On This Day

artist · 1897–1966

Spanish association football player and manager · b. 1982

American mathematician (1950–2025) · 1950–2025

American fashion designer (1922-2002) · 1922–2002

Austrian-born American filmmaker and screenwriter (1906-2002) · 1906–2002

actor (1904-1980) · 1904–1980

French rugby union player · b. 1959

film producer (1909-1960) · 1909–1960

Politician · b. 1974

German Army officer · b. 1955

football player · b. 1989

Austrian ethnologist (1909–1995) · 1909–1995

singer · b. 1953

writer · b. 1964

Ivorian footballer · b. 1986

German film actor (1888–1958) · 1888–1958

German judge and politician · b. 1942

film director · b. 1975

Journalist · 1940–2026

Soviet turkologist (1929-1984) · 1929–1984

football player · 1948–2024

field hockey player (1897-1933) · 1897–1933

German archaeologist (1865-1945) · 1865–1945

entrepreneur · 1943–2016

German cinematographer (1879-1940) · 1879–1940

actor · b. 1977

Dutch baseball player (1927-2021) · 1927–2021

American politician (1896-1985) · 1896–1985

athlete · 1897–1940

entrepreneur · 1910–1982

actor · b. 1936

Actor · b. 1965

Austrian architect (1861-1921) · 1861–1921

military person · 1947–2020

writer · 1875–1955

Entrepreneur · b. 1964

football player · b. 1990

British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author (1887–1975) · 1887–1975

South Korean boxer (1928–1990) · 1928–1990

musician · b. 1943

entrepreneur · 1910–1995

singer-songwriter · 1936–2024

Scottish field hockey player · b. 1988

Actor · b. 2001

actor · b. 1949

musician · 1900–1967

Senegalese footballer · b. 1989

actor (1933-2006) · 1933–2006

Head of the House of Savoy (2024) · b. 1972

athlete · b. 1963

German tennis player · b. 1979

German television presenter · b. 1973

Hong Kong actor, comedian and filmmaker (born 1962) · b. 1962

basketball player · b. 1969

American boxer · b. 1979

Italian mountaineer (1930–2011) · 1930–2011

German classical philologist (1874-1958) · 1874–1958

American boxer · b. 1970

scientist · 1914–2007

chemist · 1853–1885

American dancer, actor, and singer (1899–1987) · 1899–1987

German zoologist (1871–1906) · 1871–1906

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008) · 1937–2008

artist · 1937–2025

scientist · 1891–1976

German priest (1927–2016) · 1927–2016

Swedish ice speed skater (1943–2022) · 1943–2022

television actor · 1922–1969

Austrian architect · 1875–1956

German resistance fighter; active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group · 1918–2010

philosopher · 1882–1936

chemist · 1885–1977

German boxer (1927-1992) · 1927–1992

writer · 1919–1985

French priest and theologian (1917-2009) · 1917–2009

Visual artist and jazz pianist (1945-2000) · 1945–2000

Austrian astrophysicist (1920-2004) · 1920–2004

athlete · b. 1892

American urban climber · b. 1898

scientist · b. 1901

entrepreneur · b. 1901

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

artist · b. 1901

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

American computer scientist · b. 1901

musician · 1903–2014

American musician · b. 1904

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

actor · 1908–2015

Orca · 1981–2017

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Calico cat · 1999–2015

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Banking · b. 1865

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Film · b. 1979

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Film · b. 1980