On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 15 2015
Born on This Day
Alexander Fritz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1857–1932) · 1857–1932
Days lived
27,490
Artem Zabelin🇷🇺
basketball player · b. 1988
Days alive
9,862
Artyom Kozlov🇷🇺
football player · b. 1993
Days alive
8,035
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Bu Tao🇨🇳
film director · b. 1983
Days alive
11,688
Chad Lowe🇺🇸
Film producer · b. 1968
Days alive
17,167
Christian Anders🇦🇹
musician · b. 1945
Days alive
25,567
Christiane Soeder🇦🇹
Austrian cyclist · b. 1975
Days alive
14,610
Dan Ar Braz🇫🇷
singer · b. 1949
Days alive
24,106
Daniel Caligiuri🇩🇪
Italian footballer · b. 1988
Days alive
9,862
Dina Gralla🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1905–1994
Days lived
32,807
Don Cooper🇺🇸
American baseball player and coach · b. 1957
Days alive
21,184
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Drew Brees🇺🇸
American football player and television analyst (born 1979) · b. 1979
Days alive
13,149
Eddie Hall🇬🇧
British strongman · b. 1988
Days alive
9,862
Erling Kagge🇳🇴
athlete · b. 1963
Days alive
18,993
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Ernest Thesiger🇬🇧
deceasedactor (1879-1961) · 1879–1961
Days lived
29,949
Fernando Forestieri🇦🇷
football player · b. 1990
Days alive
9,131
Flux Pavilion🇬🇧
rapper · b. 1989
Days alive
9,496
Georg Ratzinger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman musician and Catholic priest (1924-2020) · 1924–2020
Days lived
35,232
Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony🇩🇪
deceasedLast Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saxony (1893–1943) · 1893–1943
Days lived
18,380
Götz Kauffmann🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1949–2010
Days lived
22,291
Graham Moodie🇬🇧
British field hockey player · b. 1981
Days alive
12,418
Günter Maschke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and writer · 1943–2022
Days lived
28,878
Hartmut Geerken🇩🇪
deceasedGerman musician, writer and filmmaker (1939–2021) · 1939–2021
Days lived
30,230
Horst Lichter🇩🇪
German television cook, cookbook author and presenter · b. 1962
Days alive
19,358
István Zádor🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian painter (1882-1963) · 1882–1963
Days lived
29,712
Jefri Nichol🇮🇩
Actor · b. 1999
Days alive
5,844
Jordi Bertomeu🇪🇸
President, Chairman, and CEO of Euroleague Basketball Company · b. 1959
Days alive
20,454
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Juli Gudehus🇩🇪
artist · b. 1968
Days alive
17,167
Jürgen Roters🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1949
Days alive
24,106
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Kenny Easley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1959–2025) · 1959–2025
Days lived
24,410
Lajos Berszán
model · b. 1943
Days alive
26,298
Mario Van Peebles🇺🇸
American actor and producer · b. 1957
Days alive
21,184
Márk Lakatos🇭🇺
Hungarian stylist, fashion journalist, costume designer · b. 1975
Days alive
14,610
Martin Luther King Jr.🇺🇸
deceasedCivil rights leader and minister · 1929–1968
Days lived
14,324
Martin Petrov
football player · b. 1979
Days alive
13,149
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Meret Becker🇩🇪
singer · b. 1969
Days alive
16,801
Michael Hayden🇨🇦
Sculptor in Light (born 1943) · b. 1943
Days alive
26,298
Michael Schanze🇩🇪
German singer and television presenter · b. 1947
Days alive
24,837
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Paolo Quinteros🇮🇹
Argentine basketball player · b. 1979
Days alive
13,149
Pitbull🇺🇸
American rapper (born 1981) · b. 1981
Days alive
12,418
Regina King🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1971
Days alive
16,071
Sascha Göpel🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1979
Days alive
13,149
Skrillex🇺🇸
Producer & DJ · b. 1988
Days alive
9,862
Song Soon-chun🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean boxer (1934-2019) · 1934–2019
Days lived
31,319
Walter Stöhrer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1937-2000) · 1937–2000
Days lived
23,096
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Wilhelm Marx🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1863–1946) · 1863–1946
Days lived
30,517
Ze’ev Levy🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli philosopher · 1921–2010
Days lived
32,567
Zenita Komad🇦🇹
artist · b. 1980
Days alive
12,784
Zhao Chaojun🇨🇳
Olympic weightlifter · b. 1988
Days alive
9,862
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Died on This Day
Bob Stirling🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish rugby union footballer (1919-1991) · 1919–1991
Days lived
26,066
Bruno Nettl🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican ethnomusicologist (1930–2020) · 1930–2020
Days lived
32,814
Dan Haggerty🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1942–2016) · 1942–2016
Days lived
26,720
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Dolores O'Riordan🇮🇪
deceasedSinger-songwriter · 1971–2018
Days lived
16,933
Eduardo Hontiveros🇵🇭
deceasedFilipino musician · 1923–2008
Days lived
30,707
Erwin Obermair🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian amateur astronomer (1946-2017) · 1946–2017
Days lived
25,707
Frigyes Hollósi🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1905–1979
Days lived
26,811
Georg Michael Anton Kerschensteiner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman educational theorist (1854-1932) · 1854–1932
Days lived
28,293
Johannes Baader🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1875–1955
Days lived
29,061
Karel Salomon🇮🇱
deceasedsinger · 1897–1974
Days lived
27,821
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Karl Liebknecht
deceasedNotable Trials · 1871–1919
Days lived
17,321
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Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1882–1955
Days lived
26,613
Nagisa Ōshima🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese film director and screenwriter (1932–2013) · 1932–2013
Days lived
29,510
Nino Cerruti🇮🇹
deceasedCouturier (1930–2022) · 1930–2022
Days lived
33,350
Paul Séjourné🇫🇷
deceasedscientist · 1851–1939
Days lived
31,801
Rosa Luxemburg🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1871–1919
Days lived
17,482
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Walter Ernsting🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1920–2005) · 1920–2005
Days lived
30,897
Werner Freyberg🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1902-1973) · 1902–1973
Days lived
25,738
Werner Lesser🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1932–2005
Days lived
26,444
William Boyd Dawkins🇬🇧
deceasedGeologist · 1837–1929
Days lived
33,257
Yves Mariot🇫🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1948–2000
Days lived
18,821
Željko Ražnatović
deceasedNotable Trials · 1952–2000
Days lived
17,439
Zeno Saltini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest (1900–1981) · 1900–1981
Days lived
29,358
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
59,183
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
47,861
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
45,209
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
44,872
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
42,747
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,652
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,652
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
41,652
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,652
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
41,652
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
41,652
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
41,652
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,652
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
41,652
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
41,652
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,652
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
40,557
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
66,854
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
12,497
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
65,027
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,724
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
64,297
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
54,739
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
53,705
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
53,339
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
50,783
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,435
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,234
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
149,748
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
73,766
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,435
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
32,787
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
30,330
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
28,240
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
26,217
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
27,677
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,099
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
15,637
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
14,454
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
13,749
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,062
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,019
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
12,798