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May 22 2024

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Born on This Day

🇺🇸Alison Eastwood
American actress · b. 1972
Days alive
18,993
🇮🇳Anik Dutta
deceased
Film director · 1960–2026
Days lived
24,111
Anton von Henle
deceased
German catholic priest and theologian (1851-1927) · 1851–1927
Days lived
27,900
Antonin Cyril Stojan
deceased
Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and Czechoslovak politician (1851–1923) · 1851–1923
Days lived
26,427
🇬🇧Arthur Conan Doyle
deceased
YouTube personality · 1859–1930
Days lived
25,978
🇫🇷Charles Aznavour
deceased
actor · 1924–2018
Days lived
34,465
🇨🇦Dalbello
singer-songwriter · b. 1959
Days alive
23,742
🇩🇪Dennie Christian
German singer and television presenter · b. 1956
Days alive
24,837
🇩🇪Dietrich Henschel
musician · b. 1967
Days alive
20,820
🇺🇸Dré Bly
American football player and coach (born 1977) · b. 1977
Days alive
17,167
Dustin Moskovitz
entrepreneur · b. 1984
Days alive
14,610
🇺🇸Eric Butorac
American tennis player · b. 1981
Days alive
15,706
Eugen Bratan
Moldovan weightlifter · b. 1981
Days alive
15,706
🇬🇧George Best
deceased
Northern Irish association football player (1946–2005) · 1946–2005
Days lived
21,737
🇺🇸George H. Heilmeier
deceased
scientist · 1936–2014
Days lived
28,458
🇺🇸Harvey Milk
deceased
politician · 1930–1978
Days lived
17,721
🇩🇪Hermann Stieve
deceased
German physician, anatomist, and histologist (1886–1952) · 1886–1952
Days lived
24,212
🇯🇵Hideaki Anno
actor · b. 1960
Days alive
23,376
🇩🇪Hubert Lanz
deceased
military person · 1896–1982
Days lived
31,495
🇨🇿Jan Sobol
Czech handball player · b. 1984
Days alive
14,610
🇫🇷Jean-Paul Ollivier
journalist · b. 1944
Days alive
29,220
🇩🇪Johannes R. Becher
deceased
writer · 1891–1958
Days lived
24,613
Joshua Zirkzee
association football player · b. 2001
Days alive
8,401
🇺🇸Julian Edelman
American football player (born 1986) · b. 1986
Days alive
13,880
Jurij Pilk
deceased
Sorbian composer and historian (1858-1926) · 1858–1926
Days lived
24,805
🇬🇧Katie Price
Actor · b. 1978
Days alive
16,802
🇰🇷Kim Mu-yeol
Singer · b. 1982
Days alive
15,341
🇩🇪Lars Koslowski
tennis player · b. 1971
Days alive
19,359
🇬🇧Laurence Olivier
deceased
English actor and director (1907–1989) · 1907–1989
Days lived
30,001
🇺🇸Lisa Murkowski
politician · b. 1957
Days alive
24,472
🇷🇺Lyudmila Zhuravlyova
Ukrainian astronomer · b. 1946
Days alive
28,490
🇩🇪Marco Rudolph
German boxer · b. 1970
Days alive
19,724
🇮🇪Mary Black
Irish singer · b. 1955
Days alive
25,203
🇺🇸Max Brooks
actor · b. 1972
Days alive
18,993
🇺🇸Mete Sözen
deceased
scientist · 1930–2018
Days lived
32,095
🇮🇹Michele Pellizzer
football player · b. 1989
Days alive
12,784
🇬🇧Morrissey
singer-songwriter · b. 1959
Days alive
23,742
🇬🇧Naomi Campbell
Supermodel, Actress, Businesswoman · b. 1970
Days alive
19,724
🇬🇧Nigel Murray
athlete · b. 1964
Days alive
21,915
🇷🇸Novak Djokovic
Serbian tennis player · b. 1987
Days alive
13,515
🇮🇱Ovadia Eli
Israeli politician · b. 1945
Days alive
28,855
🇺🇸Paul Oskar Kristeller
deceased
German-American philosopher and art historian (1905-1999) · 1905–1999
Days lived
34,349
🇳🇱Rick van den Hurk
Dutch former professional baseball player · b. 1985
Days alive
14,245
🇺🇸Romaine Fielding
deceased
American actor (1867–1927) · 1867–1927
Days lived
22,121
Rudolf Bergander
deceased
German artist (1909–1970) · 1909–1970
Days lived
22,238
Samuel Chukwueze
association football player · b. 1999
Days alive
9,132
Suho
singer · b. 1991
Days alive
12,054
🇰🇷Suho (Kim Jun-myeon)
K-pop Idol (EXO) · b. 1991
Days alive
12,054
🇨🇦Summer H. Howell
Actor · b. 2004
Days alive
7,305
Ted Kaczynski
deceased
Notable Trials · 1942–2023
Days lived
29,604
🇺🇸Thomas Gold
deceased
Austrian astrophysicist (1920-2004) · 1920–2004
Days lived
30,712
🇬🇧Tommy Smith
football player · b. 1980
Days alive
16,071
🇮🇹Tranquillo Barnetta
football player · b. 1985
Days alive
14,245
🇨🇿Věra Bílá
deceased
Czech Roma singer (1954-2019) · 1954–2019
Days lived
23,670
🇷🇺Vladimir Granat
Russian association football player · b. 1987
Days alive
13,515
🇩🇪Werner Müller
deceased
German anthropologist (1907–1990) · 1907–1990
Days lived
30,240
🇩🇪Wilhelm Kaisen
deceased
German politician, Mayor of Bremen (1887-1979) · 1887–1979
Days lived
33,813

