On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 17 1966
Born on This Day
Aleksandar Radenkovic🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1979
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Anders Aarum🇳🇴
Norwegian jazz pianist · b. 1974
Arvi Järventaus🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish author and priest (1883–1939) · 1883–1939
Days lived
20,258
Carl Lindhagen🇸🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1860–1946
Days lived
31,129
Cevdet Sümer🇹🇷
deceasedathlete · 1922–1967
Days lived
16,086
Chelsea Manning
Notable Trials · b. 1987
Christoph Süß🇩🇪
actor · b. 1967
Chuck Liddell🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1969
Claire Forlani🇬🇧
actor · b. 1971
Clavicular🇺🇸
Online streamer · b. 2005
David Benavidez🇺🇸
Boxer · b. 1996
David Rudisha🇰🇪
Kenyan middle distance runner · b. 1988
Edvard Magnus Rodhe🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish bishop (1878-1954) · 1878–1954
Days lived
27,509
Emily Maguire🇬🇧
Scottish field hockey player · b. 1987
Ernest Fortin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican philosopher (1923-2002) · 1923–2002
Days lived
28,799
Erwin Piscator🇫🇷
deceasedGerman theatre director (1893–1966) · 1893–1966
Days lived
26,400
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Eugene Levy🇨🇦
Canadian actor and comedian · b. 1946
Days alive
7,305
Gerald Swindle🇺🇸
American fisherman · b. 1969
Giovanni Ribisi🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1974
Grégory Lorenzi🇫🇷
French footballer · b. 1983
Günter Ralfs🇩🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1899–1960
Days lived
22,039
Hu Shih🇨🇳
deceasedjournalist · 1891–1962
Days lived
25,636
Igor Girkin
Notable Trials · b. 1970
James, Earl of Wessex
aristocrat · b. 2007
Jan Dawidziuk🇺🇸
deceasedPolish-American "Polish National Catholic Church" bishop · 1937–2012
Days lived
27,108
Josep Comas i Solà🇪🇸
deceasedCatalan astronomer (1868-1937) · 1868–1937
Days lived
25,186
Konrad Bayer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian writer and poet (1932–1964) · 1932–1964
Days lived
11,620
Left Boy🇦🇹
Austrian singer · b. 1988
Martin Emmrich🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1984
Martin Ødegaard
association football player · b. 1998
Martin Smith🇬🇧
deceasedBritish musician, born 1946 · 1946–1997
Days lived
18,338
Marvell Wynne🇺🇸
American baseball player · b. 1959
Days alive
2,557
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Milla Jovovich🇺🇸
singer · b. 1975
Mykola Azarov🇺🇦
Ukrainian politician (born 1947) · b. 1947
Days alive
6,940
Nat Wolff🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1994
Nicolae Lupescu🇷🇴
deceasedRomanian footballer (1940-2017) · 1940–2017
Days lived
28,022
Novella Nelson
deceasedActor · 1939–2017
Days lived
28,383
Otto Schott🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1851–1935
Days lived
30,568
Pope Francis🇻🇦
deceasedLatin Catholic priest · 1936–2025
Days lived
32,267
Richard Kandt🇵🇱
deceasedGerman writer, physician and colonial administrator (1867-1918) · 1867–1918
Days lived
18,395
Rijk de Gooyer🇳🇱
deceasedDutch actor (1925-2011) · 1925–2011
Days lived
31,366
Robert Curjel🇨🇭
deceasedGerman-Swiss architect · 1859–1925
Days lived
23,985
Sabina Naber🇦🇹
Austrian actress · b. 1965
Days alive
365
Sinan Akkuş
Turkish-German film director and producer (born 1971) · b. 1971
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Theodor Steltzer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1885-1967) · 1885–1967
Days lived
29,898
Tracy Byrd🇺🇸
singer · b. 1966
Days alive
0
Valdemar Langlet🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish Righteous Among the Nations, publisher and Esperantist (1872-1960) · 1872–1960
Days lived
32,079
Walther Bierkamp🇩🇪
deceasedSS officer and lawyer (1901–1945) · 1901–1945
Days lived
15,855
Wes Studi
Actor · b. 1947
Days alive
6,940
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Wilhelm Castelli🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1901-1984) · 1901–1984
Days lived
30,114
Died on This Day
Bernardus Johannes Alfrink
deceasedDutch cardinal (1900-1987) · 1900–1987
Days lived
31,941
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Clemens von Delbrück🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1856-1921) · 1856–1921
Days lived
24,073
Dorothy L. Sayers🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer (1893-1957) · 1893–1957
Days lived
23,562
Einar Billing🇸🇪
deceasedBishop of Västerås (1871-1939) · 1871–1939
Days lived
24,908
Ferdinand Kriwet🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1942–2018
Days lived
27,895
Frank Pastore🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1957–2012
Days lived
20,207
Gerhard Küntscher🇩🇪
deceasedGerman surgeon (1900–1972) · 1900–1972
