On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 28 2005
Born on This Day

Amancio Ortega🇪🇸
Founder of Inditex (Zara), Business Magnate · b. 1936
Days alive
25,202

April Flowers🇺🇸
actor · b. 1978
Days alive
9,862
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Barbora Strýcová🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
Claus Jurichs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and voice actor (1935-2005) · 1935–2005
Days lived
25,571

Clinton Clauson🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1895–1959
Days lived
23,652

Conrad Schumann🇩🇪
deceasedEast German soldier (1942-1998) · 1942–1998
Days lived
20,538
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D4vd🇺🇸
Singer · b. 2005
Days alive
0
Detlef Musch🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784

Fiona Watt🇬🇧
British scientist · b. 1956
Days alive
17,897

Fred Louis Lerch🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1902–1985
Days lived
30,467
Fritz Klatte🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1880–1934
Days lived
19,678

Ilke Wyludda🇩🇪
deceasedGerman discus thrower and shot putter (1969–2024) · 1969–2024
Days lived
20,337
Isaac Larian🇮🇷
American businessman · b. 1954
Days alive
18,628
Jang Jong-hyun🇰🇷
South Korean field hockey player · b. 1984
Days alive
7,670
Jiří Kučera🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1966
Days alive
14,245

José Maria Neves
Cape Verdean politician and former prime minister of Cape Verde · b. 1960
Days alive
16,436

Julia Stiles🇺🇸
Television actor · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766

Konrad Wysocki🇵🇱
German basketball player · b. 1982
Days alive
8,401
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Kurt Vyth🇩🇪
deceasedGerman entrepreneur · 1910–1977
Days lived
24,747
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Laura Chinchilla🇨🇷
politician · b. 1959
Days alive
16,802
Marcão🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player (1975) · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958

Marina Raskova🇷🇺
deceasedmilitary person · 1912–1943
Days lived
11,239
Mario van der Ende🇳🇱
Dutch football referees · b. 1956
Days alive
17,897
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Mario Vargas Llosa🇪🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1936–2025
Days lived
32,523

Maxim Gorky
deceasedwriter · 1868–1936
Days lived
24,918

Mensur Mujdža🇧🇦
football player · b. 1984
Days alive
7,670

Perry Bräutigam🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1963
Days alive
15,341

Rodney Atkins🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1969
Days alive
13,149

Rolf Glasmeier🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1945–2003
Days lived
21,186

Scott Mills🇬🇧
Disc jockey · b. 1974
Days alive
11,323

Sergi Gómez🇪🇸
Spanish footballer · b. 1992
Days alive
4,748

Stan Wawrinka🇨🇭
Tennis player · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305

Steve Mandanda🇫🇷
football player · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305
Theo Albrecht🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1922–2010
Days lived
32,260
Thomas Massamba🇸🇪
Swedish basketball player · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305

Toby Gerhart🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1987
Days alive
6,575

Toko Shinoda🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021
Days lived
39,420
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Vince Vaughn🇺🇸
American actor (born 1970) · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784
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Vladimir Dimitrijević🇨🇭
deceasedSerbian editor and writer (1934–2011) · 1934–2011
Days lived
28,216

Vyacheslav Ignatyev🇷🇺
Russian scientist · b. 1954
Days alive
18,628
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Wenceslas Lauret🇫🇷
French rugby union player · b. 1989
Days alive
5,844

Wilhelm Adam
deceasedGerman politician (1893–1978) · 1893–1978
Days lived
31,286

Zdeněk Svěrák🇨🇿
singer · b. 1936
Days alive
25,202
Died on This Day

Christine Kaufmann🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1945–2017
Days lived
26,374

Dwight D. Eisenhower🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1890–1969
Days lived
28,654

Ernst Hellinger🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1883–1950
Days lived
24,285

Eugène Ionesco🇷🇴
deceasedRomanian-French playwright (1909–1994) · 1909–1994
Days lived
30,803
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Eugene Melnyk🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian sports businessman · 1959–2022
Days lived
22,951
Hanns Joachim Friedrichs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1927-1995) · 1927–1995
Days lived
24,850
Ivan Nanut🇮🇹
deceasedathlete · 1886–1958
Days lived
26,263
Janne Furch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor, screenwriter and writer (1915-1992) · 1915–1992
Days lived
28,086

Johnny Evers🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1881-1947) · 1881–1947
Days lived
23,990
Josef Weninger🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian anthropologist (1886–1959) · 1886–1959
Days lived
26,614

Klaus Croissant🇩🇪
deceasedGerman lawyer (1931–2002) · 1931–2002
Days lived
25,876
Leonhard Schultze🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist and zoologist (1872-1955) · 1872–1955
Days lived
30,253

Maria von Trapp🇺🇸
deceasedmatriarch of the Trapp Family Singers (1905–1987) · 1905–1987
Days lived
30,011
Marian Zazeela🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician, painter and light-artist (1940–2024) · 1940–2024
Days lived
30,663

Peter Ustinov🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actor, writer and director (1921–2004) · 1921–2004
Days lived
30,297
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Robert J. Wilke🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1914–1989
Days lived
27,343

Virginia Woolf🇬🇧
deceasedYouTube personality · 1882–1941
Days lived
21,611
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
55,603
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,281
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,629
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,292

Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,167
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,072
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,072
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,072
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,072

Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,072
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,072
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,072
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,072
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,072
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,072
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,072
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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
36,977
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
63,274
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
8,917
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
61,447
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,144
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,717
HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,159
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,125
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,759
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,203
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,855
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,654
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,168
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,186
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,855
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,207
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,750
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,660
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,637
Already Released
Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,097
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,519
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,057

Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,874

Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,169

Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,482

Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,439

The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,218