On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
February 26 2005
Born on This Day
Ahmet Davutoğlu
writer · b. 1959
Days alive
16,802
Ahn Cheol-soo🇰🇷
entrepreneur · b. 1962
Days alive
15,706
Alois Pupp🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1900–1969
Days lived
25,198
Aree Wiratthaworn🇹🇭
Thai weightlifter · b. 1980
Days alive
9,132
Ariel Sharon
deceasedNotable Trials · 1928–2014
Days lived
31,366
Artur Rasizade
6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan · b. 1935
Days alive
25,568
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ATB🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1973
Days alive
11,688
Betty Hutton🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1921–2007) · 1921–2007
Days lived
31,424
Brigitte Grothum🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1935
Days alive
25,568
Carolin Nytra🇩🇪
German hurdler · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305
Christian Rickens🇩🇪
German journalist · b. 1971
Days alive
12,419
Christoph Kies🇩🇪
German athlete · b. 1982
Days alive
8,401
Claude Piron🇨🇭
deceasedYouTube personality · 1931–2008
Days lived
28,089
Corinne Bailey Rae🇬🇧
artist · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Daisy D'ora🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1913-2010) · 1913–2010
Days lived
35,535
David Beasley🇺🇸
politician · b. 1957
Days alive
17,532
Émile Coué🇫🇷
deceasedFrench psychologist and pharmacist (1857-1926) · 1857–1926
Days lived
25,327
Erich Koch-Weser
deceasedpolitician · 1875–1944
Days lived
25,437
Erykah Badu🇺🇸
American neo-soul singer · b. 1971
Days alive
12,419
Fats Domino🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1928–2017
Days lived
32,748
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Frank Busemann🇩🇪
German hurdler · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958
Gabriela Schöwe🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1964
Days alive
14,976
Gaspard II de Coligny
deceasedNotable Trials · 1519–1572
Days lived
19,548
Gill Brown🇬🇧
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1965
Days alive
14,610
Grover Cleveland Alexander🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1887-1950) · 1887–1950
Days lived
23,261
Hannes Jaenicke🇺🇸
German actor · b. 1960
Days alive
16,437
Hans Reiter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Nazi physician (1881–1969) · 1881–1969
Days lived
32,413
Hans-Joachim Plötz🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1944
Days alive
22,281
Jack Ritchie🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1922–1983
Days lived
22,336
Jan Fethke🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1903–1980
Days lived
28,418
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Johnny Cash🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1932–2003
Days lived
26,131
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Jozef Adamec🇸🇰
deceasedathlete · 1942–2018
Days lived
28,060
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Juan persex
association football player · b. 2003
Days alive
731
Julia Brendler🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958
Kenneth Edgeworth🇮🇪
deceasedIrish astronomer, economist and engineer (1880-1972) · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,829
Lionel Logue🇦🇺
deceasedscientist · 1880–1953
Days lived
26,708
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Malcom
association football player · b. 1997
Days alive
2,922
Marta Zofia Kwiatkowska🇵🇱
British computer scientist · b. 1957
Days alive
17,532
Max Martin
Songwriter & Producer · b. 1971
Days alive
12,419
Michael Bolton
film producer · b. 1953
Days alive
18,993
Michael Duursma🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1978
Days alive
9,862
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Michel Houellebecq🇫🇷
French writer · b. 1956
Days alive
17,898
Milan Babić
deceasedNotable Trials · 1956–2006
Days lived
18,270
Moritz Sckaer🇩🇪
German baseball player · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
Nina Kronjäger🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1967
Days alive
13,880
Odo Marquard🇩🇪
deceasedphilosopher (1928-2015) · 1928–2015
Days lived
31,849
Paul Grümmer🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1879–1965
Days lived
31,657
Rolando Blackman🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1959
Days alive
16,802
Rudolf Hillebrecht🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1910–1999) · 1910–1999
Days lived
32,451
Rudolph Dirks🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1877–1968
Days lived
33,290
Sara Gazarek🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1982
Days alive
8,401
Serdar Döndü🇹🇷
Turkish association football player (born 1993) · b. 1993
Days alive
4,383
Shane Williams🇬🇧
Welsh rugby union footballer (born 1977) · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
Sharon Van Etten🇺🇸
actor · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
Shōzō Watanabe🇯🇵
deceasedfilm director · 1933–1998
Days lived
23,927
Steve Forbes🇺🇸
American boxer · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
Tom Beck🇩🇪
German actor and singer · b. 1978
Days alive
9,862
Tony Randall🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1920-2004) · 1920–2004
Days lived
30,762
Wolf Gremm🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film director (1942-2015) · 1942–2015
Days lived
26,801
Died on This Day
Aaron Tänzer
