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February 1 2024

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Events on This Day

Announces Las Vegas Residency Extension
Bruno Mars
milestone
Grammy Award Nominations
Travis Scott
milestone
Death of Benji Gregory
Benji Gregory
milestone
Benji Gregory's Passing Announced
Benji Gregory
milestone
Announced Big3 Expansion
Ice Cube
company

Born on This Day

🇮🇸Alfreð Finnbogason
football player · b. 1989
Days alive
12,783
🇪🇸Alonso Zamora Vicente
deceased
Spanish philologist, lexicographer and writer (1916-2006) · 1916–2006
Days lived
32,914

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.

Born on February 1 Died on February 1 On This Day Day Lookup

🇩🇪Anna-Lena Friedsam

German tennis player · b. 1994

Days alive

10,957

🇺🇸Ari Brown

American musician · b. 1944

Days alive

29,220

🇮🇳Aroon Tikekar

deceased

Indian scholar and journalist (1944–2016) · 1944–2016

Days lived

26,285

🇮🇷Bahman Ghobadi

actor · b. 1969

Days alive

20,088

🇬🇧Charles Foulkes

deceased

British general and field hockey player (1875–1969) · 1875–1969

Days lived

34,427

🇺🇸Christopher Abbott

Actor · b. 1986

Days alive

13,879

Clark Gable

deceased

Oscar Winners · 1901–1960

Days lived

21,838

🇬🇧Dan Gosling

English association football player · b. 1990

Days alive

12,418

Davi Santos

Actor · b. 1990

Days alive

12,418

🇩🇪Deuter

musician · b. 1945

Days alive

28,854

🇰🇷Doyoung (Kim Dong-young)

K-pop Idol (NCT) · b. 1996

Days alive

10,227

🇮🇱Eli Ohana

Israeli former association footballer and manager · b. 1964

Days alive

21,915

🇺🇸Eric Mobley

deceased

American basketball player (1970–2021) · 1970–2021

Days lived

18,749

🇺🇸Eric Wolf

deceased

American anthropologist (1923-1999) · 1923–1999

Days lived

27,792

🇺🇸Gene Barth

deceased

American football official · 1930–1991

Days lived

22,532

🇫🇷Gilles Servat

singer · b. 1945

Days alive

28,854

🇩🇪Günter Eich

deceased

writer · 1907–1972

Days lived

24,064

🇮🇷Hamed Afagh

basketball player · b. 1983

Days alive

14,975

Harry Styles

songwriter · b. 1994

Days alive

10,957

🇩🇴Héctor Luna

film director · b. 1980

Days alive

16,071

🇦🇹Hugo von Hofmannsthal

deceased

YouTube personality · 1874–1929

Days lived

20,252

🇰🇷Jihyo (Park Ji-hyo)

K-pop Idol (TWICE) · b. 1997

Days alive

9,861

🇺🇸John Ford

deceased

American film director (1894–1973) · 1894–1973

Days lived

29,065

🇬🇧Kate Craig-Wood

deceased

British entrepreneur and trans activist · 1977–2020

Days lived

15,939

🇧🇬Kiril Metkov

Bulgarian association football player · b. 1965

Days alive

21,549

🇺🇸Langston Hughes

deceased

American writer and social activist (1901-1933) · 1901–1967

Days lived

24,216

🇺🇸Lauren Conrad

American television personality, author, and fashion designer · b. 1986

Days alive

13,879

🇬🇧Luther Blissett

football player · b. 1958

Days alive

24,106

🇺🇸Malik Sealy

deceased

basketball player · 1970–2000

Days lived

11,066

🇮🇳Meldric Daluz

deceased

Indian Olympic field hockey player (1921–2011) · 1921–2011

Days lived

33,054

Michael Murach

deceased

boxer (1911-1941) · 1911–1941

Days lived

11,154

🇺🇸Mike Horan

former professional American football punter · b. 1959

Days alive

23,741

🇬🇧Nick Thorpe

Journalist · b. 1960

Days alive

23,376

🇬🇪Nino Salukvadze

Georgian sport shooter · b. 1969

Days alive

20,088

🇩🇪Ottmar Liebert

German guitarist · b. 1959

Days alive

23,741

Park Ji-hyo

singer · b. 1997

Days alive

9,861

🇨🇿Pavel Dobrý

athlete · b. 1976

Days alive

17,532

Princess Stéphanie of Monaco

singer · b. 1965

Days alive

21,549

Rick James

deceased

Notable Trials · 1948–2004

Days lived

20,641

🇺🇸Ronda Rousey

American former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, professional wrestler, and judoka · b. 1987

Days alive

13,514

🇮🇳Shamna Kasim

Actor · b. 1989

Days alive

12,783

Takashi Murakami

Artist · b. 1962

Days alive

22,645

🇩🇪Ulrich Klaes

field hockey player · b. 1946

Days alive

28,489

🇩🇪Volker Fried

field hockey player · b. 1961

Days alive

23,010

🇫🇷Zao Wou-Ki

deceased

artist · 1920–2013

Days lived

34,036

🇸🇮Zlatko Zahovič

football player · b. 1971

Days alive

19,358

Anne Frank

deceased

writer · 1929–1945

Days lived

5,713

🇪🇸Antonio María Javierre Ortas

deceased

Catholic cardinal, Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (1921-2007) · 1921–2007

