On This Day

basketball player · b. 1959

German SS functionary and convict at the Nuremberg trials (1898-1984) · 1898–1984

musician · 1908–1989

Australian rugby union player · b. 1973

Irish rugby union player · b. 1976

Swiss writer (1877-1959) · 1877–1959

weightlifter · b. 1979

French football manager (born 1955) · b. 1955

German actor (1901–1991) · 1901–1991

film director · b. 1980

American businessman · b. 1951

English sprint athlete · b. 1978

British tennis player (1867-1930) · 1867–1930

Spanish association football player · b. 1976

Swiss writer and essayist (1920-2002) · 1920–2002

economist · b. 1947

German artist (born 1969) · b. 1969

Oscar Winners · 1916–2003

singer-songwriter · b. 1979

German politician · b. 1942

scientist · 1929–2025

athlete · 1905–1927

American baseball player · b. 1984

Swiss footballer · b. 1991

South African-US tennis player · b. 1958

Welsh rugby union footballer · b. 1988

Dutch association football player (born 1980) · b. 1980

Uruguayan astronomer · b. 1946

football player · b. 1985

singer · b. 1961

German physician, anthropologist and explorer (1884-1969) · 1884–1969

field hockey player · b. 1984

Spanish academic · 1894–1974

German actor and singer · b. 1986

Croatian professional basketball player · b. 1980

German naval officer (1879–1956) · 1879–1956

German chess player · 1909–1996

German high jumper (1878-1964) · 1878–1964

Welsh film director (born 1942) · b. 1942

Creative Director · b. 1973

Actor · b. 1996

German theologian (1859–1935) · 1859–1935

politician · 1934–2017

football player · b. 1983

Founder of Bitcoin · b. 1975

Austrian experimental musician and actress · b. 1990

Oscar Winners · 1900–1967

singer · b. 1954

American basketball player · b. 1968

Finnish bandy player (1932–2022) · 1932–2022

Thai lawyer and politician · 1927–2025

Chinese electronic sports player · b. 1997

Canadian actor and singer (1883–1950) · 1883–1950

Austrian artist (1881-1951) · 1881–1951

German field hockey player (1948–2021) · 1948–2021

basketball player · b. 1983

American physician, geneticist and Nobel prize winner (1925–2011) · 1925–2011

German architect and painter (1872-1943) · 1872–1943

Oscar Winners · 1923–2008

politician · 1887–1975

singer · 1941–2006

German politician (1896-1947) · 1896–1947

writer · 1888–1971

American biologist (1890–1967) · 1890–1967

British statistician and cryptographer · 1916–2009

musician · 1880–1939

German journalist (1888-1979) · 1888–1979

German diplomat (1907-1970) · 1907–1970

politician · 1897–1945

singer · 1967–1994

actor · 1900–1944

French presbyter, philosopher and theologian (1923–2018) · 1923–2018

Mexican architect and historian (1903–1980) · 1903–1980

scientist · 1930–2018

German figure skater and painter (1945–1996) · 1945–1996

artist · 1917–1984

athlete · 1893–1965

Canadian-American writer · 1915–2005

German historian (1922–2007) · 1922–2007

athlete · b. 1892

American urban climber · b. 1898

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Marathi poet · b. 1901

scientist · b. 1901

artist · b. 1901

entrepreneur · b. 1901

American musician · b. 1904

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

athlete · b. 1914

athlete · b. 1918

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Banking · b. 1865

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Film · b. 1979

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Film · b. 1980