On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 4 2008
Born on This Day
Alberto Paloschi🇮🇹
Italian footballer · b. 1990
Days alive
6,574
Aleksandr Chernikov🇷🇺
Russian footballer · b. 1992
Days alive
5,844
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Anders Lindström🇸🇪
Swedish lieutenant-general · b. 1955
Days alive
19,358
Arik Brauer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian painter, graphic artist, stage designer, singer and poet (1929–2021) · 1929–2021
Days lived
33,623
Bernard Sumner🇬🇧
English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer · b. 1956
Days alive
18,993
BJ Botha🇿🇦
South African rugby union footballer · b. 1980
Days alive
10,227
Bryan Barley🇬🇧
English rugby union footballer · b. 1960
Days alive
17,532
Bülent Ceylan🇩🇪
Turkish-German comedian (born 1976) · b. 1976
Days alive
11,688
Cilly Aussem🇩🇪
deceasedGerman tennis player (1909-1963) · 1909–1963
Days lived
19,800
Dafne Keen
actor · b. 2005
Days alive
1,095
Daniel Elsner🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1979
Days alive
10,592
Doreen Valiente🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish writer (1922–1999) · 1922–1999
Days lived
28,364
Edmund Rumpler🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1872–1940
Days lived
25,083
Eduard Schulte🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1891–1966
Days lived
27,395
Erich Windisch
deceasedGerman ski jumper (1918-2007) · 1918–2007
Days lived
32,548
Ferenc Szabó🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1956
Days alive
18,993
Floyd Patterson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican heavyweight boxer (1935-2006) · 1935–2006
Days lived
26,060
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Gao Xingjian🇫🇷
writer · b. 1940
Days alive
24,837
Gerdt von Bassewitz🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1878–1923
Days lived
16,468
Gevorg Davtyan🇦🇲
weightlifter · b. 1983
Days alive
9,131
Günter Schabowski
deceasedNotable Trials · 1929–2015
Days lived
31,712
Heinz Wöltje🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player (1902-1968) · 1902–1968
Days lived
24,372
Helmut Jahn🇺🇸
deceasedGerman architect (1940-2021) · 1940–2021
Days lived
29,710
Herbert Vorgrimler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman theologian (1929–2014) · 1929–2014
Days lived
31,297
Indira Sant🇮🇳
deceasedMarathi poet from Maharashtra, India · 1914–2000
Days lived
31,602
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Jaeden Martell
actor · b. 2003
Days alive
1,826
Jiiva🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1983
Days alive
9,131
Johnny Lujack🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1925-2023) · 1925–2023
Days lived
35,996
Josef Altstötter🇩🇪
deceasedHigh-ranking official in the German Ministry of Justice under the Nazi Regime (1892-1979) · 1892–1979
Days lived
32,089
József Kő
deceasedmodel · 1902–1956
Days lived
19,828
Judy Winter🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1944
Days alive
23,376
Kevin Kuske🇩🇪
German bobsledder · b. 1979
Days alive
10,592
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Labrinth🇬🇧
singer · b. 1989
Days alive
6,939
Luise Kinseher🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1969
Days alive
14,244
Mark Tyndale🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1986
Days alive
8,035
Marta Hoepffner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist and photographer (1912–2000) · 1912–2000
Days lived
32,142
Marte Harell🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1907–1996
Days lived
32,575
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Mite Kremnitz
deceasedwriter · 1852–1916
Days lived
23,571
Navum Trakhtenberg
deceasedBelarusian and Soviet architect (1910-1977) · 1910–1977
Days lived
24,757
Ottomar Rosenbach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1851–1907) · 1851–1907
Days lived
20,528
Philippe Nicolet🇨🇭
Swiss filmmaker · b. 1953
Days alive
20,088
Quincy Promes
Notable Trials · b. 1992
Days alive
5,844
Sergej Moya🇩🇪
actor · b. 1987
Days alive
7,670
Shigezaburō Miyazaki🇯🇵
deceasedmilitary person · 1892–1965
Days lived
26,901
Thomas Fersen🇫🇷
singer · b. 1963
Days alive
16,436
Till Lindemann🇩🇪
German singer (born 1963) · b. 1963
Days alive
16,436
Victor Wembanyama🇫🇷
Basketball player · b. 2004
Days alive
1,461
Victor Westerholm🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish landscape painter (1860–1919) · 1860–1919
Days lived
21,868
Walther Kossel🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1888–1956
Days lived
24,975
Willy Busch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer (1907–1982) · 1907–1982
Days lived
27,453
Died on This Day
Achim Mentzel🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1946–2016
Days lived
25,375
Albert Camus🇫🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1913–1960
Days lived
16,859
Alberto Lleras Camargo🇨🇴
deceasedpolitician · 1906–1990
Days lived
30,501
Alfred Bohrmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1904–2000) · 1904–2000
Days lived
35,009
Anita Gutwell🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1931–2022
Days lived
32,924
Diether Krebs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1947–2000) · 1947–2000
Days lived
19,139
Eve Arnold🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1912–2012
Days lived
36,417
Gábor Török🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1936–2004