Days lived
26,648
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Günther Anders🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1902–1992
Days lived
33,031
Gustav Tammann
deceasedchemist · 1861–1938
Days lived
28,314
Heinz Brücher🇦🇷
deceasedGerman SS officer and botanist (1915-1991) · 1915–1991
Days lived
28,096
Henry Heimlich🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1920–2016
Days lived
35,382
Kim Jong-il
deceasedpolitician · 1941–2011
Days lived
25,871
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Marguerite Yourcenar🇺🇸
deceasedFrench novelist and essayist (1903-1987) · 1903–1987
Days lived
30,873
Max Himmelheber🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1904–2000
Days lived
35,301
Paul Löwinger🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1904–1988
Days lived
30,718
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Penny Marshall🇺🇸
deceasedFilm director · 1943–2018
Days lived
27,457
Rob van Kreeveld🇳🇱
deceasedDutch pianist (1941–2023) · 1941–2023
Days lived
30,135
Sammy Baugh🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1914–2008
Days lived
34,609
Thubten Gyatso
deceased13th Dalai Lama of Tibet (1876-1933) · 1876–1933
Days lived
21,127
Zofia Nałkowska🇵🇱
deceasedPolish prose writer, journalist & dramatist (1884-1954) · 1884–1954
Days lived
25,603
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
41,622
Oskar Hergt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1869–1967) · 1869–1967
Days lived
35,627
Annette Kolb🇫🇷
deceasedGerman writer (1870-1967) · 1870–1967
Days lived
35,731
Gertrude W. Hoffmann🇩🇪
deceasedcharacter actress (1871-1968) · 1871–1968
Days lived
35,335
Camille Huysmans🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1871–1968
Days lived
35,338
Bertrand Russell🇬🇧
deceasedYouTube personality · 1872–1970
Days lived
35,688
Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1873–1969
Days lived
34,997
Arthur W. Kopp🇺🇸
deceasedU.S. Representative (1874-1967) · 1874–1967
Days lived
34,061
Eugen Fischer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1874-1967) · 1874–1967
Days lived
33,971
Charles Foulkes🇬🇧
deceasedBritish general and field hockey player (1875–1969) · 1875–1969
Days lived
34,427
Henry Hallett Dale🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish pharmacologist, Nobel laureate · 1875–1968
Days lived
34,012
Konrad Adenauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU · 1876–1967
Days lived
33,341
Charles Mayser🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican sports coach (1876-1967) · 1876–1967
Days lived
33,277
Gertrud von Le Fort🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1876–1971
Days lived
34,718
Natalie Clifford Barney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972) · 1876–1972
Days lived
34,791
Edward Roberts
deceasedBritish priest · 1877–1968
Days lived
33,236
Rudolph Dirks🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1877–1968
Days lived
33,290
Carl Sandburg
deceasedpoet · 1878–1967
Days lived
32,703
Richard Meinertzhagen🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1878–1967
Days lived
32,612
Lillian Moller Gilbreth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972
Days lived
34,190
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Harriet🇦🇺
deceasedGalápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
49,293
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Lin Wang🇹🇼
deceasedAsian elephant · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,467
Sergeant Reckless🇺🇸
deceasedMongolian mare · 1948–1968
Days lived
7,438
Ham🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1957–1983
Days lived
9,333
Shamu🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1962–1971
Days lived
3,521
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,466
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,163
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
46,736
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,178
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,144
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
35,778
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,222
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
31,874
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,673
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,187
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,205
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
36,874
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,226
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
12,769
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
10,679
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,656
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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