On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
February 4 2015
Born on This Day
Ady Berber🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1913–1966
Days lived
19,326
Alfred Andersch🇨🇭
deceasedjournalist · 1914–1980
Days lived
24,123
Andreas Sidon🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1963
Days alive
18,993
Arman İnci🇩🇪
actor · b. 1991
Days alive
8,766
Atilla Taş
musician · b. 1975
Days alive
14,610
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Bhimsen Joshi🇮🇳
deceasedIndian Hindustani classical vocalist (1922–2011) · 1922–2011
Days lived
32,496
Blagoja Ivanov🇲🇰
Macedonian journalist · b. 1931
Days alive
30,681
Boris Paichadze
deceasedathlete · 1915–1990
Days lived
27,641
Carlos Rodas🇨🇴
football player · b. 1975
Days alive
14,610
Christopher Buchholz🇺🇸
German actor, film director and screenwriter · b. 1962
Days alive
19,358
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Clint Black🇺🇸
American country musician · b. 1962
Days alive
19,358
Daan van Golden
deceasedDutch painter (1936-2017) · 1936–2017
Days lived
29,561
Daniel Wiemer🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1976
Days alive
14,245
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David Golomb🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician · 1933–2019
Days lived
31,554
Dimitri Sartison🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1980
Days alive
12,784
Eduard Zimmermann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman tv journalist (1929–2009) · 1929–2009
Days lived
29,447
Ericus Gerhardus van de Stadt
deceasedDutch yacht designer (1910-1999) · 1910–1999
Days lived
32,722
Fernand Léger🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1881–1955
Days lived
27,221
Frank Zander🇩🇪
actor · b. 1942
Days alive
26,663
Friedrich Ebert🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1871–1925
Days lived
19,747
Friedrich Hund🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1896–1997
Days lived
36,945
Fritz Hartnagel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman soldier and judge · 1917–2001
Days lived
30,765
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George A. Romero🇨🇦
deceasedactor · 1940–2017
Days lived
28,287
Giorgi Gamqrelidze🇬🇪
Georgian basketball player · b. 1986
Days alive
10,592
Grigory Bogdanovich Bogdanov
deceasedmilitary person · 1910–1943
Days lived
12,292
Haruka Tomatsu🇯🇵
actor · b. 1990
Days alive
9,131
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Heiner Backhaus🇩🇪
German football player · b. 1982
Days alive
12,053
Hermann Weller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman philologist (1878–1956) · 1878–1956
Days lived
28,797
Horst Ehmke🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Lawyer (1927-2017) · 1927–2017
Days lived
32,909
Hubert Houben🇮🇹
scientist · b. 1953
Days alive
22,645
Isabel Martínez de Perón🇦🇷
Politician · b. 1931
Days alive
30,681
Jean Richepin
deceasedNotable Trials · 1849–1926
Days lived
28,434
Jerome Powell🇺🇸
Lawyer · b. 1953
Days alive
22,645
Jiří Raška🇨🇿
deceasedCzechoslovak skijumpers and skijumpers (1941–2012) · 1941–2012
Days lived
25,917
Joel Ekstrand🇸🇪
football player · b. 1989
Days alive
9,496
Johann Nepomuk Krieger
deceasedGerman astronomer (1865-1902) · 1865–1902
Days lived
13,519
Jüri Lossmann🇸🇪
deceasedEstonian athletics competitor and association football player (1891–1984) · 1891–1984
Days lived
34,054
Jutta Jol🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1896–1981
Days lived
31,310
Kaarlo Kangasniemi🇫🇮
Finnish weightlifter · b. 1941
Days alive
27,028
Karl Schönböck🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1909–2001
Days lived
33,651
Kim Chi-ha🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean writer (1941-2022) · 1941–2022
Days lived
29,678
Lotfi A. Zadeh🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican electrical engineer and computer scientist (1921–2017) · 1921–2017
Days lived
35,278
Ludwig Erhard🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1897–1977
Days lived
29,309
Markus Ressler🇦🇹
athlete · b. 1976
Days alive
14,245
Michael Saylor
Founder of MicroStrategy · b. 1965
Days alive
18,262
Mijntje Donners
field hockey player · b. 1974
Days alive
14,975
Moïse Brou Apanga🇨🇮
deceasedGabonese footballer (1982-2017) · 1982–2017
Days lived
12,865
Neil Johnston🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1929–1978
Days lived
18,133
Nick Cave🇺🇸
writer · b. 1959
Days alive
20,454
Oscar De La Hoya🇺🇸
American boxing promoter and former professional boxer · b. 1973
Days alive
15,340
Paul L. Stein🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian film director (1892–1951) · 1892–1951
Days lived
21,636
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Ram Baran Yadav
politician · b. 1948
Days alive
24,472
Rasmus Højlund
association football player · b. 2003
Days alive
4,383
Robert Malone🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1988
Days alive
9,862
Sándor Giesswein🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian priest, politician, Esperantist, writer, social reformist and pacifist (1856-1923) · 1856–1923
Days lived
24,755
Werner Schwab🇦🇹
deceasedartist · 1958–1994
Days lived
13,115
Wu Naiqun🇨🇳
basketball player · b. 1971
Days alive
16,071
Zachos Terzakis🇬🇷
