On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 21 2005
Born on This Day
Al Franken🇺🇸
American comedian and politician (born 1951) · b. 1951
Days alive
19,724
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Alex Danson🇬🇧
British field hockey player · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305
Andrei Sakharov🇷🇺
deceasedpolitician · 1921–1989
Days lived
25,044
Anika Moa🇳🇿
singer-songwriter · b. 1980
Days alive
9,131
Buck Buchanan🇮🇪
deceasedrugby union player (1904-1956) · 1904–1956
Days lived
19,180
Channa Horwitz🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1932–2013
Days lived
29,563
Christian Audigier🇫🇷
deceasedFrench fashion designer (1958–2015) · 1958–2015
Days lived
20,868
Eddie Thompson🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian football player · 1917–1943
Days lived
9,467
Endel Ruberg🇨🇦
deceasedartist · 1917–1989
Days lived
26,520
Ewald Stadler🇦🇹
Austrian politician, MEP · b. 1961
Days alive
16,071
Frejat🇧🇷
singer · b. 1962
Days alive
15,706
Friedl Brehm🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1917–1983
Days lived
23,966
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Gaspard Augé🇫🇷
Musician · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Gheorghe Olteanu🇷🇴
Romanian cross-country skier · b. 1926
Days alive
28,855
Graham Dunlop🇬🇧
British field hockey player · b. 1976
Days alive
10,592
Günter Blobel🇺🇸
deceasedGerman American biologist (1999 Nobel Prize) · 1936–2018
Days lived
29,858
Hannah Einbinder🇺🇸
Comedian · b. 1995
Days alive
3,653
Hans Berger🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1873–1941
Days lived
24,847
Jeffrey Dahmer
deceasedNotable Trials · 1960–1994
Days lived
12,609
Joachim Kirst🇩🇪
East German decathlete · b. 1947
Days alive
21,185
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Joachim Schmid🇩🇪
artist · b. 1955
Days alive
18,263
José Batlle y Ordóñez🇺🇾
deceasedpolitician · 1856–1929
Days lived
26,814
Karl Felix Wolff🇮🇹
deceasedjournalist · 1879–1966
Days lived
31,964
Karl Schwanzer🇦🇹
deceasedarchitect (1918–1975) · 1918–1975
Days lived
20,910
Karl von Spreti🇩🇪
deceasedGerman diplomat (1907-1970) · 1907–1970
Days lived
22,965
Kastro Zizo🇦🇱
singer · b. 1984
Days alive
7,670
Kurt Röthlisberger🇨🇭
Swiss football referee · b. 1951
Days alive
19,724
Lars Rehmann🇩🇪
tennis player · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958
Laura Loomer🇺🇸
Journalist · b. 1993
Days alive
4,383
Lucie Hradecká🇨🇿
Czech tennis player · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305
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Marcel Breuer🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian-American architect (1902-1981) · 1902–1981
Days lived
28,896
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Maryline Desbiolles🇫🇷
French novelist · b. 1959
Days alive
16,802
Maximilian Mutzke🇩🇪
singer · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Notable Trials · b. 1937
Days alive
24,837
Niels Ruf🇩🇪
German actor and television presenter · b. 1973
Days alive
11,688
Nukeduck🇳🇴
Norwegian electronic sports player · b. 1996
Days alive
3,287
Oba Femi🇳🇬
Professional wrestler · b. 1998
Days alive
2,557
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Olivia Olson🇺🇸
American actress and singer · b. 1992
Days alive
4,748
Orlando Maldonado🇺🇸
boxer · b. 1959
Days alive
16,802
Peter Lim
Investor & Entrepreneur · b. 1953
Days alive
18,993
Peter Phillips🇬🇧
deceasedPop Artist · 1939–2025
Days lived
31,445
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Ricardo Rodríguez🇩🇴
film director · b. 1978
Days alive
9,862
Ricky Williams🇺🇸
film director · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
Russell Knipp🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican weightlifter (1942–2006) · 1942–2006
Days lived
23,334
Sergei Shoigu🇷🇺
military person · b. 1955
Days alive
18,263
Seth Klarman🇺🇸
Hedge Fund Manager & Investor · b. 1957
Days alive
17,532
Tay Zonday🇺🇸
singer · b. 1982
Days alive
8,401
Taylor Sheridan🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784
The Notorious B.I.G.🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican rapper (1972–1997) · 1972–1997
Days lived
9,058
Thomas Morris🇦🇹
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
14,245
Uwe Rahn🇩🇪
German association football player · b. 1962
Days alive
15,706
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Varvara Lepchenko🇺🇸
Ukrainian-American tennis player · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
Victoria Petryk🇺🇦
singer · b. 1997
Days alive
2,922
Yuji Yoshimi🇯🇵
film director · b. 1978
Days alive
9,862
Died on This Day
Adam Dario Keel🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss artist (1924–2018) · 1924–2018
Days lived
34,154
Arnold Hottinger🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss journalist (1926-2019) · 1926–2019
Days lived
33,769
Arthur Dinter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer, botanist and Nazi politician (1876–1948) · 1876–1948
