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January 4 2024

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Born on This Day

Died on This Day

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

25,202

🇦🇹Arik Brauer

deceased

Austrian painter, graphic artist, stage designer, singer and poet (1929–2021) · 1929–2021

Days lived

33,623

🇬🇧Bernard Sumner

English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer · b. 1956

Days alive

24,837

🇿🇦BJ Botha

South African rugby union footballer · b. 1980

Days alive

16,071

🇬🇧Bryan Barley

English rugby union footballer · b. 1960

Days alive

23,376

🇩🇪Bülent Ceylan

Turkish-German comedian (born 1976) · b. 1976

Days alive

17,532

🇩🇪Cilly Aussem

deceased

German tennis player (1909-1963) · 1909–1963

Days lived

19,800

Dafne Keen

actor · b. 2005

Days alive

6,939

🇩🇪Daniel Elsner

German tennis player · b. 1979

Days alive

16,436

🇬🇧Doreen Valiente

deceased

English writer (1922–1999) · 1922–1999

Days lived

28,364

🇦🇹Edmund Rumpler

deceased

entrepreneur · 1872–1940

Days lived

25,083

🇩🇪Eduard Schulte

deceased

entrepreneur · 1891–1966

Days lived

27,395

Erich Windisch

deceased

German ski jumper (1918-2007) · 1918–2007

Days lived

32,548

🇭🇺Ferenc Szabó

athlete · b. 1956

Days alive

24,837

🇺🇸Floyd Patterson

deceased

American heavyweight boxer (1935-2006) · 1935–2006

Days lived

26,060

🇫🇷Gao Xingjian

writer · b. 1940

Days alive

30,681

🇩🇪Gerdt von Bassewitz

deceased

actor · 1878–1923

Days lived

16,468

🇦🇲Gevorg Davtyan

weightlifter · b. 1983

Days alive

14,975

Günter Schabowski

deceased

Notable Trials · 1929–2015

Days lived

31,712

🇩🇪Heinz Wöltje

deceased

German field hockey player (1902-1968) · 1902–1968

Days lived

24,372

🇺🇸Helmut Jahn

deceased

German architect (1940-2021) · 1940–2021

Days lived

29,710

🇩🇪Herbert Vorgrimler

deceased

German theologian (1929–2014) · 1929–2014

Days lived

31,297

🇮🇳Indira Sant

deceased

Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India · 1914–2000

Days lived

31,602

Jaeden Martell

actor · b. 2003

Days alive

7,670

🇮🇳Jiiva

Actor · b. 1983

Days alive

14,975

🇺🇸Johnny Lujack

deceased

American football player (1925-2023) · 1925–2023

Days lived

35,996

🇩🇪Josef Altstötter

deceased

High-ranking official in the German Ministry of Justice under the Nazi Regime (1892-1979) · 1892–1979

