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February 27 2015

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Events on This Day

Acted in 'Focus'
Adrian Martinez
milestone

Born on This Day

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Albert Rhys Williams
deceased
American journalist, author of memoirs about the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia which he has been both witness and participant · 1883–1962
Days lived
28,641
🇩🇪Alwin Seifert
deceased
German architect and author (1890-1972) · 1890–1972
Days lived

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.

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Days alive

25,933

🇦🇹Bertha Pappenheim

deceased

journalist · 1859–1936

Days lived

28,214

🇸🇪Brasse Brännström

deceased

Swedish actor and comedian (1945-2014) · 1945–2014

Days lived

25,385

🇧🇪Cédric De Greve

Belgian field hockey player · b. 1979

Days alive

13,149

🇺🇸Chick Halbert

deceased

basketball player · 1919–2013

Days lived

34,339

🇺🇸Dexter Gordon

deceased

American jazz saxophonist (1923–1990) · 1923–1990

Days lived

24,529

🇩🇪Eckhard Dagge

deceased

American boxer (1948–2006) · 1948–2006

Days lived

21,221

🇦🇹Edmund Glaise-Horstenau

deceased

Austrian officer, historian and politician (1882-1946) · 1882–1946

Days lived

23,518

🇺🇸Elizabeth Taylor

deceased

actor · 1932–2011

Days lived

28,879

🇩🇪Ferdinand Heim

deceased

military person · 1895–1971

Days lived

28,018

🇮🇹Franco Moschino

deceased

Italian fashion designer and artist (1950–1994) · 1950–1994

Days lived

16,274

🇷🇺Georgy Guryanov

deceased

Russian musician and painter (1961-2013) · 1961–2013

Days lived

19,136

🇩🇪Grethe Weiser

deceased

German actress (1903-1970) · 1903–1970

Days lived

24,689

🇩🇪Heinz Starke

deceased

German politician (1911-2001) · 1911–2001

Days lived

32,846

🇺🇸Howard Hesseman

deceased

American actor (1940–2022) · 1940–2022

Days lived

29,922

Ian Khama

politician · b. 1953

Days alive

22,645

🇺🇸James Augustine

basketball player · b. 1984

Days alive

11,323

🇺🇸Johnny Pesky

deceased

film director · 1919–2012

Days lived

34,136

🇺🇸Josh Groban

singer-songwriter · b. 1981

Days alive

12,418

Kakha Kaladze

athlete · b. 1978

Days alive

13,514

🇵🇱Kazimierz Sabbat

deceased

entrepreneur · 1913–1989

Days lived

27,901

🇯🇵Kenzō Takada

deceased

Japanese fashion designer (1939-2020) · 1939–2020

Days lived

29,805

🇩🇪Klaus Dick

deceased

German bishop (1928–2024) · 1928–2024

Days lived

35,062

🇨🇳Li Bingbing

Chinese actress · b. 1973

Days alive

15,340

🇺🇸Luke Messer

American politician in Indiana (born 1969) · b. 1969

Days alive

16,801

🇺🇸Maggie Hassan

American politician (born 1958) · b. 1958

Days alive

20,819

🇩🇪Martin Zwicker

German field hockey player (1987-) · b. 1987

Days alive

10,227

Mirella Freni

deceased

opera singer · 1935–2020

Days lived

31,028

🇫🇷Paul Ricœur

deceased

French philosopher (1913–2005) · 1913–2005

Days lived

33,685

🇪🇸Perlita de Huelva

Spanish singer · b. 1939

Days alive

27,759

🇬🇧Peter Christopherson

deceased

English musician, photographer, director (1955–2010) · 1955–2010

Days lived

20,359

🇦🇹Rainhard Fendrich

actor · b. 1955

Days alive

21,915

🇺🇸Raymond Berry

American football player and coach (born 1933) · b. 1933

Days alive

29,950

🇺🇸Roy Montrell

deceased

American musician (1928-1979) · 1928–1979

Days lived

18,645

🇺🇸Rozonda Thomas

American singer, actress from Georgia · b. 1971

Days alive

16,071

🇨🇭Rudolf Steiner

deceased

Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925) · 1861–1925

Days lived

23,406

🇭🇺Sándor Újhelyi

athlete · b. 1961

Days alive

19,723

🇩🇰Steen Due

deceased

Danish field hockey player (1898–1974) · 1898–1974

Days lived

27,846

Stephen Kiprotich

Ugandan long-distance runner · b. 1989

