On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 25 2006
Born on This Day
Adam Bousdoukos🇬🇷
German actor with Greek ancestry · b. 1974
Days alive
11,688
Alicia Keys🇺🇸
American singer-songwriter, pianist and music producer · b. 1981
Days alive
9,131
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Antônio Carlos Jobim🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist (1927–1994) · 1927–1994
Days lived
24,789
António Ramalho Eanes🇵🇹
politician · b. 1935
Days alive
25,933
Astrid Bryan🇧🇪
singer · b. 1983
Days alive
8,401
Benny Golson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (1929–2024) · 1929–2024
Days lived
34,938
Bill Viola🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican video and installation artist (1951–2024) · 1951–2024
Days lived
26,832
Brian Armstrong🇺🇸
CEO and Co-founder of Coinbase · b. 1983
Days alive
8,401
Cho Yong-seong🇰🇷
South Korean sport shooter · b. 1986
Days alive
7,305
Corazon Aquino🇵🇭
deceasedpolitician · 1933–2009
Days lived
27,947
Dagmar Berghoff🇩🇪
German TV journalist · b. 1943
Days alive
23,011
David Ginola🇫🇷
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
14,245
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Emil Ludwig🇨🇭
deceasedwriter · 1881–1948
Days lived
24,706
Etta James🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1938–2012
Days lived
27,023
Eusébio🇵🇹
deceasedathlete · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,278
Fara Williams🇬🇧
football player · b. 1984
Days alive
8,036
Filmon Ghirmai🇩🇪
German distance runner · b. 1979
Days alive
9,862
Franco Nenci🇮🇹
deceasedItalian boxer (1935-2020) · 1935–2020
Days lived
31,157
Gordon Nixon🇨🇦
Canadian businessman · b. 1957
Days alive
17,897
Grégory Pujol🇫🇷
French footballer (born 1980) · b. 1980
Days alive
9,497
Helmut Weiss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film director (1907-1969) · 1907–1969
Days lived
22,634
Herbert Eulenberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1876-1949) · 1876–1949
Days lived
26,885
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Jean-Marc Ayrault🇫🇷
politician · b. 1950
Days alive
20,454
Jean-Pierre Yvaral🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter (1934-2002) · 1934–2002
Days lived
25,026
Jürgen Hingsen🇩🇪
athletics competitor · b. 1958
Days alive
17,532
Katharina Rutschky🇩🇪
deceasedGerman author and educator (1941–2010) · 1941–2010
Days lived
25,191
Lou Groza🇺🇸
deceasedPlayer of American football (1924-2000) · 1924–2000
Days lived
28,068
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Maria Kirilenko🇷🇺
Russian female tennis player · b. 1987
Days alive
6,940
Mohamed Ali Nafkha🇺🇸
Tunisian association football player · b. 1986
Days alive
7,305
Molly Holzschlag🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1963–2023
Days lived
22,137
Montagu C. Butler🇬🇧
deceasedmusician · 1884–1970
Days lived
31,511
Noemi🇮🇹
singer · b. 1982
Days alive
8,766
Nurdan Karagöz
Turkish weightlifter (born 1987) · b. 1987
Days alive
6,940
Paulo Assunção🇵🇹
Brazilian player · b. 1980
Days alive
9,497
Peter Klein🇦🇹
deceasedmusician · 1907–1992
Days lived
31,298
Petra Gerster🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1955
Days alive
18,628
Remco Evenepoel
sport cyclist · b. 2000
Days alive
2,192
Ricardo Bochini🇦🇷
Argentine footballer · b. 1954
Days alive
18,993
Robert Burns🌍
deceasedSongwriter · 1759–1796
Days lived
13,692
Robin Benzing🇩🇪
German basketball player · b. 1989
Days alive
6,209
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Robinho
Notable Trials · b. 1984
Days alive
8,036
Rolf Julius🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1939–2011
Days lived
26,294
Roman Cycowski🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1901–1998
Days lived
35,717
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Rosa Valetti🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1876–1937
Days lived
22,599
Roy Black🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1943–1991
Days lived
17,789
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Rudolf Großmann🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1882–1941
Days lived
21,856
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick🇺🇸
Politician · b. 1979
Days alive
9,862
Thomas Magnusson🇸🇪
Swedish association football player · b. 1978
Days alive
10,227
Toše Proeski
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1981–2007
Days lived
9,760
Utkirbek Haydarov
Uzbekistani boxer · b. 1974
Days alive
11,688
Virginia Woolf🇬🇧
deceasedYouTube personality · 1882–1941
Days lived
21,611
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Vladimir Vysotsky🇷🇺
deceasedactor · 1938–1980
Days lived
15,522
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy🇺🇦
Politician · b. 1978
Days alive
10,227
Xavi Hernández🇪🇸
football player · b. 1980
Days alive
9,497
Died on This Day
Attila Zoller🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian Jazz guitarist (1927-1998) · 1927–1998
Days lived
25,794
Ava Gardner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1922–1990) · 1922–1990
Days lived
24,504
Edward Meeks "Pope" Gregory🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican priest · 1922–1995
Days lived
26,415
Eleanor F. Helin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican astronomer (1932-2009) · 1932–2009
Days lived
27,826
Elias Simojoki🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish priest and politician (1899–1940) · 1899–1940
Days lived
14,971
Erhard Milch🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1892–1972
Days lived
29,154
Franz Xaver Kugler🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1862–1929
Days lived
24,165
Hermann Hoth
deceasedNotable Trials · 1885–1971
Days lived
31,333
Ken Kavanaugh🇺🇸
deceasedCHOF player, NFL '40s All-Decade Team (1916-2007) · 1916–2007
Days lived
32,935
Ladislas Medgyes🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian artist (*1892) · 1892–1952
Days lived
21,938
Mary Tyler Moore🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1936–2017
Days lived
29,247
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Raúl Valerio🇲🇽
deceasedactor · 1925–2017
Days lived
33,627
Sigrid Neiiendam
deceasedDanish actress (1868-1955) · 1868–1955
Days lived
31,649
Ursula von Kardorff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1911–1988) · 1911–1988
Days lived
28,139
Veronica Carstens🇩🇪
deceasedGerman First Lady (1923-2012) · 1923–2012
Days lived
32,363
Vladimír Suchánek🇨🇿
deceasedCzech artist (1933-2021) · 1933–2021
Days lived
32,124
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
55,906
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,584
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,932
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,595
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,470
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,375
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,375
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,375
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,375
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,375
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,375
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,375
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,375
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,375
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,375
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,375
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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
37,280
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
63,577
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
9,220
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
61,750
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,447
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
61,020
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,462
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,428
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
50,062
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,506
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
46,158
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,957
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,471
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,489
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
51,158
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,510
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
27,053
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,963
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,940
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,400
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,822
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,360
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
11,177
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,472
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,785
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,742
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,521