On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 31 2015
Born on This Day
Afu-Ra🇺🇸
American rapper · b. 1973
Days alive
15,340
Ahed Al-Tamimi
Notable Trials · b. 2001
Days alive
5,113
Akshay Bhatia🇺🇸
Golfer · b. 2002
Days alive
4,748
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Alexey Miller🇷🇺
Russian businessman · b. 1962
Days alive
19,358
André Bauer🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1968
Days alive
17,167
Artur Mas
Notable Trials · b. 1956
Days alive
21,550
Bernardo Provenzano
deceasedNotable Trials · 1933–2016
Days lived
30,479
Bill Flynn🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1950
Days alive
23,741
Bobby Windsor🇬🇧
Wales rugby union player · b. 1948
Days alive
24,472
Christopher Oualembo🇫🇷
Congolese footballer · b. 1987
Days alive
10,227
Clemens Arnold🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1978
Days alive
13,514
Cro🇩🇪
singer · b. 1990
Days alive
9,131
Daniel Tammet🇬🇧
writer · b. 1979
Days alive
13,149
David Lee
Archdeacon of Bradford; English Anglican priest · b. 1946
Days alive
25,202
Ed Samples🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican stock car racing driver · 1921–1991
Days lived
25,697
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Eugène Terre'Blanche
deceasedNotable Trials · 1941–2010
Days lived
25,264
Evelyn Richter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1930–2021) · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,490
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Fabio Quagliarella🇮🇹
Italian association football player · b. 1983
Days alive
11,688
Fred Karger🇺🇸
American political consultant and activist · b. 1950
Days alive
23,741
Garo H. Armen🇺🇸
American businessman · b. 1953
Days alive
22,645
Georg Blädel🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1906–1990
Days lived
30,857
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Guido van Rossum🇳🇱
Dutch programmer and creator of Python · b. 1956
Days alive
21,550
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Helena Paparizou🇸🇪
Greek singer · b. 1982
Days alive
12,053
Henri Carton de Wiart🇧🇪
deceasedwriter · 1869–1951
Days lived
30,044
Irma Wyman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1928–2015) · 1928–2015
Days lived
32,067
Jan Hofer🇩🇪
German broadcast newsreader and television presenter · b. 1950
Days alive
23,741
Jean Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedBritish-American actress (1929–2010) · 1929–2010
Days lived
29,576
Jessica Walter
deceasedstage actor · 1941–2021
Days lived
29,272
John Lydon🇮🇪
singer-songwriter · b. 1956
Days alive
21,550
José Gabriel Funes🇦🇷
Argentine Jesuit priest and astronomer · b. 1963
Days alive
18,993
Joseph D. Early🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1933–2012
Days lived
29,137
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Julián Alvarez
association football player · b. 2000
Days alive
5,479
Justin Timberlake🇺🇸
actor · b. 1981
Days alive
12,418
Krizia🇮🇹
deceasedItalian fashion designer and entrepreneur (1925–2015) · 1925–2015
Days lived
33,181
Kurt Blome🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1894-1969); high-ranking Nazi scientist; Deputy Reich Health Leader · 1894–1969
Days lived
27,645
Lennart von Kantzow🇸🇪
deceasedchief executive officer · 1920–1998
Days lived
28,460
Marcus Mumford🇺🇸
singer · b. 1987
Days alive
10,227
Marianne Kehlau🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1925-2002) · 1925–2002
Days lived
28,394
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Marie Luise Kaschnitz🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1901–1974
Days lived
26,915
Mariusz Zaruski🇵🇱
deceasedathlete · 1867–1941
Days lived
27,095
Marvin Willoughby🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1978
Days alive
13,514
Melitta Bentz🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1873–1950
Days lived
28,272
Michael Dangl🇦🇹
Austrian actor · b. 1968
Days alive
17,167
Michael Degen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Israeli actor (1928–2022) · 1928–2022
Days lived
34,402
Miyeon (Cho Mi-yeon)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol ((G)I-DLE) · b. 1997
Days alive
6,574
Norman Mailer
deceasedNotable Trials · 1923–2007
Days lived
30,964
Oliver Koenig🇩🇪
German long jumper and sprinter · b. 1981
Days alive
12,418
Oskar von Hindenburg🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1883–1960
Days lived
28,135
Pál Funk🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian photographer (1894–1974) · 1894–1974
Days lived
29,535
Paul Scheer🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1976
Days alive
14,245
Ramona Kühne🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1980
Days alive
12,784
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Raúl Richter🇩🇪
actor · b. 1987
Days alive
10,227
Sarah Zierhut🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1985
Days alive
10,957
Sidney Sam🇩🇪
football player · b. 1988
Days alive
9,862
Silke Bodenbender🇩🇪
actor · b. 1974
Days alive
14,975
Terry Date🇺🇸
rapper · b. 1956
Days alive
21,550
Theodor Heuss🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1884–1963
Days lived
29,169
Torsten Michaelis🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and dub actor (1961–2025) · 1961–2025
Days lived
23,574
Uwe Kockisch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor · 1944–2025
Days lived
29,911
Vincent Masingue🇫🇷
basketball player · b. 1976
Days alive
14,245
Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum Co-founder · b. 1994
Days alive
7,670
Wilhelm Heye🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1869–1947
