On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
February 21 2005
Born on This Day
Alan Rickman🇬🇧
deceasedActor, director · 1946–2016
Days lived
25,529
Alan Trammell🇺🇸
American Hall of Fame baseball player, coach and manager · b. 1958
Days alive
17,167
Alyaksandar Lukhvich🇧🇾
football player · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784
Anaïs Nin🇨🇺
deceasedWriter · 1903–1977
Days lived
26,991
Andrew Ellis🇳🇿
New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1984
Days alive
7,671
Antonio María Javierre Ortas🇪🇸
deceasedCatholic cardinal, Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (1921-2007) · 1921–2007
Days lived
31,391
Armin Rosin🇩🇪
musician · b. 1939
Days alive
24,107
August von Wassermann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman bacteriologist (1866-1925) · 1866–1925
Days lived
21,572
Benoît Lesoimier🇫🇷
French footballer · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
Brendan Sexton III🇺🇸
actor · b. 1980
Days alive
9,132
Corbin Bleu🇺🇸
singer · b. 1989
Days alive
5,844
Cosimo Damiano Fonseca🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest and medievalist (1932-2025) · 1932–2025
Days lived
33,986
Daniel Ek🇫🇷
CEO of Spotify · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
Daniel Fehlow🇩🇪
actor · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958
Donizete Oliveira🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1968
Days alive
13,515
Elsie Attenhofer🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss entertainer (1909-1999) · 1909–1999
Days lived
32,987
Eniola Aluko🇬🇧
football player · b. 1987
Days alive
6,575
Floor Jansen
Dutch singer · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
Garra Dembélé🇫🇷
Malian and French footballer · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
Georg Lippold🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1885-1954) · 1885–1954
Days lived
25,353
Greg Dayman🇳🇿
field hockey player · b. 1947
Days alive
21,185
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Hannah Fry🇬🇧
Science communicator · b. 1984
Days alive
7,671
Hans Ertl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman mountaineer and cinematographer (1908–2000) · 1908–2000
Days lived
33,848
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Heinz Zednik🇦🇹
Austrian tenor · b. 1940
Days alive
23,742
Isaac Julien🇬🇧
British artist and film director (born 1960) · b. 1960
Days alive
16,437
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Jennifer Love Hewitt🇺🇸
singer · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Jordan Peele
Actor · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
José Miguel Antúnez🇪🇸
Spanish basketball player · b. 1967
Days alive
13,880
Julius Viel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and torturer · 1918–2002
Days lived
30,685
Kelsey Grammer🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1955
Days alive
18,263
Larry Pennell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican television and film actor (1928–2013) · 1928–2013
Days lived
31,235
Leeseo (Lee Hyun-seo)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (IVE) · b. 2007
Margarethe von Trotta🇩🇪
German film director (born 1942) · b. 1942
Days alive
23,011
Marian Anderson
deceasedopera singer · 1897–1993
Days lived
35,109
Max von Thun🇦🇹
German-Austrian actor (born 1977) · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
Mykolas Sleževičius🇱🇹
deceasedjournalist · 1882–1939
Days lived
21,081
Nina Simone🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1933–2003
Days lived
25,626
Olympia Snowe🇺🇸
politician · b. 1947
Days alive
21,185
Otto Kittel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman officer and fighter pilot during World War II (1917–1945) · 1917–1945
Days lived
10,220
Peter Lee Lawrence
deceasedGerman actor (1944-1974) · 1944–1974
Days lived
11,015
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Ralf Bartels🇩🇪
German shot putter · b. 1978
Days alive
9,862
Randy Lerner🇺🇸
American sports team owner · b. 1962
Days alive
15,706
Robert Mugabe
deceasedpolitician · 1924–2019
Days lived
34,896
Rue McClanahan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress and comedian (1934-2010) · 1934–2010
Days lived
27,861
Sam Peckinpah🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1925–1984
Days lived
21,860
Steven Palazzo🇺🇸
U.S. Representative from Mississippi · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784
Thelma Estrin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist and engineer · 1924–2014
Days lived
32,867
Tuomas Ketola🇫🇮
Finnish tennis player · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958
Urs Schönenberger🇨🇭
Swiss football manager · b. 1959
Days alive
16,802
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Victor Schiff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1895-1953) · 1895–1953
Days lived
21,297
Wendy (Son Seung-wan)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (Red Velvet) · b. 1994
Days alive
4,018
Will Best🌍
Television presenter · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305
Wolfgang Frank🇩🇪
deceasedGerman football player and manager (1951–2013) · 1951–2013
Days lived
22,844
Yannis Skondras🇬🇷
Greek footballer · b. 1990
Days alive
5,479
Died on This Day
Alfred Andersch🇨🇭
deceasedjournalist · 1914–1980
Days lived
24,123
Daniel Boemle🇨🇭
deceasedsinger · 1960–2007
Days lived
16,907
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Eddy Tiel🇳🇱
deceasedfield hockey player (1926–1993) · 1926–1993
Days lived
24,161
Eugen Rex🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor · 1884–1943
Days lived
21,411
Gerhard Dammann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1883–1946) · 1883–1946
Days lived
22,973
Gerő Buzás🇭🇺
deceasedmodel · 1904–1987
Days lived
30,103
Hans Reffert🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1946–2016
Days lived
25,419
Hedwig Lachmann🇬🇧
deceasedGerman author, translator and poet (1865-1918) · 1865–1918
Days lived
19,176
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes🇳🇱
deceasedscientist · 1853–1926
Days lived
26,450
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Henry Jordan🇺🇸
deceasedPlayer of American football (1935-1977) · 1935–1977
Days lived
15,367
Jacques Becker🇫🇷
deceasedFrench screenwriter and film director (1906-1960) · 1906–1960
Days lived
19,517
John Sherman Cooper🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician, jurist, and diplomat (1901–1991) · 1901–1991
Days lived
32,689
Margot Fonteyn🇬🇧
deceasedBritish ballerina · 1919–1991
Days lived
26,212
Mikhail Sholokhov
deceasedjournalist · 1905–1984
Days lived
28,762
Mordechai-Haim Stern🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician (1914–1975) · 1914–1975
Days lived
22,043
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Otto Kraemer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman mechanical engineer and artist (1900–1986) · 1900–1986
Days lived
31,257
Sándor Márai🇭🇺
deceasedjournalist · 1900–1989
Days lived
32,458
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Stanley Donen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director and choreographer (1924-2019) · 1924–2019
Days lived
34,647
Stella Hohenfels🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1854–1920
Days lived
24,051
Wilmer Mizell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1930-1999) · 1930–1999
Days lived
25,029
Wim Geestman🇳🇱
deceasedDutch baseball player (1920-1991) · 1920–1991
Days lived
25,775
Wolfgang Baumgart🇩🇪
deceasedOlympic medalist (1949-2011) · 1949–2011
Days lived
22,401
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
55,568
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,246
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,594
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,257
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,132
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,037
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,037
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,037
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,037
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,037
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,037
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,037
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,037
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,037
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,037
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,037
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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
36,942
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
63,239
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
8,882
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
61,412
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,109
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,682
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,124
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,090
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,724
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,168
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,820
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,619
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,133
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,151
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,820
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,172
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,715
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,625
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,602
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,062
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,484
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,022
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,839
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,134
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,447
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,404
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,183