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May 22 2024

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Events on This Day

Named to All-NBA Third Team
Karl-Anthony Towns
milestone

Born on This Day

🇺🇸Alison Eastwood
American actress · b. 1972
Days alive
18,994
🇮🇳Anik Dutta
deceased
Film director · 1960–2026
Days lived
24,112
Anton von Henle
deceased

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Balduin Baas
deceased
German actor (1922-2006) · 1922–2006
Days lived
30,664
🇩🇪Bernd Eistert
deceased
chemist · 1902–1978
Days lived
27,589

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
62,599
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
51,277

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
70,270
🇺🇸Kanzi
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
15,913

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
68,443
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
68,140

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
673,650
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
153,164

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
31,093
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
24,515

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

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German catholic priest and theologian (1851-1927) · 1851–1927

Days lived

27,901

Antonin Cyril Stojan

Antonin Cyril Stojan

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and Czechoslovak politician (1851–1923) · 1851–1923

Days lived

26,428

Arthur Conan Doyle

🇬🇧Arthur Conan Doyle

YouTube personality · 1859–1930

Days lived

25,979

Charles Aznavour

🇫🇷Charles Aznavour

actor · 1924–2018

Days lived

34,466

Dalbello

🇨🇦Dalbello

singer-songwriter · b. 1959

Days alive

23,743

Dennie Christian

🇩🇪Dennie Christian

German singer and television presenter · b. 1956

Days alive

24,838

Dietrich Henschel

🇩🇪Dietrich Henschel

musician · b. 1967

Days alive

20,821

Dré Bly

🇺🇸Dré Bly

American football player and coach (born 1977) · b. 1977

Days alive

17,168

Dustin Moskovitz

entrepreneur · b. 1984

Days alive

14,611

Eric Butorac

🇺🇸Eric Butorac

American tennis player · b. 1981

Days alive

15,707

Eugen Bratan

Eugen Bratan

Moldovan weightlifter · b. 1981

Days alive

15,707

George Best

🇬🇧George Best

Northern Irish association football player (1946–2005) · 1946–2005

Days lived

21,738

George H. Heilmeier

🇺🇸George H. Heilmeier

scientist · 1936–2014

Days lived

28,459

Harvey Milk

🇺🇸Harvey Milk

politician · 1930–1978

Days lived

17,722

Hermann Stieve

🇩🇪Hermann Stieve

German physician, anatomist, and histologist (1886–1952) · 1886–1952

Days lived

24,213

Hideaki Anno

🇯🇵Hideaki Anno

actor · b. 1960

Days alive

23,377

Hubert Lanz

🇩🇪Hubert Lanz

military person · 1896–1982

Days lived

31,496

Jan Sobol

🇨🇿Jan Sobol

Czech handball player · b. 1984

Days alive

14,611

Jean-Paul Ollivier

🇫🇷Jean-Paul Ollivier

journalist · b. 1944

Days alive

29,221

Johannes R. Becher

🇩🇪Johannes R. Becher

writer · 1891–1958

Days lived

24,614

Joshua Zirkzee

Joshua Zirkzee

association football player · b. 2001

Days alive

8,402

Julian Edelman

🇺🇸Julian Edelman

American football player (born 1986) · b. 1986

Days alive

13,881

Jurij Pilk

Jurij Pilk

Sorbian composer and historian (1858-1926) · 1858–1926

Days lived

24,806

Katie Price

🇬🇧Katie Price

Actor · b. 1978

Days alive

16,803

Kim Mu-yeol

🇰🇷Kim Mu-yeol

Singer · b. 1982

Days alive

15,342

Lars Koslowski

🇩🇪Lars Koslowski

tennis player · b. 1971

Days alive

19,360

Laurence Olivier

🇬🇧Laurence Olivier

English actor and director (1907–1989) · 1907–1989

Days lived

30,002

Lisa Murkowski

🇺🇸Lisa Murkowski

politician · b. 1957

Days alive

24,473

Lyudmila Zhuravlyova

🇷🇺Lyudmila Zhuravlyova

Ukrainian astronomer · b. 1946

Days alive

28,491

Marco Rudolph

🇩🇪Marco Rudolph

German boxer · b. 1970

Days alive

19,725

Mary Black

🇮🇪Mary Black

Irish singer · b. 1955

Days alive

25,204

Max Brooks

🇺🇸Max Brooks

actor · b. 1972

Days alive

18,994

Mete Sözen

🇺🇸Mete Sözen

scientist · 1930–2018

Days lived

32,096

Michele Pellizzer

🇮🇹Michele Pellizzer

football player · b. 1989

Days alive

12,785

Morrissey

🇬🇧Morrissey

singer-songwriter · b. 1959

Days alive

23,743

Naomi Campbell

🇬🇧Naomi Campbell

Supermodel, Actress, Businesswoman · b. 1970

Days alive

19,725

Nigel Murray

🇬🇧Nigel Murray

athlete · b. 1964

Days alive

21,916

Novak Djokovic

🇷🇸Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player · b. 1987

Days alive

13,516

Ovadia Eli

🇮🇱Ovadia Eli

Israeli politician · b. 1945

Days alive

28,856

Paul Oskar Kristeller

🇺🇸Paul Oskar Kristeller

German-American philosopher and art historian (1905-1999) · 1905–1999

Days lived

34,350

Rick van den Hurk

🇳🇱Rick van den Hurk

Dutch former professional baseball player · b. 1985

Days alive

14,246

Romaine Fielding

🇺🇸Romaine Fielding

American actor (1867–1927) · 1867–1927

Days lived

22,122

Rudolf Bergander

Rudolf Bergander

German artist (1909–1970) · 1909–1970

Days lived

22,239

Samuel Chukwueze

Samuel Chukwueze

association football player · b. 1999

Days alive

9,133

Suho

Suho

singer · b. 1991

Days alive

12,055

Suho (Kim Jun-myeon)

