On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 5 2005
Born on This Day
Andy Gibb🇬🇧
deceasedsinger · 1958–1988
Days lived
10,963
Bernard Arnault
CEO of LVMH · b. 1949
Days alive
20,454
Bernd Koberstein🇩🇪
model · b. 1952
Days alive
19,358
Brent Russell🇿🇦
South African rugby union player · b. 1980
Days alive
9,131
Bülent Aris🇹🇷
rapper · b. 1958
Days alive
17,167
Canaan Banana
deceased1st President of Zimbabwe (1936-2003) · 1936–2003
Days lived
24,721
Daniel Sea🇺🇸
American filmmaker, actor, and musician · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
Donald Piper🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player (1911–1963) · 1911–1963
Days lived
19,013
Édouard Belin🇫🇷
deceasedFrench inventor (1876–1963) · 1876–1963
Days lived
31,774
Eugen Bauder🇩🇪
German model · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
Eva Mendes
film actor · b. 1974
Days alive
11,323
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Francisley Bueno🇨🇺
film director · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
Franz Josef Jung🇩🇪
politician · b. 1949
Days alive
20,454
Gardi Hutter🇨🇭
Swiss clown, comedian, writer and actress · b. 1953
Days alive
18,993
Gordon Bajnai🇭🇺
entrepreneur · b. 1968
Days alive
13,514
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Harry Maguire🇬🇧
English association football player (born 1993) · b. 1993
Days alive
4,383
Harry Prime🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1920–2017
Days lived
35,531
Heidrun Mohr-Mayer
deceasedGerman jeweler (1941–2014) · 1941–2014
Days lived
26,886
Jean-Louis Guillaud🇫🇷
deceasedFrench journalist (1929–2015) · 1929–2015
Days lived
31,684
Jessica Boehrs🇩🇪
singer · b. 1980
Days alive
9,131
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John Frusciante🇺🇸
American guitarist · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784
József Németh🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian photographer (1911–2006) · 1911–2006
Days lived
34,845
Julius Brandt🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1873–1949
Days lived
28,054
Kenji Sakaguchi🇯🇵
Japanese association football player · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958
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Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1882–1955
Days lived
26,613
Madison Beer
singer · b. 1999
Days alive
2,192
Martxelo Rubio🇪🇸
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
14,245
Matt Lucas🇬🇧
British actor, comedian and screenwriter · b. 1974
Days alive
11,323
Mence Dros-Canters
deceasedDutch hockey, tennis and badminton player (1900–1934) · 1900–1934
Days lived
12,580
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Merih Demiral
association football player · b. 1998
Days alive
2,557
Mike Munchak🇺🇸
American football player and coach · b. 1960
Days alive
16,436
Murray Head🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1946
Days alive
21,550
Nadja Abd el Farrag🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television personality (1965–2025) · 1965–2025
Days lived
21,980
Norm Maxwell🇳🇿
New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1976
Days alive
10,592
Peter Weibel🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian artist and theorist (1944–2023) · 1944–2023
Days lived
28,850
Philip Farkas🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1914-1992) · 1914–1992
Days lived
28,781
Pier Paolo Pasolini🇮🇹
deceasedactor · 1922–1975
Days lived
19,600
Prosper Poullet🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1868–1937
Days lived
25,474
Rex Harrison
deceasedOscar Winners · 1908–1990
Days lived
30,039
Riki Lindhome🇺🇸
American actress · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Rosa Luxemburg🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1871–1919
Days lived
17,482
Rosemarie Clausen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1907-1990) · 1907–1990
Days lived
30,261
Sam Thompson🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1860–1922
Days lived
22,891
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Siegbert Tarrasch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player, chess writer, and chess theoretician (1862–1934) · 1862–1934
Days lived
26,281
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Silvan Widmer🇨🇭
Swiss association football player · b. 1993
Days alive
4,383
Steve Ontiveros🇺🇸
film director · b. 1961
Days alive
16,071
Takashi Kotegawa🇯🇵
Investor, Trader · b. 1978
Days alive
9,862
Tang Gonghong🇨🇳
Chinese weightlifter · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Thomas Hermanns🇩🇪
German TV presenter, comedian, screenwriter and director · b. 1963
Days alive
15,341
Todd Russell Platts🇺🇸
politician · b. 1962
Days alive
15,706
Toni Hiebeler🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian photographer, mountain climber and writer (1930–1984) · 1930–1984
Days lived
19,966
Ursula Reit🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1914–1998) · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,930
Wilhelm Boden🇩🇪
deceasedGerman lawyer, civil servant and politician (1890-1961) · 1890–1961
Days lived
26,159
Yeri (Kim Ye-rim)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (Red Velvet) · b. 1999
Days alive
2,192
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Yusra Mardini
swimmer · b. 1998
Days alive
2,557
Zachary Stevens🇺🇸
singer · b. 1966
Days alive
14,245
Zayda Peña Arjona🇲🇽
deceasedsinger · 1981–2007
Days lived
9,767
Zhou Enlai🇨🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1898–1976
Days lived
28,432
Died on This Day
Adolf Metzner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman athlete (1910–1978) · 1910–1978
Days lived
24,786
Alberto Granado🇨🇴
deceasedArgentine-Cuban biochemistry doctor, writer, scientist and traveling companion of Che Guevara (1922-2011) · 1922–2011
Days lived
32,351
Andrey A. Fedorov
deceasedSoviet Russian biologist, botanist, taxonomist and phytogeographer (1908-1987) · 1908–1987
Days lived
28,918
Cai Yuanpei
deceasedpolitician · 1868–1940
Days lived
26,351
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Dieter Pfaff🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1947–2013
Days lived
23,896
Eivor Alm🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish cross-country skier (1924-2011) · 1924–2011
Days lived
31,660
Ernst Sagebiel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1892–1970) · 1892–1970
Days lived
28,277
Fred Stolle🇦🇺
deceasedAustralian tennis player · 1938–2025
Days lived
31,560
Hans Christian Blech🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1915-1993) · 1915–1993
Days lived
28,503
Hugo Chávez
deceasedNotable Trials · 1954–2013
Days lived
21,405
John Belushi🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1949–1982
Days lived
12,093
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Joseph Stalin🇬🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1878–1953
Days lived
27,105
Karina Kraushaar🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1971-2015) · 1971–2015
Days lived
16,036
Louis Treumann🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1872–1943
Days lived
25,933
Ludwig Quidde
deceasedNotable Trials · 1858–1941
Days lived
30,297
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Max Jacob🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1876–1944
Days lived
24,707
Milan Babić
deceasedNotable Trials · 1956–2006
Days lived
18,270
Peter Adolf Thiessen🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1899–1990
Days lived
33,205
Umberto Pasquale🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest and author (1906–1985) · 1906–1985
Days lived
28,675
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Winifred Wagner🇬🇧
deceasedWife of Siegfried Wagner (1897–1980) · 1897–1980
Days lived
30,205
Zahir Howaida
deceasedsinger · 1945–2012
Days lived
24,477
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
55,580
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,258
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,606
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,269
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,144
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,049
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,049
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,049
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,049
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,049
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,049
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,049
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,049
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,049
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,049
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,049
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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
36,954
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
63,251
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
8,894
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
61,424
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,121
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,694
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,136
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,102
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,736
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,180
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,832
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,631
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,145
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,163
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,832
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,184
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,727
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,637
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,614
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,074
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,496
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,034
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,851
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,146
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,459
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,416
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,195