On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 5 2015
Born on This Day
A. Leonard Allen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician (1891-1969) · 1891–1969
Days lived
28,489
Alfred Brendel🇦🇹
deceasedmusician · 1931–2025
Days lived
34,497
Andy Paz-Garriga🇫🇷
French baseball player · b. 1993
Days alive
8,035
Anni Katharina Laakmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player · 1937–2025
Days lived
32,398
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli🇮🇹
deceasedItalian pianist · 1920–1995
Days lived
27,552
Benny Kauff🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1890-1961) · 1890–1961
Days lived
26,248
Bettina Tietjen🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1960
Days alive
20,089
Bill Sandifer🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1952
Days alive
23,011
Bodo Ebhardt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect and castle explorer (1865–1945) · 1865–1945
Days lived
29,258
Bradley Cooper🇺🇸
television actor · b. 1975
Days alive
14,610
Carles Aleñá
association football player · b. 1998
Days alive
6,209
Clancy Brown🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1959
Days alive
20,454
David DeCoteau🇨🇦
Film director and producer · b. 1962
Days alive
19,358
Deadmau5🇨🇦
Producer & Tech Innovator · b. 1981
Days alive
12,418
DJ BoBo🇨🇭
Swiss singer, rapper and dancer · b. 1968
Days alive
17,167
Eva Hagenbäumer🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1967
Days alive
17,532
Frédéric Taddeï🇫🇷
journalist · b. 1961
Days alive
19,723
Friedrich Blume🇩🇪
deceasedGerman musicologist (1893–1975) · 1893–1975
Days lived
30,270
Friedrich Dürrenmatt🇨🇭
deceasedwriter · 1921–1990
Days lived
25,545
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Glenn Turner🇦🇺
Australian field hockey player · b. 1984
Days alive
11,323
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Günther Maria Halmer🇩🇪
actor · b. 1943
Days alive
26,298
Hayao Miyazaki🇯🇵
Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (born 1941) · b. 1941
Days alive
27,028
Jane Wyman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1917–2007) · 1917–2007
Days lived
33,120
Jason Bates🇺🇸
film director · b. 1971
Days alive
16,071
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
deceasedpolitician · 1921–2019
Days lived
35,902
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Jesús Vallejo
association football player · b. 1997
Days alive
6,574
Jim Otto🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1938–2024) · 1938–2024
Days lived
31,546
Kenny Jackett🇬🇧
football player · b. 1962
Days alive
19,358
Klaus Bonhoeffer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman reistance fighter (1901-1945) · 1901–1945
Days lived
16,179
Konrad Adenauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU · 1876–1967
Days lived
33,341
Kyla🇵🇭
Filipino singer and actress · b. 1981
Days alive
12,418
Leila Meskhi🇬🇪
athlete · b. 1968
Days alive
17,167
Maciej Zieliński🇵🇱
politician · b. 1971
Days alive
16,071
Mamata Banerjee🇮🇳
Politician · b. 1955
Days alive
21,915
Marilyn Manson
Artist · b. 1969
Days alive
16,801
Markus Söder🇩🇪
German politician, CSU · b. 1967
Days alive
17,532
Marlon Roudette🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1983
Days alive
11,688
Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish general and resistance fighter · 1893–1964
Days lived
26,069
Murtaz Khurtsilava
athlete · b. 1943
Days alive
26,298
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Mykhailo Mudryk
association football player · b. 2001
Days alive
5,113
Oscar Klein🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian musician (1930-2006) · 1930–2006
Days lived
28,100
Paula Ludwig🇦🇹
deceasedartist · 1900–1974
Days lived
27,050
Rafael Vidaurreta🇪🇸
basketball player · b. 1977
Days alive
13,879
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Raisa Gorbacheva🇷🇺
deceasedwife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (1932-1999) · 1932–1999
Days lived
24,730
Rei Sakuma🇯🇵
actor · b. 1965
Days alive
18,262
Rick Tuten🇺🇸
deceasedPlayer of American football (1965-2017) · 1965–2017
Days lived
19,152
Ricky Paull Goldin🇺🇸
Emmy nominated American actor, director, producer and TV Host · b. 1965
Days alive
18,262
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Robert Duvall🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision actor · 1931–2026
Days lived
34,740
Sakis Rouvas🇬🇷
rapper · b. 1972
Days alive
15,706
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Sam Phillips🇺🇸
deceasedEntrepreneur · 1923–2003
Days lived
29,426
Sasha🇩🇪
musician · b. 1972
Days alive
15,706
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Saskia Sassen🇺🇸
Dutch-American sociologist · b. 1947
Days alive
24,837
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Sebastian Deisler🇩🇪
German football player · b. 1980
Days alive
12,784
Shakeel Abbasi
Pakistani field hockey player · b. 1984
Days alive
11,323
Shripad Narayan Pendse🇮🇳
deceasedwriter · 1913–2007
Days lived
34,411
Suki Waterhouse🇬🇧
Model · b. 1992
Days alive
8,401
Sybille Binder🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1895–1962
Days lived
24,647
Thomas Brinkmann🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1968
Days alive
17,167
Tromla🇩🇪
musician · b. 1975
Days alive
14,610
Uli Hoeneß
Notable Trials · b. 1952
Days alive
23,011
Umberto Eco🇮🇹
deceasedwriter · 1932–2016
Days lived
30,726
Vinnie Jones
Notable Trials · b. 1965
Days alive
18,262
Vugar Alakbarov
boxer · b. 1981
Days alive
12,418
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Wieland Wagner🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1917–1966
Days lived
18,182
Wilbert Harrison🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist and harmonica player (1929-1994) · 1929–1994
