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December 1 2011

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Events on This Day

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Born on This Day

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Adolph Hoffmann
deceased
German politician and publisher (1858-1930) · 1858–1930
Days lived
26,551
🇮🇹Antonio Segni
deceased
politician · 1891–1972
Days lived
29,887

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

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· b. 1951

Days alive

21,915

🇺🇸Bette Midler

American singer and actress (born 1945) · b. 1945

Days alive

24,106

🇺🇸Brad Delson

rapper · b. 1977

Days alive

12,418

🇺🇸Carlton Medder

college football player, professional football player, offensive lineman, offensive guard · b. 1984

Days alive

9,861

🇺🇸Chris Poland

American guitarist · b. 1957

Days alive

19,723

🇺🇸David Doyle

deceased

American actor (1929–1997) · 1929–1997

Days lived

24,559

🇵🇱Ernst Toller

deceased

politician · 1893–1939

Days lived

16,607

🇩🇪Felix Weber

rapper · b. 1960

Days alive

18,627

🇳🇴Finn E. Kydland

Norwegian economist · b. 1943

Days alive

24,837

George Maxwell Richards

deceased

President of Trinidad and Tobago (1931-2018) · 1931–2018

Days lived

31,450

🇩🇪Heinrich Siedentopf

deceased

German astronomer (1906–1963) · 1906–1963

Days lived

20,816

🇩🇪Heinz Riesenhuber

chemist · b. 1935

Days alive

27,759

🇩🇪Isabella Soric

German actress and television presenter · b. 1988

Days alive

8,400

🇨🇳Jiao Zhimin

table tennis player · b. 1963

Days alive

17,532

🇬🇧Jim Sullivan

deceased

film director · 1903–1977

Days lived

26,999

🇬🇧Justin Chadwick

actor · b. 1968

Days alive

15,705

🇺🇸Katherine LaNasa

actor · b. 1966

Days alive

16,436

🇰🇷Lee Young-min

deceased

South Korean footballer (1905-1954) · 1905–1954

Days lived

17,786

🇬🇧Lloyd Doyley

football player · b. 1982

Days alive

10,592

🇩🇪Louis Held

deceased

German photographer (1851–1927) · 1851–1927

Days lived

27,530

🇺🇸Marty Marion

deceased

film director · 1916–2011

Days lived

34,437

🇩🇪Melanie Peres

musician · b. 1971

Days alive

14,610

Ned Kelly

deceased

Notable Trials · 1854–1880

Days lived

9,477

🇺🇸Nicholas Negroponte

American computer scientist (born 1943) · b. 1943

Days alive

24,837

Nico Schlotterbeck

association football player · b. 1999

Days alive

4,383

🇬🇹Otto Pérez Molina

President of Guatemala (2012-2015) · b. 1950

Days alive

22,280

Pablo Escobar

deceased

Notable Trials · 1949–1993

Days lived

16,072

🇫🇷Peter McLane

French singer · b. 1945

Days alive

24,106

🇺🇸Peter S. Kalikow

entrepreneur · b. 1942

Days alive

25,202

🇺🇸Red Badgro

deceased

player of American football · 1902–1998

Days lived

34,923

🇺🇸Richard Carrier

philosopher · b. 1969

Days alive

15,340

🇺🇸Richard Pryor

deceased

American comedian and actor (1940–2005) · 1940–2005

Days lived

23,750

🇺🇸Robert F. Smith

Private Equity Investor · b. 1962

Days alive

17,897

🇦🇺Robert Irwin

Conservationist, photographer, television personality · b. 2003

Days alive

2,922

🇮🇳Sakyong Mipham

athlete · b. 1962

Days alive

17,897

🇨🇱Sebastián Piñera

deceased

entrepreneur · 1949–2024

Days lived

27,095

🇺🇸Slim Willet

deceased

singer · 1919–1966

Days lived

17,014

🇬🇧Steve Gibb

singer · b. 1973

Days alive

13,879

🇷🇺Tatyana Ivanova

deceased

Russian philologist (1917-2011) · 1917–2011

Days lived

34,345

🇩🇪Victor Mayer

deceased

entrepreneur · 1857–1946

Days lived

32,457

🇭🇰Wang Ch'ung-hui

deceased

Taiwanese judge (1881-1958) · 1881–1958

Days lived

27,862

🇺🇸Woody Allen

Filmmaker, Writer, Actor · b. 1935

Days alive

27,759

🇨🇳Zhu De

deceased

politician · 1886–1976

Days lived

32,724

🇺🇸Benedict Gross

deceased

American mathematician (1950–2025) · 1950–2025

Days lived

27,556

🇩🇪Carl Koch

deceased

actor · 1892–1963

Days lived

26,055

🇫🇷Charles de Foucauld

deceased

French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916) · 1858–1916

Days lived

21,261

🇩🇪Christa Wolf

deceased

YouTube personality · 1929–2011

Days lived

30,208

🇮🇳Earnest Goodsir-Cullen

deceased

field hockey player · 1912–1993

Days lived

29,724

🇩🇪Franz Joseph Emil Fischer

deceased

chemist · 1877–1947

Days lived

25,823

🇺🇸Gaylord Perry

deceased

film director · 1938–2022

Days lived

30,758

🇩🇪Ilke Wyludda

deceased

German discus thrower and shot putter (1969–2024) · 1969–2024

Days lived

20,337

🇩🇪Joseph Rosemeyer

deceased

entrepreneur · 1872–1919

Days lived

17,428

🇺🇸Jovan Belcher

deceased

American football player (1987–2012) · 1987–2012

Days lived

9,262

🇩🇪Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

deceased

husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1911-2004); prince consort of the Netherlands (1911–2004) · 1911–2004

Days lived

34,124

🇮🇳Ranganathan Francis

deceased

field hockey player (1920-1975) · 1920–1975

Days lived

20,349

🇺🇸Sandra Day O'Connor

deceased

politician · 1930–2023

Days lived

34,218

🇩🇪Sepp Vees

deceased

artist · 1908–1989

Days lived

29,605

🇮🇹Sergio Corbucci

deceased

Italian film director (1927-1990) · 1927–1990

Days lived

23,006

🇩🇪Walter Bluhm

deceased

German actor (1904-1976) · 1904–1976

Days lived

26,416

🇲🇽Zayda Peña Arjona

deceased

singer · 1981–2007

Days lived

9,767

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

44,068

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

43,731

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

41,606

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

40,511

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

40,511

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,511

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,511

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,511

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

40,511

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

40,511

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

40,511

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,511

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,511

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

40,511

🇮🇱Alice Herz-Sommer

deceased

musician · 1903–2014

Days lived

40,267

🇦🇹Johannes Heesters

deceased

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

Days lived

39,466

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

39,416

🇭🇺Eva Zeisel

deceased

artist · 1906–2011

Days lived

38,398

🇺🇸Koko

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,152

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

11,356

🇺🇸Tilikum

deceased

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

🇺🇸Stubbs

deceased

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

🇯🇵Tama

deceased

Calico cat · 1999–2015

Days lived

5,898

🇺🇸Harambe

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,211

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

63,156

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

53,598

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

52,564

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

52,198

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

49,642

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

48,294

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

72,625

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

53,294

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

31,646

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

29,189

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

27,099

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

25,076

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

14,496

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

13,313

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

12,608

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

11,921

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

11,878

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

11,657

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

Aiko, Princess Toshi

🇬🇧Alastair Denniston

🇨🇳Albert Ho

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Adolph Hoffmann

🇮🇹Antonio Segni

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇸🇭Jonathan

🇪🇨Lonesome George

Companies That Existed

🇫🇷Hermes

🇺🇸Procter & Gamble

Already Published

🇮🇹Meditations

🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

🇺🇸12 Angry Men

🇺🇸Bette Midler

🇺🇸Brad Delson

🇺🇸Carlton Medder

🇺🇸Chris Poland

🇺🇸David Doyle

🇵🇱Ernst Toller

🇩🇪Felix Weber

🇳🇴Finn E. Kydland

George Maxwell Richards

🇩🇪Heinrich Siedentopf

🇩🇪Heinz Riesenhuber

🇩🇪Isabella Soric

🇨🇳Jiao Zhimin

🇬🇧Jim Sullivan

🇬🇧Justin Chadwick

🇺🇸Katherine LaNasa

🇰🇷Lee Young-min

🇬🇧Lloyd Doyley

🇩🇪Louis Held

🇺🇸Marty Marion

🇩🇪Melanie Peres

Ned Kelly

🇺🇸Nicholas Negroponte

Nico Schlotterbeck

🇬🇹Otto Pérez Molina

Pablo Escobar

🇫🇷Peter McLane

🇺🇸Peter S. Kalikow

🇺🇸Red Badgro

🇺🇸Richard Carrier

🇺🇸Richard Pryor

🇺🇸Robert F. Smith

🇦🇺Robert Irwin

🇮🇳Sakyong Mipham

🇨🇱Sebastián Piñera

🇺🇸Slim Willet

🇬🇧Steve Gibb

🇷🇺Tatyana Ivanova

🇩🇪Victor Mayer

🇭🇰Wang Ch'ung-hui

🇺🇸Woody Allen

🇨🇳Zhu De

🇺🇸Benedict Gross

🇩🇪Carl Koch

🇫🇷Charles de Foucauld

🇩🇪Christa Wolf

🇮🇳Earnest Goodsir-Cullen

🇩🇪Franz Joseph Emil Fischer

🇺🇸Gaylord Perry

🇩🇪Ilke Wyludda

🇩🇪Joseph Rosemeyer

🇺🇸Jovan Belcher

🇩🇪Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

🇮🇳Ranganathan Francis

🇺🇸Sandra Day O'Connor

🇩🇪Sepp Vees