On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
February 22 2005
Born on This Day
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Abe Attell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer · 1883–1970
Days lived
31,761
Abraham Minero🇪🇸
football player · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
Adam Blackley🇦🇺
Australian baseball player · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305
Alf Poier🇦🇹
singer · b. 1967
Days alive
13,880
Archil Arveladze🇬🇪
athlete · b. 1973
Days alive
11,688
Bayume Mohamed Husen🇹🇿
deceasedGerman actor and victim of National Socialism (1904-1944) · 1904–1944
Days lived
14,886
Ben Sasse🇺🇸
Politician · b. 1972
Days alive
12,054
Bill Frist🇺🇸
American physician, businessman, and politician · b. 1952
Days alive
19,359
Chakuza🇦🇹
Austrian rapper · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
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Christine Theiss🇩🇪
German kickboxer · b. 1980
Days alive
9,132
Claudia Hiersche🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
Connor Storrie🇺🇸
Actor · b. 2000
Days alive
1,827
Dan Millman🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1946
Days alive
21,550
Danja🇺🇸
American record producer and songwriter from Virginia · b. 1982
Days alive
8,401
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Drew Barrymore🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958
Edna St. Vincent Millay🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1892–1950
Days lived
21,423
Edward Frossard
deceasedAnglican Priest · 1887–1948
Days lived
22,452
Engelbert Hundertpfund🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian cross-country skier · 1918–1999
Days lived
29,653
Ernst Huberty🇩🇪
deceasedGerman sports journalist (1927–2023) · 1927–2023
Days lived
35,125
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Ernst Jäckh🇺🇸
deceasedJournalist and Orientalist (1875–1959) · 1875–1959
Days lived
30,856
Florian Kunz🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1972
Days alive
12,054
François Cavanna🇫🇷
deceasedFrench writer, journalist, cartoonist, publisher and press owner (1923-2014) · 1923–2014
Days lived
33,214
Franz Kutschera🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian policeman and war criminal (1904-1944) · 1904–1944
Days lived
14,589
Fritz Strassmann🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1902–1980
Days lived
28,549
Giuliano Montaldo🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1930–2023) · 1930–2023
Days lived
34,164
Hakan Yakın🇨🇭
Turkish-Swiss association football player (born 1977) · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
Harumi Miyako🇯🇵
Japanese singer and actress (1948-) · b. 1948
Days alive
20,820
Heinrich Hertz🇩🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1857–1894
Days lived
13,462
Hildegard Maria Rauchfuß🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1918–2000) · 1918–2000
Days lived
30,046
Horst Köhler🇵🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1943–2025
Days lived
29,930
Hugo Ball🇩🇪
deceasedGerman author, poet and one of the leading Dada artists (1886–1927) · 1886–1927
Days lived
15,178
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James Blunt🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1974
Days alive
11,323
Jean-Bedel Bokassa
deceasedNotable Trials · 1921–1996
Days lived
27,648
Joachim Witt🇩🇪
German rock musician · b. 1949
Days alive
20,454
Jonathan Demme🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1944–2017
Days lived
26,727
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Julius Erving🇺🇸
American basketball player (born 1950) · b. 1950
Days alive
20,089
Karl Koller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Wehrmacht general Officer in the Wehrmacht’s Luftwaffe Branch · 1898–1951
Days lived
19,660
Karl Otto Götz🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1914–2017
Days lived
37,799
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Khun Sa🇲🇾
deceasedBurmese mobster (1934-2007) · 1934–2007
Days lived
26,909
Kurt Haverbeck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player and physician (1899–1988) · 1899–1988
Days lived
32,529
Louise Dumont🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1862–1932
Days lived
25,650
Luis Buñuel🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish-Mexican filmmaker (1900–1983) · 1900–1983
Days lived
30,472
Michael Chang🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1972
Days alive
12,054
Michael Johnston🇺🇸
Film actor · b. 1996
Days alive
3,288
Nelson Bunker Hunt🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman (1926-2014) · 1926–2014
Days lived
32,383
Niki Lauda🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1949–2019
Days lived
25,654
Olga Orgonista🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1901–1978
Days lived
28,395
Otto Modersohn
deceasedGerman painter (1865-1943) · 1865–1943
Days lived
28,504
Pedro Ochoa🇦🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1900–1947
Days lived
17,361
Pulsedriver🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1974
Days alive
11,323
Rajon Rondo🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
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Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1857–1941
Days lived
30,635
Rüdiger Rainer Minor🇩🇪
deceasedGerman bishop (1939–2017) · 1939–2017
Days lived
28,683
Shota Arveladze🇬🇪
athlete · b. 1973
