On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 14 2005
Born on This Day
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Aamir Khan🇮🇳
Indian actor · b. 1965
Days alive
14,610

Ahmed Ghailani
Islamist terrorist; member of al-Qaeda (born 1974) · b. 1974
Days alive
11,323

Albert Einstein🇩🇪
deceasedTheoretical physicist · 1879–1955
Days lived
27,793

Albert II, Prince of Monaco🇺🇸
politician · b. 1958
Days alive
17,167

Billy Crystal🇺🇸
film director · b. 1948
Days alive
20,819
Bruno Nettl🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican ethnomusicologist (1930–2020) · 1930–2020
Days lived
32,814

Corey Stoll🇺🇸
actor · b. 1976
Days alive
10,592

Dan Crenshaw🇺🇸
Military personnel · b. 1984
Days alive
7,670
Diane Arbus🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1923–1971
Days lived
17,666
Donald Malinowski🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian politician (1924-2003) · 1924–2003
Days lived
28,917
Edgar Gess🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1954
Days alive
18,628

Ferhat Tunç
Turkish musician of Zaza ancestry (born 1964) · b. 1964
Days alive
14,975
Gerhart Lippert🇩🇪
actor · b. 1937
Days alive
24,837

Glauber Rocha🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian film director, actor and writer (1939–1981) · 1938–1981
Days lived
15,867

Gustav Adolf Semler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1885-1968) · 1885–1968
Days lived
30,296
Helen Mary🇮🇳
Indian field hockey player · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227

Hiro Matsushita
racing driver · b. 1961
Days alive
16,071

Ida Corr🇩🇰
singer-songwriter · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
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Jaime Caruana🇪🇸
Spanish economist and engineer · b. 1952
Days alive
19,358

Jan Sosniok🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1968
Days alive
13,514

Jasper Carrott🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1945
Days alive
21,915
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Joe Allen🇬🇧
Association football player · b. 1990
Days alive
5,479

József Kürschák🇭🇺
deceasedscientist · 1864–1933
Days lived
25,213

Katarína Knechtová🇸🇰
Slovak singer-songwriter and guitarist · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766

Kim Seung-yong🇰🇷
South Korean association football player · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305

Kolbeinn Sigþórsson🇮🇸
Icelandic footballer · b. 1990
Days alive
5,479

Lokesh Kanagaraj🇮🇳
Film director · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
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Michael Caine🇬🇧
Film actor · b. 1933
Days alive
26,298
Neuton🇧🇷
football player · b. 1990
Days alive
5,479

Nicolas Anelka🇫🇷
football player · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
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Olivia Dean🇬🇧
Singer-songwriter · b. 1999
Days alive
2,192
Otto Röhm
deceasedentrepreneur · 1876–1939
Days lived
23,196

Pakalitha Mosisili
Prime Minister of Lesotho · b. 1945
Days alive
21,915

Paul Ehrlich
deceasedJewish-German physician and scientist (1854-1915) · 1854–1915
Days lived
22,438
Peter Skellern🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish singer, songwriter and pianist (1947–2017) · 1947–2017
Days lived
25,543

Quincy Jones🇺🇸
deceasedComposer & Producer · 1933–2024
Days lived
33,472

Reinaldo🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Roman Parfinovich🇷🇺
Russian footballer · b. 1994
Days alive
4,018
Roy Budd🇬🇧
deceasedBritish jazz musician and composer (1947-1993) · 1947–1993
Days lived
16,948

Sasha Grey🇺🇸
actor · b. 1988
Days alive
6,209

Simone Biles
artistic gymnast · b. 1997
Days alive
2,922
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Stephen Curry
Sports · b. 1988
Days alive
6,209

Taylor Hanson🇺🇸
Musician · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
Wilhelm Lorenz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1886–1918) · 1886–1918
Days lived
11,808

Wolfgang Grönebaum🇩🇪
deceasedactor (1927-1998) · 1927–1998
Days lived
25,935
Zhang Zairong🇨🇳
Chinese weightlifter · b. 1969
Days alive
13,149
Died on This Day

Alonso Zamora Vicente🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish philologist, lexicographer and writer (1916-2006) · 1916–2006
Days lived
32,914
Andreas Münzer🇦🇹
deceasedathlete · 1964–1996
Days lived
11,463

Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1857–1935
Days lived
28,495

Frankie de la Cruz🇩🇴
deceasedfilm director · 1984–2021
Days lived
13,516

Fred Zinnemann🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian film director (1907-1997) · 1907–1997
Days lived
32,827
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Hansi Burg🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1898–1975
Days lived
28,153

Josef Harpe🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1887–1968) · 1887–1968
Days lived
29,394
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Max Lingner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman painter (1888-1959) · 1888–1959
Days lived
25,683
Reinhold Ebertin🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astrologer and physician (1901–1988) · 1901–1988
Days lived
31,803
Richard Wagner🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1952–2023
Days lived
25,905

Stephen Hawking🇬🇧
deceasedTheoretical Physicist, Cosmologist, Author · 1942–2018
Days lived
27,824

William Alfred Fowler🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican nuclear physicist (1911-1995) · 1911–1995
Days lived
30,533
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
55,589
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,267
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,615
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,278

Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,153
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,058
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,058
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,058
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,058
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,058
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,058
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,058
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,058
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,058

Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,058
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,058
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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
36,963
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
63,260
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
8,903
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
61,433
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,130
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,703
HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,145
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,111
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,745
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,189
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,841
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,640
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,154
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,172
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,841
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,193
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,736
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,646
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,623
Already Released
Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,083
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,505
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,043

Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,860

Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,155

Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,468

Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,425

The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,204