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January 22 2022

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Events on This Day

Elected CDU Leader
Friedrich Merz
milestone

Born on This Day

Albert Neisser
deceased
German physician (1855-1916) · 1855–1916
Days lived
22,470
🇩🇪Aloys Wobben
deceased
entrepreneur · 1952–2021
Days lived
25,394
Annabelle Lee

Died on This Day

🇩🇴Andy Marte
deceased
film director · 1983–2017
Days lived
12,148
🇨🇺Anselmo Sacasas
deceased
Cuban bandleader · 1912–1998
Days lived
31,107

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
61,748
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
50,426

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
69,419
🇺🇸Kanzi
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
15,062

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
67,592
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
67,289

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
672,799
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
152,313

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
30,242
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
23,664

Born on January 22 Died on January 22 On This Day Day Lookup

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🇺🇸

deceased

film director · 1922–2008

Days lived

31,575

Balthazar Getty

🇺🇸Balthazar Getty

American actor and musician · b. 1975

Days alive

17,168

Bernd Heynemann

🇩🇪Bernd Heynemann

German football referee · b. 1954

Days alive

24,838

Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla

🇨🇺Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla

journalist · b. 1958

Days alive

23,377

Carlos Ruiz

Carlos Ruiz

film director · b. 1979

Days alive

15,707

Charles White

🇺🇸Charles White

American football player and coach (born 1958) · 1958–2023

Days lived

23,731

Conrad Veidt

🇬🇧Conrad Veidt

German actor (1893–1943) · 1893–1943

Days lived

18,333

D. W. Griffith

🇺🇸D. W. Griffith

actor · 1875–1948

Days lived

26,846

Franz Josef Huber

🇩🇪Franz Josef Huber

German SS general (1902–1975) · 1902–1975

Days lived

26,672

Galina Zybina

🇷🇺Galina Zybina

Russian shot-putter, javelin thrower, and coach (1931–2024) · 1931–2024

Days lived

34,170

Gertrud Pätsch

🇩🇪Gertrud Pätsch

German ethnologist and philologist (1910–1994) · 1910–1994

Days lived

31,008

Gitta Saxx

🇩🇪Gitta Saxx

German television presenter · b. 1965

Days alive

20,820

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Notable Trials · 1729–1781

Days lived

19,018

Greg Oden

🇺🇸Greg Oden

American basketball player · b. 1988

Days alive

12,420

Hidetoshi Nakata

🇯🇵Hidetoshi Nakata

Japanese association football player · b. 1977

Days alive

16,437

István Dobai

István Dobai

Hungarian poet (1899–1938) · 1899–1938

Days lived

14,470

Joe Perry

🇺🇸Joe Perry

Player of American football (1927-2011) · 1927–2011

Days lived

30,775

Joseph Hill

Joseph Hill

singer and songwriter for the reggae group Culture (1949-2006) · 1949–2006

Days lived

21,029

Josh Spence

🇦🇺Josh Spence

film director · b. 1988

Days alive

12,420

Lizz Wright

🇺🇸Lizz Wright

American jazz and gospel singer · b. 1980

Days alive

15,342

🇨🇭Melanie Winiger

Swiss model-actor · b. 1979

Days alive

15,707

Mohamed Sissoko

🇫🇷Mohamed Sissoko

Malian-French footballer (born 1985) · b. 1985

Days alive

13,515

Mukhran Vakhtangadze

🇬🇪Mukhran Vakhtangadze

athlete · b. 1973

Days alive

17,898

Nyan Win

🇲🇾Nyan Win

Military General and Chief Minister of Bago Region · b. 1953

Days alive

25,203

Pau Cubarsí

Pau Cubarsí

association football player · b. 2007

Days alive

5,480

Peter Lohmeyer

🇩🇪Peter Lohmeyer

German actor · b. 1962

Days alive

21,916

Peter Steiner

🇨🇭Peter Steiner

music-making advertising character, e.g. “milka” chocolates · 1917–2007

Days lived

33,167

Philipp Blom

🇩🇪Philipp Blom

musician · b. 1970

Days alive

18,994

Sebastián Morquio

🇺🇾Sebastián Morquio

football player · b. 1976

Days alive

16,803

Sergei Eisenstein

🇱🇻Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948) · 1898–1948

Days lived

18,282

Shahram Entekhabi

🇮🇷Shahram Entekhabi

Iranian artist (born 1963) · b. 1963

Days alive

21,551

Shaun Cody

🇺🇸Shaun Cody

All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive lineman · b. 1983

Days alive

14,246

Simone Bacciocchi

Simone Bacciocchi

football player · b. 1977

Days alive

16,437

Sinéad Mulvey

🇮🇪Sinéad Mulvey

Irish singer · b. 1988

Days alive

12,420

Steve Perry

🇺🇸Steve Perry

singer · b. 1949

Days alive

26,664

Tamás Cseh

🇭🇺Tamás Cseh

singer · 1943–2009

Days lived

24,305

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

President of Singapore · b. 1957

Days alive

23,742

Tilo Medek

🇩🇪Tilo Medek

musician · 1940–2006

Days lived

24,120

Tony Campise

🇺🇸Tony Campise

American musician (1943–2010) · 1943–2010

Days lived

24,517

U Thant

🇲🇾U Thant

writer · 1909–1974

Days lived

24,049

Wilhelm Genazino

🇩🇪Wilhelm Genazino

