On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 15 2025
Born on This Day
Aat de Roos
deceasedDutch field hockey player (1919–1992) · 1919–1992
Days lived
26,635
Alla Pugacheva🇷🇺
entrepreneur · b. 1949
Days alive
27,759
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Amy Ried🇺🇸
actor · b. 1985
Days alive
14,610
Avtandil Koridze🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1935–1966
Days lived
11,320
Beate Hasenau🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and voice actress (1936-2003) · 1936–2003
Days lived
24,640
Bessie Smith🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1894–1937
Days lived
15,869
Boris Strugatsky🇷🇺
deceasedwriter · 1933–2012
Days lived
29,073
Claudia Cardinale🇮🇹
deceasedFrench-Italian actress (1938–2025) · 1938–2025
Days lived
31,938
Curtis Bernhardt🇺🇸
deceasedGerman film director (1899–1981) · 1899–1981
Days lived
29,898
Edwin Charles Boulton
deceasedAmerican bishop (1928-2000) · 1928–2000
Days lived
26,328
Émile Durkheim🇫🇷
deceasedphilosopher · 1858–1917
Days lived
21,763
Emma Thompson🇬🇧
British actress and screenwriter (born 1959) · b. 1959
Days alive
24,107
Emma Watson🇬🇧
actor · b. 1990
Days alive
12,784
Erbim Fagu🇦🇱
Albanian association football player · b. 1987
Days alive
13,880
Fanny Rinne🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1980
Days alive
16,436
Fay Masterson
Actor · b. 1974
Days alive
18,628
Georgy Zograf🇷🇺
deceasedRussian scientist · 1928–1993
Days lived
23,750
Gerhard Fieseler🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1896–1987
Days lived
33,375
Guivi Sissaouri🇨🇦
athlete · b. 1971
Days alive
19,724
Hanna-Renate Laurien🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1928-2010) · 1928–2010
Days lived
29,916
Henning Harnisch🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1968
Days alive
20,819
İsmail Sani🇹🇼
Malaysian politician · b. 1967
Days alive
21,185
Jason Sehorn🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1971
Days alive
19,724
Jeffrey Archer
Notable Trials · b. 1940
Days alive
31,046
John Burt🇬🇧
deceasedScottish field hockey player (1877–1935) · 1877–1935
Days lived
21,197
Kęstutis Šeštokas🇱🇹
Lithuanian basketball player (born 1976) · b. 1976
Days alive
17,897
Kurt Weinzierl🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1931–2008
Days lived
28,303
Lita Grey🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1908–1995
Days lived
32,034
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Maisie Williams
actor · b. 1997
Days alive
10,227
Marco Terrazzino🇮🇹
German footballer · b. 1991
Days alive
12,419
Marian Zazeela🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician, painter and light-artist (1940–2024) · 1940–2024
Days lived
30,663
Mario Gallegos🇲🇽
football player · b. 1988
Days alive
13,514
Memos Ioannou🇬🇷
basketball player · b. 1958
Days alive
24,472
Mike Anchondo🇺🇸
American boxer · b. 1982
Days alive
15,706
Murat Isaku
deceasedAlbanian-Macedonian writer · 1928–2005
Days lived
28,020
Narahar Raghunath Phatak🇮🇳
deceasedwriter · 1893–1979
Days lived
31,660
Neville Marriner🇬🇧
deceasedBritish conductor and violinist (1924–2016) · 1924–2016
Days lived
33,773
Nikita Khrushchev
deceasedmilitary person · 1894–1971
Days lived
28,272
Niko Tinbergen🇬🇧
deceasedscientist · 1907–1988
Days lived
29,836
Nikolay Semyonov
deceasedSoviet physical chemist (1896-1986) · 1896–1986
Days lived
33,034
Pedro Luis Lazo🇨🇺
film director · b. 1973
Days alive
18,993
Richard von Weizsäcker🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1920–2015
Days lived
34,624
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Robert Lefkowitz🇺🇸
American physician and biochemist · b. 1943
Days alive
29,951
Roy Raymond🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1947–1993
Days lived
16,935
Sat-Okh🇵🇱
deceasedchildren's author and soldier in the Polish Resistance during World War II · 1920–2003
Days lived
30,394
Siegfried Wischnewski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1922–1989) · 1922–1989
Days lived
24,391
Stanley Bruce🇦🇺
deceasedpolitician · 1883–1967
Days lived
30,812
Stephen Doughty🇬🇧
Politician · b. 1980
Days alive
16,436
Suw Charman-Anderson🇬🇧
British journalist, consultant and blogger · b. 1971
Days alive
19,724
Sylvain Marveaux🇫🇷
football player · b. 1986
Days alive
14,245
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Tomas Tranströmer🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015) · 1931–2015
Days lived
30,661
Tommy Castro🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1955
Days alive
25,568
Woolly Wolstenholme🇬🇧
deceasedBritish musician (1947–2010) · 1947–2010
Days lived
23,253
Yossef Romano🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli weightlifter (1940–1972) · 1940–1972
Days lived
11,831
Died on This Day
Allan Holdsworth🇬🇧
deceasedBritish musician (1946–2017) · 1946–2017
Days lived
25,820
Arthur Larned Ryerson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican lawyer and entrepreneur (1851-1912) · 1851–1912
Days lived
22,373
August Endell🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1871–1925
Days lived
19,726
Benon Liberski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish painter and graphic artist (1926-1983) · 1926–1983
Days lived
20,801
Bernd Hölzenbein🇩🇪
deceasedfootball player · 1946–2024
Days lived
28,527
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Duke Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1893–1975
Days lived
29,736
Greta Garbo🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1905–1990
Days lived
30,890
Jack Elway🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player, coach, scout and executive (1931-2001) · 1931–2001
Days lived
25,523
Jakob Gartner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1861-1921) · 1861–1921
Days lived
21,846
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Jean-Paul Sartre🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1905–1980
Days lived
27,327
Joe McCann🇮🇪
deceasedNotable Person · 1947–1972
Days lived
8,931
Ludwig Kaas🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1881-1952) · 1881–1952
Days lived
25,894
Pol Pot
deceasedNotable Trials · 1925–1998
Days lived
26,629
Pompeo d'Ambrosio🇮🇹
deceasedathlete · 1917–1998
Days lived
29,689
Robert Musil🇦🇹
deceasedYouTube personality · 1880–1942
Days lived
22,439
Totò🇮🇹
deceasedactor · 1898–1967
Days lived
25,260
Wallace Beery
deceasedOscar Winners · 1885–1949
Days lived
23,389
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
62,926
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
51,604
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
48,952
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
48,615
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
46,490
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
45,395
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,395
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
45,395
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
45,395
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,395
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
45,395
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,395
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
45,395
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,395
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,395
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
45,395
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
44,300
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
41,460
Magdolna Tóth🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1914
Days alive
40,647
Andor András Balázs🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1918
Days alive
38,924
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
68,770
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
68,467
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
68,040
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
58,482
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
57,448
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
57,082
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
54,526
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
53,178
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
673,977
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
153,491
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
77,509
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
58,178
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
36,530
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
34,073
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
31,983
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
29,960
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
31,420
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
24,842
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
19,380
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
18,197
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
17,492
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,805
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,762
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
16,541