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May 9 2020

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Born on This Day

🇷🇺Aleksey Gorshkov
football player · b. 1993
Days alive
9,863
Anton Magnis
deceased
entrepreneur · 1862–1944
Days lived
30,112
🇬🇧Benjamin Graham

Died on This Day

🇳🇱Adriaan Paulen
deceased
football player · 1902–1985
Days lived
30,161
🇺🇸Alice Faye
deceased
American actress and singer (1915–1998) · 1915–1998
Days lived
30,321

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
61,125
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
49,803

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
68,796
🇺🇸Kanzi
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
14,439

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
66,969
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
66,666

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
672,176
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
151,690

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
29,619
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
23,041

Born on May 9 Died on May 9 On This Day Day Lookup

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deceased

Investor & Author · 1894–1976

Days lived

30,086

Billy Joel

🇺🇸Billy Joel

singer-songwriter · b. 1949

Days alive

25,934

Brendon Hackwill

🇦🇺Brendon Hackwill

Australian rules footballer (1942–1995) · 1942–1995

Days lived

19,445

Candice Bergen

🇺🇸Candice Bergen

American actress · b. 1946

Days alive

27,030

Dirk Schlichting

🇩🇪Dirk Schlichting

German artist · b. 1965

Days alive

20,090

Don H. Staheli

🇺🇸Don H. Staheli

American Mormon bishop · b. 1949

Days alive

25,934

Douglas Luiz

Douglas Luiz

association football player · b. 1998

Days alive

8,037

Drafi Deutscher

🇩🇪Drafi Deutscher

rapper · 1946–2006

Days lived

21,947

Dragan Tarlać

🇬🇷Dragan Tarlać

basketball player · b. 1973

Days alive

17,168

Ellen White

🇬🇧Ellen White

football player · b. 1989

Days alive

11,324

Ezra Klein

🇺🇸Ezra Klein

writer · b. 1984

Days alive

13,150

Fred Apke

🇩🇪Fred Apke

German actor · b. 1959

Days alive

22,282

Fritz Heitmann

🇩🇪Fritz Heitmann

musician · 1891–1953

Days lived

22,767

Fritz Sennheiser

🇩🇪Fritz Sennheiser

entrepreneur · 1912–2010

Days lived

35,803

Grete Stern

🇩🇪Grete Stern

artist · 1904–1999

Days lived

34,928

Hans Wehrmann

🇩🇪Hans Wehrmann

entrepreneur · b. 1964

Days alive

20,455

Hans Wilhelm Hagen

🇩🇪Hans Wilhelm Hagen

German art historian and journalist (1907–1969) · 1907–1969

Days lived

22,610

Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg

🇩🇪Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg

German physician (1905–1985) · 1905–1985

Days lived

29,256

Henry J. Kaiser

🇺🇸Henry J. Kaiser

American industrialist (1882–1967) · 1882–1967

Days lived

31,153

Hsu Shu-ching

Hsu Shu-ching

Taiwanese weightlifter · b. 1991

Days alive

10,594

Ivan Djeparoski

🇲🇰Ivan Djeparoski

writer · b. 1958

Days alive

22,647

János Áder

🇭🇺János Áder

politician · b. 1959

Days alive

22,282

Joan Sims

🇬🇧Joan Sims

English actress (1930-2001) · 1930–2001

Days lived

25,983

John Corbett

🇺🇸John Corbett

singer-songwriter · b. 1961

Days alive

21,551

José Ortega y Gasset

🇪🇸José Ortega y Gasset

Spanish liberal philosopher and essayist (1883-1955) · 1883–1955

Days lived

26,460

Kate Richardson-Walsh

🇬🇧Kate Richardson-Walsh

field hockey captain for Great Britain and England · b. 1980

Days alive

14,611

Kévin Bérigaud

🇫🇷Kévin Bérigaud

French footballer · b. 1988

Days alive

11,689

Kevin Peter Hall

🇺🇸Kevin Peter Hall

athlete · 1955–1991

Days lived

13,121

Kukka Laakso

🇫🇮Kukka Laakso

Finnish athlete · b. 1979

Days alive

14,977

Manfred Eigen

🇩🇪Manfred Eigen

chemist · 1927–2019

Days lived

33,512

Nicolas Ghesquière

🇫🇷Nicolas Ghesquière

French fashion designer · b. 1971

Days alive

17,899

Noah Centineo

Noah Centineo

Actor · b. 1996

Days alive

8,767

Óscar Montero

🇻🇪Óscar Montero

Venezuelan baseball player (1978-) · b. 1978

Days alive

15,342

Pancho Gonzales

🇺🇸Pancho Gonzales

American tennis player (1928–1995) · 1928–1995

Days lived

24,527

Paul Heaton

🇬🇧Paul Heaton

Singer · b. 1962

Days alive

21,186

Pierre Desproges

🇫🇷Pierre Desproges

journalist · 1939–1988

Days lived

17,878

Prince Fielder

🇺🇸Prince Fielder

American baseball player · b. 1984

Days alive

13,150

Richard Schumann

🇦🇹Richard Schumann

Austrian Esperantist and astronomer (1864–1945) · 1864–1945

Days lived

29,489

Richie Furay

🇺🇸Richie Furay

musician · b. 1944

Days alive

27,760

Sophie Scholl

Sophie Scholl

Notable Trials · 1921–1943

Days lived

7,960

Tyler Lumsden

🇺🇸Tyler Lumsden

film director · b. 1983

Days alive

13,516

Ulrich Kienzle

🇩🇪Ulrich Kienzle

German journalist (1936–2020) · 1936–2020

Days lived

30,659

Vijay Deverakonda

🇮🇳Vijay Deverakonda

Actor · b. 1989

Days alive

11,324

William Slade

🇬🇧William Slade

athlete · 1873–1941

