On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
November 15 2004
Born on This Day
A. L. Abdul Majeed
deceasedCeylonese (Sri Lankan) politician (1932-1987) · 1932–1987
Days lived
20,087
Adolf Bartels🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1862–1945) · 1862–1945
Days lived
30,062
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Aleksander Kwaśniewski🇵🇱
President of Poland from 1995 to 2005 · b. 1954
Days alive
18,263
Anders Nygren🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish bishop (1890–1978) · 1890–1978
Days lived
32,115
Anna de Noailles🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1876–1933
Days lived
20,619
Armin Brinkmann🇩🇪
model · b. 1948
Days alive
20,454
Auguste Hargus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player, sportsperson and athletics competitor (1909-1995) · 1909–1995
Days lived
31,094
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B.o.B🇺🇸
singer · b. 1988
Days alive
5,844
Bill Richardson🇺🇸
deceasedFormer Governor, Diplomat · 1947–2023
Days lived
27,684
Bo Matthews🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1951
Days alive
19,359
Brent Cockbain🇦🇺
Australian rugby union player · b. 1974
Days alive
10,958
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Burhan Qurbani🇩🇪
actor · b. 1980
Days alive
8,766
Carolyne Oughton🇨🇦
Olympic alpine skier · b. 1952
Days alive
18,993
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Charles Godfrey🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1985
Days alive
6,940
Charles Thias🇺🇸
deceasedathlete · 1879–1922
Days lived
15,709
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Curtis LeMay🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1906–1990
Days lived
30,636
Cynthia Breazeal🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1967
Days alive
13,515
Daniel Barenboim
pianist · b. 1942
Days alive
22,646
Derek Hodgson
deceasedBritish Archdeacon · 1931–2007
Days lived
27,766
E-40🇺🇸
American rapper · b. 1967
Days alive
13,515
Ed Asner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1929–2021) · 1929–2021
Days lived
33,525
Eddie Harvey🇬🇧
deceasedBritish pianist, music educator and jazz musician (1925-2012) · 1925–2012
Days lived
31,740
Eugeniusz Kłopotek🇵🇱
Polish politician · b. 1953
Days alive
18,628
Francesco Rosi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1922–2015) · 1922–2015
Days lived
33,659
Georg Ringsgwandl🇩🇪
actor · b. 1948
Days alive
20,454
Gerhart Hauptmann
deceasedGerman dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 (1862-1946) · 1862–1946
Days lived
30,518
Hans Michael Jebsen🇩🇪
Hong Kong businessman, 1956- · b. 1956
Days alive
17,532
Helmut Fischer🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1926–1997
Days lived
25,779
Huh Gak🇰🇷
singer · b. 1984
Days alive
7,305
Hung Tin Chiu
Hong Kong actor · b. 1979
Days alive
9,132
Jan Řehula🇨🇿
Czech triathlete · b. 1973
Days alive
11,323
Jimmy Choo
Shoe Designer · b. 1948
Days alive
20,454
Joe Bataan🇺🇸
rapper · b. 1942
Days alive
22,646
Jonny Lee Miller🇺🇸
actor · b. 1972
Days alive
11,688
Judith Richter🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1978
Days alive
9,497
Karl Günther🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actor (1885-1951) · 1885–1951
Days lived
23,964
Karl-Anthony Towns🇺🇸
Basketball player · b. 1995
Days alive
3,288
Kevin S. Bright🇺🇸
actor · b. 1954
Days alive
18,263
Konrad Baumann🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1991
Days alive
4,749
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Mwai Kibaki🇰🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1931–2022
Days lived
33,030
Otto Baum🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1911–1998
Days lived
31,627
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Pedro Caixinha🇵🇹
Portuguese football manager · b. 1970
Days alive
12,419
Petar Drapšin
deceasedmilitary person · 1914–1945
Days lived
11,310
Peter Tiepold🇩🇪
boxer · b. 1945
Days alive
21,550
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Quanitra Hollingsworth🇺🇸
Turkish basketball player (born 1988) · b. 1988
Days alive
5,844
Randy Savage🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1952–2011
Days lived
21,370
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Robert Kendrick🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1979
Days alive
9,132
Roland Schmaltz🇩🇪
German chess player · b. 1974
Days alive
10,958
Ryan Jackson🇺🇸
film director · b. 1971
Days alive
12,054
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Sérgio Conceição🇵🇹
Portuguese professional football manager and former player · b. 1974
Days alive
10,958
Shirish Atre-Pai🇮🇳
deceasedsocial worker and writer from Maharashtra, India (1929-2017) · 1929–2017
Days lived
32,068
Sule🇮🇩
actor · b. 1976
Days alive
10,227
Sylvan Goldman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican inventor (1898–1984) · 1898–1984
Days lived
31,421
Tiit Sokk🇬🇷
basketball player · b. 1964
Days alive
14,610
Werner Eichhorn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1922-2005) · 1922–2005
Days lived
30,192
Yaphet Kotto
deceasedtelevision actor · 1939–2021
Days lived
29,706
Yi U🇰🇷
deceasedmilitary person · 1912–1945
Days lived
11,953