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Balduin Baas
deceased
German actor (1922-2006) · 1922–2006
Days lived
30,663
🇩🇪Bernd Eistert
deceased
chemist · 1902–1978
Days lived
27,588

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
62,598
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
51,276

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
70,269
🇺🇸Kanzi
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
15,912

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
68,442
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
68,139

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
673,649
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
153,163

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
31,092
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
24,514

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🇨🇭Carl Albert Loosli

deceased

Swiss writer (1877-1959) · 1877–1959

Days lived

29,996

🇺🇸Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017) · 1923–2017

Days lived

34,113

🇩🇪Erna Scheffler

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

Days lived

32,749

🇵🇱Ernst Toller

politician · 1893–1939

Days lived

16,607

🇩🇪Georg Falck

German architect (1878–1947) · 1878–1947

Days lived

25,121

🇩🇪Horst Sachtleben

German actor (1930-2022) · 1930–2022

Days lived

33,478

🇺🇸Jake Atz

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

Days lived

24,066

🇺🇸James Gentle

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

Days lived

29,890

Karl Hermann Frank

Notable Trials · 1898–1946

Days lived

17,649

🇩🇪Karl-Adolf Hollidt

military person · 1891–1985

Days lived

34,360

🇺🇸Langston Hughes

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

Days lived

24,216

🇵🇱Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski

Polish general and resistance fighter · 1893–1964

Days lived

26,069

🇺🇸Myrtle Bachelder

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

Days lived

32,577

🇦🇷Oscar Bonavena

Argentine boxer · 1942–1976

Days lived

12,293

🇩🇪Walther Kossel

chemist · 1888–1956

Days lived

24,975

Wolff Schoemaker

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

Days lived

24,407

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

48,624

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

48,287

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

46,162

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

45,067

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

45,067

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

45,067

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

45,067

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

45,067

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

45,067

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

45,067

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

45,067

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

45,067

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

45,067

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

45,067

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

43,972

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

41,132

🇭🇺Magdolna Tóth

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

40,319

🇭🇺Andor András Balázs

athlete · b. 1918

Days alive

38,596

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

6,208

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

5,199

🇺🇸Fiona

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

2,675

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

67,712

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

58,154

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

57,120

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

56,754

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

54,198

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

52,850

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

77,181

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

57,850

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

36,202

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

33,745

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

31,655

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

29,632

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

19,052

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

17,869

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

17,164

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,477

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,434

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

16,213