst (born 1979) · b. 1979
Days alive
4,018
🇬🇧Eddie Hall
British strongman · b. 1988
Days alive
731
🇳🇴Erling Kagge
athlete · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
🇬🇧Ernest Thesiger
deceased
actor (1879-1961) · 1879–1961
Days lived
29,949
🇦🇷Fernando Forestieri
football player · b. 1990
Days alive
0
🇬🇧Flux Pavilion
rapper · b. 1989
Days alive
365
🇩🇪Georg Ratzinger
deceased
German musician and Catholic priest (1924-2020) · 1924–2020
Days lived
35,232
🇩🇪Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony
deceased
Last Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saxony (1893–1943) · 1893–1943
Days lived
18,380
🇦🇹Götz Kauffmann
deceased
actor · 1949–2010
Days lived
22,291
🇬🇧Graham Moodie
British field hockey player · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
🇩🇪Günter Maschke
deceased
German journalist and writer · 1943–2022
Days lived
28,878
🇩🇪Hartmut Geerken
deceased
German musician, writer and filmmaker (1939–2021) · 1939–2021
Days lived
30,230
🇩🇪Horst Lichter
German television cook, cookbook author and presenter · b. 1962
Days alive
10,227
🇭🇺István Zádor
deceased
Hungarian painter (1882-1963) · 1882–1963
Days lived
29,712
🇮🇩Jefri Nichol
Actor · b. 1999
🇪🇸Jordi Bertomeu
President, Chairman, and CEO of Euroleague Basketball Company · b. 1959
Days alive
11,323
🇩🇪Juli Gudehus
artist · b. 1968
Days alive
8,036
🇩🇪Jürgen Roters
German politician · b. 1949
Days alive
14,975
🇺🇸Kenny Easley
deceased
American football player (1959–2025) · 1959–2025
Days lived
24,410
Lajos Berszán
model · b. 1943
Days alive
17,167
🇺🇸Mario Van Peebles
American actor and producer · b. 1957
Days alive
12,053
🇭🇺Márk Lakatos
Hungarian stylist, fashion journalist, costume designer · b. 1975
Days alive
5,479
🇺🇸Martin Luther King Jr.
deceased
Civil rights leader and minister · 1929–1968
Days lived
14,324
Martin Petrov
football player · b. 1979
Days alive
4,018
🇩🇪Meret Becker
singer · b. 1969
Days alive
7,670
🇨🇦Michael Hayden
Sculptor in Light (born 1943) · b. 1943
Days alive
17,167
🇩🇪Michael Schanze
German singer and television presenter · b. 1947
Days alive
15,706
🇮🇹Paolo Quinteros
Argentine basketball player · b. 1979
Days alive
4,018
🇺🇸Pitbull
American rapper (born 1981) · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
🇺🇸Regina King
Actor · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
🇩🇪Sascha Göpel
German actor · b. 1979
Days alive
4,018
🇺🇸Skrillex
Producer & DJ · b. 1988
Days alive
731
🇰🇷Song Soon-chun
deceased
South Korean boxer (1934-2019) · 1934–2019
Days lived
31,319
🇩🇪Walter Stöhrer
deceased
German artist (1937-2000) · 1937–2000
Days lived
23,096
🇩🇪Wilhelm Marx
deceased
German politician (1863–1946) · 1863–1946
Days lived
30,517
🇮🇱Ze’ev Levy
deceased
Israeli philosopher · 1921–2010
Days lived
32,567
🇦🇹Zenita Komad
artist · b. 1980
Days alive
3,653
🇨🇳Zhao Chaojun
Olympic weightlifter · b. 1988
Days alive
731

Died on This Day

🇬🇧Bob Stirling
deceased
English rugby union footballer (1919-1991) · 1919–1991
Days lived
26,066
🇺🇸Bruno Nettl
deceased
American ethnomusicologist (1930–2020) · 1930–2020
Days lived
32,814

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
50,052
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,730

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
57,723

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,896
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,593

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,103
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,617

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,546
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
11,968