Zlatko Kranjčar🇭🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1956–2021
Days lived
23,482
Died on This Day
Annemarie Schwarzenbach🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer, journalist and photographer (1908–1942) · 1908–1942
Days lived
12,594
Eddie Elias🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican sports executive · 1928–1998
Days lived
25,540
Einar Albinsson🇸🇪
deceasedathlete · 1893–1967
Days lived
27,263
Émile Durkheim🇫🇷
deceasedphilosopher · 1858–1917
Days lived
21,763
Eric Fraser🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1902–1983
Days lived
29,742
Ferdinand Dümmler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman philologist and archaeologist (1859-1896) · 1859–1896
Days lived
13,793
Jean Gabin🇫🇷
deceasedsinger · 1904–1976
Days lived
26,480
Lionel Barrymore
deceasedOscar Winners · 1878–1954
Days lived
27,959
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Margaret Mead🇺🇸
deceasedAnthropologist · 1901–1978
Days lived
28,093
Meret Oppenheim🇨🇭
deceasedartist · 1913–1985
Days lived
26,338
Nathuram Godse
deceasedNotable Trials · 1910–1949
Days lived
14,425
Robert Oerley🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1876-1945) · 1876–1945
Days lived
25,284
Rod Thomas🇬🇧
deceasedfootball player · 1947–2025
Days lived
28,798
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Rudolf Abel
deceasedNotable Trials · 1903–1971
Days lived
24,964
Rudolf Kippenhahn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astrophysicist (1926–2020) · 1926–2020
Days lived
34,509
Sándor Giesswein🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian priest, politician, Esperantist, writer, social reformist and pacifist (1856-1923) · 1856–1923
Days lived
24,755
Trudel Wulle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1925–2021) · 1925–2021
Days lived
35,100
Vinoba Bhave🇮🇳
deceasedwriter · 1895–1982
Days lived
31,841
Walter Heitler🇨🇭
deceasedphilosopher · 1904–1981
Days lived
28,442
Wilhelm Stuckart🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1902–1953
Days lived
18,627
William Turnbull🇬🇧
deceasedScottish artist (1922-2012) · 1922–2012
Days lived
33,181
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
55,470
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,148
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,496
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,159
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,034
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,939
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,939
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
37,939
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
37,939
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,939
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
37,939
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,939
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
37,939
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
37,939
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
37,939
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,939
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Alice Herz-Sommer🇮🇱
deceasedmusician · 1903–2014
Days lived
40,267
Johannes Heesters🇦🇹
deceasedDutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011) · 1903–2011
Days lived
39,466
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
36,844
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Harriet🇦🇺
deceasedGalápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
63,141
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Alex🇺🇸
deceasedAfrican grey parrot · 1976–2007
Days lived
11,433
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
8,784
Tilikum🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1981–2017
Days lived
12,796
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,314
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,011
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,584
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,026
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
49,992
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,626
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,070
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,722
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,521
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,035
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,053
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,722
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,074
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,617
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,527
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,504
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
23,964
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,386
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
11,924
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,741
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,036
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,349
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,306
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,085