On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 2 2015
Born on This Day
Aleksander Prystor🇱🇹
deceasedPrime Minister of Poland (1874-1941) · 1874–1941
Days lived
24,470
Ali Fazal🇮🇳
Model · b. 1987
Days alive
10,227
Allene Ray🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1901–1979
Days lived
28,612
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Bohumil Němeček
deceasedathlete · 1938–2010
Days lived
26,418
Boy Morkel🇿🇦
deceasedSouth African rugby union player · 1885–1955
Days lived
25,601
Britt Hagedorn🇩🇪
German television personality · b. 1972
Days alive
15,706
Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general and resistance fighter (1886–1944) · 1886–1944
Days lived
21,424
Carlos Soler
association football player · b. 1997
Days alive
6,574
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Carmelo Gómez🇪🇸
Spanish actor · b. 1962
Days alive
19,358
Chris Welp🇩🇪
deceasedGerman basketball player (1964–2015) · 1964–2015
Days lived
18,686
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Cuba Gooding Jr.🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1968
Days alive
17,167
Dana Ulery🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1938
Days alive
28,124
Dax Shepard
Actor · b. 1975
Days alive
14,610
Dirk Bikkembergs🇧🇪
Belgian fashion designer (born 1959) · b. 1959
Days alive
20,454
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Dziga Vertov🇵🇱
deceasedRussian-Soviet documentary/avantgarde filmmaker (1896-1954) · 1896–1954
Days lived
21,225
Eva Kerbler🇦🇹
actor · b. 1933
Days alive
29,950
Garry Young🇨🇦
deceasedIce Hockey coach and general manager · 1936–1994
Days lived
21,439
Gavin Mahon🇬🇧
football player · b. 1977
Days alive
13,879
Gerard Heinz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1904-1972) · 1904–1972
Days lived
25,160
Giacomo Furia🇮🇹
deceasedItalian actor (1925–2015) · 1925–2015
Days lived
33,026
Giovanna Ralli🇮🇹
Italian actress (born 1935) · b. 1935
Days alive
29,220
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Glen Johnson🇫🇷
Jamaican boxer · b. 1969
Days alive
16,801
Ines Müller🇩🇪
German shot putter · b. 1959
Days alive
20,454
Ingo Anderbrügge🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1964
Days alive
18,628
Isaac Asimov🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1920–1992
Days lived
26,393
Johann Gottfried Bischoff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman priest (1871–1960) · 1871–1960
Days lived
32,692
Jón Gnarr🇮🇸
Icelandic actor, comedian, and politician · b. 1967
Days alive
17,532
Kirk Hinrich🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1981
Days alive
12,418
Louis Charles Breguet🇫🇷
deceasedAircraft designer and builder, one of the early aviation pioneers · 1880–1955
Days lived
27,515
Lupu Pick🇩🇪
deceasedactor, film director (1886–1931) · 1886–1931
Days lived
16,499
Lynn Conway🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist and electrical engineer (1938–2024) · 1938–2024
Days lived
31,570
Margit Tatár🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1911–1981
Days lived
25,567
Mihály Kovács🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian Piarist, physics teacher, scouter, pioneer of the esucation of informatics (1916-2006) · 1916–2006
Days lived
32,953
Mo Hayder🇬🇧
deceasedBritish author of crime and thriller fiction (1962-2021) · 1962–2021
Days lived
21,756
Natalie Uher🇦🇹
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
17,167
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Oleg Deripaska
entrepreneur · b. 1968
Days alive
17,167
Peter Patzak🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1945–2021
Days lived
27,827
Reinhold Wittig🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1937
Days alive
28,489
Ricky Januarie🇿🇦
South African rugby union footballer · b. 1982
Days alive
12,053
Roman Karmazin🇷🇺
Russian boxer · b. 1973
Days alive
15,340
Ryan Garko🇺🇸
film director · b. 1981
Days alive
12,418
Sangita Patel
Actor · b. 1979
Days alive
13,149
Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
deceasedSaudi royal and foreign minister (1940–2015) · 1940–2015
Days lived
27,582
Scott Proctor🇺🇸
film director · b. 1977
Days alive
13,879
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Slobodan Praljak
deceasedNotable Trials · 1945–2017
Days lived
26,629
Son Min-han🇰🇷
film director · b. 1975
Days alive
14,610
Vitali Kolomiytsev🇷🇺
football player · b. 1992
Days alive
8,401
Walter Heitler🇨🇭
deceasedphilosopher · 1904–1981
Days lived
28,442
Walther Hewel🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1904–1945
Days lived
15,096
Wilhelm Bölsche🇩🇪
deceasedGerman author and editor (1861–1939) · 1861–1939
Days lived
28,729
Wolfgang de Beer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer (1964–2024) · 1964–2024
Days lived
22,278
Zeki Müren🇹🇷
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1931–1996
Days lived
24,007
Züli Aladağ
Turkish-German film director of Kurdish ancestry (born 1968) · b. 1968
Days alive
17,167
Died on This Day
Abderrahim Tounsi🇲🇦
deceasedMoroccan actor and stage actor · 1936–2023
Days lived
31,417
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Ágnes Keleti🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian-Israeli artistic gymnast (1921–2025) · 1921–2025
Days lived
37,979
