Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 2 2026
Prime Minister of Poland (1874-1941) · 1874–1941
Days lived
24,470
Model · b. 1987
Days alive
14,245
actor · 1901–1979
Days lived
28,612
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athlete · 1938–2010
Days lived
26,418
South African rugby union player · 1885–1955
Days lived
25,601
German television personality · b. 1972
Days alive
19,724
German general and resistance fighter (1886–1944) · 1886–1944
Days lived
21,424
association football player · b. 1997
Days alive
10,592
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Spanish actor · b. 1962
Days alive
23,376
German basketball player (1964–2015) · 1964–2015
Days lived
18,686
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American actor · b. 1968
Days alive
21,185
American computer scientist · b. 1938
Days alive
32,142
Actor · b. 1975
Days alive
18,628
Belgian fashion designer (born 1959) · b. 1959
Days alive
24,472
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Russian-Soviet documentary/avantgarde filmmaker (1896-1954) · 1896–1954
Days lived
21,225
actor · b. 1933
Days alive
33,968
Ice Hockey coach and general manager · 1936–1994
Days lived
21,439
football player · b. 1977
Days alive
17,897
German actor (1904-1972) · 1904–1972
Days lived
25,160
Italian actor (1925–2015) · 1925–2015
Days lived
33,026
Italian actress (born 1935) · b. 1935
Days alive
33,238
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Jamaican boxer · b. 1969
Days alive
20,819
German shot putter · b. 1959
Days alive
24,472
German footballer · b. 1964
Days alive
22,646
journalist · 1920–1992
Days lived
26,393
German priest (1871–1960) · 1871–1960
Days lived
32,692
Icelandic actor, comedian, and politician · b. 1967
Days alive
21,550
American basketball player · b. 1981
Days alive
16,436
Aircraft designer and builder, one of the early aviation pioneers · 1880–1955
Days lived
27,515
actor, film director (1886–1931) · 1886–1931
Days lived
16,499
American computer scientist and electrical engineer (1938–2024) · 1938–2024
Days lived
31,570
athlete · 1911–1981
Days lived
25,567
Hungarian Piarist, physics teacher, scouter, pioneer of the esucation of informatics (1916-2006) · 1916–2006
Days lived
32,953
British author of crime and thriller fiction (1962-2021) · 1962–2021
Days lived
21,756
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
21,185
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entrepreneur · b. 1968
Days alive
21,185
actor · 1945–2021
Days lived
27,827
entrepreneur · b. 1937
Days alive
32,507
South African rugby union footballer · b. 1982
Days alive
16,071
Russian boxer · b. 1973
Days alive
19,358
film director · b. 1981
Days alive
16,436
Actor · b. 1979
Days alive
17,167
Saudi royal and foreign minister (1940–2015) · 1940–2015
Days lived
27,582
film director · b. 1977
Days alive
17,897
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Notable Trials · 1945–2017
Days lived
26,629
film director · b. 1975
Days alive
18,628
football player · b. 1992
Days alive
12,419
philosopher · 1904–1981
Days lived
28,442
politician · 1904–1945
Days lived
15,096
German author and editor (1861–1939) · 1861–1939
Days lived
28,729
German footballer (1964–2024) · 1964–2024
Days lived
22,278
singer-songwriter · 1931–1996
Days lived
24,007
Turkish-German film director of Kurdish ancestry (born 1968) · b. 1968
Days alive
21,185
Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).
Notable animals alive on this date.
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Notable books already in print.
Films already out by this date.
German field hockey player, sportsperson and athletics competitor (1909-1995) · 1909–1995
Days lived
31,094
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
49,214
Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007
Days alive
6,798
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
68,302
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
77,771
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
19,642
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