On This Day

Actor · 1894–1952

American actor and comedian · b. 1950

American football player · b. 1979

American cinematographer and director of film and television · b. 1944

Canadian-American applied mathematician and computer scientist · 1929–2024

K-pop Idol (EXO) · b. 1992

Actor · b. 1965

French businessman · b. 1954

basketball player · b. 1982

film director · 1910–2006

German judge; the first woman judge at the German Federal Constitutional Court (1893–1983) · 1893–1983

German Army officer (1865-1940) · 1865–1940

model · 1904–1987

Austrian politician · b. 1956

journalist · 1866–1946

scientist · 1853–1926

German Righteous Among the Nations (1916–2008) · 1916–2008

German field hockey player · b. 1963

scientist · b. 1940

German association football player and manager (1923–2015) · 1923–2015

German science journalist and television presenter · b. 1936

English footballer (1935-2018) · 1935–2018

German general (1887–1968) · 1887–1968

Spanish artist (1876–1942) · 1876–1942

Film actor · b. 1980

German television presenter · b. 1971

writer · 1909–1972

American actor (1931–2012) · 1931–2012

singer · 1934–2016

singer · b. 1972

entrepreneur · b. 1943

American actor (born 1971) · b. 1971

chess player (1922-2001) · 1922–2001

German flying ace (1890–1916) · 1890–1916

rapper · 1958–1994

American television personality and actress · b. 1981

Italian politician, actress and singer · b. 1943

actor · b. 1978

American businessman (1903-1956) · 1903–1956

German spy · b. 1945

American television host and actress (born 1968) · b. 1968

businessperson · b. 1966

Mexican-born Native American actor · b. 1982

basketball player · b. 1957

Film director · b. 1931

actor · b. 1947

actor · b. 1964

sport cyclist · b. 1998

American actress and singer · b. 1974

German journalist and TV presenter · b. 1967

Swiss actor and singer (1920-1998) · 1920–1998

scientist · 1936–2019

Investor & Author · 1894–1976

American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (1929–2024) · 1929–2024

entrepreneur · 1886–1957

German actor (1918–1996) · 1918–1996

English wiccan (1911–2001) · 1910–2001

athlete · 1959–1998

Swiss author (1928-2018) · 1928–2018

journalist · 1875–1958

German politician (1890–1967) · 1890–1967

athlete · 1930–2008

Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933) · 1896–1933

musician · 1907–1977

entrepreneur · 1922–2017

Finnish politician and business magnate · 1870–1948

German politician (1894–1964) · 1894–1964

German astronomer (1867–1951) · 1867–1951

American anthropologist (1883–1957) · 1883–1957

Polish-Australian animation producer and director (1926–2005) · 1926–2015

American football player · b. 1891

German military personnel · 1891–2000

American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992

athlete · b. 1892

artist · 1892–1995

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

American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993

Ballet dancer · 1894–1991

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

military person · 1895–2000

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

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

German general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992

Brazilian journalist · 1896–1995

chemist · 1896–1997

Austrian-American actress (1896-1994) · 1896–1994

Austrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Orca · 1977–2003

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

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Film · b. 1979

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Film · b. 1980