On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 29 2015
Born on This Day
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Adam Lambert🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1982
Days alive
12,053
Adam van Koeverden🇨🇦
athlete · b. 1982
Days alive
12,053
Andre Reed🇺🇸
former professional American football player · b. 1964
Days alive
18,628
Anna Aaron🇨🇭
singer-songwriter · b. 1985
Days alive
10,957
Anna Ryder Richardson🇹🇼
British interior designer and television presenter · b. 1964
Days alive
18,628
Anton Chekhov
deceasedwriter · 1860–1904
Days lived
16,238
Arnold Gehlen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman academic (1904-1976) · 1904–1976
Days lived
26,299
Bob Falkenburg🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1926–2022
Days lived
35,041
Bob Holly🇺🇸
actor · b. 1963
Days alive
18,993
Christina Koch🇺🇸
Astronaut · b. 1979
Days alive
13,149
Desirée Rancatore🇮🇹
musician · b. 1977
Days alive
13,879
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Dominik Hašek🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1965
Days alive
18,262
Earl Mindell🇨🇦
writer · b. 1940
Days alive
27,394
Eddie Taylor🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican electric blues guitarist and singer · 1923–1985
Days lived
22,976
Ekkhard Schmidt-Opper🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1961
Days alive
19,723
Elio Petri🇮🇹
deceasedItalian filmmaker (1929–1982) · 1929–1982
Days lived
19,643
Ernst Lubitsch🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American actor and film director (1892–1947) · 1892–1947
Days lived
20,393
Ernst Schybergson🇫🇮
deceasedfootball player · 1891–1966
Days lived
27,440
Espen Rud🇳🇴
Norwegian jazz musician (drums), composer and music arranger · b. 1948
Days alive
24,472
Flavio Maspoli🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss politician (1950-2007) · 1950–2007
Days lived
20,953
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Germaine Greer🇦🇺
Australian writer and public intellectual (born 1939) · b. 1939
Days alive
27,759
Guido Knopp🇩🇪
journalist · b. 1948
Days alive
24,472
Hans Reinowski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1900-1977) · 1900–1977
Days lived
28,098
Hans-Joachim Hecht🇩🇪
German chess player · b. 1939
Days alive
27,759
Heinrich Liebe🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1908–1997
Days lived
32,687
Hendrik Dreekmann🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1975
Days alive
14,610
Hugo Obermaier🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish-German historian and anthropologist (1877–1946) · 1877–1946
Days lived
25,488
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James K. Galbraith🇺🇸
American economist · b. 1952
Days alive
23,011
Jeanne Lee🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer (1939-2000) · 1939–2000
Days lived
22,550
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Joan Herrera i Torres🇪🇸
Spanish lawyer and politician · b. 1971
Days alive
16,071
José Moré Bonet🇪🇸
football player · b. 1953
Days alive
22,645
Justin Hartley
Actor · b. 1977
Days alive
13,879
Katie Lohmann🇺🇸
American model · b. 1980
Days alive
12,784
Konrad Hesse🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Jurisprudence scientist, from 1975 to 1987 Judge at Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (1919–2005) · 1919–2005
Days lived
31,457
Lead Belly
deceasedNotable Trials · 1885–1949
Days lived
23,686
Lewis Pullman🇺🇸
Film actor · b. 1993
Days alive
8,035
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Lidia Zamenhof🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1904–1942
Days lived
14,064
Liu Chunhong🇨🇳
Chinese weightlifter · b. 1985
Days alive
10,957
Luboš Kohoutek🇨🇿
deceasedscientist · 1935–2023
Days lived
32,477
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Maik Zirbes🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1990
Days alive
9,131
Marc Gasol🇪🇸
Spanish basketball player · b. 1985
Days alive
10,957
Marcel Balkestein
Dutch field hockey player · b. 1981
Days alive
12,418
Michael Osipovich Barshch🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet architect and educator (1904–1976) · 1904–1976
Days lived
26,582
Norio Ohga🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese businessman (1930–2011) · 1930–2011
Days lived
29,669
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Oprah Winfrey🇺🇸
American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954) · b. 1954
Days alive
22,280
Peter von Zahn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist, film director and screenwriter (1913-2001) · 1913–2001
Days lived
32,320
Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia🇩🇪
deceasedGerman prince and high ranking Nazi (1887-1949) · 1887–1949
Days lived
22,700
Raffi Boghosyan🇧🇬
Bulgarian singer, musician · b. 1993
Days alive
8,035
Richard Norris Williams🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1891-1968) · 1891–1968
Days lived
28,248
Robert Bosch Jr.🇩🇪
deceasedGerman businessman (1928–2004) · 1928–2004
Days lived
27,945
Romain Rolland🇫🇷
deceasedmusician · 1866–1944
Days lived
28,824
Sa Jae-Hyouk🇰🇷
South Korean weightlifter · b. 1985
Days alive
10,957
Sam Trammell🇺🇸
actor · b. 1969
Days alive
16,801
Sarah Kuttner🇩🇪
German television presenter and author · b. 1979
Days alive
13,149
Saúl Martínez
Honduran association football player · b. 1976
