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January 17 2026

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Born on This Day

🇲🇱Abdou Traoré
football player · b. 1988
Days alive
13,880
🇫🇷Alain Badiou
French writer and philosopher · b. 1937
Days alive
32,507
🇩🇪Alev Lenz
singer-songwriter · b. 1982
Days alive
16,071
🇨🇱Anacleto Angelini
deceased
Italian-born Chilean businessman (1912-2007) · 1912–2007
Days lived
34,922
🇩🇪Andrea Clausen
actor · b. 1959
Days alive
24,472
🇺🇸Andy Kaufman
deceased
American entertainer (1949–1984) · 1949–1984
Days lived
12,903
🇺🇸Anita Borg
deceased
American computer scientist (1949-2003) · 1949–2003
Days lived
19,802
🇱🇹Audronius Ažubalis
journalist · b. 1958
Days alive
24,837
🇺🇸Ayo Dosunmu
Basketball player · b. 2000
Days alive
9,497
🇺🇸Betty White
deceased
Comedian · 1922–2021
Days lived
36,508
🇷🇺Boris Nikiforovich Zolotych
deceased
Russian technician, specialist in electrophysical methods of metalworkers, publications in the field · 1920–2008
Days lived
32,234
Calvin Harris
rapper · b. 1984
Days alive
15,341
🇺🇸Carl Laemmle
deceased
entrepreneur · 1867–1939
Days lived
26,547
🇺🇸Charles A. Baird
deceased
American athletic director (1870-1944) · 1870–1944
Days lived
27,345
🇷🇺Constantine Stanislavsky
deceased
actor · 1863–1938
Days lived
27,595
🇲🇽Cuauhtémoc Blanco
football player · b. 1973
Days alive
19,358
🇪🇬Dalida
deceased
Film actor · 1933–1987
Days lived
19,829
🇺🇸Dwyane Wade
basketball player · b. 1982
Days alive
16,071
🇺🇸Eartha Kitt
deceased
Actor · 1927–2008
Days lived
29,928
🇩🇪Edgar André
deceased
German politician (1894-1936) · 1894–1936
Days lived
15,631
🇩🇪Emmy Hennings
deceased
German poet, editor (1885–1948) · 1885–1948
Days lived
23,215
Enzo Fernández
association football player · b. 2001
Days alive
9,131
🇧🇪François Damiens
Belgian actor · b. 1973
Days alive
19,358
🇫🇷Françoise Hardy
deceased
singer · 1944–2024
Days lived
29,366
🇩🇪Gaby Appel
German field hockey player · b. 1958
Days alive
24,837
🇩🇪Harry Halm
deceased
actor · 1901–1980
Days lived
29,143
🇵🇱Henryk Średnicki
deceased
Amateur boxer from Poland (1955-2016) · 1955–2016
Days lived
22,364
🇩🇪Jacob Pins
deceased
artist · 1917–2005
Days lived
32,463
Jake Paul
YouTuber · b. 1997
Days alive
10,592
Jan Baas
deceased
Dutch baseball player (1915–2001) · 1915–2001
Days lived
31,645
Jan Guillou
Notable Trials · b. 1944
Days alive
29,951
🇨🇦Jim Carrey
actor · b. 1962
Days alive
23,376
🇩🇪Johannes Herber
basketball player · b. 1983
Days alive
15,706
🇺🇸Joshua Malina
American actor (born 1966) · b. 1966
Days alive
21,915
🇩🇪Jürgen Schmidhuber
German computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher · b. 1963
Days alive
23,011
🇩🇪Kai Hansen
German guitarist and singer · b. 1963
Days alive
23,011
🇯🇵Ken Hirai
singer-songwriter · b. 1972
Days alive
19,724
🇺🇸Kid Rock
American musician (born 1971) · b. 1971
Days alive
20,089
🇯🇵Kōjirō Matsukata
deceased
Japanese businessman (1865–1950) · 1865–1950
Days lived
31,203
🇫🇷Louis Couturat
deceased
philosopher · 1868–1914
Days lived
16,999
🇨🇦Mack Sennett
deceased
Canadian-American actor, producer and director (1880–1960) · 1880–1960
Days lived
29,512
🇬🇪Maia Chiburdanidze
athlete · b. 1961
Days alive
23,741
🇺🇸Matt Bouldin
American basketball player · b. 1988
Days alive
13,880
🇦🇹Maximilian Daublebsky von Eichhain
deceased
Austrian military personnel · 1865–1939
Days lived
27,250
🇺🇸Michelle Obama
lawyer and former First Lady of the United States (2009-2017) President Barack Obama · b. 1964
Days alive
22,646
🇺🇸Muhammad Ali
deceased
American boxer (1942–2016) · 1942–2016
Days lived
27,166
O Jong-ae
North Korean weightlifter · b. 1984
Days alive
15,341
🇺🇸Peggy Gilbert
deceased
American musician (1905–2007) · 1905–2007
Days lived
37,281
🇲🇽Roberto Mangas
deceased
Mexican alpinist · 1914–1982
Days lived
24,862
🇬🇧Sadie Soverall
Actor · b. 2002
Days alive
8,766
🇩🇪Salome Kammer
German actress, vocal soloist, singer and cellist · b. 1959
Days alive
24,472
🇺🇸Sammy Angott
deceased
American boxer (1915-1980) · 1915–1980
Days lived
24,020
🇩🇪Sebastian Bogner
German chess player · b. 1991
Days alive
12,784
🇩🇪Sonja Sutter
deceased
German actress (1931–2017) · 1931–2017
Days lived
31,547
🇦🇹Stefan Petzner
Austrian politician · b. 1981
Days alive
16,436
Steve Harvey
stand-up comedian · b. 1957
Days alive
25,202
🇩🇪Susanne Uhlen
German actress and director (1955-) · b. 1955
Days alive
25,933
🇺🇾Tabaré Vázquez
deceased
politician · 1940–2020
Days lived
29,544
🇳🇱Tiësto
disc jockey · b. 1969
Days alive
20,819
🇭🇷Tomislav Zubčić
basketball player · b. 1990
Days alive
13,149
🇺🇸Vidal Sassoon
deceased
British hairstylist (1928–2012) · 1928–2012
Days lived
30,794
🇩🇪Wolfgang Volz
German photographer (born 1948) · b. 1948
Days alive
28,490
🇦🇹Yelda Reynaud
Turkish-Austrian actress · b. 1972
Days alive
19,724
🇫🇷Yelle
French singer · b. 1983
Days alive
15,706
🇭🇺Zoltán Illés
chemist · b. 1961
Days alive
23,741