Days alive

9,496

🇩🇪Theodor Hoffmann

deceased

German admiral (1935-2018) · 1935–2018

Days lived

30,563

🇬🇧Tom Chadbon

deceased

Actor · 1946–2026

Days lived

29,368

🇺🇸Tyko Vylka

deceased

Nenets Landscape Artist (1886-1960) · 1886–1960

Days lived

27,241

🇪🇸Víctor Escorial

basketball player · b. 1949

Days alive

24,106

🇷🇺Zaur Kunizhev

Russian professional football player · b. 1991

Days alive

8,766

29,856

🇭🇺András Orvos

deceased

athlete · 1925–2001

Days lived

27,533

🇺🇸Fred Rogers

deceased

Christian minister · 1928–2003

Days lived

27,372

🇺🇸George Tobias

deceased

actor · 1901–1980

Days lived

28,717

🇮🇷Gholam-Hossein Banan

deceased

singer · 1911–1986

Days lived

27,331

🇩🇪Günter Wolf

deceased

German military personnel (1926-2013) · 1926–2013

Days lived

31,717

Harry Cohn

deceased

Actor · 1891–1958

Days lived

24,325

🇦🇹Helga Vlahović

deceased

Croatian journalist, producer, and television personality (1945–2012) · 1945–2012

Days lived

24,501

🇩🇪Hertha Sponer

deceased

German physicist and chemist (1895–1968) · 1895–1968

Days lived

26,476

🇩🇪Horst Schrade

deceased

German caricaturist and artist (1924–2014) · 1924–2014

Days lived

32,824

🇩🇪Jürgen Kröger

deceased

German architect (1856–1928) · 1856–1928

Days lived

26,034

🇦🇹Konrad Lorenz

deceased

Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 (1903–1989) · 1903–1989

Days lived

31,159

🇮🇳Latif-ur Rehman

deceased

field hockey player · 1929–1987

Days lived

21,241

🇺🇸Leonard Nimoy

deceased

actor · 1931–2015

Days lived

30,654

🇺🇸Lillian Gish

deceased

American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993

Days lived

36,295

🇧🇪Mathilde Schroyens

deceased

politician · 1912–1996

Days lived

30,376

Necmettin Erbakan

deceased

Notable Trials · 1926–2011

Days lived

30,802

🇺🇸Neil Sedaka

deceased

Singer · 1939–2026

Days lived

31,763

🇩🇪Paul Oswald Ahnert

deceased

German astronomer (1897-1989) · 1897–1989

Days lived

33,334

🇩🇪Peter Behrens

deceased

German architect and designer (1868-1940) · 1868–1940

Days lived

26,250

🇺🇸Richard Lewis

deceased

American stand-up comedian (1947–2024) · 1947–2024

Days lived

28,002

🇮🇳Sailen Manna

deceased

Indian footballer (1924-2012) · 1924–2012

Days lived

31,955

🇩🇪Waldemar Petersen

deceased

entrepreneur · 1880–1946

Days lived

24,002

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

45,252

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

44,915

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

40,600

🇦🇹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

deceased

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

🇬🇧Adrian Smith

🇩🇪Alfred Einhorn

🇩🇪Anita Höfer

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Albert Rhys Williams

🇩🇪Alwin Seifert

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

🇦🇹Bertha Pappenheim

🇸🇪Brasse Brännström

🇧🇪Cédric De Greve

🇺🇸Chick Halbert

🇺🇸Dexter Gordon

🇩🇪Eckhard Dagge

🇦🇹Edmund Glaise-Horstenau

🇺🇸Elizabeth Taylor

🇩🇪Ferdinand Heim

🇮🇹Franco Moschino

🇷🇺Georgy Guryanov

🇩🇪Grethe Weiser

🇩🇪Heinz Starke

🇺🇸Howard Hesseman

Ian Khama

🇺🇸James Augustine

🇺🇸Johnny Pesky

🇺🇸Josh Groban

Kakha Kaladze

🇵🇱Kazimierz Sabbat

🇯🇵Kenzō Takada

🇩🇪Klaus Dick

🇨🇳Li Bingbing

🇺🇸Luke Messer

🇺🇸Maggie Hassan

🇩🇪Martin Zwicker

Mirella Freni

🇫🇷Paul Ricœur

🇪🇸Perlita de Huelva

🇬🇧Peter Christopherson

🇦🇹Rainhard Fendrich

🇺🇸Raymond Berry

🇺🇸Roy Montrell

🇺🇸Rozonda Thomas

🇨🇭Rudolf Steiner

🇭🇺Sándor Újhelyi

🇩🇰Steen Due

Stephen Kiprotich

🇩🇪Theodor Hoffmann

🇬🇧Tom Chadbon

🇺🇸Tyko Vylka

🇪🇸Víctor Escorial

🇷🇺Zaur Kunizhev

🇭🇺András Orvos

🇺🇸Fred Rogers

🇺🇸George Tobias

🇮🇷Gholam-Hossein Banan

🇩🇪Günter Wolf

Harry Cohn

🇦🇹Helga Vlahović

🇩🇪Hertha Sponer

🇩🇪Horst Schrade

🇩🇪Jürgen Kröger

🇦🇹Konrad Lorenz

🇮🇳Latif-ur Rehman

🇺🇸Leonard Nimoy