Days lived
24,035
Ziya Erdal
football player · b. 1988
Days alive
9,862
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
deceasedNotable Trials · 1928–1979
Days lived
18,717
Died on This Day
A. Leonard Allen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician (1891-1969) · 1891–1969
Days lived
28,489
Adolf Merckle🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1934–2009
Days lived
27,322
Aldrich Ames
deceasedFormer CIA Officer · 1941–2026
Days lived
30,905
Alfredo Silva Carvallo🇨🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1906–1975
Days lived
25,049
Amelia Earhart🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939) · 1897–1939
Days lived
15,139
Bernhard Wicki🇨🇭
deceasedAustrian actor and film director (1919–2000) · 1919–2000
Days lived
29,289
Charles Mingus🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader (1922–1979) · 1922–1979
Days lived
20,712
Douglas Shearer🇨🇦
deceasedartist · 1899–1971
Days lived
25,981
Egon Biscan🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1940–2023
Days lived
29,962
Eusébio🇵🇹
deceasedathlete · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,278
Fritz Wendhausen🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1890–1962
Days lived
26,083
G. E. M. Anscombe🇬🇧
deceasedBritish analytic philosopher · 1919–2001
Days lived
29,879
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Hermann Klaatsch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1863–1916) · 1863–1916
Days lived
19,293
Jarmila Nygrýnová🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1953–1999
Days lived
16,760
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Jaroslav Poláček🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1905–1927
Days lived
7,945
John Guerin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican drummer · 1939–2004
Days lived
23,442
John Rabe🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1882–1950
Days lived
24,514
Josef Steinbach🇦🇹
deceasedOlympic weightlifter (1879–1937) · 1879–1937
Days lived
21,109
Karl Scharfenberg
deceasedentrepreneur · 1874–1938
Days lived
23,318
Luisito Bianchi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian presbyter and writer (1927-2012) · 1927–2012
Days lived
30,908
Max Born🇬🇧
deceasedscientist · 1882–1970
Days lived
31,801
Pierre Boulez
deceasedconductor · 1925–2016
Days lived
33,157
Radovan Zogović
deceasedMontenegrin poet (1907–1986) · 1907–1986
Days lived
28,629
Rainer Ludwig Claisen🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1851–1930
Days lived
28,845
Robert Garrison🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1872–1930) · 1872–1930
Days lived
20,989
Robert Hübner🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1948–2025
Days lived
27,819
Rod Dedeaux🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1914-2006) · 1914–2006
Days lived
33,560
Rudolf Klein-Rhoden🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1871–1936
Days lived
23,718
Sonny Bono🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1935–1998
Days lived
22,969
Tug McGraw🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1944-2004) · 1944–2004
Days lived
21,677
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
59,173
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
47,851
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
45,199
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
44,862
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
42,737
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,642
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,642
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
41,642
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
41,642
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
41,642
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,642
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
41,642
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,642
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
41,642
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
41,642
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,642
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
40,547
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
66,844
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
12,487
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
65,017
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,714
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
64,287
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
54,729
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
53,695
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
53,329
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
50,773
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,425
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,224
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
149,738
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
73,756
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,425
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
32,777
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
30,320
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
28,230
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
26,207
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
27,667
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,089
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
15,627
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
14,444
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
13,739
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,052
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,009
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
12,788