YouTube personality · 1943–2018

Days lived

27,719

Willa Ford

🇺🇸Willa Ford

American actor, model, singer, composer, dancer and musician · b. 1981

Days alive

14,976

Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz

🇵🇱Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz

artist · 1861–1917

Days lived

20,551

Bernhard Sprengel

🇩🇪Bernhard Sprengel

deceased

entrepreneur · 1899–1985

Days lived

31,327

Carl Martin Edsman

🇸🇪Carl Martin Edsman

Swedish theologian · 1911–2010

Days lived

35,976

Claire Waldoff

🇩🇪Claire Waldoff

German singer (1884-1957) · 1884–1957

Days lived

26,391

Claude Piron

🇨🇭Claude Piron

YouTube personality · 1931–2008

Days lived

28,090

Clive Sarstedt

🇬🇧Clive Sarstedt

singer · 1944–2022

Days lived

28,492

Eduardo Frei Montalva

🇨🇱Eduardo Frei Montalva

politician · 1911–1982

Days lived

25,940

Else Lasker-Schüler

🇩🇪Else Lasker-Schüler

writer · 1869–1945

Days lived

27,739

Francis Buchholz

🇩🇪Francis Buchholz

rapper · 1954–2026

Days lived

26,271

Hartmut Becker

🇩🇪Hartmut Becker

German actor (1938–2022) · 1938–2022

Days lived

30,578

Heath Ledger

🇦🇺Heath Ledger

actor · 1979–2008

Days lived

10,521

Hubert Mohr

🇩🇪Hubert Mohr

German priest, historian of religion and medievalist (1914-2011) · 1914–2011

Days lived

35,329

Jaki Liebezeit

🇩🇪Jaki Liebezeit

German musician (1938–2017) · 1938–2017

Days lived

28,732

Jean Simmons

🇺🇸Jean Simmons

British-American actress (1929–2010) · 1929–2010

Days lived

29,577

Jimmy Armfield

🇬🇧Jimmy Armfield

English footballer (1935-2018) · 1935–2018

Days lived

30,075

🇺🇸Karl Nessler

entrepreneur · 1872–1951

Days lived

28,754

Lionel Giles

🇬🇧Lionel Giles

philosopher · 1875–1958

Days lived

29,975

Lyndon B. Johnson

🇺🇸Lyndon B. Johnson

politician · 1908–1973

Days lived

23,525

Paul Walden

🇩🇪Paul Walden

chemist · 1863–1957

Days lived

34,149

Ralph Barton Perry

🇺🇸Ralph Barton Perry

philosopher · 1876–1957

Days lived

29,423

Robert P. Patterson

🇺🇸Robert P. Patterson

American federal judge, Undersecretary of War, later Secretary of War (1891-1952) · 1891–1952

Days lived

22,259

Telly Savalas

🇺🇸Telly Savalas

singer · 1922–1994

Days lived

26,300

Wolfgang Thonke

🇩🇪Wolfgang Thonke

scientist · 1938–2019

Days lived

29,246

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

47,774

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

47,437

George Polley

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

45,312

Diane Pozefsky

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,217

Shrikrishna Raut

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

44,217

Shaherose Charania

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

44,217

Keith Padgett

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

44,217

Clifford Swann

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

44,217

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,217

David Segal

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,217

Rebecca W. Keller

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,217

Giovanny Ramos

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

44,217

Eduardo Hernández Martínez

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

44,217

Fee Plumley

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,217

Pete Briggs

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

43,122

Henk Vissers

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

40,282

Magdolna Tóth

🇭🇺Magdolna Tóth

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

39,469

Andor András Balázs

🇭🇺Andor András Balázs

athlete · b. 1918

Days alive

37,746

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

5,358

Jiffpom

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

4,349

Fiona

🇺🇸Fiona

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

1,825

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

66,862

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

57,304

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

56,270

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

55,904

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

53,348

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

52,000

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

76,331

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

57,000

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

35,352

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

32,895

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

30,805

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

28,782

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

18,202

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

17,019

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

16,314

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

15,627

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

15,584

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

15,363