Days lived
26,260
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Carlos Lacerda🇧🇷
deceasedpolitician · 1914–1977
Days lived
23,032
Erich Mielke
deceasedNotable Trials · 1907–2000
Days lived
33,748
Ernst Zermelo🇩🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1871–1953
Days lived
29,883
Géza Havass🇭🇺
deceasedmodel · 1913–2001
Days lived
32,045
Géza Lakatos🇭🇺
deceasedgeneral in Hungary (1890–1967) · 1890–1967
Days lived
28,144
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Hans Goldschmidt🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1861–1923
Days lived
22,767
Hans-Adolf Prützmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1901-1945) · 1901–1945
Days lived
15,969
Kurt Halbritter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman illustrator (1924–1978) · 1924–1978
Days lived
19,599
Kurt Waitzmann🇩🇪
deceasedactor (1905–1985) · 1905–1985
Days lived
29,331
Marcel Jacques Boulenger🇫🇷
deceasedjournalist · 1873–1932
Days lived
21,438
Marie Schlei🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1919–1983) · 1919–1983
Days lived
23,187
Michael Mayr🇦🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1864–1922
Days lived
21,224
Neville Mitchell🇳🇿
deceasedNew Zealand rugby union footballer and coach · 1913–1981
Days lived
24,652
Oliver Chace
deceasedActor · 1769–1852
Days lived
30,220
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Rajiv Gandhi🇮🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1944–1991
Days lived
17,075
Remig Békefi🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian Latin Catholic priest, historian (1858–1924) · 1858–1924
Days lived
24,032
Ricard Opisso🇪🇸
deceasedcartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and painter from Spain (1880-1966) · 1880–1966
Days lived
31,227
Rosemary Radford Ruether🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican theologian · 1936–2022
Days lived
31,246
Sammy Davis, Sr.🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican dancer · 1900–1988
Days lived
31,937
Sultanmahmut Toraygirov
deceasedKazakhstani writer · 1893–1920
Days lived
9,700
Vasilis N. Triantafillidis🇬🇷
deceasedGreek actor (1940-2018) · 1940–2018
Days lived
28,503
Wilhelm Kuntner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian soldier (1915–2001) · 1915–2001
Days lived
31,232
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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
55,657
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,335
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,683
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,346
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,221
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,126
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,126
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,126
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,126
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,126
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,126
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,126
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,126
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,126
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,126
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,126
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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
37,031
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
63,328
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
8,971
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
61,501
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,198
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,771
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,213
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,179
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,813
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,257
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,909
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,708
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,222
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,240
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,909
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,261
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,804
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,714
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,691
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,151
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,573
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,111
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,928
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,223
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,536
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,493
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,272