Days lived

24,981

Wim Thoelke

🇩🇪Wim Thoelke

entrepreneur · 1927–1995

Days lived

25,039

Zvi Alderoti

🇮🇱Zvi Alderoti

Israeli politician · 1934–2018

Days lived

30,656

Anni Albers

🇺🇸Anni Albers

deceased

German-American textile artist, weaver and graphic designer, student and teacher at the Bauhaus (1899–1994) · 1899–1994

Days lived

34,665

Brenda Fassie

🇿🇦Brenda Fassie

South African pop singer (1964-2004) · 1964–2004

Days lived

14,433

Chuck Daly

🇺🇸Chuck Daly

basketball player · 1930–2009

Days lived

28,784

David Cairns

🇬🇧David Cairns

politician · 1966–2011

Days lived

16,347

David Tsimakuridze

David Tsimakuridze

Georgian wrestler (1925-2006) · 1925–2006

Days lived

29,630

Dennis Nineham

🇬🇧Dennis Nineham

British theologian · 1921–2016

Days lived

34,559

Duke Friedrich, Hereditary Duke of Württemberg

🇩🇪Duke Friedrich, Hereditary Duke of Württemberg

entrepreneur · 1961–2018

Days lived

20,797

Franz Etzel

🇩🇪Franz Etzel

German politician (1902-1970) · 1902–1970

Days lived

24,743

Hans Kammler

🇩🇪Hans Kammler

German architect, SS general, head of construction and armament projects in the German Reich (1901-1945) · 1901–1945

Days lived

15,963

Heinrich Hannibal

🇩🇪Heinrich Hannibal

German general · 1889–1971

Days lived

29,756

Leopold Figl

🇦🇹Leopold Figl

politician · 1902–1965

Days lived

22,866

Little Richard

🇺🇸Little Richard

musician · 1932–2020

Days lived

31,933

Marco Ferreri

🇮🇹Marco Ferreri

Italian film director, screenwriter and actor (1928—1997) · 1928–1997

Days lived

25,201

Nadja Abd el Farrag

🇩🇪Nadja Abd el Farrag

German television personality (1965–2025) · 1965–2025

Days lived

21,981

Odo Marquard

🇩🇪Odo Marquard

philosopher (1928-2015) · 1928–2015

Days lived

31,850

Oskar Hergt

🇩🇪Oskar Hergt

German politician (1869–1967) · 1869–1967

Days lived

35,628

Rudolf Ismayr

🇩🇪Rudolf Ismayr

German weightlifter (1908-1998) · 1908–1998

Days lived

32,715

Ulrike Meinhof

Ulrike Meinhof

Notable Trials · 1934–1976

Days lived

15,191

Vidal Sassoon

🇺🇸Vidal Sassoon

British hairstylist (1928–2012) · 1928–2012

Days lived

30,795

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

47,151

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

46,814

George Polley

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

44,689

Rebecca W. Keller

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

43,594

Keith Padgett

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

43,594

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

43,594

Shrikrishna Raut

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

43,594

Fee Plumley

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

43,594

Diane Pozefsky

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

43,594

Eduardo Hernández Martínez

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

43,594

Shaherose Charania

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

43,594

David Segal

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

43,594

Clifford Swann

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

43,594

Giovanny Ramos

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

43,594

Pete Briggs

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

42,499

Henk Vissers

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

39,659

Toko Shinoda

🇯🇵Toko Shinoda

Japanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021

Days lived

39,421

Magdolna Tóth

🇭🇺Magdolna Tóth

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

38,846

🇺🇸April

deceased

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,763

Maru

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

4,735

Jiffpom

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

3,726

Fiona

🇺🇸Fiona

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

1,202

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

66,239

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

56,681

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

55,647

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

55,281

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

52,725

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

51,377

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

75,708

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

56,377

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

34,729

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

32,272

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

30,182

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

28,159

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

17,579

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

16,396

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

15,691

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

15,004

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

14,961

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

14,740