Died on This Day

🇵🇰Abdur Rahman Chughtai
deceased
painter (1894-1975) · 1894–1975
Days lived
29,337
🇺🇸Bobby Fischer
deceased
American chess player (1943–2008) · 1943–2008
Days lived
23,690

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
63,203
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
51,881

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
70,874
🇺🇸Kanzi
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
16,517

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
69,047
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
68,744

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
674,254
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
153,768

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
31,697
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
25,119

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🇪🇸Camilo José Cela

deceased

Spanish writer (1916–2002) · 1916–2002

Days lived

31,297

🇸🇪Einar Dahl

writer · 1904–1979

Days lived

27,350

🇬🇧Eric Crockford

field hockey player (1888-1958) · 1888–1958

Days lived

25,297

🇺🇸Helen Stephens

athletics competitor (1918–1994) · 1918–1994

Days lived

27,742

🇩🇪Herbert Henck

musician · 1948–2025

Days lived

27,932

🇩🇪Jakob Arjouni

German author, born 1964 (1964–2013) · 1964–2013

Days lived

17,633

🇦🇹Jean-Pierre Zola

actor · 1916–1979

Days lived

22,992

🇲🇽Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo

Mexican saint (1886–1927) · 1886–1927

Days lived

14,729

🇦🇹Lothar Rendulic

military person · 1887–1971

Days lived

30,401

🇩🇪Matthias Rath

German physician, alternative medicine practitioner, AIDS denier, and conspiracy theorist · 1955–2026

Days lived

25,949

🇵🇹Miguel Torga

Portuguese writer (1907-1995) · 1907–1995

Days lived

31,935

🇯🇵Origa

Russian singer · 1970–2015

Days lived

16,168

🇺🇸Sammy Nestico

American composer and arranger (1924–2021) · 1924–2021

Days lived

35,410

🇬🇧Tom Kilburn

British electrical engineer (1921–2001) · 1921–2001

Days lived

29,014

🇩🇪Uwe Nettelbeck

rapper · 1940–2007

Days lived

24,269

Walter von Reichenau

Notable Trials · 1884–1942

Days lived

20,919

🇺🇸Yvette Mimieux

American actress (1942–2022) · 1942–2022

Days lived

29,229

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

49,229

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

48,892

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

46,767

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

45,672

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

45,672

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

45,672

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

45,672

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

45,672

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

45,672

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

45,672

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

45,672

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

45,672

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

45,672

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

45,672

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

44,577

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

41,737

🇭🇺Magdolna Tóth

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

40,924

🇭🇺Andor András Balázs

athlete · b. 1918

Days alive

39,201

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

6,813

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

5,804

🇺🇸Fiona

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

3,280

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

68,317

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

58,759

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

57,725

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

57,359

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

54,803

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

53,455

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

77,786

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

58,455

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

36,807

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

34,350

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

32,260

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

30,237

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

19,657

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

18,474

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

17,769

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

17,082

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

17,039

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

16,818