Days lived
28,527
William Anderson Coffin🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1855–1925
Days lived
25,835
Wolfgang Stumph🇩🇪
actor · b. 1946
Days alive
25,202
Zane Grey🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1872–1939
Days lived
24,736
Died on This Day
A. A. Milne🇬🇧
deceasedBritish author known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh (1882-1956) · 1882–1956
Days lived
27,040
Adalbero Heussinger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman priest (1923–2011) · 1923–2011
Days lived
32,130
Alfred Rosche🇦🇹
deceasedCzech attorney (1884-1947) · 1884–1947
Days lived
22,826
Cathy Birchall🇬🇧
deceasedLong-distance motorcycle rider · 1957–2013
Days lived
20,484
Curt von Bardeleben🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1861–1924
Days lived
22,977
Dietmar Barsig🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1951-2011) · 1951–2011
Days lived
21,763
Eddie Logan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican shoeshiner · 1910–2009
Days lived
36,069
Ekkehardt Belle🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1954–2022
Days lived
24,730
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Erwin Strittmatter🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1912–1994
Days lived
29,755
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Franz Ritter von Epp🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1868–1947
Days lived
28,595
Friedrich Waldow🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1915–2013
Days lived
35,813
Fritz Henle🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American photographer (1909-1993) · 1909–1993
Days lived
30,552
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Giant Baba🇯🇵
deceasedfilm director · 1938–1999
Days lived
22,288
Hans Putz🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1920–1990
Days lived
25,277
Heinz Starke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1911-2001) · 1911–2001
Days lived
32,846
Leslie Carter🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican pop singer (1986–2012) · 1986–2012
Days lived
9,370
Lizabeth Scott🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress and singer (1921–2015) · 1921–2015
Days lived
34,092
Oskar Fischinger🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1900–1967
Days lived
24,329
Pablita Abeyta🇺🇸
deceasedDiné (Navajo) sculptor and activist (1953-2017) · 1953–2017
Days lived
23,206
Peter Paul Morandell🇮🇹
deceasedAustrian painter (1901-1976) · 1901–1976
Days lived
27,386
Rashad Khalifa🇺🇸
deceasedEgyptian-American biochemist (1935-1990) · 1935–1990
Days lived
19,797
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René Schickele🇫🇷
deceasedGerman-French writer (1883-1940) · 1883–1940
Days lived
20,633
Richard von Weizsäcker🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1920–2015
Days lived
34,624
Rolf Wenkhaus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1917–1942) · 1917–1942
Days lived
8,910
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
59,199
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
47,877
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
45,225
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
44,888
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
42,763
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
41,668
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,668
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,668
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
41,668
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
41,668
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
41,668
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
41,668
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,668
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,668
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
41,668
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,668
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
40,573
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
66,870
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
12,513
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
65,043
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,740
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
64,313
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
54,755
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
53,721
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
53,355
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
50,799
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,451
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,250
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
149,764
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
73,782
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,451
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
32,803
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
30,346
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
28,256
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
26,233
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
27,693
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,115
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
15,653
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
14,470
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
13,765
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,078
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,035
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
12,814