Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 2 2020
Prime Minister of Poland (1874-1941) · 1874–1941
Days lived
24,471
actor · 1901–1979
Days lived
28,613
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athlete · 1938–2010
Days lived
26,419
South African rugby union player · 1885–1955
Days lived
25,602
German television personality · b. 1972
Days alive
17,533
German general and resistance fighter (1886–1944) · 1886–1944
Days lived
21,425
association football player · b. 1997
Days alive
8,401
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Spanish actor · b. 1962
Days alive
21,185
German basketball player (1964–2015) · 1964–2015
Days lived
18,687
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American actor · b. 1968
Days alive
18,994
American computer scientist · b. 1938
Days alive
29,951
Actor · b. 1975
Days alive
16,437
Belgian fashion designer (born 1959) · b. 1959
Days alive
22,281
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Russian-Soviet documentary/avantgarde filmmaker (1896-1954) · 1896–1954
Days lived
21,226
actor · b. 1933
Days alive
31,777
Ice Hockey coach and general manager · 1936–1994
Days lived
21,440
football player · b. 1977
Days alive
15,706
German actor (1904-1972) · 1904–1972
Days lived
25,161
Italian actor (1925–2015) · 1925–2015
Days lived
33,027
Italian actress (born 1935) · b. 1935
Days alive
31,047
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Jamaican boxer · b. 1969
Days alive
18,628
German shot putter · b. 1959
Days alive
22,281
German footballer · b. 1964
Days alive
20,455
journalist · 1920–1992
Days lived
26,394
German priest (1871–1960) · 1871–1960
Days lived
32,693
Icelandic actor, comedian, and politician · b. 1967
Days alive
19,359
American basketball player · b. 1981
Days alive
14,245
Aircraft designer and builder, one of the early aviation pioneers · 1880–1955
Days lived
27,516
actor, film director (1886–1931) · 1886–1931
Days lived
16,500
American computer scientist and electrical engineer (1938–2024) · 1938–2024
Days lived
31,571
athlete · 1911–1981
Days lived
25,568
Hungarian Piarist, physics teacher, scouter, pioneer of the esucation of informatics (1916-2006) · 1916–2006
Days lived
32,954
British author of crime and thriller fiction (1962-2021) · 1962–2021
Days lived
21,757
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
18,994
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entrepreneur · b. 1968
Days alive
18,994
actor · 1945–2021
Days lived
27,828
entrepreneur · b. 1937
Days alive
30,316
South African rugby union footballer · b. 1982
Days alive
13,880
Russian boxer · b. 1973
Days alive
17,167
film director · b. 1981
Days alive
14,245
Actor · b. 1979
Days alive
14,976
Saudi royal and foreign minister (1940–2015) · 1940–2015
Days lived
27,583
film director · b. 1977
Days alive
15,706
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Notable Trials · 1945–2017
Days lived
26,630
film director · b. 1975
Days alive
16,437
football player · b. 1992
Days alive
10,228
philosopher · 1904–1981
Days lived
28,443
politician · 1904–1945
Days lived
15,097
German author and editor (1861–1939) · 1861–1939
Days lived
28,730
German footballer (1964–2024) · 1964–2024
Days lived
22,279
singer-songwriter · 1931–1996
Days lived
24,008
Turkish-German film director of Kurdish ancestry (born 1968) · b. 1968
Days alive
18,994
Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).
Notable animals alive on this date.
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Notable books already in print.
Films already out by this date.
German field hockey player, sportsperson and athletics competitor (1909-1995) · 1909–1995
Days lived
31,095
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
47,023
Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021
Days lived
7,763
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
66,111
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
75,580
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
17,451
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