Days lived

32,089

József Kő

deceased

model · 1902–1956

Days lived

19,828

🇩🇪Judy Winter

German actress · b. 1944

Days alive

29,220

🇩🇪Kevin Kuske

German bobsledder · b. 1979

Days alive

16,436

🇬🇧Labrinth

singer · b. 1989

Days alive

12,783

🇩🇪Luise Kinseher

German actress · b. 1969

Days alive

20,088

🇺🇸Mark Tyndale

basketball player · b. 1986

Days alive

13,879

🇩🇪Marta Hoepffner

deceased

German artist and photographer (1912–2000) · 1912–2000

Days lived

32,142

🇦🇹Marte Harell

deceased

actor · 1907–1996

Days lived

32,575

Mite Kremnitz

deceased

writer · 1852–1916

Days lived

23,571

Navum Trakhtenberg

deceased

Belarusian and Soviet architect (1910-1977) · 1910–1977

Days lived

24,757

🇩🇪Ottomar Rosenbach

deceased

German physician (1851–1907) · 1851–1907

Days lived

20,528

🇨🇭Philippe Nicolet

Swiss filmmaker · b. 1953

Days alive

25,932

Quincy Promes

Notable Trials · b. 1992

Days alive

11,688

🇩🇪Sergej Moya

actor · b. 1987

Days alive

13,514

🇯🇵Shigezaburō Miyazaki

deceased

military person · 1892–1965

Days lived

26,901

🇫🇷Thomas Fersen

singer · b. 1963

Days alive

22,280

🇩🇪Till Lindemann

German singer (born 1963) · b. 1963

Days alive

22,280

🇫🇷Victor Wembanyama

Basketball player · b. 2004

Days alive

7,305

🇫🇮Victor Westerholm

deceased

Finnish landscape painter (1860–1919) · 1860–1919

Days lived

21,868

🇩🇪Walther Kossel

deceased

chemist · 1888–1956

Days lived

24,975

🇩🇪Willy Busch

deceased

German footballer (1907–1982) · 1907–1982

Days lived

27,453

🇨🇴Alberto Lleras Camargo

deceased

politician · 1906–1990

Days lived

30,501

🇩🇪Alfred Bohrmann

deceased

German astronomer (1904–2000) · 1904–2000

Days lived

35,009

🇦🇹Anita Gutwell

deceased

actor · 1931–2022

Days lived

32,924

🇩🇪Diether Krebs

deceased

German actor (1947–2000) · 1947–2000

Days lived

19,139

🇺🇸Eve Arnold

deceased

artist · 1912–2012

Days lived

36,417

🇭🇺Gábor Török

deceased

athlete · 1936–2004

Days lived

24,690

🇧🇪Georges Theunis

deceased

politician · 1873–1966

Days lived

33,912

🇬🇧Gerry Rafferty

deceased

singer-songwriter · 1947–2011

Days lived

23,274

🇬🇧Glynis Johns

deceased

Pianist · 1923–2024

Days lived

36,616

🇰🇷Han Soo-ann

deceased

South Korean boxer (1926-1998) · 1926–1998

Days lived

26,133

🇩🇪Hans Heinrich Lammers

deceased

politician · 1879–1962

Days lived

30,172

🇫🇷Henri Bergson

deceased

philosopher · 1859–1941

Days lived

29,663

🇺🇸Irene Reid

deceased

American singer (1930–2008) · 1930–2008

Days lived

28,227

🇩🇪Johanna Terwin

deceased

German actress (1884-1962) · 1884–1962

Days lived

28,415

🇩🇪Karl-Heinz Vosgerau

deceased

German actor (1928-2021) · 1928–2021

Days lived

33,744

🇯🇵Kishin Shinoyama

deceased

Japanese photographer (1940–2024) · 1940–2024

Days lived

30,347

🇫🇷Lily Laskine

deceased

French harpist (1893–1988) · 1893–1988

Days lived

34,458

🇩🇪Marianne Kiefer

deceased

German actress (1928-2008) · 1928–2008

Days lived

28,977

🇷🇺Marina Raskova

deceased

military person · 1912–1943

Days lived

11,239

🇩🇪Marta Hoepffner

deceased

German artist and photographer (1912–2000) · 1912–2000

Days lived

32,142

🇩🇪Peter Frankenfeld

deceased

German comedian (1913-1979) · 1913–1979

Days lived

23,959

Philipp Johann Heinrich Fauth

deceased

German selenographer (1867–1941) · 1867–1941

Days lived

26,954

🇮🇳Rahul Dev Burman

deceased

Composer · 1939–1994

Days lived

19,915

🇮🇹Sandro Salvadore

deceased

Italian footballer (1939-2007) · 1939–2007

Days lived

24,508

Sim Wong Hoo

deceased

Founder of Creative · 1955–2023

Days lived

24,840

🇺🇸T. S. Eliot

deceased

YouTube personality · 1888–1965

Days lived

27,858

🇯🇵Tsutomu Yamaguchi

deceased

Japanese marine engineer (1916–2010) · 1916–2010

Days lived

34,262

🇵🇱Władysław Klabiński

deceased

Polish sportsperson (1925-2004) · 1925–2004

Days lived

28,713

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

48,485

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

48,148

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

46,023

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,928

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

44,928

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

44,928

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

44,928

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,928

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

44,928

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

44,928

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

44,928

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,928

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,928

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,928

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

43,833

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

40,993

🇭🇺Magdolna Tóth

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

40,180

🇭🇺Andor András Balázs

athlete · b. 1918

Days alive

38,457

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

6,069

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

5,060

🇺🇸Fiona

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

2,536

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

67,573

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

58,015

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

56,981

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

56,615

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

54,059

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

52,711

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

77,042

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

57,711

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

36,063

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

33,606

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

31,516

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

29,493

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

18,913

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

17,730

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

17,025

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,338

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,295

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

16,074

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Born on This Day

🇮🇹Alberto Paloschi

🇷🇺Aleksandr Chernikov

🇸🇪Anders Lindström

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Achim Mentzel

🇫🇷Albert Camus

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇸🇭Jonathan

🇺🇸Kanzi

Companies That Existed

🇫🇷Hermes

🇺🇸Procter & Gamble

Already Published

🇮🇹Meditations

🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

🇺🇸12 Angry Men

🇦🇹Arik Brauer

🇬🇧Bernard Sumner

🇿🇦BJ Botha

🇬🇧Bryan Barley

🇩🇪Bülent Ceylan

🇩🇪Cilly Aussem

Dafne Keen

🇩🇪Daniel Elsner

🇬🇧Doreen Valiente

🇦🇹Edmund Rumpler

🇩🇪Eduard Schulte

Erich Windisch

🇭🇺Ferenc Szabó

🇺🇸Floyd Patterson

🇫🇷Gao Xingjian

🇩🇪Gerdt von Bassewitz

🇦🇲Gevorg Davtyan

Günter Schabowski

🇩🇪Heinz Wöltje

🇺🇸Helmut Jahn

🇩🇪Herbert Vorgrimler

🇮🇳Indira Sant

Jaeden Martell

🇮🇳Jiiva

🇺🇸Johnny Lujack

🇩🇪Josef Altstötter

József Kő

🇩🇪Judy Winter

🇩🇪Kevin Kuske

🇬🇧Labrinth

🇩🇪Luise Kinseher

🇺🇸Mark Tyndale

🇩🇪Marta Hoepffner

🇦🇹Marte Harell

Mite Kremnitz

Navum Trakhtenberg

🇩🇪Ottomar Rosenbach

🇨🇭Philippe Nicolet

Quincy Promes

🇩🇪Sergej Moya

🇯🇵Shigezaburō Miyazaki

🇫🇷Thomas Fersen

🇩🇪Till Lindemann

🇫🇷Victor Wembanyama

🇫🇮Victor Westerholm

🇩🇪Walther Kossel

🇩🇪Willy Busch

🇨🇴Alberto Lleras Camargo

🇩🇪Alfred Bohrmann

🇦🇹Anita Gutwell

🇩🇪Diether Krebs

🇺🇸Eve Arnold

🇭🇺Gábor Török

🇧🇪Georges Theunis

🇬🇧Gerry Rafferty

🇬🇧Glynis Johns