On This Day

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December 5 2011

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Historical Events

Celebration for King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 7th Cycle Birthday Anniversary
politics
Grand Palace

Born on This Day

Died on This Day

🇷🇴Anca Parghel
deceased
singer, music teacher · 1957–2008
Days lived
18,708
🇮🇳Aurobindo Ghosh
deceased
Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950) · 1872–1950
Days lived
28,600

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.

Born on December 5 Died on December 5 On This Day Day Lookup

· 1927–2016

Days lived

32,455

🇺🇸Carl Ferdinand Cori

deceased

Czech Nobel prize laureate and scientist (1896–1984) · 1896–1984

Days lived

32,095

🇺🇸Charlie Batch

American football player (born 1974) · b. 1974

Days alive

13,514

Derek Hole

deceased

Provost of Leicester Cathedral · 1933–2021

Days lived

32,050

🇩🇪Dieter Falk

German musician · b. 1959

Days alive

18,993

🇭🇺Emeric Pressburger

deceased

Hungarian-British screenwriter, director and producer (1902–1988) · 1902–1988

Days lived

31,108

🇩🇪Fritz Lang

deceased

actor · 1890–1976

Days lived

31,286

🇭🇺Gábor Béla Fodor

deceased

chemist from Hungary · 1915–2000

Days lived

31,015

🇺🇸J.J. Cale

deceased

singer · 1938–2013

Days lived

27,262

🇺🇸Jack Russell

deceased

American singer (1960–2024) · 1960–2024

Days lived

23,264

🇺🇸Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio

Dancer · b. 1973

Days alive

13,879

🇳🇱Jeroen Krabbé

Dutch actor, film director (born 1944) · b. 1944

Days alive

24,471

🇨🇦Jessica Paré

Canadian actress · b. 1980

Days alive

11,322

🇦🇹Johannes Heesters

deceased

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

Days lived

39,466

Józef Piłsudski

deceased

politician · 1867–1935

Days lived

24,629

🇸🇬Kane Lim

Reality Television Star, Investor, Real Estate Developer · b. 1989

Days alive

8,035

🇭🇺Kati Oláh

Hungarian artist · b. 1959

Days alive

18,993

🇰🇷Lee Seung-chul

singer · b. 1966

Days alive

16,436

🇺🇸Little Richard

deceased

musician · 1932–2020

Days lived

31,932

🇨🇭Ludwig Minelli

deceased

Swiss lawyer and former journalist (1932–2025) · 1932–2025

Days lived

33,962

🇵🇪Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra

deceased

politician · 1880–1976

Days lived

34,807

🇷🇸Miralem Sulejmani

Serbian footballer · b. 1988

Days alive

8,400

Moshe Katsav

Notable Trials · b. 1945

Days alive

24,106

Nick Jameson

Actor · b. 1950

Days alive

22,280

🇺🇸Otto Preminger

deceased

American director, producer and actor (1905–1986) · 1905–1986

Days lived

29,359

🇫🇷Patricia Kaas

French singer · b. 1966

Days alive

16,436

Randal Kolo Muani

association football player · b. 1998

Days alive

4,748

🇨🇱Raquel Argandoña

Chilean entertainer and mayor · b. 1957

Days alive

19,723

🇺🇸Sheldon Glashow

scientist · b. 1932

Days alive

28,854

🇩🇪Teoman Öztürk

basketball player · b. 1967

Days alive

16,071

🇺🇸Trey Hendrickson

American football player · b. 1994

Days alive

6,209

🇫🇮Vesa Hakala

Finnish ski jumper · b. 1968

Days alive

15,705

🇺🇸Walt Disney

deceased

actor · 1901–1966

Days lived

23,751

🇬🇧William Greggan

deceased

athlete · 1882–1976

Days lived

34,031

🇧🇾Yakov Kivovich Syrkin

deceased

scientist · 1894–1974

Days lived

28,888

🇷🇺Yury Vlasov

deceased

Soviet weightlifter (1935–2021) · 1935–2021

Days lived

31,117

🇫🇷Claudius Dornier

deceased

entrepreneur · 1884–1969

Days lived

31,250

🇺🇦Dajos Béla

deceased

(1897–1978) fiddle-player and band-leader · 1897–1978

Days lived

29,570

🇺🇸Dave Brubeck

deceased

American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012) · 1920–2012

Days lived

33,602

🇮🇳Dharam Singh

deceased

field hockey player (1919–2001) · 1919–2001

Days lived

30,271

🇨🇦Frank Maurice Stinson Jenkins

deceased

Canadian ice hockey player (1859-1930) · 1859–1930

Days lived

26,084

🇩🇪Frits Clausen

deceased

Danish national socialist politician (1893-1947) · 1893–1947

Days lived

19,745

🇫🇷Georges Bayrou

deceased

French footballer (1883-1953) · 1883–1953

Days lived

25,551

🇩🇪Günter Meisner

deceased

German actor (1926–1994) · 1926–1994

Days lived

25,068

Hashim al-Atassi

deceased

politician · 1875–1960

Days lived

31,045

🇺🇸Hazel Bishop

deceased

American chemist and cosmetics company founder (1906–1998) · 1906–1998

Days lived

33,713

🇩🇪Heinz Auerswald

deceased

German member of the SS (1908-1970) · 1908–1970

Days lived

22,777

🇩🇪Herbert W. Roesky

deceased

chemist · 1935–2025

Days lived

32,902

🇨🇭Jean-Luc Benoziglio

deceased

Swiss writer and publishing editor (1941-2013) · 1941–2013

Days lived

26,314

🇫🇷Johnny Hallyday

deceased