🇰🇷Suho (Kim Jun-myeon)

K-pop Idol (EXO) · b. 1991

Days alive

12,055

Ted Kaczynski

Ted Kaczynski

Notable Trials · 1942–2023

Days lived

29,605

Thomas Gold

🇺🇸Thomas Gold

Austrian astrophysicist (1920-2004) · 1920–2004

Days lived

30,713

Tommy Smith

🇬🇧Tommy Smith

football player · b. 1980

Days alive

16,072

Tranquillo Barnetta

🇮🇹Tranquillo Barnetta

football player · b. 1985

Days alive

14,246

Věra Bílá

🇨🇿Věra Bílá

Czech Roma singer (1954-2019) · 1954–2019

Days lived

23,671

Vladimir Granat

🇷🇺Vladimir Granat

Russian association football player · b. 1987

Days alive

13,516

Werner Müller

🇩🇪Werner Müller

German anthropologist (1907–1990) · 1907–1990

Days lived

30,241

Wilhelm Kaisen

🇩🇪Wilhelm Kaisen

German politician, Mayor of Bremen (1887-1979) · 1887–1979

Days lived

33,814

Carl Albert Loosli

🇨🇭Carl Albert Loosli

deceased

Swiss writer (1877-1959) · 1877–1959

Days lived

29,997

Dina Merrill

🇺🇸Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017) · 1923–2017

Days lived

34,114

Erna Scheffler

🇩🇪Erna Scheffler

German judge; the first woman judge at the German Federal Constitutional Court (1893–1983) · 1893–1983

Days lived

32,750

Ernst Toller

🇵🇱Ernst Toller

politician · 1893–1939

Days lived

16,608

Georg Falck

🇩🇪Georg Falck

German architect (1878–1947) · 1878–1947

Days lived

25,122

Horst Sachtleben

🇩🇪Horst Sachtleben

German actor (1930-2022) · 1930–2022

Days lived

33,479

Jake Atz

🇺🇸Jake Atz

American baseball player (1879-1945) · 1879–1945

Days lived

24,067

James Gentle

🇺🇸James Gentle

American soccer player (1904-1986) · 1904–1986

Days lived

29,891

Karl Hermann Frank

Karl Hermann Frank

Notable Trials · 1898–1946

Days lived

17,650

Karl-Adolf Hollidt

🇩🇪Karl-Adolf Hollidt

military person · 1891–1985

Days lived

34,361

Langston Hughes

🇺🇸Langston Hughes

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

Days lived

24,217

Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski

🇵🇱Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski

Polish general and resistance fighter · 1893–1964

Days lived

26,070

Myrtle Bachelder

🇺🇸Myrtle Bachelder

American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer (1908–1997) · 1908–1997

Days lived

32,578

Oscar Bonavena

🇦🇷Oscar Bonavena

Argentine boxer · 1942–1976

Days lived

12,294

Walther Kossel

🇩🇪Walther Kossel

chemist · 1888–1956

Days lived

24,976

Wolff Schoemaker

Wolff Schoemaker

Dutch architect (1882-1949), active in Bandung, Indonesia (1882–1949) · 1882–1949

Days lived

24,408

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

48,625

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

48,288

George Polley

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

46,163

Shaherose Charania

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

45,068

Shrikrishna Raut

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

45,068

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

45,068

Eduardo Hernández Martínez

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

45,068

Diane Pozefsky

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

45,068

David Segal

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

45,068

Clifford Swann

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

45,068

Keith Padgett

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

45,068

Giovanny Ramos

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

45,068

Rebecca W. Keller

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

45,068

Fee Plumley

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

45,068

Pete Briggs

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

43,973

Henk Vissers

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

41,133

Magdolna Tóth

🇭🇺Magdolna Tóth

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

40,320

Andor András Balázs

🇭🇺Andor András Balázs

athlete · b. 1918

Days alive

38,597

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

6,209

Jiffpom

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

5,200

Fiona

🇺🇸Fiona

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

2,676

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

67,713

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

58,155

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

57,121

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

56,755

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

54,199

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

52,851

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

77,182

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

57,851

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

36,203

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

33,746

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

31,656

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

29,633

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

19,053

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

17,870

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

17,165

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,478

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,435

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

16,214