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April 5 2014

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Events on This Day

Death of Alan Davie
Alan Davie
milestone

Born on This Day

🇺🇸Abe Duque
American DJ and music producer · b. 1968
Days alive
16,802
🇸🇪Agnetha Fältskog
Schlager singer · b. 1950
Days alive
23,377
🇬🇧Alex Cuthbert
Welsh rugby union player

Died on This Day

🇬🇧Alan Davie
deceased
artist · 1920–2014
Days lived
34,158
🇺🇸Allen Ginsberg
deceased
writer · 1926–1997
Days lived
25,875

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
58,899
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
47,577

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
66,570
🇺🇸Koko
deceased
Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,153

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,743
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,440

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
669,950
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
149,464

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
27,393
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
20,815

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Days alive

8,767

Armin Andres

🇩🇪Armin Andres

basketball player · b. 1959

Days alive

20,090

August Frank

🇩🇪August Frank

German SS functionary and convict at the Nuremberg trials (1898-1984) · 1898–1984

Days lived

31,397

Bette Davis

🇺🇸Bette Davis

musician · 1908–1989

Days lived

29,770

Brendan Cannon

🇦🇺Brendan Cannon

Australian rugby union player · b. 1973

Days alive

14,976

Brian O'Meara

🇮🇪Brian O'Meara

Irish rugby union player · b. 1976

Days alive

13,880

Carl Albert Loosli

🇨🇭Carl Albert Loosli

Swiss writer (1877-1959) · 1877–1959

Days lived

29,997

Chen Yanqing

🇨🇳Chen Yanqing

weightlifter · b. 1979

Days alive

12,785

Christian Gourcuff

🇫🇷Christian Gourcuff

French football manager (born 1955) · b. 1955

Days alive

21,551

Curt Bois

🇩🇪Curt Bois

German actor (1901–1991) · 1901–1991

Days lived

33,137

David Chocarro

🇦🇷David Chocarro

film director · b. 1980

Days alive

12,419

Dean Kamen

🇺🇸Dean Kamen

American businessman · b. 1951

Days alive

23,012

Dwain Chambers

🇬🇧Dwain Chambers

English sprint athlete · b. 1978

Days alive

13,150

Ernest Lewis

🇬🇧Ernest Lewis

British tennis player (1867-1930) · 1867–1930

Days lived

23,025

Fernando Morientes

🇪🇸Fernando Morientes

Spanish association football player · b. 1976

Days alive

13,880

Giovanni Bonalumi

🇨🇭Giovanni Bonalumi

Swiss writer and essayist (1920-2002) · 1920–2002

Days lived

29,864

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

economist · b. 1947

Days alive

24,473

Gregor Schneider

🇩🇪Gregor Schneider

German artist (born 1969) · b. 1969

Days alive

16,437

Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

Oscar Winners · 1916–2003

Days lived

31,845

Imany

🇫🇷Imany

singer-songwriter · b. 1979

Days alive

12,785

Irmgard Schwaetzer

🇩🇪Irmgard Schwaetzer

German politician · b. 1942

Days alive

26,299

Ivar Giæver

🇳🇴Ivar Giæver

scientist · 1929–2025

Days lived

35,141

Jaroslav Poláček

🇨🇿Jaroslav Poláček

athlete · 1905–1927

Days lived

7,946

Jason Rees

Jason Rees

American baseball player · b. 1984

Days alive

10,958

Joël Mall

🇨🇭Joël Mall

Swiss footballer · b. 1991

Days alive

8,402

Johan Kriek

🇺🇸Johan Kriek

South African-US tennis player · b. 1958

Days alive

20,455

Jonathan Davies

🇬🇧Jonathan Davies

Welsh rugby union footballer · b. 1988

Days alive

9,497

Joris Mathijsen

Joris Mathijsen

Dutch association football player (born 1980) · b. 1980

Days alive

12,419

Julio Ángel Fernández

🇺🇾Julio Ángel Fernández

Uruguayan astronomer · b. 1946

Days alive

24,838

Júnior César Moreira da Cunha

🇧🇷Júnior César Moreira da Cunha

football player · b. 1985

Days alive

10,593

Lisa Zane

🇺🇸Lisa Zane

singer · b. 1961

Days alive

19,359

Ludwig Kohl-Larsen

🇩🇪Ludwig Kohl-Larsen

German physician, anthropologist and explorer (1884-1969) · 1884–1969

Days lived

31,267

Maartje Goderie

Maartje Goderie

field hockey player · b. 1984

Days alive

10,958

Manuel García Nieto

🇪🇸Manuel García Nieto

Spanish academic · 1894–1974

Days lived

29,228

Marc Dumitru

🇩🇪Marc Dumitru

German actor and singer · b. 1986

Days alive

10,228

Mario Kasun

🇭🇷Mario Kasun

Croatian professional basketball player · b. 1980

Days alive

12,419

Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien

🇩🇪Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien

German naval officer (1879–1956) · 1879–1956

Days lived

28,263

Otto Benkner

🇩🇪Otto Benkner

German chess player · 1909–1996

Days lived

31,708

Paul Weinstein

🇩🇪Paul Weinstein

German high jumper (1878-1964) · 1878–1964

Days lived

31,545

Peter Greenaway

🇬🇧Peter Greenaway

Welsh film director (born 1942) · b. 1942

Days alive

26,299

Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Williams

Creative Director · b. 1973

Days alive

14,976

Rashmika Mandanna

🇮🇳Rashmika Mandanna

Actor · b. 1996

Days alive

6,575

Reinhold Seeberg

Reinhold Seeberg

German theologian (1859–1935) · 1859–1935

Days lived

27,777

Roman Herzog

🇩🇪Roman Herzog

politician · 1934–2017

Days lived

30,232

Rubén Olivera

🇺🇾Rubén Olivera

football player · b. 1983

Days alive

11,324

Satoshi Nakamoto

Satoshi Nakamoto

Founder of Bitcoin · b. 1975

Days alive

14,246

Soap&Skin

🇦🇹Soap&Skin

Austrian experimental musician and actress · b. 1990

Days alive

8,767

Spencer Tracy

🇬🇧Spencer Tracy

Oscar Winners · 1900–1967

Days lived

24,538

Stan Ridgway

🇺🇸Stan Ridgway

singer · b. 1954

Days alive

21,916

Steve Bardo

🇺🇸Steve Bardo

American basketball player · b. 1968

Days alive

16,802

Tauno Timoska

🇫🇮Tauno Timoska

