On This Day

field hockey player (1904-1991) · 1904–1991

Singer · b. 1984

German association football manager and former player · b. 1959

Stage actor · 1928–2026

American golfer, tennis and real tennis player (1865–1945) · 1865–1945

American pornographic actor, bodybuilder, personal trainer, stripper, adult and fitness model · b. 1960

cross-country skier · 1929–2014

journalist · b. 1945

Actor · b. 1968

writer · 1937–2018

Austrian politician (1919–1998) · 1919–1998

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

writer · 1864–1939

German writer · b. 1960

actor · b. 1998

politician · 1858–1924

writer · 1908–2001

Italian singer-songwriter and composer · b. 1944

German actor, director, intendant (1899-1963) · 1899–1963

Swiss writer (1929-2009) · 1929–2009

American artist (1960–1988) · 1960–1988

English writer on the subjects of Freemasonry and esotericism (1885–1949) · 1885–1949

singer · b. 1989

German astronomer (1890–1975) · 1890–1975

Austrian architect (1867–1908) · 1867–1908

singer · b. 2000

Danish actress · b. 1974

German footballer (1949-2019) · 1949–2019

German boxer · b. 1973

German sports coach · b. 1963

singer · 1897–1961

Polish weightlifter (1936–2006) · 1936–2006

politician · b. 1948

Mexican boxer (born 1990) · b. 1990

British actress (1909–1998) · 1909–1998

German politician (1922-1987) · 1922–1987

politician · b. 1947

actor · b. 1962

singer-songwriter · 1949–2012

American actress (1922-1999) · 1922–1999

Olympic Gold Medalists · b. 1969

film director · b. 1944

Mexican association football player · b. 1986

Actor · 1964–2016

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

actor · b. 1972

athlete · b. 1949

Czechoslovak table tennis player · 1920–2003

film director · b. 1976

athlete · 1924–2012

American football player and coach (1925-2011) · 1925–2011

English male singer-songwriter and guitarist (1951–2025) · 1951–2025

Actor · 1902–1979

Russian entrepreneur and researcher (1933–2021) · 1933–2021

American musician (1897–1971) · 1897–1971

German architect (1852-1921) · 1852–1921

German politician and economist (1870–1943) · 1870–1943

American historian (1907-1985) · 1907–1985

actor · 1947–2023

English musician (1944–2014) · 1944–2014

German Wehrmacht general Officer in the Wehrmacht’s Luftwaffe Branch · 1898–1951

German opponent of the Nazis who belonged to the Red Orchestra (1913-1942) · 1913–1942

Yugoslav writer and art historian (1904–1993) · 1904–1993

entrepreneur · 1883–1947

German film director and actor (1891-1978) · 1891–1978

Russian painter and graphic artist (1900-1937) · 1900–1937

American baseball player (1976–2012) · 1976–2012

Irish writer (1906–1989) · 1906–1989

member of the House of Saud (1931-2018) · 1930–2018

German actor · 1944–2025

athlete · b. 1892

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

American urban climber · b. 1898

politician · 1898–2003

Scottish chemist · 1899–2001

scientist · 1900–2001

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Marathi poet · b. 1901

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

artist · b. 1901

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

entrepreneur · b. 1901

scientist · b. 1901

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