Auguste Hargus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player, sportsperson and athletics competitor (1909-1995) · 1909–1995
Days lived
31,094
Charles Paul Wilp🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1932–2005
Days lived
26,407
Cuno Hoffmeister🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1892–1968) · 1892–1968
Days lived
27,727
Dick Powell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1904-1963) · 1904–1963
Days lived
21,233
Douglas Carey
deceasedAnglican Priest · 1876–1947
Days lived
25,924
Emil Jannings
deceasedOscar Winners · 1884–1950
Days lived
23,903
Friedrich Adler🇦🇹
deceasedNotable Trials · 1879–1960
Days lived
29,396
Gottfried Münzenberg🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1940–2024
Days lived
30,606
Guccio Gucci🇮🇹
deceasedItalian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (1881–1953) · 1881–1953
Days lived
26,214
Hans Hildenbrand🇩🇪
deceased(1870-1957) German photographer (1870–1957) · 1870–1957
Days lived
31,715
Jan Smidt
deceasedDutch baseball player (1929-2019) · 1929–2019
Days lived
32,856
Lillian Moller Gilbreth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972
Days lived
34,190
Paul Münch🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1879–1951
Days lived
25,955
Pete Postlethwaite
deceasedActor · 1946–2011
Days lived
23,705
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Peter Hobbs🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1918–2011) · 1918–2011
Days lived
33,951
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Sebastian Haffner🇬🇧
deceasedGerman journalist and author (1907–1999) · 1907–1999
Days lived
33,244
Szeto Wah🇨🇳
deceasedwriter · 1931–2011
Days lived
29,163
Thomas S. Monson🇺🇸
deceasedpresident of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (1927-2018) · 1927–2018
Days lived
33,007
Viktor Saneyev🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1945–2022
Days lived
27,850
Wilhelm Alzinger🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian archeologist and university educator (1928–1998) · 1928–1998
Days lived
25,346
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
59,170
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
47,848
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
45,196
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
44,859
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
42,734
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,639
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,639
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
41,639
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
41,639
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
41,639
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,639
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
41,639
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,639
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
41,639
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
41,639
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,639
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
40,544
Günter Fronius🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1907–2015
Days lived
39,334
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Manoel de Oliveira🇵🇹
deceasedactor · 1908–2015
Days lived
38,828
Barys Kit🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1910–2018
Days lived
39,383
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
66,841
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
12,484
Tilikum🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1981–2017
Days lived
12,796
Stubbs🇺🇸
deceasedOrange tabby cat · 1997–2017
Days lived
7,405
Tama🇯🇵
deceasedCalico cat · 1999–2015
Days lived
5,898
Harambe🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1999–2016
Days lived
6,211
April🇺🇸
deceasedReticulated giraffe · 2000–2021
Days lived
7,762
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,014
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,711
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
64,284
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
54,726
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
53,692
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
53,326
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
50,770
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,422
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,221
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
149,735
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
73,753
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,422
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
32,774
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
30,317
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
28,227
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
26,204
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
27,664
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,086
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
15,624
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
14,441
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
13,736
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,049
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,006
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
12,785