Days alive
11,688
Steve Irwin🇦🇺
deceasedConservationist, zookeeper, television personality · 1962–2006
Days lived
16,265
Taron Voskanyan🇦🇲
Armenian footballer · b. 1993
Days alive
4,383
Thomas Jane🇺🇸
writer · b. 1969
Days alive
13,149
Thomas Wessinghage🇩🇪
German distance runner · b. 1952
Days alive
19,359
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Timothy Weah
association football player · b. 2000
Days alive
1,827
Tommy Bowe🇬🇧
Rugby union player and television presenter from Ireland · b. 1984
Days alive
7,671
Tony Jaros🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player (1920–1995) · 1920–1995
Days lived
27,453
Died on This Day
Aarno Ruusuvuori🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish architect (1925-1992) · 1925–1992
Days lived
24,510
Alois Pupp🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1900–1969
Days lived
25,198
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Andy Warhol🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1928–1987
Days lived
21,384
Annemarie Hase🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1900–1971
Days lived
25,820
Axel Hambraeus🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish writer and priest (1890–1983) · 1890–1983
Days lived
34,019
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Barbara Valentin🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actress (1940-2002) · 1940–2002
Days lived
22,349
Curtis Bernhardt🇺🇸
deceasedGerman film director (1899–1981) · 1899–1981
Days lived
29,898
Ernst Günther II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
deceasedTitular Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1863-1921) · 1863–1921
Days lived
21,014
Heinz Peter Mayer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian artist (1944-2012) · 1944–2012
Days lived
24,656
Ivan Picelj🇭🇷
deceasedCroatian painter and sculptor (1924-2011) · 1924–2011
Days lived
31,620
Joe Brandt
deceasedActor · 1882–1939
Days lived
20,670
Johannes Dieckmann
deceasedGerman politician (1893-1969) · 1893–1969
Days lived
27,792
Lore Lorentz🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1920–1994
Days lived
26,826
Margret van Munster🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1919–2010) · 1919–2010
Days lived
32,974
Nanette Fabray🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1920–2018
Days lived
35,547
Nicholas Courtney🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actor (1929–2011) · 1929–2011
Days lived
29,653
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Nol Houtkamp
deceasedDutch baseball player (1928–2018) · 1928–2018
Days lived
32,591
Oskar Kokoschka🇦🇹
deceasedartist · 1886–1980
Days lived
34,325
Sophie Scholl
deceasedNotable Trials · 1921–1943
Days lived
7,959
Stefan Zweig🇦🇹
deceasedYouTube personality · 1881–1942
Days lived
22,000
Tivadar Soros🇭🇺
deceasedwriter · 1893–1968
Days lived
27,348
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
55,569
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,247
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,595
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,258
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,133
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,038
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,038
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,038
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,038
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,038
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,038
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,038
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,038
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,038
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,038
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,038
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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
36,943
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
63,240
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
8,883
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
61,413
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,110
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,683
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,125
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,091
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,725
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,169
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,821
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,620
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,134
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,152
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,821
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,173
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,716
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,626
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,603
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,063
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,485
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,023
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,840
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,135
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,448
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,405
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,184