On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
July 22 2006
Born on This Day
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A. J. Cook🇨🇦
actor · b. 1978
Days alive
10,227
Alex Trebek
deceasedtelevision presenter · 1940–2020
Days lived
29,329
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Alexander L. Baugh🇺🇸
Mormon academic · b. 1957
Days alive
17,897
Alfred Messel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1853-1909) · 1853–1909
Days lived
20,333
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Alison Wheeler🇫🇷
Actor · b. 1986
Days alive
7,305
Andrés Mazali
deceasedbasketball player · 1902–1975
Days lived
26,763
Anna Chicherova🇷🇺
Russian high jumper · b. 1982
Days alive
8,766
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Anton Saefkow🇩🇪
deceasedGerman resistance fighter and communist (1903-1944) · 1903–1944
Days lived
15,034
Coleman Collins🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1986
Days alive
7,305
David Spade🇺🇸
American actor and comedian · b. 1964
Days alive
15,340
Dennis Rommedahl🇩🇰
football player · b. 1978
Days alive
10,227
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Edward Hopper🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican realist painter and printmaker (1882-1967) · 1882–1967
Days lived
30,977
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Emilio Butragueño🇪🇸
football player · b. 1963
Days alive
15,706
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Federico Valverde
association football player · b. 1998
Days alive
2,922
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Franka Potente🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1974
Days alive
11,688
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Franz-Josef Röder🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1909–1979) · 1909–1979
Days lived
25,541
Harri Stojka🇦🇹
actor · b. 1957
Days alive
17,897
Irene Galitzine🇮🇹
deceasedRussian-Georgian fashion designer (1916-2006) · 1916–2006
Days lived
32,962
Jason Becker🇺🇸
American guitarist and composer · b. 1969
Days alive
13,514
Joaquim Pinto de Andrade
deceasedAngolan politician · 1926–2008
Days lived
29,801
Joep van Els
Dutch baseball player · b. 1990
Days alive
5,844
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John Leguizamo🇺🇸
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer · b. 1960
Days alive
16,801
Johnson Toribiong
politician · b. 1946
Days alive
21,915
Karl-Heinz Irmer🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1903-1975) · 1903–1975
Days lived
26,407
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Kate Ryan🇧🇪
Belgian singer and songwriter · b. 1980
Days alive
9,496
Kim Kwang-hyun🇰🇷
film director · b. 1988
Days alive
6,574
Kristine Lilly🇺🇸
American soccer player · b. 1971
Days alive
12,784
Lasse Virén🇫🇮
entrepreneur · b. 1949
Days alive
20,819
Leonore Capell🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1970
Days alive
13,149
Marc Cucurella
association football player · b. 1998
Days alive
2,922
Masaru Emoto🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese writer · 1943–2014
Days lived
26,020
Mikheil Kavelashvili🇷🇸
athlete · b. 1971
Days alive
12,784
Mireille Mathieu🇫🇷
French singer · b. 1946
Days alive
21,915
Nikki Boyer🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1975
Days alive
11,323
Nina Conti🇦🇹
deceasedDancer · 1867–1953
Days lived
31,209
Oskar Maria Graf🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1894–1967
Days lived
26,638
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Otto Waalkes🇩🇪
German comedian (born 1948) · b. 1948
Days alive
21,184
Paulo Jamelli🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1974
Days alive
11,688
Pim Lier🇳🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1918–2015
Days lived
35,325
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Prince George of Wales
schoolchild · b. 2013
Randal Falker🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1985
Days alive
7,670
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Raymond Flynn🇺🇸
politician in Massachusetts, US · b. 1939
Days alive
24,472
Riane Eisler🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1931
Days alive
27,394
Rodrigo de Castro Pereira🇵🇹
deceasedPortuguese tennis player · 1887–1983
Days lived
34,861
Ronny Weller🇩🇪
German weightlifter · b. 1969
Days alive
13,514
Rudolf Heinze🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1865-1928) · 1865–1928
Days lived
22,953
Rufus Wainwright🇨🇦
singer-songwriter · b. 1973
Days alive
12,053
Sebastiano Mannironi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian weightlifter · 1930–2015
Days lived
31,006
Selena Gomez🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1992
Days alive
5,113
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Shawn Michaels🇺🇸
actor · b. 1965
Days alive
14,975
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Skyler Gisondo🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1996
Days alive
3,652
Sonja Baum🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1975
Days alive
11,323
Supreme (James Jebbia)
Founder · b. 1963
Days alive
15,706
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Tablo🇨🇦
actor · b. 1980
Days alive
9,496
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Theodor Morell🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1886–1948
Days lived
22,588
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Thomas Kraft🇩🇪
football player · b. 1988
Days alive
6,574
Tim Brown🇺🇸
American football player (born 1966) · b. 1966
Days alive
14,610
Wassili Luckhardt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1889–1972) · 1889–1972
Days lived
30,112
Willem Dafoe🇺🇸
Film actor · b. 1955
Days alive
18,628
Wolfgang Iser🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1926–2007
Days lived
29,406
Yevgeniya Kolodko🇷🇺
Russian athlete · b. 1990
Days alive
5,844
Died on This Day
Carl Sandburg
deceasedpoet · 1878–1967
Days lived
32,703
David Moores🇬🇧
deceasedBritish football executive (1946–2022) · 1946–2022
Days lived
27,888
Helmut Uhlig🇩🇪
deceasedbasketball player · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,186
Hermann Prey🇩🇪
deceasedGerman lyric baritone singer (1929–1998) · 1929–1998
Days lived
25,213
Johannes Knoblauch🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1855–1915
Days lived
21,878
Lal Shah Bokhari🇵🇰
deceasedfield hockey player (1906–1959) · 1906–1959
Days lived
19,548
Li Peng🇨🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1928–2019
Days lived
33,147
Mike Coolbaugh🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1972–2007
Days lived
12,830
Nina Teplyakova🇦🇿
deceasedSoviet tennis player, multiple champion of the soviet Union (1904–1983) · 1904–1983
Days lived
28,743
Ozzy Osbourne🇬🇧
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1948–2025
Days lived
27,990
Paul Pleiger🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1899–1985
Days lived
31,343
Uday Hussein
deceasedNotable Trials · 1964–2003
Days lived
14,278
Ulrich Mühe🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1953–2007) · 1953–2007
Days lived
19,755
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
56,084
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,762
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
42,110
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,773
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,648
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,553
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,553
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,553
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,553
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,553
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,553
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,553
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,553
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,553
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,553
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,553
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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
37,458
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
63,755
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
9,398
Tilikum🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1981–2017
Days lived
12,796
Stubbs🇺🇸
deceasedOrange tabby cat · 1997–2017
Days lived
7,405
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,928
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,625
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
61,198
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,640
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,606
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
50,240
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,684
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
46,336
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
667,135
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,649
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,667
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
51,336
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,688
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
27,231
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
25,141
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
23,118
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,578
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
18,000
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,538
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
11,355
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,650
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,963
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,920
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,699