Days lived
24,690
Georges Theunis🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1873–1966
Days lived
33,912
Gerry Rafferty🇬🇧
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1947–2011
Days lived
23,274
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Glynis Johns🇬🇧
deceasedPianist · 1923–2024
Days lived
36,616
Han Soo-ann🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean boxer (1926-1998) · 1926–1998
Days lived
26,133
Hans Heinrich Lammers🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1879–1962
Days lived
30,172
Henri Bergson🇫🇷
deceasedphilosopher · 1859–1941
Days lived
29,663
Irene Reid🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer (1930–2008) · 1930–2008
Days lived
28,227
Johanna Terwin🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1884-1962) · 1884–1962
Days lived
28,415
Karl-Heinz Vosgerau🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1928-2021) · 1928–2021
Days lived
33,744
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Kishin Shinoyama🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese photographer (1940–2024) · 1940–2024
Days lived
30,347
Lily Laskine🇫🇷
deceasedFrench harpist (1893–1988) · 1893–1988
Days lived
34,458
Marianne Kiefer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1928-2008) · 1928–2008
Days lived
28,977
Marina Raskova🇷🇺
deceasedmilitary person · 1912–1943
Days lived
11,239
Marta Hoepffner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist and photographer (1912–2000) · 1912–2000
Days lived
32,142
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Peter Frankenfeld🇩🇪
deceasedGerman comedian (1913-1979) · 1913–1979
Days lived
23,959
Philipp Johann Heinrich Fauth
deceasedGerman selenographer (1867–1941) · 1867–1941
Days lived
26,954
Rahul Dev Burman🇮🇳
deceasedComposer · 1939–1994
Days lived
19,915
Sandro Salvadore🇮🇹
deceasedItalian footballer (1939-2007) · 1939–2007
Days lived
24,508
Sim Wong Hoo
deceasedFounder of Creative · 1955–2023
Days lived
24,840
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T. S. Eliot🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1888–1965
Days lived
27,858
Tsutomu Yamaguchi🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese marine engineer (1916–2010) · 1916–2010
Days lived
34,262
Władysław Klabiński🇵🇱
deceasedPolish sportsperson (1925-2004) · 1925–2004
Days lived
28,713
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
56,615
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
45,293
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
42,641
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
42,304
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
40,179
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
39,084
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
39,084
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
39,084
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
39,084
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
39,084
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
39,084
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
39,084
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
39,084
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
39,084
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
39,084
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
39,084
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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
37,989
Emilio Navarro🇺🇸
deceasedPuerto Rican baseball player (1905-2011) · 1905–2011
Days lived
38,567
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
64,286
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
9,929
Tilikum🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1981–2017
Days lived
12,796
Stubbs🇺🇸
deceasedOrange tabby cat · 1997–2017
Days lived
7,405
Tama🇯🇵
deceasedCalico cat · 1999–2015
Days lived
5,898
Harambe🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1999–2016
Days lived
6,211
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
62,459
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
62,156
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
61,729
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
52,171
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
51,137
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
50,771
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
48,215
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
46,867
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
667,666
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
147,180
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
71,198
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
51,867
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
30,219
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
27,762
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
25,672
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
23,649
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
25,109
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
18,531
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
13,069
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
11,886
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
11,181
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
10,494
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
10,451
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
10,230