On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 23 2025
Born on This Day

Abe Laboriel, Jr.🇺🇸
American drummer · b. 1971
Days alive
19,724
Ado Kraemer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1898–1972) · 1898–1972
Days lived
27,122

Akira Kurosawa🇯🇵
deceasedwriter · 1910–1998
Days lived
32,309
Andrews Engelmann🇨🇭
deceasedactor (1901-1992) · 1901–1992
Days lived
33,211
Antônio Benedito da Silva🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1965
Days alive
21,915
Arthur Benda🇦🇹
deceasedGerman photographer (1885–1969) · 1885–1969
Days lived
30,848

Asaf Avidan🇮🇱
Israeli singer, songwriter and musician · b. 1980
Days alive
16,436
Craig Green🇳🇿
New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach · b. 1961
Days alive
23,376
Daniel Fathers🇬🇧
British actor · b. 1966
Days alive
21,550

Dietrich Eckart🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1868–1923
Days lived
20,365
Don Covay🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1938–2015) · 1938–2015
Days lived
28,072

Dora Gerson🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1899-1943) · 1899–1943
Days lived
16,033
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Erich Fromm🇨🇭
deceasedphilosopher · 1900–1980
Days lived
29,215

Ernst-Marcus Thomas🇩🇪
German television host · b. 1973
Days alive
18,993

Eva de Goede
Dutch field hockey player · b. 1989
Days alive
13,149
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Franco Battiato🇮🇹
deceasedsinger · 1945–2021
Days lived
27,815
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Franziska Walser🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1952
Days alive
26,663

Frederic Kimber Seward🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican lawyer (1878–1943) · 1878–1943
Days lived
23,999
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Frédéric Sammaritano🇫🇷
football player · b. 1986
Days alive
14,245
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Geno Auriemma🇮🇹
Basketball coach · b. 1954
Days alive
25,933

Hakan Balta🇩🇪
football player · b. 1983
Days alive
15,341
Heinrich Wiepking-Jürgensmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman landscape architect (1891–1973) · 1891–1973
Days lived
30,036

Heinz Linge🇩🇪
deceasedSS officer; valet for German dictator Adolf Hitler (1913–1980) · 1913–1980
Days lived
24,458

Hermann Staudinger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1881–1965) · 1881–1965
Days lived
30,849
Ilse Bing🇺🇸
deceasedGerman photographer (1899-1998) · 1899–1998
Days lived
36,146

Jason Kidd🇺🇸
American basketball player and coach · b. 1973
Days alive
18,993

Jean E. Sammet🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1928-2017) · 1928–2017
Days lived
32,565
Jimmy Miller🇺🇸
deceasedrapper · 1942–1994
Days lived
19,206
Joan Crawford🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1905–1977
Days lived
26,346
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José Manuel Durão Barroso🇵🇹
politician · b. 1956
Days alive
25,202
Julia Cohen🇺🇸
US female tennis player · b. 1989
Days alive
13,149

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw🇮🇳
Founder and Chairperson, Biocon; billionaire · b. 1953
Days alive
26,298

Lale Andersen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman singer and actress (1905–1972) · 1905–1972
Days lived
24,631
Liu Yudong🇨🇳
Chinese basketball player · b. 1970
Days alive
20,089

Louisiana Red🇺🇸
deceasedAfrican American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer · 1932–2012
Days lived
29,193

Ludwig Quidde
deceasedNotable Trials · 1858–1941
Days lived
30,297

Mark Buehrle🇺🇸
film director · b. 1979
Days alive
16,802
Mark Lombardi🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican neo-conceptual artist whose art depicted diagrams of the social networks underlying global conspiracies (1951–2000) · 1951–2000
Days lived
17,897
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Marti Pellow🇬🇧
singer · b. 1965
Days alive
21,915

Martin Schempp🇩🇪
deceasedGerman engineer (1905–1984) · 1905–1984
Days lived
28,963

Maurice Jones-Drew🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1985
Days alive
14,610
Michael Anderson🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1966
Days alive
21,550
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Mo Farah🇬🇧
British track and field athlete · b. 1983
Days alive
15,341