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🇺🇸Dan Haggerty

deceased

American actor (1942–2016) · 1942–2016

Days lived

26,720

🇮🇪Dolores O'Riordan

Singer-songwriter · 1971–2018

Days lived

16,933

🇵🇭Eduardo Hontiveros

Filipino musician · 1923–2008

Days lived

30,707

🇦🇹Erwin Obermair

Austrian amateur astronomer (1946-2017) · 1946–2017

Days lived

25,707

🇭🇺Frigyes Hollósi

athlete · 1905–1979

Days lived

26,811

🇩🇪Georg Michael Anton Kerschensteiner

German educational theorist (1854-1932) · 1854–1932

Days lived

28,293

🇩🇪Johannes Baader

writer · 1875–1955

Days lived

29,061

🇮🇱Karel Salomon

singer · 1897–1974

Days lived

27,821

Karl Liebknecht

Notable Trials · 1871–1919

Days lived

17,321

🇦🇹Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild

entrepreneur · 1882–1955

Days lived

26,613

🇯🇵Nagisa Ōshima

Japanese film director and screenwriter (1932–2013) · 1932–2013

Days lived

29,510

🇮🇹Nino Cerruti

Couturier (1930–2022) · 1930–2022

Days lived

33,350

🇫🇷Paul Séjourné

scientist · 1851–1939

Days lived

31,801

🇩🇪Rosa Luxemburg

politician · 1871–1919

Days lived

17,482

🇩🇪Walter Ernsting

German writer (1920–2005) · 1920–2005

Days lived

30,897

🇩🇪Werner Freyberg

field hockey player (1902-1973) · 1902–1973

Days lived

25,738

🇩🇪Werner Lesser

athlete · 1932–2005

Days lived

26,444

🇬🇧William Boyd Dawkins

Geologist · 1837–1929

Days lived

33,257

🇫🇷Yves Mariot

football player · 1948–2000

Days lived

18,821

Željko Ražnatović

Notable Trials · 1952–2000

Days lived

17,439

🇮🇹Zeno Saltini

Italian priest (1900–1981) · 1900–1981

Days lived

29,358

🇪🇸José Miguel Barandiarán

deceased

Basque anthropologist, etnologist and archaeologist (1889–1991) · 1889–1991

Days lived

37,244

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

36,078

🇩🇪Johannes Paul

scientist · 1891–1990

Days lived

36,178

🇩🇪Walter Schenk

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,634

🇺🇸Hal Roach

American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992

Days lived

36,817

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

35,741

Lang Jingshan

artist · 1892–1995

Days lived

37,506

🇱🇹Zośka Vieras

Belarusian writer and poet (1892-1991) · 1892–1991

Days lived

36,166

🇫🇷Erté

Russian-born French designer (1892-1990) · 1892–1990

Days lived

35,620

🇺🇸Lillian Gish

American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993

Days lived

36,295

🇺🇸Martha Graham

Ballet dancer · 1894–1991

Days lived

35,388

🇮🇹Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

Italian film director (1894–1998) · 1894–1998

Days lived

37,799

Hermann Florstedt

military person · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,302

🇦🇹Adolf Pokorny

Austrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895-?) · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,144

🇺🇸Silas Simmons

American baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006

Days lived

40,557

🇩🇪Heinrich Eberbach

German general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992

Days lived

35,295

🇺🇸Trude Fleischmann

Austrian-born American photographer (1895-1990) · 1895–1990

Days lived

34,363

🇧🇷Sylvia de Arruda Botelho Bittencourt

Brazilian journalist · 1896–1995

Days lived

36,188

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,430

🇹🇼Lin Wang

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,467

🇺🇸Washoe

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,399

🇺🇸Koko

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,152

🇺🇸Alex

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Days lived

11,433

🇮🇸Keiko

Orca · 1977–2003

Days lived

9,841

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

55,166

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

45,608

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

44,574

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,208

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

41,652

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,304

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

64,635

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,304

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

23,656

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,199

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,109

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

17,086

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

6,506

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,323

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

4,618

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

3,931

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

3,888

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

3,667