singer · b. 1950
Days alive
23,741
Zeca Pagodinho🇧🇷
singer · b. 1959
Days alive
20,454
Died on This Day
Abie Ames🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician · 1918–2002
Days lived
30,573
Alex Harvey🇬🇧
deceasedmusician · 1935–1982
Days lived
17,166
Bill Dudley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1921-2010) · 1921–2010
Days lived
32,184
Caelestis Eichenseer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Latin scholar (1924–2008) · 1924–2008
Days lived
30,533
David Buckingham🇦🇺
deceasedchemist · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,245
Dominique Heckmes
deceasedLuxembourgian composer (1878-1938) · 1878–1938
Days lived
21,705
Edward Sapir🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican linguist and anthropologist (1884-1939) · 1884–1939
Days lived
20,097
Étienne Nodet🇫🇷
deceasedFrench historian (1944–2024) · 1944–2024
Days lived
28,920
Friedrich Raschig🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1863–1928
Days lived
23,616
Georg Konrad Morgen🇩🇪
deceasedSS judge and chief investigator, Reich Criminal Police Office (1909-1982) · 1909–1982
Days lived
26,539
Gurmit Singh Kullar🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player · 1907–1992
Days lived
31,080
Hans Blüher
deceasedYouTube personality · 1888–1955
Days lived
24,458
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Jesse Hibbs🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and film director (1906-1985) · 1906–1985
Days lived
28,879
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Joachim-Ernst Berendt🇩🇪
deceasedrapper · 1922–2000
Days lived
28,323
Jürgen Flimm🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1941–2023
Days lived
29,787
Karen Carpenter🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1950–1983
Days lived
12,027
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Kenneth C. Burns🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1920–1989) · 1920–1989
Days lived
25,168
Lisa Fonssagrives🇸🇪
deceasedartist · 1911–1992
Days lived
29,483
Mario Camerini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director and screenwriter (1895–1981) · 1895–1981
Days lived
31,409
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Matti Nykänen
deceasedNotable Trials · 1963–2019
Days lived
20,291
Michael Habeck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1944–2011) · 1944–2011
Days lived
24,393
Rudolf Rittner
deceasedactor · 1869–1943
Days lived
26,881
Werner Lindemann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1926–1993) · 1926–1993
Days lived
24,227
Wilhelm Gustloff🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1895–1936
Days lived
14,979
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
59,203
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
47,881
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
45,229
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
44,892
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
42,767
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
41,672
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,672
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
41,672
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
41,672
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
41,672
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,672
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,672
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
41,672
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,672
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,672
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
41,672
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
40,577
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
66,874
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
12,517
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
65,047
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,744
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
64,317
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
54,759
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
53,725
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
53,359
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
50,803
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,455
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,254
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
149,768
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
73,786
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,455
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
32,807
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
30,350
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
28,260
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
26,237
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
27,697
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,119
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
15,657
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
14,474
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
13,769
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,082
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,039
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
12,818