On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 22 2005
Born on This Day
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Aaron Popoola🇬🇭
Ghanaian boxer · b. 1942
Days alive
23,011

Adolph Hoffmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician and publisher (1858-1930) · 1858–1930
Days lived
26,551
Albrecht Goes🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer and Protestant theologian (1908-2000) · 1908–2000
Days lived
33,575
Aldo Duscher🇦🇷
Argentine footballer · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
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Aleida Assmann🇩🇪
German professor of English and Literary Studies · b. 1947
Days alive
21,185

Aleksandr Dokturishvili🇬🇪
athlete · b. 1980
Days alive
9,131

Alex Meret
association football player · b. 1997
Days alive
2,922

Andrew Lloyd Webber🇬🇧
British theatre composer (born 1948) · b. 1948
Days alive
20,819

Anja Kling🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784

Armin Hary🇩🇪
German sprinter · b. 1937
Days alive
24,837

Bernd Herzsprung🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1942
Days alive
23,011

Bernhard Eichkorn🇩🇪
German priest and Esperantist · b. 1934
Days alive
25,933

Dagmar Havlová🇨🇿
Czech actress (1953- ) · b. 1953
Days alive
18,993
Diran Manoukian🇫🇷
deceasedOlympic field hockey player (1919-2020) · 1919–2020
Days lived
36,935
Elfriede Müller🇩🇪
German writer, actress and author · b. 1956
Days alive
17,897
Ferdinand Sigg🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss bishop (1902-1965) · 1902–1965
Days lived
23,230
Franz Nikodem🇩🇪
deceasedGerman hockey player (1932–1984) · 1932–1984
Days lived
19,177
Gerard Hoffnung🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1925–1959
Days lived
12,608
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Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy🇮🇳
Indian businessman · b. 1937
Days alive
24,837

Guusje ter Horst🇳🇱
Politician · b. 1952
Days alive
19,358

Haing S. Ngor🇰🇭
deceasedPhysician · 1940–1996
Days lived
20,428

Hans Wilsdorf🇬🇧
deceasedentrepreneur · 1881–1960
Days lived
28,960

Hugo Rasmussen
deceasedDanish musician (1941–2015) · 1941–2015
Days lived
27,189

Ike Davis🇺🇸
Major League Baseball first baseman in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization · b. 1987
Days alive
6,575

James Carpenter🇺🇸
American football player (born 1989) · b. 1989
Days alive
5,844

James Patterson🇺🇸
Author, Philanthropist · b. 1947
Days alive
21,185
Jan Udo Holey🇩🇪
German author and antisemtic conspiracy theorist · b. 1967
Days alive
13,880

Javier Castillejo🇪🇸
Spanish boxer · b. 1968
Days alive
13,514

Jean-Michel Aulas🇫🇷
entrepreneur · b. 1949
Days alive
20,454

Johannes Frießner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1892-1971) · 1892–1971
Days lived
28,949

Joseph Schildkraut🇺🇸
deceasedactor (1896-1964) · 1896–1964
Days lived
24,775

Juan Uribe🇩🇴
baseball player · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497

Karl Malden🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1912–2009) · 1912–2009
Days lived
35,530

Katsuko Saruhashi🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese geochemist (1920–2007) · 1920–2007
Days lived
31,967
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Keegan-Michael Key🇺🇸
Comedian · b. 1971
Days alive
12,419

Lamine Sané🇫🇷
football player · b. 1987
Days alive
6,575

Layla Anna-Lee🇬🇧
Television presenter · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036

Marcel Marceau🇫🇷
deceasedFrench actor and mime artist (1923–2000 · 1923–2007
Days lived
30,865
Michael Hamburger🇬🇧
deceasedBritish translator, poet, critic, memoirist and academic (1924–2007) · 1924–2007
Days lived
30,392

Michael Hesemann🇩🇪
German historian, journalist and author · b. 1964
Days alive
14,975
Mick Schumacher
racing driver · b. 1999
Days alive
2,192
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Mircea Eliade🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1907–1986
Days lived
28,886
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Netsky🇧🇪
singer · b. 1989
Days alive
5,844

