On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
February 14 2006
Born on This Day
Achim Müller🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1938–2024
Days lived
31,425
Agnes Pockels🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chemist pioneer in surface science · 1862–1935
Days lived
26,942
Al Nichols🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1852–1936
Days lived
30,805
Alexander Abusch🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1902–1982
Days lived
29,202
Alexander Kluge🇩🇪
writer · b. 1932
Days alive
27,029
Alexandra Mueller🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1988
Days alive
6,575
Bacary Sagna🇫🇷
football player · b. 1983
Days alive
8,401
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Breel Embolo
association football player · b. 1997
Days alive
3,287
Candice Wiggins🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1987
Days alive
6,940
Carl von Marr🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican artist (1858-1936) · 1858–1936
Days lived
28,635
Dámaso Marte🇩🇴
film director · b. 1975
Days alive
11,323
Daniel Miller🇬🇧
British music producer and founder of Mute Records · b. 1951
Days alive
20,089
Denis Boytsov🇷🇺
Russian boxer · b. 1986
Days alive
7,305
Edirisinghe Senanayake
Olympic pistol shooter · b. 1970
Days alive
13,149
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Erich Engel🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1891–1966
Days lived
27,478
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Eugen Schiffer🇵🇱
deceasedGerman politician (1860-1954) · 1860–1954
Days lived
34,536
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Freddie Highmore🇬🇧
English actor · b. 1992
Days alive
5,114
Geetu Mohandas🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1981
Days alive
9,131
Gerald Hylkema🇳🇱
deceasedDutch footballers (1946-2002) · 1946–2002
Days lived
20,494
Greg Browning🇦🇺
Australian field hockey player · b. 1953
Days alive
19,358
Harald Rose🇩🇪
scientist · b. 1935
Days alive
25,933
Heide Rosendahl🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1947
Days alive
21,550
Heinrich Schmieder🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1970–2010
Days lived
14,767
Hermann Reinecke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1888-1973) · 1888–1973
Days lived
31,284
Iheb Mbarki
Tunisian association football player · b. 1992
Days alive
5,114
Ingo Voge🇩🇪
East German bobsledder · b. 1958
Days alive
17,532
Jack Benny🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican comedic entertainer (1894–1974) · 1894–1974
Days lived
29,534
Jaehyun (Jung Yoon-oh)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (NCT) · b. 1997
Days alive
3,287
Jim Kelly🇺🇸
American football quarterback · b. 1960
Days alive
16,802
Jimmy Hoffa
deceasedNotable Trials · 1913–1975
Days lived
22,601
John Anderson🇺🇸
American linebacker in the National Football League (Green Bay Packers 1978-1989) · b. 1956
Days alive
18,263
John Barrymore🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1882–1942) · 1882–1942
Days lived
22,018
Juju🇯🇵
singer · b. 1976
Days alive
10,958
Karl Reinhardt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman classical philologist (1886–1958) · 1886–1958
Days lived
26,261
Kōki Hirota
deceasedNotable Trials · 1878–1948
Days lived
25,879
Madison Iseman
actor · b. 1997
Days alive
3,287
Margarita Lozano🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish actress (1931-2022) · 1931–2022
Days lived
33,231
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Mark Rutte🇳🇱
Secretary General of NATO since 2024 and former Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2010–2024) · b. 1967
Days alive
14,245
Marlinda Becker
Dutch baseball player · b. 1984
Days alive
8,036
Michael Bloomberg🇺🇸
Founder of Bloomberg L.P., Philanthropist, Former Mayor of NYC · b. 1942
Days alive
23,376
Paul Butcher🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1994
Days alive
4,383
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Piet Kraak
deceasedfootball player · 1921–1984
Days lived
23,084
Rolf Biese🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish table tennis player and tennis player (1918–2000) · 1918–2000
Days lived
29,939
Sergey Kapitsa🇬🇧
deceasedSoviet and Russian physicist, TV host (1928-2012) · 1928–2012
Days lived
30,863
Shin Dong-bin🇰🇷
Korean/Japanese businessman · b. 1955
Days alive
18,628
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Simon Pegg🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1970
Days alive
13,149
Stephen Schwarzman🇺🇸
Private Equity Investor & CEO · b. 1947
Days alive
21,550
Steve McNair🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1973–2009) · 1973–2009
Days lived
13,289
Sung Hoon🇰🇷
South Korean actor · b. 1983
Days alive
8,401
Tibor Sekelj
deceasedwriter · 1912–1988
Days lived
27,978
Tina Aumont🇺🇸
deceasedFrench actress (1946–2006) · 1946–2006
Days lived
22,171
Torben Brinkmann🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1991
Days alive
5,479
Vladimir Ivshin🇷🇺
Russian scientist · b. 1960
Days alive
16,802
Zareh I
deceasedCatholicos of Cilicia (1915-1963) · 1915–1963
Days lived
17,536
Died on This Day
Abraham Rattner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican artist (1893-1978) · 1893–1978
Days lived
30,901
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Andreas Stadler🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian weightlifter (1898–1941) · 1898–1941
Days lived
15,538
Andréi Chikatilo
deceasedNotable Trials · 1936–1994
Days lived
20,940
Carlos Menem
deceasedNotable Trials · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,100
David Hilbert
deceasedphilosopher · 1862–1943
Days lived
29,606
Dora Gerson🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1899-1943) · 1899–1943
Days lived
16,033
Erich Windisch
deceasedGerman ski jumper (1918-2007) · 1918–2007
Days lived
32,548
Ernst Ahl🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1898–1945
Days lived
16,967
Glenn Snyder🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1924–2013
Days lived
32,271
Hans Freiherr von Funck🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1891–1979
Days lived
31,829
Harry Thompson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1889–1951) · 1889–1951
Days lived
22,437
Horst Wein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman non-fiction writer (1941-2016) · 1941–2016
Days lived
27,437
Imre Csepregi🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian Roman Catholic priest (1876-1954) · 1876–1954
Days lived
28,292
Jan de Kreek🇳🇱
deceasedfootball player · 1903–1988
Days lived
30,807
José Luis Panizo🇪🇸
deceasedfootball player · 1922–1990
Days lived
24,845
Julian Huxley🇬🇧
deceasedBritish evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author (1887–1975) · 1887–1975
Days lived
32,013
Ludwig Rellstab🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1904-1983) · 1904–1983
Days lived
28,572
Namiq İbrahim oğlu İbrahimov
deceasedAzerbaijani scientist · 1932–2016
Days lived
30,433
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Nándor Hidegkuti🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian football player and manager (1922–2002) · 1922–2002
Days lived
29,203
Otto Kittel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman officer and fighter pilot during World War II (1917–1945) · 1917–1945
Days lived
10,220
Roepie Kruize
deceasedfield hockey player (1925-1992) · 1925–1992
Days lived
24,498
Sven Lidman🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish writer (1882–1960) · 1882–1960
Days lived
28,352
Tony Holiday🇩🇪
deceasedGerman pop singer and songwriter (1951–1990) · 1951–1990
Days lived
14,235
Victor Gruen🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1903-1980) · 1903–1980
Days lived
27,970
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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
55,926
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,604
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,952
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,615
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,490
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,395
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,395
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,395
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,395
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,395
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,395
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,395
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,395
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,395
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,395
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,395
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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
37,300
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
63,597
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
9,240
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
61,770
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,467
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
61,040
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,482
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,448
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
50,082
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,526
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
46,178
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,977
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,491
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,509
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
51,178
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,530
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
27,073
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,983
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,960
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,420
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,842
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,380
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
11,197
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,492
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,805
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,762
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,541