On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 29 2025
Born on This Day
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Andre Agassi🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1970
Days alive
20,089
Anggun🇮🇩
singer-songwriter · b. 1974
Days alive
18,628
Anthony Rother🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1972
Days alive
19,358
Armin Stremitzer🇦🇹
Austrian field hockey player · b. 1983
Days alive
15,341
August Hirt🇨🇭
deceasedGerman anatomist and SS officer (1898-1945) · 1898–1945
Days lived
17,200
Bernard Madoff
deceasedNotable Trials · 1938–2021
Days lived
30,301
Birke Bruck🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1938
Days alive
31,777
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Bob Bryan🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1978
Days alive
17,167
Celeste Holm🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1917–2012
Days lived
34,776
Ceslas Spicq🇫🇷
deceasedFrench Dominican and biblical scholar (1901–1992) · 1901–1992
Days lived
33,132
Christine Ferneck🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1968
Days alive
20,819
Chua Phung Kim🇸🇬
deceasedSingaporean weightlifter (1939-1990) · 1939–1990
Days lived
18,725
Daniel Day-Lewis
Oscar Winners · b. 1957
Days alive
24,837
David Izonritei🇳🇬
boxer · b. 1968
Days alive
20,819
Dimitris Minasidis🇷🇺
Olympic weightlifter · b. 1989
Days alive
13,149
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Dominique Labourier🇫🇷
French actress · b. 1943
Days alive
29,951
Duke Ellington🇺🇸
deceasedrapper · 1899–1974
Days lived
27,418
Erich Waschneck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film director (1887-1970) · 1887–1970
Days lived
30,461
Frank Auerbach🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1931–2024
Days lived
34,165
Fred Zinnemann🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian film director (1907-1997) · 1907–1997
Days lived
32,827
Gusztáv Götz🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1900–1970
Days lived
25,471
Han Ki-joo🇰🇷
film director · b. 1987
Days alive
13,880
Hasil Adkins🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1937-2005) · 1937–2005
Days lived
24,834
Henri Poincaré🇫🇷
deceasedFrench mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912) · 1854–1912
Days lived
21,263
Hermann Scheer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1944-2010) · 1944–2010
Days lived
24,274
Hirohito🇯🇵
deceasedmilitary person · 1901–1989
Days lived
32,030
Infanta Sofía of Spain
royalty · b. 2007
Days alive
6,575
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Irvin Kershner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director (1923-2010) · 1923–2010
Days lived
31,989
Jerry Seinfeld
actor · b. 1954
Days alive
25,933
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JJ
singer · b. 2001
Days alive
8,766
Jo O'Meara🇬🇧
singer · b. 1979
Days alive
16,802
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Jürgen Vogel🇩🇪
German actor, producer and singer · b. 1968
Days alive
20,819
Kristof Ongenaet🇧🇪
Belgian basketball player · b. 1985
Days alive
14,610
Kurt Pinthus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1886–1975) · 1886–1975
Days lived
32,579
Léon Savary🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer (1895-1968) · 1895–1968
Days lived
26,591
Lonnie Donegan🇬🇧
deceasedsinger · 1931–2002
Days lived
26,121
Margriet Zegers
Dutch field hockey player · b. 1954
Days alive
25,933
Michael Herbig🇩🇪
German comedian and actor (born 1968) · b. 1968
Days alive
20,819
Michael Niavarani🇦🇹
Austrian-Persian stand-up comedian and actor · b. 1968
Days alive
20,819
Michelle Pfeiffer
film actor · b. 1958
Days alive
24,472
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Mike Bryan🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1978
Days alive
17,167
Moshe Landau🇩🇪
deceasedIsraeli judge (1912–2011) · 1912–2011
Days lived
36,161
Peter Rauhofer🇦🇹
deceasedrapper · 1965–2013
Days lived
17,540
Reinhard Kolldehoff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1914-1995) · 1914–1995
Days lived
29,788
Seren Şahin🇩🇪
Turkish-German actor (born 1989) · b. 1989
Days alive
13,149
Stacey Snider
Actor · b. 1961
Days alive
23,376
Stanislav Řezáč🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1973
Days alive
18,993
Stephan Käfer🇩🇪
German-American actor · b. 1975
Days alive
18,263
Tammi Terrell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer-songwriter · 1945–1970
Days lived
9,087
Taoufik Makhloufi🇬🇧
Algerian track and field athlete · b. 1988
Days alive
13,514
Tim Payne🇬🇧
English rugby union footballer · b. 1979
Days alive
16,802
Uma Thurman🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1970
Days alive
20,089
Walter Kempowski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1929–2007) · 1929–2007
Days lived
28,648
Willie Nelson🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1933
Days alive
33,603
Zouc🇨🇭
singer-songwriter · b. 1950
Days alive
27,394
Died on This Day
Alfred Hitchcock🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1899–1980
Days lived
29,479
Bob Hoskins🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish actor (1942–2014) · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,118
Channa Horwitz🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1932–2013
Days lived
29,563
David Allan Coe🇺🇸
deceasedSinger-songwriter · 1939–2026
Days lived
31,647
Frank McRae🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1944–2021) · 1944–2021
Days lived
28,166
Franz Breithaupt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman SS general (1880–1945) · 1880–1945
Days lived
23,517
Frederick Bradlee🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1892-1970) · 1892–1970
Days lived
28,253
Fritz Hartnagel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman soldier and judge · 1917–2001
Days lived
30,765
Hans Brausewetter🇪🇸
deceasedmusician · 1899–1945
Days lived
16,773
Hein Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman boxer (1903-1945) · 1903–1945
Days lived
15,120
Heinrich von Ficker🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1881–1957
Days lived
27,551
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Jimmy Jones🇺🇸
deceasedpianist (1918–1982) · 1918–1982
Days lived
23,131
Johann Friedrich Seger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and politician (1867-1928) · 1867–1928
Days lived
22,398
John Burt🇬🇧
deceasedScottish field hockey player (1877–1935) · 1877–1935
Days lived
21,197
Josh Hancock🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1978–2007
Days lived
10,610
Max Bense🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1910–1990
Days lived
29,301
Maxime de la Falaise🇫🇷
deceasedBritish model and actor (1922-2009) · 1922–2009
Days lived
31,720
Richard Kandt🇵🇱
deceasedGerman writer, physician and colonial administrator (1867-1918) · 1867–1918
Days lived
18,395
Shankar Lakshman🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player · 1933–2006
Days lived
26,594
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
deceasedNotable Trials · 1876–1956
Days lived
29,090
Wilhelm Schlenk🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1879–1943
Days lived
23,413
Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz🇵🇱
deceasedartist · 1861–1917
Days lived
20,550
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
62,940
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
51,618
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
48,966
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
48,629
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
46,504
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
45,409
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,409
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,409
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,409
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,409
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
45,409
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
45,409
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
45,409
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
45,409
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
45,409
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,409
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
44,314
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
41,474
Magdolna Tóth🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1914
Days alive
40,661
Andor András Balázs🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1918
Days alive
38,938
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
68,784
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
68,481
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
68,054
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
58,496
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
57,462
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
57,096
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
54,540
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
53,192
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
673,991
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
153,505
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
77,523
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
58,192
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
36,544
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
34,087
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
31,997
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
29,974
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
31,434
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
24,856
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
19,394
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
18,211
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
17,506
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,819
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,776
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
16,555