Days lived

31,391

🇷🇺Barys Kit

deceased

scientist · 1910–2018

Days lived

39,383

🇺🇸Buddy Stewart

deceased

American musician · 1922–1950

Days lived

10,258

🇺🇸Buster Keaton

deceased

American actor, comedian, and director (1895–1966) · 1895–1966

Days lived

25,687

🇩🇪Carl Hilpert

deceased

military person · 1888–1947

Days lived

21,325

🇺🇸Dustin Diamond

deceased

Actor · 1977–2021

Days lived

16,096

🇺🇸Eddie Townsend

deceased

American boxing trainer (1914-1988) · 1914–1988

Days lived

26,782

🇩🇪Ernst Troeltsch

deceased

politician · 1865–1923

Days lived

21,167

🇺🇸Frank Gardner

deceased

Politician · 1872–1937

Days lived

23,644

🇦🇹Franz Kutschera

deceased

Austrian policeman and war criminal (1904-1944) · 1904–1944

Days lived

14,589

🇭🇺Győző Veres

deceased

Hungarian weightlifter (1936-2011) · 1936–2011

Days lived

27,261

🇩🇪Hans Bethge

deceased

writer · 1876–1946

Days lived

25,590

🇩🇪Hildegard Knef

deceased

German actress, singer and writer (1925-2002) · 1925–2002

Days lived

27,794

🇵🇱Horst Köhler

deceased

politician · 1943–2025

Days lived

29,930

🇺🇸Hughie Jennings

deceased

Major League Baseball player and manager (1869-1928) · 1869–1928

Days lived

21,488

🇷🇴Ilie Bărbulescu

deceased

Romanian footballer (1957-2020) · 1957–2020

Days lived

22,867

🇩🇪Ingeborg Schäffler-Wolf

deceased

German artist · 1928–2015

Days lived

31,808

Ladislav Heller

deceased

athlete · 1938–1970

Days lived

11,432

🇸🇪Lars-Erik Berenett

deceased

actor · 1942–2017

Days lived

27,069

🇩🇪Lorenz Müller

deceased

German zoologist (1868–1953) · 1868–1953

Days lived

31,029

🇩🇪Max Simon

deceased

military person · 1899–1961

Days lived

22,671

Maximilian Schell

deceased

Oscar Winners · 1930–2014

Days lived

30,371

🇦🇹Raoul Hausmann

deceased

Austrian photographer and sculptor (1886–1971) · 1886–1971

Days lived

30,884

🇺🇸Ray Berres

deceased

American baseball player and coach (1907-2007) · 1907–2007

Days lived

36,314

🇩🇪Rudolf Püngeler

deceased

German entomologist (1857–1927) · 1857–1927

Days lived

25,552

🇯🇵Shintarō Ishihara

deceased

actor · 1932–2022

Days lived

32,631

🇬🇧Thomas Homewood

deceased

athlete · 1881–1945

Days lived

23,139

🇵🇱Wisława Szymborska

deceased

YouTube personality · 1923–2012

Days lived

32,356

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

48,513

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

48,176

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

46,051

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,956

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,956

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

44,956

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

44,956

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

44,956

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

44,956

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,956

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

44,956

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

44,956

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,956

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,956

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

43,861

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

41,021

🇭🇺Magdolna Tóth

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

40,208

🇭🇺Andor András Balázs

athlete · b. 1918

Days alive

38,485

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

6,097

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

5,088

🇺🇸Fiona

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

2,564

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

67,601

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

58,043

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

57,009

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

56,643

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

54,087

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

52,739

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

77,070

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

57,739

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

36,091

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

33,634

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

31,544

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

29,521

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

18,941

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

17,758

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

17,053

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,366

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,323

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

16,102

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

🇮🇸Alfreð Finnbogason

🇪🇸Alonso Zamora Vicente

Died on This Day

🇮🇹Alessandro Blasetti

🇪🇸Álvaro d'Ors

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

🇩🇪Anna-Lena Friedsam

🇺🇸Ari Brown

🇮🇳Aroon Tikekar

🇮🇷Bahman Ghobadi

🇬🇧Charles Foulkes

🇺🇸Christopher Abbott

Clark Gable

🇬🇧Dan Gosling

Davi Santos

🇩🇪Deuter

🇰🇷Doyoung (Kim Dong-young)

🇮🇱Eli Ohana

🇺🇸Eric Mobley

🇺🇸Eric Wolf

🇺🇸Gene Barth

🇫🇷Gilles Servat

🇩🇪Günter Eich

🇮🇷Hamed Afagh

Harry Styles

🇩🇴Héctor Luna

🇦🇹Hugo von Hofmannsthal

🇰🇷Jihyo (Park Ji-hyo)

🇺🇸John Ford

🇬🇧Kate Craig-Wood

🇧🇬Kiril Metkov

🇺🇸Langston Hughes

🇺🇸Lauren Conrad

🇬🇧Luther Blissett

🇺🇸Malik Sealy

🇮🇳Meldric Daluz

Michael Murach

🇺🇸Mike Horan

🇬🇧Nick Thorpe

🇬🇪Nino Salukvadze

🇩🇪Ottmar Liebert

Park Ji-hyo

🇨🇿Pavel Dobrý

Princess Stéphanie of Monaco

Rick James

🇺🇸Ronda Rousey

🇮🇳Shamna Kasim

Takashi Murakami

🇩🇪Ulrich Klaes

🇩🇪Volker Fried

🇫🇷Zao Wou-Ki

🇸🇮Zlatko Zahovič

Anne Frank

🇪🇸Antonio María Javierre Ortas

🇷🇺Barys Kit

🇺🇸Buddy Stewart

🇺🇸Buster Keaton

🇩🇪Carl Hilpert

🇺🇸Dustin Diamond

🇺🇸Eddie Townsend

🇩🇪Ernst Troeltsch

🇺🇸Frank Gardner

🇦🇹Franz Kutschera