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February 4 2012

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Born on This Day

🇦🇹Ady Berber
deceased
actor · 1913–1966
Days lived
19,326
🇨🇭Alfred Andersch
deceased
journalist · 1914–1980
Days lived
24,123
🇩🇪Andreas Sidon
German boxer · b. 1963
Days alive
17,897
🇩🇪Arman İnci
actor · b. 1991
Days alive
7,670
Atilla Taş
musician · b. 1975
Days alive
13,514
🇮🇳Bhimsen Joshi
deceased
Indian Hindustani classical vocalist (1922–2011) · 1922–2011
Days lived
32,496
🇲🇰Blagoja Ivanov
Macedonian journalist · b. 1931
Days alive
29,585
Boris Paichadze
deceased
athlete · 1915–1990
Days lived
27,641
🇨🇴Carlos Rodas
football player · b. 1975
Days alive
13,514
🇺🇸Christopher Buchholz
German actor, film director and screenwriter · b. 1962
Days alive
18,262
🇺🇸Clint Black
American country musician · b. 1962
Days alive
18,262
Daan van Golden
deceased
Dutch painter (1936-2017) · 1936–2017
Days lived
29,561
🇩🇪Daniel Wiemer
German actor · b. 1976
Days alive
13,149
🇮🇱David Golomb
deceased
Israeli politician · 1933–2019
Days lived
31,554
🇩🇪Dimitri Sartison
German boxer · b. 1980
Days alive
11,688
🇩🇪Eduard Zimmermann
deceased
German tv journalist (1929–2009) · 1929–2009
Days lived
29,447
Ericus Gerhardus van de Stadt
deceased
Dutch yacht designer (1910-1999) · 1910–1999
Days lived
32,722
🇫🇷Fernand Léger
deceased
artist · 1881–1955
Days lived
27,221
🇩🇪Frank Zander
actor · b. 1942
Days alive
25,567
🇩🇪Friedrich Ebert
deceased
politician · 1871–1925
Days lived
19,747
🇩🇪Friedrich Hund
deceased
chemist · 1896–1997
Days lived
36,945
🇩🇪Fritz Hartnagel
deceased
German soldier and judge · 1917–2001
Days lived
30,765
🇨🇦George A. Romero
deceased
actor · 1940–2017
Days lived
28,287
🇬🇪Giorgi Gamqrelidze
Georgian basketball player · b. 1986
Days alive
9,496
Grigory Bogdanovich Bogdanov
deceased
military person · 1910–1943
Days lived
12,292
🇯🇵Haruka Tomatsu
actor · b. 1990
Days alive
8,035
🇩🇪Heiner Backhaus
German football player · b. 1982
Days alive
10,957
🇩🇪Hermann Weller
deceased
German philologist (1878–1956) · 1878–1956
Days lived
28,797
🇩🇪Horst Ehmke
deceased
politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Lawyer (1927-2017) · 1927–2017
Days lived
32,909
🇮🇹Hubert Houben
scientist · b. 1953
Days alive
21,549
🇦🇷Isabel Martínez de Perón
Politician · b. 1931
Days alive
29,585
Jean Richepin
deceased
Notable Trials · 1849–1926
Days lived
28,434
🇺🇸Jerome Powell
Lawyer · b. 1953
Days alive
21,549
🇨🇿Jiří Raška
deceased
Czechoslovak skijumpers and skijumpers (1941–2012) · 1941–2012
Days lived
25,917
🇸🇪Joel Ekstrand
football player · b. 1989
Days alive
8,400
Johann Nepomuk Krieger
deceased
German astronomer (1865-1902) · 1865–1902
Days lived
13,519
🇸🇪Jüri Lossmann
deceased
Estonian athletics competitor and association football player (1891–1984) · 1891–1984
Days lived
34,054
🇩🇪Jutta Jol
deceased
actor · 1896–1981
Days lived
31,310
🇫🇮Kaarlo Kangasniemi
Finnish weightlifter · b. 1941
Days alive
25,932
🇦🇹Karl Schönböck
deceased
actor · 1909–2001
Days lived
33,651
🇰🇷Kim Chi-ha
deceased
South Korean writer (1941-2022) · 1941–2022
Days lived
29,678
🇺🇸Lotfi A. Zadeh
deceased
American electrical engineer and computer scientist (1921–2017) · 1921–2017
Days lived
35,278
🇩🇪Ludwig Erhard
deceased
politician · 1897–1977
Days lived
29,309
🇦🇹Markus Ressler
athlete · b. 1976
Days alive
13,149
Michael Saylor
Founder of MicroStrategy · b. 1965
Days alive
17,166
Mijntje Donners
field hockey player · b. 1974
Days alive
13,879
🇨🇮Moïse Brou Apanga
deceased
Gabonese footballer (1982-2017) · 1982–2017
Days lived
12,865
🇺🇸Neil Johnston
deceased
film director · 1929–1978
Days lived
18,133
🇺🇸Nick Cave
writer · b. 1959
Days alive
19,358
🇺🇸Oscar De La Hoya
American boxing promoter and former professional boxer · b. 1973
Days alive
14,244
🇦🇹Paul L. Stein
deceased
Austrian film director (1892–1951) · 1892–1951
Days lived
21,636
Ram Baran Yadav
politician · b. 1948
Days alive
23,376
Rasmus Højlund
association football player · b. 2003
Days alive
3,287
🇺🇸Robert Malone
player of American football · b. 1988
Days alive
8,766
🇭🇺Sándor Giesswein
deceased
Hungarian priest, politician, Esperantist, writer, social reformist and pacifist (1856-1923) · 1856–1923
Days lived
24,755
🇦🇹Werner Schwab
deceased
artist · 1958–1994
Days lived
13,115
🇨🇳Wu Naiqun
basketball player · b. 1971
Days alive
14,975
🇬🇷Zachos Terzakis
singer · b. 1950
Days alive
22,645
🇧🇷Zeca Pagodinho
singer · b. 1959
Days alive
19,358

