On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 13 2005
Born on This Day
Alessandro Bastoni
association football player · b. 1999
Days alive
2,192
Alexander Voigt🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1978
Days alive
9,862
Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven🇨🇺
deceasedscientist · 1865–1951
Days lived
31,543
Arthur Fadden🇦🇺
deceasedpolitician · 1894–1973
Days lived
28,862
Baron Davis🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Bernard Rudofsky🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian architect (1905-1988) · 1905–1988
Days lived
30,284
Bertrand Laquait🇫🇷
French footballer · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
Cardia Jackson🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1988
Days alive
6,209
Carles Puyol🇪🇸
football player · b. 1978
Days alive
9,862
Christopher Hitchens🇺🇸
deceasedEnglish American author and journalist (1949–2011) · 1949–2011
Days lived
22,891
Don Joseph🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1923-1994) · 1923–1994
Days lived
25,901
Efim Bogoljubov🇩🇪
deceasedRussian chess player (1889–1952) · 1889–1952
Days lived
23,076
Elisabeth Trissenaar🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actress (1944–2024) · 1944–2024
Days lived
29,130
Elisabeth Waldheim🇦🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1922–2017
Days lived
34,655
Emilie Snethlage🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-Brazilian naturalist and ornithologist (1868-1929) · 1868–1929
Days lived
22,505
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Enrique González Martínez🇲🇽
deceasedMexican poet, diplomat and doctor (1871–1952) · 1871–1952
Days lived
29,531
Eudora Welty🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1909–2001
Days lived
33,704
Ferdinand Gregori🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1870–1928) · 1870–1928
Days lived
21,427
Ferdinand von Alten🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film actor (1885-1933) · 1885–1933
Days lived
17,504
Gaetano Mauro🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest (1888-1969) · 1888–1969
Days lived
29,846
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Garry Kasparov🇷🇺
journalist · b. 1963
Days alive
15,341
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Gottfried Wagner🇩🇪
writer · b. 1947
Days alive
21,185
Gréta Arn🇭🇺
Hungarian tennis player · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Hans Gansch🇦🇹
musician · b. 1953
Days alive
18,993
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Horst Stechbarth🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1925-2016) · 1925–2016
Days lived
33,294
Hunter Pence🇺🇸
American baseball player (born 1983) · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
Irina Khakamada🇷🇺
Russian politician(born in 1955) · b. 1955
Days alive
18,263
James Ensor🇧🇪
deceasedartist · 1860–1949
Days lived
32,726
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio🇫🇷
YouTube personality · b. 1940
Days alive
23,741
José Ignacio Tellechea Idígoras🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish theologian (1928-2008) · 1928–2008
Days lived
29,184
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Josh Gordon🇺🇸
American football player (born 1991) · b. 1991
Days alive
5,114
Konrad Paul Liessmann🇦🇹
Austrian literature reviewer · b. 1953
Days alive
18,993
Lou Bega🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958
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Ludwig Binswanger🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss psychiatrist and essayist (1881-1966) · 1881–1966
Days lived
30,978
Meghann Shaughnessy🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Michal Bílek🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1965
Days alive
14,610
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Nils Nilsson Skum🇸🇪
deceasedSaami artist (1872–1951) · 1872–1951
Days lived
29,111
Ole von Beust🇩🇪
politician · b. 1955
Days alive
18,263
Omar Dokka🇷🇺
deceasedChechen warlord (1964-2013) · 1964–2013
Days lived
18,044
Peabo Bryson🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1951–2026
Days lived
27,444
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Rudi Völler🇩🇪
German footballer and manager · b. 1960
Days alive
16,436
Safet Sušić🇫🇷
Bosnian footballer · b. 1955
Days alive
18,263
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Samuel Beckett🇮🇪
deceasedIrish writer (1906–1989) · 1906–1989
Days lived
30,569
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Seamus Heaney🇮🇪
deceasedIrish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013) · 1939–2013
Days lived
27,168
Sergey Shnurov
Actor · b. 1973
Days alive
11,688
Simon Greul🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
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Stanley Donen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director and choreographer (1924-2019) · 1924–2019
Days lived
34,647
Thomas Schumacher🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1972
Days alive
12,053
Tony Wroten🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1993
Days alive
4,383
Ville Sorvali🇫🇮
singer · b. 1980
Days alive
9,131
Died on This Day
Carlo Carrà🇮🇹
deceasedartist · 1881–1966
Days lived
31,106
Christian Stock🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1884-1967) · 1884–1967
Days lived
30,417
Don Blasingame🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1932–2005
Days lived
26,691
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Eduardo Galeano🇪🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1940–2015
Days lived
27,250
Ernst Cassirer🇸🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1874–1945
Days lived
25,887
Georges Duhamel🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1884–1966
Days lived
29,871
Günter Grass🇩🇪
deceasedYouTube personality · 1927–2015
Days lived
31,956
Henning Schwarz🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician (1928-1993) · 1928–1993
Days lived
23,547
Johann Wilhelm Spengel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman zoologist (1852–1921) · 1852–1921
Days lived
25,255
Jürgen Serke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and writer (1938–2024) · 1938–2024
Days lived
31,406
Lang Jingshan
deceasedartist · 1892–1995
Days lived
37,506
Manuel García Nieto🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish academic · 1894–1974
Days lived
29,227
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Mario Vargas Llosa🇪🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1936–2025
Days lived
32,523
Matthias Hinze🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1969–2007
Days lived
13,944
Miloš Forman🇺🇸
deceasedCzech American director, screenwriter, and professor (1932–2018) · 1932–2018
Days lived
31,466
Moya Brennan🇮🇪
deceasedSinger · 1952–2026
Days lived
26,915
Richard Riemerschmid🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect, painter, designer, and city planner (1868-1957) · 1868–1957
Days lived
32,438
Sergo Hambardzumyan
deceasedArmenian weightlifter (1910-1983) · 1910–1983
Days lived
26,712
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Traugott Herr🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1890–1976
Days lived
31,255
Veit Harlan🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film director (1899-1964) · 1899–1964
Days lived
23,579
Willi Stoph
deceasedpolitician · 1914–1999
Days lived
30,959
Zvi Alderoti🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician · 1934–2018
Days lived
30,655
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
55,619
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,297
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,645
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,308
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,183
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,088
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,088
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,088
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,088
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,088
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,088
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,088
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,088
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,088
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,088
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,088
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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
36,993
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
63,290
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
8,933
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
61,463
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,160
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,733
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,175
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,141
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,775
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,219
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,871
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,670
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,184
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,202
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,871
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,223
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,766
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,676
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,653
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,113
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,535
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,073
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,890
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,185
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,498
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,455
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,234