On This Day

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February 24 2015

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Events on This Day

Parks and Recreation Finale
Adam Scott
milestone

Born on This Day

Died on This Day

🇮🇹Alberto Sordi
deceased
actor · 1920–2003
Days lived
30,204
🇸🇬Alice Pennefather
deceased
Singaporean badminton and tennis player (1903–1983) · 1903–1983
Days lived
28,986

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Born on February 24 Died on February 24 On This Day Day Lookup

5,479

🇺🇸Ashley Walker

basketball player · b. 1987

Days alive

10,227

🇺🇸Benny Safdie

Film actor · b. 1986

Days alive

10,592

🇺🇸Beth Broderick

actor · b. 1959

Days alive

20,454

🇺🇸Billy Zane

American actor (born 1966) · b. 1966

Days alive

17,897

🇺🇸Bob Sanders

American football player, defensive back · b. 1981

Days alive

12,418

🇿🇦Bolla Conradie

South African rugby union footballer · b. 1978

Days alive

13,514

🇺🇸Bonnie Somerville

American actress (born 1974) · b. 1974

Days alive

14,975

🇨🇱Carlos Vidal

deceased

Chilean footballer (1902-1982) · 1902–1982

Days lived

29,323

🌍Cerina Fairfax

deceased

Notable Person · 1977–2026

Days lived

17,948

🇯🇲Cham

Jamaican musician · b. 1977

Days alive

13,879

🇩🇪Christopher Lutz

German chess player · b. 1971

Days alive

16,071

🇺🇸David C. Evans

deceased

American computer scientist (1924-1998) · 1924–1998

Days lived

27,250

🇬🇧David May

British computer scientist (born 1951) · b. 1951

Days alive

23,376

🇩🇪Detlev Kittstein

deceased

German field hockey player · 1944–1996

Days lived

19,062

🇨🇭Dilâver Satılmış

Turkish association football player (born 1979) · b. 1979

Days alive

13,149

🇳🇴Einar Westye Egeberg, Jr.

