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January 4 2013

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Born on This Day

Died on This Day

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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🇸🇪Anders Lindström

Swedish lieutenant-general · b. 1955

Days alive

21,185

🇦🇹Arik Brauer

deceased

Austrian 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

20,820

🇿🇦BJ Botha

South African rugby union footballer · b. 1980

Days alive

12,054

🇬🇧Bryan Barley

English rugby union footballer · b. 1960

Days alive

19,359

🇩🇪Bülent Ceylan

Turkish-German comedian (born 1976) · b. 1976

Days alive

13,515

🇩🇪Cilly Aussem

deceased

German tennis player (1909-1963) · 1909–1963

Days lived

19,800

Dafne Keen

actor · b. 2005

Days alive

2,922

🇩🇪Daniel Elsner

German tennis player · b. 1979

Days alive

12,419

🇬🇧Doreen Valiente

deceased

English writer (1922–1999) · 1922–1999

Days lived

28,364

🇦🇹Edmund Rumpler

deceased

entrepreneur · 1872–1940

Days lived

25,083

🇩🇪Eduard Schulte

deceased

entrepreneur · 1891–1966

Days lived

27,395

Erich Windisch

deceased

German ski jumper (1918-2007) · 1918–2007

Days lived

32,548

🇭🇺Ferenc Szabó

athlete · b. 1956

Days alive

20,820

🇺🇸Floyd Patterson

deceased

American heavyweight boxer (1935-2006) · 1935–2006

Days lived

26,060

🇫🇷Gao Xingjian

writer · b. 1940

Days alive

26,664

🇩🇪Gerdt von Bassewitz

deceased

actor · 1878–1923

Days lived

16,468

🇦🇲Gevorg Davtyan

weightlifter · b. 1983

Days alive

10,958

Günter Schabowski

deceased

Notable Trials · 1929–2015

Days lived

31,712

🇩🇪Heinz Wöltje

deceased

German field hockey player (1902-1968) · 1902–1968

Days lived

24,372

🇺🇸Helmut Jahn

deceased

German architect (1940-2021) · 1940–2021

Days lived

29,710

🇩🇪Herbert Vorgrimler

deceased

German theologian (1929–2014) · 1929–2014

Days lived

31,297

🇮🇳Indira Sant

deceased

Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India · 1914–2000

Days lived

31,602

Jaeden Martell

actor · b. 2003

Days alive

3,653

🇮🇳Jiiva

Actor · b. 1983

Days alive

10,958

🇺🇸Johnny Lujack

deceased

American football player (1925-2023) · 1925–2023

Days lived

35,996

🇩🇪Josef Altstötter

deceased

High-ranking official in the German Ministry of Justice under the Nazi Regime (1892-1979) · 1892–1979

