On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 17 2025
Born on This Day
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Alain Poher🇫🇷
deceasedFrench politician (1909-1996) · 1909–1996
Days lived
32,013
Aleksei Kukhtinov🇷🇺
Russian footballer · b. 1993
Days alive
11,688
Andrei Aramnau🇧🇾
Belarusian weightlifter · b. 1988
Days alive
13,514
Anja Silja🇩🇪
musician · b. 1935
Days alive
32,873
Art Larsen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1925-2012) · 1925–2012
Days lived
32,011
Bernhard Sprengel🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1899–1985
Days lived
31,326
C. J. Wallace🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1985
Days alive
14,610
Curt Nimuendajú🇧🇷
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1883-1945) · 1883–1945
Days lived
22,882
Daniel Constantin Florea🇷🇴
Romanian footballer · b. 1988
Days alive
13,514
Dustin Bomheuer🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1991
Days alive
12,419
Eberhard Hopf🇺🇸
deceasedGerman mathematician (1902-1983) · 1902–1983
Days lived
29,683
Ferdinand Piëch🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1937–2019
Days lived
30,080
Gebhard Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1900-1990) · 1900–1990
Days lived
32,984
Geoffrey Abbott🇿🇦
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1985
Days alive
14,610
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Georges J. F. Köhler🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1946–1995
Days lived
17,850
Georges Oltramare🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer, journalist and fascist politician (1896-1960) · 1896–1960
Days lived
23,496
Gitta Lind🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and singer (1925-1974) · 1925–1974
Days lived
18,103
Heidi Alexander🇬🇧
Politician · b. 1975
Days alive
18,263
Hilde Schramm🇩🇪
writer · b. 1936
Days alive
32,507
Hilmar Thate🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1931–2016
Days lived
31,197
James Last🇩🇪
deceasedrapper · 1929–2015
Days lived
31,464
Jan Hammer
pianist · b. 1948
Days alive
28,124
Joan Lorring🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1926–2014
Days lived
32,185
Karin Székessy🇩🇪
artist · b. 1938
Days alive
31,777
Kevin Porter🇺🇸
American basketball player and coach · b. 1950
Days alive
27,394
Low Tuck Kwong🇮🇩
President Director, PT Bayan Resources Tbk · b. 1948
Days alive
28,124
Maël Lebrun🇫🇷
French basketball player · b. 1991
Days alive
12,419
Mark Felix
athlete · b. 1966
Days alive
21,550
Massimiliano Capuzzoni🇮🇹
deceasedItalian rugby union player (1969-1995) · 1969–1995
Days lived
9,606
Maximilian von Herff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman SS general (1893-1945) · 1893–1945
Days lived
19,134
Michael Forest🇺🇸
deceasedVoice actor · 1929–2026
Days lived
35,609
Moritz Jahn🇩🇪
actor · b. 1995
Days alive
10,958
Nguyen Van Thuan
deceasedVietnamese Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop and venerable (1928–2002) · 1928–2002
Days lived
27,180
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Ofer Hugi🇮🇱
Israeli politician · b. 1962
Days alive
23,011
Roddy Piper🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian professional wrestler (1954–2015) · 1954–2015
Days lived
22,385
Rooney Mara🇺🇸
American actress (born 1985) · b. 1985
Days alive
14,610
Rudolf Pöch🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian doctor, anthropologist and ethnologist (1870–1921) · 1870–1921
Days lived
18,583
Sherrie Levine🇺🇸
American photographer and conceptual artist (born 1947) · b. 1947
Days alive
28,490
Stefano Fiore🇮🇹
Italian association football player · b. 1975
Days alive
18,263
Victoria Beckham
singer · b. 1974
Days alive
18,628
William Holden
deceasedOscar Winners · 1918–1981
Days lived
23,220
Wolf Gerlach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer and inventor (1928-2012) · 1928–2012
Days lived
30,890
Željko Ražnatović
deceasedNotable Trials · 1952–2000
Days lived
17,439
Died on This Day
Bobby Mathews🇺🇸
deceasedMajor League Baseball player, umpire (1851-1898) · 1851–1898
Days lived
16,949
Eddie Cochran🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1938–1960
Days lived
7,867
Ernst Moro🇩🇪
deceasedAustrian physician (1874–1951) · 1874–1951
Days lived
27,888
Franz Langoth🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian member of the Nazi party (1877-1953) · 1877–1953
Days lived
27,633
Gabriel García Márquez🇨🇴
deceasedColombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014) · 1927–2014
Days lived
31,819
Harry Stiff🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1881–1939
Days lived
20,994
Herbert Tobias🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1924–1982
Days lived
20,943
Hermann Friedrich Graebe🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1900–1986
Days lived
31,348
Hilde Meisel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman socialist and journalist (1914-1945) · 1914–1945
Days lived
11,218
Iloosh Khoshabe🇮🇷
deceasedathlete · 1932–2012
Days lived
29,327
Johannes Thiele
deceasedchemist · 1865–1918
Days lived
19,331
Julius Neubronner🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1852–1932
Days lived
29,288
Karl Meiler🇩🇪
deceasedWest German tennis player (1949-2014) · 1949–2014
Days lived
23,728
Klaus Junge🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1924–1945) · 1924–1945
Days lived
7,777
Linda McCartney🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1941–1998
Days lived
20,659
Louis Held🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1851–1927) · 1851–1927
Days lived
27,530
Louise Nevelson🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1899–1988
Days lived
32,348
Nathalie Baye🇫🇷
deceasedActor · 1948–2026
Days lived
28,409
Nelson Margetts🇺🇸
deceasedathlete · 1879–1932
Days lived
19,318
Vivek🇮🇳
deceasedIndian film actor and television personality (1961-2021) · 1961–2021
Days lived
21,699
William of Ockham
deceasedNotable Trials · 1287–1349
Days lived
22,751
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
62,928
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
51,606
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
48,954
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
48,617
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
46,492
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
45,397
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,397
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
45,397
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
45,397
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
45,397
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
45,397
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,397
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
45,397
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,397
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,397
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,397
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
44,302
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
41,462
Magdolna Tóth🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1914
Days alive
40,649
Andor András Balázs🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1918
Days alive
38,926
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
68,772
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
68,469
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
68,042
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
58,484
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
57,450
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
57,084
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
54,528
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
53,180
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
673,979
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
153,493
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
77,511
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
58,180
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
36,532
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
34,075
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
31,985
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
29,962
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
31,422
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
24,844
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
19,382
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
18,199
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
17,494
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,807
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,764
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
16,543