deceased

Norwegian businessman (1883–1946) · 1883–1946

Days lived

22,956

Floyd Mayweather

Notable Trials · b. 1977

Days alive

13,879

🇺🇸Frank Fertitta III

American entrepreneur · b. 1962

Days alive

19,358

🇩🇪Gabriele Schnaut

deceased

musician · 1951–2023

Days lived

26,413

🇮🇳Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic · b. 1942

Days alive

26,663

🇺🇸Honus Wagner

deceased

film director · 1874–1955

Days lived

29,869

🇺🇸Ike Nassi

American computer scientist (1949-) · b. 1949

Days alive

24,106

Jan Koum

engineer · b. 1976

Days alive

14,245

🇺🇸Jessica Pegula

US tennis player · b. 1994

Days alive

7,670

🇧🇷João Batista Becker

deceased

Catholic archbishop · 1870–1946

Days lived

27,869

🇺🇸Joe Celko

American software engineer · b. 1947

Days alive

24,837

🇺🇸Judith Butler

American feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956) · b. 1956

Days alive

21,550

🇩🇪Jürgen Jendrossek

football player · b. 1948

Days alive

24,472

🇩🇰Kasper Rorsted

Danish economist · b. 1962

Days alive

19,358

🇩🇪Klaus Darga

chess player · b. 1934

Days alive

29,585

🇩🇪Klaus Niedzwiedz

German racing driver · b. 1951

Days alive

23,376

🇩🇪Kurt Tank

deceased

scientist · 1898–1983

Days lived

31,146

🇦🇹La Jana

deceased

actor · 1905–1940

Days lived

12,801

🇩🇪Lars Kraume

German film director, screenwriter and film producer · b. 1973

Days alive

15,340

🇬🇧Laurence Docherty

Dutch field hockey player · b. 1980

Days alive

12,784

🇩🇪Marie Goslich

deceased

German photographer, editor (1859-1938) · 1859–1938

Days lived

28,800

🇦🇹Marisa Mell

deceased

Austrian actress (1939–1992) · 1939–1992

Days lived

19,440

🇬🇧Michael Johnson

football player · b. 1988

Days alive

9,862

🇫🇷Michel Legrand

deceased

Composer, conductor, jazz pianist, singer · 1932–2019

Days lived

31,748

🇺🇸Mike Lowell

film director · b. 1974

Days alive

14,975

🇬🇧Nicky Hopkins

deceased

singer · 1944–1994

Days lived

18,457

🇬🇧Paul Jones

singer-songwriter · b. 1942

Days alive

26,663

🇳🇴Per Lønning

deceased

Norwegian Lutheran bishop and politician, lyricist (1928-2016) · 1928–2016

Days lived

32,321

🇩🇪Peter Müller

deceased

German boxer (1927-1992) · 1927–1992

Days lived

23,860

Phil Knight

businessperson · b. 1938

Days alive

28,124

🇬🇧Richard Hamilton

deceased

artist · 1922–2011

Days lived

32,708

🇬🇧Ryan Fraser

Scottish association football player (born 1994) · b. 1994

Days alive

7,670

🇩🇪Sepp Rist

deceased

German actor (1900-1980) · 1900–1980

Days lived

29,510

🇨🇦Sid Meier

entrepreneur · b. 1954

Days alive

22,280

🇺🇸Steve Jobs

deceased

Entrepreneur and inventor · 1955–2011

Days lived

20,677

🇺🇸Terry Winograd

scientist · b. 1946

Days alive

25,202

🇦🇹Tina Frank

Austrian graphic designer and artist · b. 1970

Days alive

16,436

🇩🇪Tony Holiday

deceased

German pop singer and songwriter (1951–1990) · 1951–1990

Days lived

14,235

🇺🇸Trace Cyrus

singer · b. 1989

Days alive

9,496

🇭🇺Zoltán Adrigán

deceased

athlete · 1937–2003

Days lived

24,111

🇺🇸Claude Shannon

deceased

American mathematician and information theorist (1916–2001) · 1916–2001

Days lived

30,981

🇺🇸Eddie Croak

deceased

American soccer player (1900-1984) · 1900–1984

Days lived

30,473

🇬🇧Edward Judd

deceased

British actor (1932-2009) · 1932–2009

Days lived

27,902

🇩🇪Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde

deceased

German judge (1930-2019) · 1930–2019

Days lived

32,300

🇺🇸Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy

deceased

German-American social philosopher (1888-1973) · 1888–1973

Days lived

30,913

🇺🇸Gary North

deceased

American historian and author (1942–2022) · 1942–2022

Days lived

29,233

🇩🇪Gustav Adolf Semler

deceased

German actor (1885-1968) · 1885–1968

Days lived

30,296

🇺🇸Harold Ramis

deceased

American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1944–2014) · 1944–2014

Days lived

25,297

Hjalmar Branting

deceased

Notable Trials · 1860–1925

Days lived

23,468

🇨🇳Hu Shih

deceased

journalist · 1891–1962

Days lived

25,636

🇫🇷Jean d'Esme

deceased

journalist · 1893–1966

Days lived

26,451

🇩🇪Johannes Peter Meyer-Mendez

deceased

archbishop (1909–1976) · 1909–1976

Days lived

24,461

🇩🇪Ludwig Wolff

deceased

chemist · 1857–1919

Days lived

22,429

🇺🇸Marguerite Wildenhain

deceased

artist · 1896–1985

Days lived

32,277

🇨🇭Marius Besson

deceased

Swiss priest and historian (1876-1945) · 1876–1945

Days lived

25,077

🇫🇷Max Théret

deceased

French businessman (1913–2009) · 1913–2009

Days lived

35,113

Oskar Loerke

deceased

writer · 1884–1941

Days lived

20,801

🇮🇹Sandro Pertini

deceased

politician · 1896–1990

Days lived

34,119

🇬🇧Stanley Shoveller

deceased

field hockey player · 1881–1959

Days lived

28,298

🇩🇪Ulrich Gabler

deceased

German shipbuilding engineer and World War II U-boat chief engineer · 1913–1994

Days lived

29,366

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

45,249

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

44,912

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

42,787

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,692

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,692

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

41,692

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

41,692

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,692

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,692

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

41,692

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,692

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

41,692

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

41,692

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

41,692

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

40,597

🇦🇹Günter Fronius

deceased

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

Days lived

39,334

🇵🇹Manoel de Oliveira

deceased

actor · 1908–2015

Days lived

38,828

🇷🇺Barys Kit

deceased

scientist · 1910–2018

Days lived

39,383

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

12,537

🇺🇸Tilikum

deceased

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

🇺🇸Stubbs

deceased

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

🇯🇵Tama

deceased

Calico cat · 1999–2015

Days lived

5,898

🇺🇸Harambe

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,211

🇺🇸April

deceased

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,762

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

64,337

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

54,779

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

53,745

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

53,379

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

50,823

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

49,475

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

73,806

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

54,475

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

32,827

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

30,370

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

28,280

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

26,257

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

15,677

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

14,494

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

13,789

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,102

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,059

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

12,838

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

🇩🇪Andre Gunder Frank

🇷🇺Andrey Ilyin

🇧🇷Antony

Died on This Day

🇮🇹Alberto Sordi

🇸🇬Alice Pennefather

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇸🇭Jonathan

🇺🇸Koko

Companies That Existed

🇫🇷Hermes

🇺🇸Procter & Gamble

Already Published

🇮🇹Meditations

🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

🇺🇸12 Angry Men

🇺🇸Ashley Walker

🇺🇸Benny Safdie

🇺🇸Beth Broderick

🇺🇸Billy Zane

🇺🇸Bob Sanders

🇿🇦Bolla Conradie

🇺🇸Bonnie Somerville

🇨🇱Carlos Vidal

🌍Cerina Fairfax

🇯🇲Cham

🇩🇪Christopher Lutz

🇺🇸David C. Evans

🇬🇧David May

🇩🇪Detlev Kittstein

🇨🇭Dilâver Satılmış

🇳🇴Einar Westye Egeberg, Jr.

Floyd Mayweather

🇺🇸Frank Fertitta III

🇩🇪Gabriele Schnaut

🇮🇳Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

🇺🇸Honus Wagner

🇺🇸Ike Nassi

Jan Koum

🇺🇸Jessica Pegula

🇧🇷João Batista Becker

🇺🇸Joe Celko

🇺🇸Judith Butler

🇩🇪Jürgen Jendrossek

🇩🇰Kasper Rorsted

🇩🇪Klaus Darga

🇩🇪Klaus Niedzwiedz

🇩🇪Kurt Tank

🇦🇹La Jana

🇩🇪Lars Kraume

🇬🇧Laurence Docherty

🇩🇪Marie Goslich

🇦🇹Marisa Mell

🇬🇧Michael Johnson

🇫🇷Michel Legrand

🇺🇸Mike Lowell

🇬🇧Nicky Hopkins

🇬🇧Paul Jones

🇳🇴Per Lønning

🇩🇪Peter Müller

Phil Knight

🇬🇧Richard Hamilton

🇬🇧Ryan Fraser

🇩🇪Sepp Rist

🇨🇦Sid Meier

🇺🇸Steve Jobs

🇺🇸Terry Winograd

🇦🇹Tina Frank

🇩🇪Tony Holiday

🇺🇸Trace Cyrus

🇭🇺Zoltán Adrigán

🇺🇸Claude Shannon