Skip to main content

⌘K

People On This Day Day Lookup

HomeDateJuly 17, 2012

On This Day

Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.

July 17 2012

Jump to another date

Born on This Day

🇲🇽Abraham Laboriel
Mexican musician · b. 1947
Days alive
23,742
🇪🇨Alexandra Escobar
Ecuadorian weightlifter · b. 1980
Days alive
11,688
🇩🇪Andrea Glass
German tennis player · b. 1976
Days alive
13,149
🇩🇪Andreas von Bülow
German politician · b. 1937
Days alive
27,394
🇩🇪Angela Merkel
politician · b. 1954
Days alive
21,185
🇺🇸Berenice Abbott
deceased
artist · 1898–1991
Days lived
34,112
🌍Bharathiraja
deceased
Film director · 1941–2026
Days lived
31,009
🇺🇸Bitty Schram
American actress · b. 1968
Days alive
16,071
🇫🇮Björn Vikström
Finnish bishop and researcher · b. 1963
Days alive
17,898
🇩🇪Clara Viebig
deceased
German writer (1860–1952) · 1860–1952
Days lived
33,616
🇩🇪Daniel Brands
German tennis player · b. 1987
Days alive
9,132
🇬🇧David Batchelor
(1955 - ) British artist (born 1955) · b. 1955
Days alive
20,820
🇭🇺Dezső Dercsényi
deceased
journalist · 1910–1987
Days lived
28,099
🇺🇸Don Dinero
American rapper · b. 1969
Days alive
15,706
🇺🇸Ed Thomas
deceased
American high school football coach, shot by former player · 1950–2009
Days lived
21,527
🇫🇷Émilie Simon
French singer, songwriter and composer · b. 1978
Days alive
12,419
🇩🇪Franz Alt
German journalist · b. 1938
Days alive
27,029
Harry Koster
Dutch baseball player · b. 1965
Days alive
17,167
🇭🇺Henrik Major
deceased
Hungarian-American caricaturist (1889-1948) · 1889–1948
Days lived
21,611
🇺🇸J. Michael Straczynski
American writer and filmmaker (born 1954) · b. 1954
Days alive
21,185
🇺🇸James Cagney
deceased
Oscar Winners · 1899–1986
Days lived
31,667
🇩🇪Joern Renzenbrink
tennis player · b. 1972
Days alive
14,610
🇩🇪Jürgen Flimm
deceased
actor · 1941–2023
Days lived
29,787
🇺🇸Katie Uhlaender
American skeleton racer · b. 1984
Days alive
10,227
🇬🇧Laurence Freeman
Catholic priest and a Benedictine monk · b. 1951
Days alive
22,281
🇩🇪Lilli Schweiger
German actress · b. 1998
Days alive
5,114
🇺🇸Lionel Ferbos
deceased
American trumpeter · 1911–2014
Days lived
37,623
🇨🇳Lucio Tan
Filipino businessman · b. 1934
Days alive
28,490
🇺🇸Luke Bryan
singer · b. 1976
Days alive
13,149
🇲🇪Malësor Prenkoçaj
Albanian singer · b. 1977
Days alive
12,784
🇨🇿Marcel Lička
athlete · b. 1977
Days alive
12,784
🇺🇸Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen
deceased
German psychoanalyst (1917–2012) · 1917–2012
Days lived
34,664
🇨🇭Martin R. Dean
Swiss writer · b. 1955
Days alive
20,820
Matti Nykänen
deceased
Notable Trials · 1963–2019
Days lived
20,291
🇺🇸Mike Vogel
actor · b. 1979
Days alive
12,054
🇩🇪Minnie Maria Dronke
deceased
actor · 1904–1987
Days lived
30,357
🇫🇷Roger Garaudy
deceased
Notable Trials · 1913–2012
Days lived
36,126
🇺🇸Sumaya Kazi
entrepreneur · b. 1982
Days alive
10,958
🇬🇧Tim Brooke-Taylor
deceased
Actor · 1940–2020
Days lived
29,124
🇬🇧Tom Fletcher
Guitarist · b. 1985
Days alive
9,862
🇵🇱Waldemar Malak
deceased
Polish weightlifter · 1970–1992
Days lived
8,155
🇨🇳Wong Kar-wai
Chinese-born Hong Kong filmmaker (born 1958) · b. 1958
Days alive
19,724
🇰🇷Wonwoo (Jeon Won-woo)
K-pop Idol (SEVENTEEN) · b. 1996
Days alive
5,844
🇵🇱Zbigniew Zamachowski
Polish actor · b. 1961
Days alive
18,628

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Billie Holiday
deceased
singer-songwriter · 1915–1959
Days lived
16,172
Charlotte Corday
deceased
Notable Trials · 1768–1793
Days lived
9,121

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
58,271
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
46,949

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
65,942
🇺🇸Koko
deceased
Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,115
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
63,812

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
669,322
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
148,836

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
26,765
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
20,187

Born on July 17 Died on July 17 On This Day Day Lookup

Previous day Next day

Draža Mihailović

deceased

Notable Trials · 1893–1946

Days lived

19,438

🇦🇹Erich Dolezal

Austrian author and astronomer (1902–1990) · 1902–1990

Days lived

32,014

🇩🇪Ernst Busch

military person · 1885–1945

Days lived

21,925

🇦🇹Felix Baumgartner

Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper (1969–2025) · 1969–2025

Days lived

20,542

🇫🇷Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912) · 1854–1912

Days lived

21,263

🇺🇸Ira Davenport

film director · 1887–1941

Days lived

19,640

🇺🇸John Coltrane

singer · 1926–1967

Days lived

14,907

🇦🇷Juan Manuel Fangio

entrepreneur · 1911–1995

Days lived

30,704

🇺🇾Juan María Bordaberry

Notable Trials · 1928–2011

Days lived

30,345

🇫🇷Louis Gardet

French sociologist · 1904–1986

Days lived

29,921

🇺🇸Richard Erdoes

Author, illustrator and journalist (1912-2008) · 1912–2008

Days lived

35,074

🇩🇪Udo Voigt

politician · 1952–2025

Days lived

26,757

🇧🇷Zózimo

Brazilian footballer (1932-1977) · 1932–1977

Days lived

16,464

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

44,297

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

43,960

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

41,835

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

40,740

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

40,740

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

40,740

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,740

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

40,740

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,740

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,740

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,740

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

40,740

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,740

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

40,740

🇮🇱Alice Herz-Sommer

musician · 1903–2014

Days lived

40,267

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

39,645

🇺🇸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

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

11,585

🇺🇸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

🇺🇸April

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,762

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

63,385

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

53,827

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

52,793

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

52,427

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

49,871

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

48,523

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

72,854

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

53,523

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

31,875

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

29,418

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

27,328

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

25,305

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

14,725

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

13,542

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

12,837

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,150

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,107

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

11,886