Finnish bandy player (1932–2022) · 1932–2022

Days lived

32,944

Thanin Kraiwichian

🇹🇭Thanin Kraiwichian

Thai lawyer and politician · 1927–2025

Days lived

35,755

Uzi

🇨🇳Uzi

Chinese electronic sports player · b. 1997

Days alive

6,210

Walter Huston

🇨🇦Walter Huston

Canadian actor and singer (1883–1950) · 1883–1950

Days lived

24,474

Wilhelm Dachauer

🇦🇹Wilhelm Dachauer

Austrian artist (1881-1951) · 1881–1951

Days lived

25,529

Wolfgang Strödter

🇩🇪Wolfgang Strödter

German field hockey player (1948–2021) · 1948–2021

Days lived

26,724

Yohann Sangare

🇫🇷Yohann Sangare

basketball player · b. 1983

Days alive

11,324

Aloïse Corbaz

🇨🇭Aloïse Corbaz

deceased

artist · 1886–1964

Days lived

28,406

Baruch Samuel Blumberg

🇺🇸Baruch Samuel Blumberg

American physician, geneticist and Nobel prize winner (1925–2011) · 1925–2011

Days lived

31,298

Bernhard Pankok

Bernhard Pankok

German architect and painter (1872-1943) · 1872–1943

Days lived

25,891

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Oscar Winners · 1923–2008

Days lived

30,866

Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek

politician · 1887–1975

Days lived

31,933

Gene Pitney

🇺🇸Gene Pitney

singer · 1941–2006

Days lived

23,789

Herbert Backe

🇩🇪Herbert Backe

German politician (1896-1947) · 1896–1947

Days lived

18,601

Hermann Janssen

Hermann Janssen

writer · 1888–1971

Days lived

30,129

Hermann Joseph Muller

🇺🇸Hermann Joseph Muller

American biologist (1890–1967) · 1890–1967

Days lived

27,864

I. J. Good

🇬🇧I. J. Good

British statistician and cryptographer · 1916–2009

Days lived

33,721

Jörg Mager

Jörg Mager

musician · 1880–1939

Days lived

21,334

Karl Färber

🇩🇪Karl Färber

German journalist (1888-1979) · 1888–1979

Days lived

33,224

Karl von Spreti

🇩🇪Karl von Spreti

German diplomat (1907-1970) · 1907–1970

Days lived

22,966

Karl-Otto Koch

🇩🇪Karl-Otto Koch

politician · 1897–1945

Days lived

17,413

Kurt Cobain

🇺🇸Kurt Cobain

singer · 1967–1994

Days lived

9,907

Maria Bard

🇩🇪Maria Bard

actor · 1900–1944

Days lived

15,979

Maurice Bellet

🇫🇷Maurice Bellet

French presbyter, philosopher and theologian (1923–2018) · 1923–2018

Days lived

34,442

Max Cetto

🇲🇽Max Cetto

Mexican architect and historian (1903–1980) · 1903–1980

Days lived

28,170

Mete Sözen

🇺🇸Mete Sözen

scientist · 1930–2018

Days lived

32,096

Monika Dannemann

🇩🇪Monika Dannemann

German figure skater and painter (1945–1996) · 1945–1996

Days lived

18,549

Robert Adams

🇬🇧Robert Adams

artist · 1917–1984

Days lived

24,290

Sándor Szalay

🇭🇺Sándor Szalay

athlete · 1893–1965

Days lived

26,236

Saul Bellow

🇺🇸Saul Bellow

Canadian-American writer · 1915–2005

Days lived

32,808

Werner Maser

🇩🇪Werner Maser

German historian (1922–2007) · 1922–2007

Days lived

30,949

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

44,925

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

44,588

George Polley

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

42,463

Eduardo Hernández Martínez

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

41,368

Diane Pozefsky

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,368

Shrikrishna Raut

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

41,368

David Segal

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,368

Clifford Swann

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

41,368

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,368

Keith Padgett

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

41,368

Rebecca W. Keller

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,368

Shaherose Charania

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

41,368

Fee Plumley

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,368

Giovanny Ramos

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

41,368

Pete Briggs

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

40,273

Günter Fronius

🇦🇹Günter Fronius

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

Days lived

39,335

Manoel de Oliveira

🇵🇹Manoel de Oliveira

actor · 1908–2015

Days lived

38,829

Barys Kit

🇷🇺Barys Kit

scientist · 1910–2018

Days lived

39,384

Kanzi

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

12,213

Tilikum

🇺🇸Tilikum

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,797

Stubbs

🇺🇸Stubbs

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,406

Tama

🇯🇵Tama

Calico cat · 1999–2015

Days lived

5,899

Harambe

🇺🇸Harambe

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,212

April

🇺🇸April

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,763

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

64,013

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

54,455

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

53,421

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

53,055

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

50,499

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

49,151

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

73,482

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

54,151

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

32,503

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

30,046

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

27,956

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

25,933

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

15,353

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

14,170

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

13,465

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,778

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,735

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

12,514