Motono Ichirō🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese noble (1862-1918) · 1862–1918
Days lived
20,631
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Nikolai Ilʹin
deceasedSoviet rocket scientist · 1901–1937
Days lived
13,308
Oscar Osthoff🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican sportsperson · 1883–1950
Days lived
24,732

Paul Hymans🇧🇪
deceasedBelgian politician (1865–1941) · 1865–1941
Days lived
27,743

Perez Hilton🇺🇸
Announcer · b. 1978
Days alive
17,167
Philipp Zeller🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1983
Days alive
15,341
Rafael Chimishkyan🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1929–2022
Days lived
34,154

Reggie Watts🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1972
Days alive
19,358
Renjun (Huang Ren-jun)🇨🇳
K-pop Idol (NCT) · b. 2000
Days alive
9,131

Rex Tillerson
Actor · b. 1952
Days alive
26,663

Roger Bannister🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1929–2018
Days lived
32,487
Rudolf Gamsjäger🇦🇹
deceasedmusician · 1909–1985
Days lived
27,705

Vanessa Morgan🇨🇦
Canadian actress, singer and model · b. 1992
Days alive
12,053

Walter Krüger🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1892–1973
Days lived
29,694

Wayne Carpendale🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1977
Days alive
17,532

Wernher von Braun🇺🇸
deceasedmilitary person · 1912–1977
Days lived
23,826

Yunho (Jeong Yun-ho)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (ATEEZ) · b. 1999
Days alive
9,497

Zak Penn🇺🇸
American screenwriter (born 1968) · b. 1968
Days alive
20,819

Zygmunt Hübner🇵🇱
deceasedPolish actor (1930–1989) · 1930–1989
Days lived
21,480
Died on This Day
Alina Margolis-Edelman🇵🇱
deceasedPolish physician (1922-2008) · 1922–2008
Days lived
31,386

Bertold Löffler🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian painter, printmaker, and designer (1874-1960) · 1874–1960
Days lived
31,222
Cristóbal Balenciaga🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish fashion designer (1895-1972) · 1895–1972
Days lived
28,185

Elizabeth Taylor🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1932–2011
Days lived
28,879

Gerhard Gesemann🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1888–1948
Days lived
21,646
Henry Jerome🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1917–2011) · 1917–2011
Days lived
34,099
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Jean Bartik🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican ENIAC computer programmer (1924–2011) · 1924–2011
Days lived
31,497

Joachim Müncheberg
deceasedGerman officer and fighter pilot during World War II (1918–1943) · 1918–1943
Days lived
8,848

Lee Kuan Yew
deceasedFounding Father of Singapore · 1923–2015
Days lived
33,426
Mihály Kovács🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian Piarist, physics teacher, scouter, pioneer of the esucation of informatics (1916-2006) · 1916–2006
Days lived
32,953

Otto Kumm🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Waffen-SS general · 1909–2004
Days lived
34,507

Otto Reche🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1879-1966) · 1879–1966
Days lived
31,714

Peter Lorre🇺🇸
deceasedFilm actor · 1904–1964
Days lived
21,820

Raoul Dufy🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter (1877–1953) · 1877–1953
Days lived
27,686

Rudolf Pannwitz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer and philosopher (1881–1969) · 1881–1969
Days lived
32,076

Said Nursî
deceasedTurkish Sunni Muslim theologian of Kurdish origin (1876-1960) · 1877–1960
Days lived
30,396

Sarah Bernhardt🇫🇷
deceasedStage actor · 1844–1923
Days lived
28,667

Takeuchi Meitarō🇯🇵
deceasedentrepreneur · 1860–1928
Days lived
24,839
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
62,903
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
51,581
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
48,929
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
48,592
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
46,467
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
45,372
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
45,372

Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
45,372
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,372
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
45,372
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
45,372
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,372
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,372
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,372
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,372
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
45,372
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
44,277
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
41,437
Magdolna Tóth🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1914
Days alive
40,624
Andor András Balázs🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1918
Days alive
38,901
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
68,747
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
68,444
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
68,017
HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
58,459
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
57,425
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
57,059
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
54,503
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
53,155
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
673,954
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
153,468
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
77,486
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
58,155
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
36,507
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
34,050
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
31,960
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
29,937
Already Released
Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
31,397
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
24,819
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
19,357

Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
18,174

Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
17,469

Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,782

Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,739

The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
16,518