Nino Manfredi🇮🇹
deceasedsinger · 1921–2004
Days lived
30,390
Ottfried Neubecker🇩🇪
deceasedGerman vexillologist and heraldist (1908–1992) · 1908–1992
Days lived
30,789
Otto Roelen🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1897–1993
Days lived
35,012
Paul Alfred Biefeld🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican astronomer (1867-1943) · 1867–1943
Days lived
27,849
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Paul Doumer🇫🇷
deceasedFrench statesman (1857–1932) · 1857–1932
Days lived
27,439

Reese Witherspoon🇺🇸
actor · b. 1976
Days alive
10,592
Russell Maryland🇺🇸
All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive lineman, College Football Hall of Fame member · b. 1969
Days alive
13,149
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Shawn Bradley🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1972
Days alive
12,053

Teun de Nooijer
Dutch field hockey player · b. 1976
Days alive
10,592

Tony Fadell🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1969
Days alive
13,149

Virgil Koltai🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian translator, poet, and journalist (1857–1907) · 1857–1907
Days lived
18,239

Wilhelm Schlenk🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1879–1943
Days lived
23,413

William Shatner🇨🇦
singer · b. 1931
Days alive
27,029

William Travilla🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican costume designer (1920-1990) · 1920–1990
Days lived
25,792

Wolf Blitzer🇺🇸
American journalist and television news anchor (born 1948) · b. 1948
Days alive
20,819
Wolfgang Bächler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and writer (1925-2007) · 1925–2007
Days lived
30,013

Yayoi Kusama🇯🇵
Japanese painter, performance, and installation artist (born 1929) · b. 1929
Days alive
27,759
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Zhang Zilin🇨🇳
Chinese beauty queen, actress and fashion model · b. 1984
Days alive
7,670
Died on This Day
Albert Niemann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1880-1921) · 1880–1921
Days lived
15,002

Alexander Mashkevitch🇨🇦
deceasedKyrgyzstani-Israeli businessman and investor · 1954–2025
Days lived
25,960
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Arturo Martini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian sculptor, painter and engraver (1889-1947) · 1889–1947
Days lived
21,041

Cilly Aussem🇩🇪
deceasedGerman tennis player (1909-1963) · 1909–1963
Days lived
19,800

Hans Woellke
deceasedGerman shot putter (1911-1943) · 1911–1943
Days lived
11,720
Horst Buhtz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman association football player and manager (1923–2015) · 1923–2015
Days lived
33,420

Jean-Baptiste Lully🌍
deceasedComposer · 1632–1687
Days lived
19,837
Mark Lombardi🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican neo-conceptual artist whose art depicted diagrams of the social networks underlying global conspiracies (1951–2000) · 1951–2000
Days lived
17,897
Mary Peters Fieser🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist (1909-1997) · 1909–1997
Days lived
32,076
Özhan Canaydın🇹🇷
deceasedTurkish sports executive (1943–2010) · 1943–2010
Days lived
24,530

Pierre Clostermann🇫🇷
deceasedmilitary person · 1921–2006
Days lived
31,068

Robert Nivelle🇫🇷
deceasedmilitary person · 1856–1924
Days lived
24,629

Roland Wittmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman jurist (1942–2019) · 1942–2019
Days lived
27,975
Rolf Schimpf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1924–2025) · 1924–2025
Days lived
36,653

Siegmund Gabriel🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1851–1924
Days lived
26,433
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
55,597
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,275
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,623
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,286

Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,161
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,066
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,066
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,066

Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,066
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,066
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,066
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,066
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,066
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,066
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,066
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,066
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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
36,971
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
63,268
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
8,911
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
61,441
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,138
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,711
HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,153
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,119
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,753
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,197
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,849
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,648
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,162
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,180
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,849
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,201
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,744
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,654
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,631
Already Released
Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,091
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,513
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,051

Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,868

Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,163

Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,476

Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,433

The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,212