On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 12 2005
Born on This Day
Albert Leo Schlageter🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1894–1923
Days lived
10,513
Anna Muthesius🇩🇪
deceasedGerman fashion designer (1870–1961) · 1870–1961
Days lived
33,102
Arnold Angenendt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Roman Catholic theologian, priest and church historian (1934–2021) · 1934–2021
Days lived
31,773
Artur Barciś🇵🇱
Polish actor · b. 1956
Days alive
17,897
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Berkeley L. Bunker🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician (1906-1999) · 1906–1999
Days lived
33,765
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Cantinflas🇲🇽
deceasedMexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter (1911–1993) · 1911–1993
Days lived
29,837
Cara Delevingne🇬🇧
Supermodel, Actress, Singer · b. 1992
Days alive
4,748
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Casey Affleck
Oscar Winners · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958
Cecil B. DeMille🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director, producer and actor (1881–1959) · 1881–1959
Days lived
28,285
Christy Mathewson🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1880–1925
Days lived
16,491
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CY Leung🇨🇳
politician · b. 1954
Days alive
18,628
Danny Graham🇬🇧
football player · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305
Djibril Cissé🇫🇷
football player · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
Dream
Content Creator · b. 1999
Days alive
2,192
F. M. Shinde
Indian writer · b. 1948
Days alive
20,819
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François Hollande🇫🇷
politician · b. 1954
Days alive
18,628
Franz Etzel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1902-1970) · 1902–1970
Days lived
24,742
Frederic Löhe🇩🇪
German football goalkeeper · b. 1988
Days alive
6,209
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Geoffrey Mujangi Bia🇧🇪
football player · b. 1989
Days alive
5,844
George Hamilton
film director · b. 1939
Days alive
24,107
George Soros🇭🇺
Investor & Hedge Fund Manager · b. 1930
Days alive
27,394
Gerd Anthoff🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1946
Days alive
21,550
Gonzalo Peillat🇮🇹
German field hockey player (born 1992) · b. 1992
Days alive
4,748
Gregory Gustina
Dutch baseball player · b. 1973
Days alive
11,688
Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt🇩🇪
German sports physician · b. 1942
Days alive
23,011
Harry Kupfer🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1935–2019
Days lived
30,821
Herta Däubler-Gmelin🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1943
Days alive
22,646
Hussein Chalayan🇨🇾
Turco Cypriot and British fashion designer (born 1970) · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784
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Iris Berben🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1950
Days alive
20,089
Ivan Yuhnovsky🇧🇬
Bulgarian chemist · b. 1937
Days alive
24,837
Jacinto Benavente🇪🇸
deceasedPlaywright · 1866–1954
Days lived
32,112
Jan-Marco Montag🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
Kana Asumi🇯🇵
singer · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
Lajos Czumbel🇷🇸
deceasedmodel · 1891–1967
Days lived
27,591
Linde Lindström🇫🇮
singer · b. 1976
Days alive
10,592
Louis Krages🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1949–2001
Days lived
18,780
Manuela M. Veloso🇺🇸
Portuguese-American computer scientist · b. 1957
Days alive
17,532
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Margot Eskens🇩🇪
deceasedGerman singer (1936–2022) · 1936–2022
Days lived
31,397
Mark Knopfler🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1949
Days alive
20,454
Martin Brendel🇺🇸
deceasedGerman astronomer (1862–1939) · 1862–1939
Days lived
28,148
Martin Goeres🇩🇪
German actor and stuntman · b. 1984
Days alive
7,670
Matthijs de Ligt
association football player · b. 1999
Days alive
2,192
Merikukka Forsius🇫🇮
Finnish politician · b. 1972
Days alive
12,053
Miguel Torga🇵🇹
deceasedPortuguese writer (1907-1995) · 1907–1995
Days lived
31,935
Mizengo Pinda
Tanzanian politician · b. 1948
Days alive
20,819
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Patrick Joswig🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958
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Pete Sampras🇺🇸
American former tennis player (born 1971) · b. 1971
Days alive
12,419
Peter Weck🇦🇹
actor · b. 1930
Days alive
27,394
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Porter Wagoner🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1927–2007
Days lived
29,297
Ray Schalk🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1892–1970) · 1892–1970
Days lived
28,403
Regilio Tuur🇸🇷
boxer · b. 1967
Days alive
13,880
Renate Eggebrecht🇩🇪
deceasedGerman musician · 1944–2023
Days lived
28,638
Santiago Llaver🇦🇷
deceasedArgentine politician (1917–2002) · 1917–2002
Days lived
30,823
Stefanos Tsitsipas
tennis player · b. 1998
Days alive
2,557
Tom Cleverley🇬🇧
football player · b. 1989
Days alive
5,844
Tyson Fury🇬🇧
athlete · b. 1988
Days alive
6,209
Wendy Palmer🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1974
Days alive
11,323
Werner Nachmann🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1925–1988
Days lived
22,807
Werner Proft🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player · 1901–1989
Days lived
31,995
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Wissam Ben Yedder
Notable Trials · b. 1990
Days alive
5,479
Zlatan Bajramović🇧🇦
football player · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Died on This Day
Abel Laudonio🇦🇷
deceasedArgentine actor and Olympic boxer · 1938–2014
Days lived
27,741
Al Shean🇺🇸
deceasedcomedian (1868-1949) · 1868–1949
Days lived
29,676
Alfred Stock🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1876–1946
Days lived
25,593
André Kim🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean fashion designer (1935-2010) · 1935–2010
Days lived
27,382
Carl Pulfrich🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physicist (1858–1927) · 1858–1927
Days lived
25,158
Friedrich Schottky🇵🇱
deceasedscientist · 1851–1935
Days lived
30,699
Fritz Schmidt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player (1943–2024) · 1943–2024
Days lived
29,732
Heinrich Ewers🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge, priest and theologian (1906-1992) · 1906–1992
Days lived
31,587
Henry Fonda
deceasedOscar Winners · 1905–1982
Days lived
28,212
Hermann Struve
deceasedBaltic German astronomer (1854–1920) · 1854–1920
Days lived
24,054
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Itzik Feffer
deceasedSoviet Yiddish poet (1900-1952) · 1900–1952
Days lived
18,890
Jean-Michel Basquiat🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican artist (1960–1988) · 1960–1988
Days lived
10,095
Karl Ziegler🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1898–1973
Days lived
27,287
Kurt Biedenkopf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1930–2021) · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,434
Lauren Bacall🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1924–2014) · 1924–2014
Days lived
32,837
Lee Young-min🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean footballer (1905-1954) · 1905–1954
Days lived
17,786
Manfred Homberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman boxer (1933–2010) · 1933–2010
Days lived
28,152
Manfred Salzgeber🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1943-1994) · 1943–1994
Days lived
18,842
Max Grießer🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1928–2000
Days lived
26,200
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Richard Lugner🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1932–2024
Days lived
33,543
Thomas Mann🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1875–1955
Days lived
29,286
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
55,740
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,418
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,766
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,429
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,304
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,209
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,209
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,209
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,209
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,209
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,209
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,209
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,209
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,209
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,209
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,209
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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
37,114
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
63,411
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
9,054
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
61,584
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,281
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,854
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,296
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,262
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,896
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,340
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,992
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,791
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,305
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,323
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,992
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,344
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,887
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,797
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,774
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,234
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,656
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,194
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
11,011
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,306
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,619
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,576
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,355