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Abie Ames
deceased
American musician · 1918–2002
Days lived
30,573
🇬🇧Alex Harvey
deceased
musician · 1935–1982
Days lived
17,166

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
58,107
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
46,785

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
65,778
🇪🇨Lonesome George
deceased
Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
63,951
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
63,648

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
669,158
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
148,672

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
26,601
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
20,023

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🇺🇸Bill Dudley

deceased

American football player (1921-2010) · 1921–2010

Days lived

32,184

🇩🇪Caelestis Eichenseer

German Latin scholar (1924–2008) · 1924–2008

Days lived

30,533

🇦🇺David Buckingham

chemist · 1930–2021

Days lived

33,245

Dominique Heckmes

Luxembourgian composer (1878-1938) · 1878–1938

Days lived

21,705

🇺🇸Edward Sapir

American linguist and anthropologist (1884-1939) · 1884–1939

Days lived

20,097

🇫🇷Étienne Nodet

French historian (1944–2024) · 1944–2024

Days lived

28,920

🇩🇪Friedrich Raschig

chemist · 1863–1928

Days lived

23,616

🇩🇪Georg Konrad Morgen

SS judge and chief investigator, Reich Criminal Police Office (1909-1982) · 1909–1982

Days lived

26,539

🇮🇳Gurmit Singh Kullar

field hockey player · 1907–1992

Days lived

31,080

Hans Blüher

YouTube personality · 1888–1955

Days lived

24,458

🇺🇸Jesse Hibbs

American football player and film director (1906-1985) · 1906–1985

Days lived

28,879

🇩🇪Joachim-Ernst Berendt

rapper · 1922–2000

Days lived

28,323

🇩🇪Jürgen Flimm

actor · 1941–2023

Days lived

29,787

🇺🇸Karen Carpenter

Singer · 1950–1983

Days lived

12,027

🇺🇸Kenneth C. Burns

American musician (1920–1989) · 1920–1989

Days lived

25,168

🇸🇪Lisa Fonssagrives

artist · 1911–1992

Days lived

29,483

🇮🇹Mario Camerini

Italian film director and screenwriter (1895–1981) · 1895–1981

Days lived

31,409

Matti Nykänen

Notable Trials · 1963–2019

Days lived

20,291

🇩🇪Michael Habeck

German actor (1944–2011) · 1944–2011

Days lived

24,393

Rudolf Rittner

actor · 1869–1943

Days lived

26,881

🇩🇪Werner Lindemann

German writer (1926–1993) · 1926–1993

Days lived

24,227

🇩🇪Wilhelm Gustloff

politician · 1895–1936

Days lived

14,979

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

44,133

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

43,796

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

41,671

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,576

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

40,576

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

40,576

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

40,576

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,576

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

40,576

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,576

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,576

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

40,576

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,576

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

40,576

🇮🇱Alice Herz-Sommer

musician · 1903–2014

Days lived

40,267

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

39,481

🇺🇸Eldred G. Smith

American Leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1907-2013) · 1907–2013

Days lived

38,802

🇦🇹Günter Fronius

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

Days lived

39,334

🇺🇸Koko

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,152

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

11,421

🇺🇸Tilikum

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

🇺🇸Stubbs

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

🇯🇵Tama

Calico cat · 1999–2015

Days lived

5,898

🇺🇸Harambe

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,211

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

63,221

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

53,663

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

52,629

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

52,263

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

49,707

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

48,359

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

72,690

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

53,359

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

31,711

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

29,254

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

27,164

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

25,141

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

14,561

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

13,378

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

12,673

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

11,986

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

11,943

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

11,722