Days lived

32,089

József Kő

deceased

model · 1902–1956

Days lived

19,828

🇩🇪Judy Winter

German actress · b. 1944

Days alive

25,203

🇩🇪Kevin Kuske

German bobsledder · b. 1979

Days alive

12,419

🇬🇧Labrinth

singer · b. 1989

Days alive

8,766

🇩🇪Luise Kinseher

German actress · b. 1969

Days alive

16,071

🇺🇸Mark Tyndale

basketball player · b. 1986

Days alive

9,862

🇩🇪Marta Hoepffner

deceased

German artist and photographer (1912–2000) · 1912–2000

Days lived

32,142

🇦🇹Marte Harell

deceased

actor · 1907–1996

Days lived

32,575

Mite Kremnitz

deceased

writer · 1852–1916

Days lived

23,571

Navum Trakhtenberg

deceased

Belarusian and Soviet architect (1910-1977) · 1910–1977

Days lived

24,757

🇩🇪Ottomar Rosenbach

deceased

German physician (1851–1907) · 1851–1907

Days lived

20,528

🇨🇭Philippe Nicolet

Swiss filmmaker · b. 1953

Days alive

21,915

Quincy Promes

Notable Trials · b. 1992

Days alive

7,671

🇩🇪Sergej Moya

actor · b. 1987

Days alive

9,497

🇯🇵Shigezaburō Miyazaki

deceased

military person · 1892–1965

Days lived

26,901

🇫🇷Thomas Fersen

singer · b. 1963

Days alive

18,263

🇩🇪Till Lindemann

German singer (born 1963) · b. 1963

Days alive

18,263

🇫🇷Victor Wembanyama

Basketball player · b. 2004

Days alive

3,288

🇫🇮Victor Westerholm

deceased

Finnish landscape painter (1860–1919) · 1860–1919

Days lived

21,868

🇩🇪Walther Kossel

deceased

chemist · 1888–1956

Days lived

24,975

🇩🇪Willy Busch

deceased

German footballer (1907–1982) · 1907–1982

Days lived

27,453

🇨🇴Alberto Lleras Camargo

deceased

politician · 1906–1990

Days lived

30,501

🇩🇪Alfred Bohrmann

deceased

German astronomer (1904–2000) · 1904–2000

Days lived

35,009

🇦🇹Anita Gutwell

deceased

actor · 1931–2022

Days lived

32,924

🇩🇪Diether Krebs

deceased

German actor (1947–2000) · 1947–2000

Days lived

19,139

🇺🇸Eve Arnold

deceased

artist · 1912–2012

Days lived

36,417

🇭🇺Gábor Török

deceased

athlete · 1936–2004

Days lived

24,690

🇧🇪Georges Theunis

deceased

politician · 1873–1966

Days lived

33,912

🇬🇧Gerry Rafferty

deceased

singer-songwriter · 1947–2011

Days lived

23,274

🇬🇧Glynis Johns

deceased

Pianist · 1923–2024

Days lived

36,616

🇰🇷Han Soo-ann

deceased

South Korean boxer (1926-1998) · 1926–1998

Days lived

26,133

🇩🇪Hans Heinrich Lammers

deceased

politician · 1879–1962

Days lived

30,172

🇫🇷Henri Bergson

deceased

philosopher · 1859–1941

Days lived

29,663

🇺🇸Irene Reid

deceased

American singer (1930–2008) · 1930–2008

Days lived

28,227

🇩🇪Johanna Terwin

deceased

German actress (1884-1962) · 1884–1962

Days lived

28,415

🇩🇪Karl-Heinz Vosgerau

deceased

German actor (1928-2021) · 1928–2021

Days lived

33,744

🇯🇵Kishin Shinoyama

deceased

Japanese photographer (1940–2024) · 1940–2024

Days lived

30,347

🇫🇷Lily Laskine

deceased

French harpist (1893–1988) · 1893–1988

Days lived

34,458

🇩🇪Marianne Kiefer

deceased

German actress (1928-2008) · 1928–2008

Days lived

28,977

🇷🇺Marina Raskova

deceased

military person · 1912–1943

Days lived

11,239

🇩🇪Marta Hoepffner

deceased

German artist and photographer (1912–2000) · 1912–2000

Days lived

32,142

🇩🇪Peter Frankenfeld

deceased

German comedian (1913-1979) · 1913–1979

Days lived

23,959

Philipp Johann Heinrich Fauth

deceased

German selenographer (1867–1941) · 1867–1941

Days lived

26,954

🇮🇳Rahul Dev Burman

deceased

Composer · 1939–1994

Days lived

19,915

🇮🇹Sandro Salvadore

deceased

Italian footballer (1939-2007) · 1939–2007

Days lived

24,508

Sim Wong Hoo

deceased

Founder of Creative · 1955–2023

Days lived

24,840

🇺🇸T. S. Eliot

deceased

YouTube personality · 1888–1965

Days lived

27,858

🇯🇵Tsutomu Yamaguchi

deceased

Japanese marine engineer (1916–2010) · 1916–2010

Days lived

34,262

🇵🇱Władysław Klabiński

deceased

Polish sportsperson (1925-2004) · 1925–2004

Days lived

28,713

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

44,468

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

44,131

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

42,006

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

40,911

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,911

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

40,911

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,911

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,911

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,911

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

40,911

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,911

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

40,911

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

40,911

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

40,911

🇮🇱Alice Herz-Sommer

deceased

musician · 1903–2014

Days lived

40,267

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

39,816

🇺🇸Eldred G. Smith

deceased

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

Days lived

38,802

🇦🇹Günter Fronius

deceased

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

Days lived

39,334

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

11,756

🇺🇸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

🇺🇸April

deceased

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,762

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

63,556

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

53,998

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

52,964

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

52,598

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

50,042

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

48,694

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

73,025

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

53,694

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

32,046

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

29,589

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

27,499

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

25,476

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

14,896

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

13,713

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

13,008

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,321

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,278

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

12,057

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

🇮🇹Alberto Paloschi

🇷🇺Aleksandr Chernikov

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Achim Mentzel

🇫🇷Albert Camus

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇸🇭Jonathan

🇺🇸Koko

Companies That Existed

🇫🇷Hermes

🇺🇸Procter & Gamble

Already Published

🇮🇹Meditations

🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

🇺🇸12 Angry Men

🇸🇪Anders Lindström

🇦🇹Arik Brauer

🇬🇧Bernard Sumner

🇿🇦BJ Botha

🇬🇧Bryan Barley

🇩🇪Bülent Ceylan

🇩🇪Cilly Aussem

Dafne Keen

🇩🇪Daniel Elsner

🇬🇧Doreen Valiente

🇦🇹Edmund Rumpler

🇩🇪Eduard Schulte

Erich Windisch

🇭🇺Ferenc Szabó

🇺🇸Floyd Patterson

🇫🇷Gao Xingjian

🇩🇪Gerdt von Bassewitz

🇦🇲Gevorg Davtyan

Günter Schabowski

🇩🇪Heinz Wöltje

🇺🇸Helmut Jahn

🇩🇪Herbert Vorgrimler

🇮🇳Indira Sant

Jaeden Martell

🇮🇳Jiiva

🇺🇸Johnny Lujack

🇩🇪Josef Altstötter

József Kő

🇩🇪Judy Winter

🇩🇪Kevin Kuske

🇬🇧Labrinth

🇩🇪Luise Kinseher

🇺🇸Mark Tyndale

🇩🇪Marta Hoepffner

🇦🇹Marte Harell

Mite Kremnitz

Navum Trakhtenberg

🇩🇪Ottomar Rosenbach

🇨🇭Philippe Nicolet

Quincy Promes

🇩🇪Sergej Moya

🇯🇵Shigezaburō Miyazaki

🇫🇷Thomas Fersen

🇩🇪Till Lindemann

🇫🇷Victor Wembanyama

🇫🇮Victor Westerholm

🇩🇪Walther Kossel

🇩🇪Willy Busch

🇨🇴Alberto Lleras Camargo

🇩🇪Alfred Bohrmann

🇦🇹Anita Gutwell

🇩🇪Diether Krebs

🇺🇸Eve Arnold

🇭🇺Gábor Török

🇧🇪Georges Theunis

🇬🇧Gerry Rafferty

🇬🇧Glynis Johns