On This Day

Polish entrepreneur · b. 1972

Indian field hockey player (1924–2020) · 1924–2020

Australian rugby union player · b. 1958

American football player (born 1969) · b. 1969

American football player, offensive lineman · b. 1979

American chemist (born 1966) · b. 1966

Television actor · b. 1946

American actor (1965–2006) · 1965–2006

musician · b. 1970

Japanese photographer (born 1938) · b. 1938

German footballer · b. 1957

politician · 1873–1969

classical pianist · b. 1971

Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930) · 1861–1930

singer · b. 1992

Politician · b. 1967

American football player (born 1990) · b. 1990

Australian field hockey player · b. 1962

German actor · b. 1958

actor · 1930–2008

American trumpeter (1915-1999) · 1915–1999

Yugoslav novelist (1892–1975) · 1892–1975

actor · b. 1978

Finnish tennis player · b. 1980

actor · b. 1986

Syrian boxer · b. 1984

German writer · b. 1971

English rower and broadcaster · b. 1970

German musician · b. 1964

athlete · b. 1978

Defector · 1938–2025

computer scientist · b. 1984

American boxer · 1969–2004

scientist · 1896–1982

Actor · 1912–1982

Actor · 1969–2026

Prime Minister of East Timor · b. 1956

American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982) · 1917–1982

German actress (1925–2021) · 1925–2021

Singer · b. 1981

Professional baseball player · b. 1997

scientist · 1863–1956

Baltic German folklorist (1885–1962) · 1885–1962

singer-songwriter · b. 1983

German physician (1905-1963); defendant in the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial · 1905–1963

basketball player · 1972–2004

actor · b. 1979

actor · 1915–1963

Romanian fencer · 1938–2022

Israeli artist (1964–1993) · 1964–1993

German photographer (1930–2021) · 1930–2021

Dutch baseball player (1887-1924) · 1887–1924

actor · 1890–1974

German general (1888-1973) · 1888–1973

German operatic baritone, born 20 July 1910 in Bremen, Germany and died on stage at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen on 10 October 1965 · 1914–1965

basketball player · 1955–1981

American journalist and media historian (1912-2004) · 1912–2004

German weightlifter (1894–1950) · 1894–1950

German physician and SS general, Chief of the Medical Office of the Waffen-SS, and convicted war criminal 81885-1957) · 1885–1957

Irish astronomer, economist and engineer (1880-1972) · 1880–1972

actor · 1940–2011

Austrian writer and poet (1932–1964) · 1932–1964

German politician (1894-1969); high-ranking Nazi scientist; Deputy Reich Health Leader · 1894–1969

actor · 1931–2008

writer · 1901–1974

singer-songwriter · 1965–2012

journalist · 1918–1982

actor · 1915–1985

Austrian writer, film director, actor (1922–2011) · 1922–2011

Austrian poet (1874-1942) · 1874–1942

singer · 1940–2010

singer · 1976–2009

writer · 1908–1984

Nicaraguan baseball player (1945-2010) · 1945–2010

German footballer (1873–1934) · 1873–1934

German ethnographer (1881-1916) · 1881–1916

Oscar Winners · 1920–1985

athlete · b. 1892

American urban climber · b. 1898

scientist · b. 1901

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Marathi poet · b. 1901

artist · b. 1901

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Falkland Islands politician · 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