On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 24 2015
Born on This Day
Beate Deininger🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1964
Days alive
18,628
Bernard Perrut🇫🇷
member of the National Assembly of France · b. 1957
Days alive
21,184
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Beth Hart🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1972
Days alive
15,706
Bianca Weiß🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1968
Days alive
17,167
Boy Waterman
football player · b. 1984
Days alive
11,323
Chad Hurley
Tech CEOs · b. 1977
Days alive
13,879
Craig Horner🇦🇺
Australian actor and musician · b. 1983
Days alive
11,688
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D. Todd Christofferson🇺🇸
apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints · b. 1945
Days alive
25,567
Dan Shechtman🇺🇸
Israeli scientist · b. 1941
Days alive
27,028
Deon Thomas🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1971
Days alive
16,071
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Diane Birch🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1983
Days alive
11,688
Ed Helms🇺🇸
American actor and comedian · b. 1974
Days alive
14,975
Ernest Borgnine
deceasedOscar Winners · 1917–2012
Days lived
34,864
Ernst Heinkel🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1888–1958
Days lived
25,573
Eugen Roth🇩🇪
deceasedGerman poet (1895–1976) · 1895–1976
Days lived
29,679
Evelyn Regner🇦🇹
Austrian politician · b. 1966
Days alive
17,897
Franz May🇩🇪
deceasedCzechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and German nation politician (1903-1969) · 1903–1969
Days lived
24,415
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Funda Vanroy🇩🇪
German television presenter and actress · b. 1977
Days alive
13,879
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Gabby Logan🇬🇧
Welsh gymnast, television and radio presenter · b. 1973
Days alive
15,340
Gene Mako🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1916–2013) · 1916–2013
Days lived
35,571
Gert Verhulst🇧🇪
Belgian actor and film director · b. 1968
Days alive
17,167
Gong Lijiao🇨🇳
Chinese shot putter · b. 1989
Days alive
9,496
Guido Buchwald🇩🇪
German association football player and manager · b. 1961
Days alive
19,723
Jack Scott🇺🇸
deceasedCanadian singer (1936–2019) · 1936–2019
Days lived
30,638
Jacques Bousquet🇫🇷
deceasedactor, director, composer, playwright, and screenwriter (1883-1939) · 1883–1939
Days lived
20,750
Joachim Gauck🇩🇪
politician · b. 1940
Days alive
27,394
John Belushi🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1949–1982
Days lived
12,093
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John-John Dohmen🇧🇪
Belgian field hockey player · b. 1988
Days alive
9,862
Karl Hermann Frank
deceasedNotable Trials · 1898–1946
Days lived
17,649
Lautaro Núñez Atencio🇨🇱
Chilean historian · b. 1938
Days alive
28,124
Leonard Goldberg🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film and television producer (1934-2019) · 1934–2019
Days lived
31,360
Louis de Wohl🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1903–1961
Days lived
21,314
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Luis Suárez🇺🇾
Uruguayan association football player · b. 1987
Days alive
10,227
Márvio Lúcio🇧🇷
Brazilian comedian and reporter · b. 1976
Days alive
14,245
Matthew Lillard🇺🇸
actor · b. 1970
Days alive
16,436
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Michelle Hunziker🇮🇹
Swiss and Italian television presenter and former model · b. 1977
Days alive
13,879
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Minke Booij
field hockey player · b. 1977
Days alive
13,879
Moon Jae-in🇰🇷
politician · b. 1953
Days alive
22,645
Nastassja Kinski🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1961
Days alive
19,723
Nikolay Zontikov🇷🇺
Russian scientist · b. 1956
Days alive
21,550
Paul Julius Möbius🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1853–1907
Days lived
19,706
Prince Alfons of Bavaria🇩🇪
deceasedMember of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a General of Cavalry (1862-1933) · 1862–1933
Days lived
25,916
Regis Prograis🇺🇸
Boxer · b. 1989
Days alive
9,496
Scott Kazmir🇺🇸
film director · b. 1984
Days alive
11,323
Shaun Maloney🇬🇧
football player · b. 1983
Days alive
11,688
Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman psychiatrist (1853-1931) · 1853–1931
Days lived
28,467
Suzanne Gabriello🇫🇷
deceasedFrench singer (1932-1992) · 1932–1992
Days lived
22,113
Tassapon Bijleveld🇹🇭
chief executive officer · b. 1967
Days alive
17,532
Thierry Braillard🇫🇷
French politician · b. 1964
Days alive
18,628
Tommie Hoban🇬🇧
football player · b. 1994
Days alive
7,670
Tripy Makonda🇫🇷
football player · b. 1990
Days alive
9,131
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Ulrich Holbein🇩🇪
German writer · b. 1953
Days alive
22,645
Vicki Baum🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1888–1960
Days lived
26,515
Wyatt Crockett🇳🇿
New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1983
Days alive
11,688
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Yoo Ho-jeong🇰🇷
South Korean actress · b. 1969
Days alive
16,801
Died on This Day
Alexander Kanoldt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1881-1939) · 1881–1939
Days lived
20,935
