On This Day

Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer · b. 1937

actor · b. 1983

Spanish Catholic cardinal · b. 1936

British actor (1916-2008) · 1916–2008

football player · b. 1981

German athletics competitor (1942–2021) · 1942–2021

French artist, fashion illustrator, and designer (1902-1949) · 1902–1949

English field hockey player fullback · b. 1985

Indian field hockey player (1900–1966) · 1900–1966

actor · b. 1992

American priest and author (1912–1998) · 1912–1998

Austrian member of the Nazi party (1877-1953) · 1877–1953

actor · b. 1970

New Zealand lawn bowls competitor (1890-1972) · 1890–1972

athlete · 1905–1979

Former Senator, Diplomat · b. 1933

German businessman (1906–1997) · 1906–1997

American writer and editor (1890–1937) · 1890–1937

YouTube personality · b. 1946

Italian priest and Church historian (1919-2014) · 1919–2014

singer-songwriter · 1942–2008

French politician · b. 1941

Czech priest and writer (1878-1961) · 1878–1961

politician · 1882–1967

German weightlifter (1894–1950) · 1894–1950

American football cornerback · b. 1988

German politician (NSDAP), MdR, Adolf Hitler's long-time personal chief adjutant (1898–1967) · 1898–1967

German comedian and actor · b. 1951

Hungarian politician, journalist, television personality; UNESCO executive · b. 1956

film director · b. 1979

Ivorian footballer · b. 1990

German actress and screenwriter (1913–1960) · 1913–1960

Australian computer scientist · b. 1969

entrepreneur · b. 1946

chemist · 1916–1984

philosopher · 1886–1965

Lithuanian legal scholar · b. 1938

politician · 1944–1991

German astronomer (1867–1951) · 1867–1951

German politician (1883-1956) · 1883–1956

Singer · b. 1948

politician · b. 1935

Hungarian association football player · b. 1974

Czech theologist · b. 1946

Olympic tug of war competitor · 1862–1938

German writer (1931–2013) · 1931–2013

German politician (1862-1936) · 1862–1936

American comedian, actor and film director (1926–2017) · 1926–2017

architect (1918–1975) · 1918–1975

politician · 1895–1952

Georgian politician · 1964–2025

musician · 1919–2017

British pianist, composer, writer and radio host (1918–2013) · 1918–2013

Jewish-German physician and scientist (1854-1915) · 1854–1915

American football player (1981-2005) · 1981–2005

American country musician (1936–2021) · 1936–2021

actor · 1929–1982

athlete · b. 1892

American urban climber · b. 1898

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

artist · b. 1901

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

scientist · b. 1901

American musician · b. 1904

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

actor · 1908–2015

scientist · 1910–2018

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