singer · 1943–2017

Days lived

27,202

🇺🇸Joseph Rock

deceased

Austrian-American scientist-explorer (1884-1962) · 1884–1962

Days lived

28,815

🇫🇮Kaisa Sere

deceased

Finnish computer scientist · 1954–2012

Days lived

21,370

🇸🇪Lennart Gabrielsson

deceased

Swedish CEO · 1909–1988

Days lived

29,049

Lucy Everest Boole

deceased

British chemist and pharmacist (1862-1904) · 1862–1904

Days lived

15,462

🇿🇦Nelson Mandela

deceased

Anti-apartheid leader and statesman · 1918–2013

Days lived

34,839

🇩🇪Oskar von Hutier

deceased

military person · 1857–1934

Days lived

28,223

🇩🇪Otto Graf Lambsdorff

deceased

politician · 1926–2009

Days lived

30,301

🇮🇹Pietro Germi

deceased

Italian screenwriter, director, actor (1914–1974) · 1914–1974

Days lived

21,997

🇩🇪Rudolf Bahro

deceased

German politician and writer (1935-1997) · 1935–1997

Days lived

22,663

🇫🇷Sonia Delaunay

deceased

French painter (1885–1979) · 1885–1979

Days lived

34,353

🇵🇱Violetta Villas

deceased

Polish cabaret star, singer, actress, composer, songwriter (1938-2011) · 1938–2011

Days lived

26,841

Walter Stocker

deceased

Actor · 1925–2003

Days lived

28,584

🇦🇹Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

deceased

Composer and musician · 1756–1791

Days lived

13,096

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

44,072

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

43,735

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

41,610

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

40,515

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

40,515

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,515

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,515

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,515

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

40,515

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

40,515

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

40,515

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,515

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,515

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

40,515

🇮🇱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

39,420

🇭🇺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

11,360

🇺🇸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

63,160

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

53,602

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

52,568

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

52,202

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

49,646

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

48,298

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

72,629

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

53,298

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

31,650

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

29,193

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

27,103

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

25,080

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

14,500

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

13,317

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

12,612

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

11,925

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

11,882

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

11,661

On This Day

Historical Events

Born on This Day

🇮🇷Abbas Araghchi

🇫🇷André-Pierre Gignac

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Died on This Day

🇷🇴Anca Parghel

🇮🇳Aurobindo Ghosh

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

🇺🇸Carl Ferdinand Cori

🇺🇸Charlie Batch

Derek Hole

🇩🇪Dieter Falk

🇭🇺Emeric Pressburger

🇩🇪Fritz Lang

🇭🇺Gábor Béla Fodor

🇺🇸J.J. Cale

🇺🇸Jack Russell

🇺🇸Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio

🇳🇱Jeroen Krabbé

🇨🇦Jessica Paré

🇦🇹Johannes Heesters

Józef Piłsudski

🇸🇬Kane Lim

🇭🇺Kati Oláh

🇰🇷Lee Seung-chul

🇺🇸Little Richard

🇨🇭Ludwig Minelli

🇵🇪Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra

🇷🇸Miralem Sulejmani

Moshe Katsav

Nick Jameson

🇺🇸Otto Preminger

🇫🇷Patricia Kaas

Randal Kolo Muani

🇨🇱Raquel Argandoña

🇺🇸Sheldon Glashow

🇩🇪Teoman Öztürk

🇺🇸Trey Hendrickson

🇫🇮Vesa Hakala

🇺🇸Walt Disney

🇬🇧William Greggan

🇧🇾Yakov Kivovich Syrkin

🇷🇺Yury Vlasov

🇫🇷Claudius Dornier

🇺🇦Dajos Béla

🇺🇸Dave Brubeck

🇮🇳Dharam Singh

🇨🇦Frank Maurice Stinson Jenkins

🇩🇪Frits Clausen

🇫🇷Georges Bayrou

🇩🇪Günter Meisner

Hashim al-Atassi

🇺🇸Hazel Bishop

🇩🇪Heinz Auerswald

🇩🇪Herbert W. Roesky

🇨🇭Jean-Luc Benoziglio

🇫🇷Johnny Hallyday

🇺🇸Joseph Rock

🇫🇮Kaisa Sere

🇸🇪Lennart Gabrielsson

Lucy Everest Boole

🇿🇦Nelson Mandela

🇩🇪Oskar von Hutier

🇩🇪Otto Graf Lambsdorff