Arik Brauer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian painter, graphic artist, stage designer, singer and poet (1929–2021) · 1929–2021
Days lived
33,623
Arthur Liebehenschel🇵🇱
deceasedmilitary person · 1901–1948
Days lived
16,861
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Bhimsen Joshi🇮🇳
deceasedIndian Hindustani classical vocalist (1922–2011) · 1922–2011
Days lived
32,496
Caresse Crosby🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican publisher, activist, and inventor of the bra (1892–1970) · 1892–1970
Days lived
28,402
Carl Andre🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican artist (1935-2024) · 1935–2024
Days lived
32,272
Chalkie White🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish rugby union player and coach (1929-2005) · 1929–2005
Days lived
27,767
Chris Penn🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1965–2006) · 1965–2006
Days lived
14,716
Cor Wilders🇳🇱
deceasedDutch football player (1914-1998) · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,527
Detlef Okrent🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1909-1983) · 1909–1983
Days lived
26,753
Eduard Rothauser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1876-1956) · 1876–1956
Days lived
28,900
Erich Kempka🇩🇪
deceasedchauffeur to Adolf Hitler (1910-1975) · 1910–1975
Days lived
23,506
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Gert Hof🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1951–2012
Days lived
22,303
Herta Oberheuser🇩🇪
deceasedNazi physician (1911–1978) · 1911–1978
Days lived
24,361
Krystyna Feldman🇵🇱
deceasedPolish actress (1916–2007) · 1916–2007
Days lived
33,201
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Marvin Minsky🇺🇸
deceasedComputer Scientist, AI Pioneer · 1927–2016
Days lived
32,310
Otto Carius🇩🇪
deceasedGerman pharmacist, military officer and highly decorated tank commander (1922-2015) · 1922–2015
Days lived
33,845
Paul Feller🇫🇷
deceasedFrench soldier and catholic priest (1913–1979) · 1913–1979
Days lived
23,798
Peter Paul Fernandes🇮🇳
deceasedIndian field hockey player (1916-1981) · 1916–1981
Days lived
23,507
Siegfried Wischnewski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1922–1989) · 1922–1989
Days lived
24,391
Ted Bundy
deceasedNotable Trials · 1946–1989
Days lived
15,402
Thodoros Angelopoulos🇬🇷
deceasedGreek film director, screenwriter and film producer (1935–2012) · 1935–2012
Days lived
28,031
Vadim Glowna🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1941-2012) · 1941–2012
Days lived
25,687
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Winston Churchill🇬🇧
deceasedpolitician · 1874–1965
Days lived
32,927
Wolfgang Iser🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1926–2007
Days lived
29,406
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
59,192
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
47,870
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
45,218
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
44,881
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
42,756
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
41,661
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,661
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,661
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
41,661
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
41,661
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
41,661
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
41,661
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,661
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,661
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
41,661
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,661
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
40,566
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
66,863
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
12,506
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
65,036
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,733
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
64,306
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
54,748
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
53,714
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
53,348
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
50,792
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,444
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,243
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
149,757
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
73,775
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,444
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
32,796
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
30,339
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
28,249
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
26,226
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
27,686
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,108
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
15,646
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
14,463
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
13,758
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,071
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,028
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
12,807