deceasedAustrian rabbi (1871–1937) · 1871–1937
Days lived
24,133
Chic Johnson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican comedian (1891–1962) · 1891–1962
Days lived
25,915
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Danton Jobim🇧🇷
deceasedwriter · 1906–1978
Days lived
26,288
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David Doyle🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1929–1997) · 1929–1997
Days lived
24,559
Fernandel🇫🇷
deceasedFrench actor and singer (1903-1971) · 1903–1971
Days lived
24,766
Gábor P. Szabó🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1902–1950
Days lived
17,302
Gino Severini🇮🇹
deceasedartist · 1883–1966
Days lived
30,275
Hans Singer🇬🇧
deceasedGerman economist (1910–2006) · 1910–2006
Days lived
34,788
Harald Weinrich🇩🇪
deceasedGerman classical scholar and linguist (1927–2022) · 1927–2022
Days lived
34,489
Irving Grundman🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian ice hockey executive · 1928–2021
Days lived
33,821
Jack Clayton🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1921–1995
Days lived
27,025
Jaime Ramírez🇨🇱
deceasedChilean footballer (1931–2003) · 1931–2003
Days lived
26,129
Jef Raskin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer interface expert (1943-2005) · 1943–2005
Days lived
22,635
Joop Geurts🇳🇱
deceasedDutch baseball player · 1923–2009
Days lived
31,418
Karl Jaspers🇨🇭
deceasedGerman-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969) · 1883–1969
Days lived
31,414
Kurt Plötner🇩🇪
deceasedSS officer and physician (1905–1984) · 1905–1984
Days lived
28,619
Lajos Czumbel🇷🇸
deceasedmodel · 1891–1967
Days lived
27,591
Ludwig von Hammerstein-Equord🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1919–1996) · 1919–1996
Days lived
27,860
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Mario Mattoli🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director and screenwriter (1898–1980) · 1898–1980
Days lived
29,672
Markus Ronner🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss screenwriter and theologian (1938–2022) · 1938–2022
Days lived
30,566
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Michelle Trachtenberg🇺🇸
deceasedFilm actor · 1985–2025
Days lived
14,383
Monika Lundi🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress · 1942–2025
Days lived
30,139
Stefan Lisewski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1933-2016) · 1933–2016
Days lived
30,185
Tatjana Sais🇩🇪
deceasedactress (1910-1981) · 1910–1981
Days lived
25,962
Wilhelm Dachauer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian artist (1881-1951) · 1881–1951
Days lived
25,528
Ziya Şengül🇹🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1944–2023
Days lived
28,911
Zollie Volchok🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball executive (1916-2012) · 1916–2012
Days lived
34,855
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
55,573
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,251
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,599
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,262
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,137
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,042
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,042
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,042
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,042
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,042
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,042
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,042
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,042
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,042
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,042
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,042
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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
36,947
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
63,244
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
8,887
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
61,417
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,114
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,687
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,129
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,095
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,729
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,173
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,825
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,624
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,138
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,156
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,825
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,177
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,720
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,630
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,607
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,067
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,489
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,027
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,844
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,139
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,452
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,409
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,188