On This Day

journalist · 1960–2018

singer · b. 1970

Diplomat · b. 1962

American football player · b. 1986

Dutch field hockey player · b. 1987

actor · 1889–1977

British weightlifter · b. 1961

athlete · b. 1972

German actor (1944–2023) · 1944–2023

musician · 1909–1981

Canadian politician · b. 1954

football player · b. 1977

German tennis player (1888–1949) · 1888–1949

singer-songwriter · 1947–2011

German actress and voice actress · 1919–2012

Actor · b. 1982

politician · b. 1955

scientist · 1922–2014

German caricaturist and artist (1924–2014) · 1924–2014

Association football player · b. 1978

journalist · 1953–2019

American professional basketball player · b. 1983

actor · b. 1966

basketball player · b. 1947

American basketball player (born 1987) · b. 1987

Boxer · 1934–2006

politician · 1922–2014

South Sudanese-British basketball player · b. 1985

comedian · b. 1965

Soviet astronomer (1903–1991) · 1903–1991

American football player (1927-2002) · 1927–2002

Anglo-Danish engineer (1895-1988) · 1895–1988

British actor, writer and director (1921–2004) · 1921–2004

German association football player and manager · b. 1960

Polish actor and comedian · b. 1964

actor · b. 1972

YouTube personality · 1940–1975

writer · 1899–1979

American basketball player-coach · b. 1960

television actor · b. 2002

actor · 1971–1995

German photographer (1913–2000) · 1913–2000

New Zealand field hockey player · b. 1988

actor · 1854–1920

Armenian scientist, public figure, writer · b. 1955

football player · b. 1985

musician · b. 1974

writer · 1896–1963

News · b. 2003

athlete · b. 1962

actor · b. 1966

German author, historian (1921–2014) · 1921–2014

military person · 1923–2012

basketball player · b. 1984

British film director (1908–1991) · 1908–1991

actor (1896-1971) · 1896–1971

philosopher · 1867–1941

German football player (1939-2015) · 1939–2015

German neurologist and psychiatrist (1863–1925) · 1863–1925

Austrian journalist, presenter and writer (1931–2016) · 1931–2016

Politician · 1979–2026

film director · 1920–1999

chemist · 1901–1958

professor and researcher (1961-2007) · 1961–2007

Austrian–American architect (1892-1970) · 1892–1970

British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958) · 1920–1958

film director · 1874–1938

German journalist (1936–2020) · 1936–2020

German film director and screenwriter (1930-2005) · 1930–2005

Japanese novelist (1899–1972) · 1899–1972

athlete · b. 1892

American urban climber · b. 1898

Marathi poet · b. 1901

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

American computer scientist · b. 1901

artist · b. 1901

scientist · b. 1901

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

musician · 1903–2014

Dutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011) · 1903–2011

American musician · b. 1904

Puerto Rican baseball player (1905-2011) · 1905–2011

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Bonobo · b. 1980

Orca · 1981–2017

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Banking · b. 1865

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Film · b. 1979

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Film · b. 1980