Days alive
14,245
Stacey King🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1967
Days alive
17,532
Tatyana Chernova🇷🇺
Russian heptathlete · b. 1988
Days alive
9,862
Tom Selleck🇺🇸
American actor (born 1945) · b. 1945
Days alive
25,567
Uta Barth🇺🇸
artist · b. 1958
Days alive
20,819
Yank Barry🇨🇦
rapper · b. 1948
Days alive
24,472
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Yui Hasegawa
association football player · b. 1997
Days alive
6,574
Died on This Day
François Cavanna🇫🇷
deceasedFrench writer, journalist, cartoonist, publisher and press owner (1923-2014) · 1923–2014
Days lived
33,214
Frankie Masters🇺🇸
deceasedbig band leader (1904-1991) · 1904–1991
Days lived
31,703
Franz Gürtner🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1881–1941
Days lived
21,705
Gerhard Klopfer🇩🇪
deceasedofficial of the Nazi Party and assistant to Martin Bormann in the Office of the Party Chancellery (1905-1987) · 1905–1987
Days lived
29,930
Hannes Schmidhauser🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss footballer and actor (1926-2000) · 1926–2000
Days lived
26,805
Howard Hesseman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1940–2022) · 1940–2022
Days lived
29,922
Hubert Gessner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1871–1943) · 1871–1943
Days lived
26,033
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James Rhyne Killian🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1904–1988
Days lived
30,504
Joan Tompkins🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1915-2005) · 1915–2005
Days lived
32,712
Julius Posener🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1904-1996) · 1904–1996
Days lived
33,323
Kálmán Jeszenszky🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian priest (1873-1946) · 1873–1946
Days lived
26,407
Karl Gass🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film director (1917–2009) · 1917–2009
Days lived
33,599
Lajos Illés🇭🇺
deceasedmusician · 1942–2007
Days lived
23,693
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Ludwig Stössel🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1883–1973
Days lived
32,858
Mainhardt Graf von Nayhauß🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist from Germany · 1926–2021
Days lived
34,546
Nedo Nadi
deceasedmilitary person · 1894–1940
Days lived
16,669
Night Train Lane🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1927-2002) · 1927–2002
Days lived
27,317
Orestis Makris🇬🇷
deceasedGreek actor (1898–1975) · 1898–1975
Days lived
27,879
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1918–2012
Days lived
34,110
Toni Berger🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1921–2005
Days lived
30,624
Willie Dixon🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1915–1992
Days lived
27,971
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
59,197
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
47,875
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
45,223
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
44,886
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
42,761
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
41,666
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,666
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,666
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
41,666
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
41,666
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
41,666
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
41,666
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,666
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,666
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
41,666
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,666
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
40,571
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
66,868
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
12,511
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
65,041
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,738
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
64,311
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
54,753
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
53,719
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
53,353
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
50,797
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,449
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,248
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
149,762
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
73,780
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,449
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
32,801
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
30,344
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
28,254
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
26,231
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
27,691
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,113
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
15,651
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
14,468
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
13,763
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,076
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,033
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
12,812