On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 26 1967
Born on This Day
Arnd Neuhaus🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1967
Days alive
0
Arthur Kreuzer🇩🇪
German judge · b. 1938
Days alive
10,592
Berthold Beitz🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1913–2013
Days lived
36,467
Birger Gerhardsson🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish theologian (1926–2013) · 1926–2013
Days lived
31,867
Bryan Ferry🇬🇧
British singer (born 1945) · b. 1945
Days alive
8,035
Callan Pinckney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican fitness professional (1939-2012) · 1939–2012
Days lived
26,455
Christina Milian
actor · b. 1981
Collien Fernandes🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1981
Daniel McCutchen🇺🇸
film director · b. 1982
David Gurgenidze
athlete · b. 1953
Days alive
5,113
Edmund Kiss
deceasedGerman writer, architect and pseudoarchaeologist (1886–1960) · 1886–1960
Days lived
26,759
Eman Esfandi🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1997
Emilio Navarro🇺🇸
deceasedPuerto Rican baseball player (1905-2011) · 1905–2011
Days lived
38,567
Ernst Gräfenberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman gynaecologist and medical researcher (1881–1957) · 1881–1957
Days lived
27,790
Frank Guinta🇺🇸
American politician · b. 1970
František Raboň🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1983
George Gershwin🇺🇸
deceasedComposer · 1898–1937
Days lived
14,167
Gerhard Bersu🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1889–1964) · 1889–1964
Days lived
27,447
Giovanni Semeria
deceasedItalian writer, priest (1867–1931) · 1867–1931
Days lived
23,180
Greg Hywood🇦🇺
CEO of Fairfax Media · b. 1954
Days alive
4,748
Hans-Jürgen Heinrichs🇩🇪
German anthropologist and writer · b. 1945
Days alive
8,035
Hedwig Schlichter🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actress (1898-1984) · 1898–1984
Days lived
31,232
Henning Enoksen
deceasedDanish footballer and coach (1935-2016) · 1935–2016
Days lived
29,585
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Idrissa Gueye (toti)🇸🇳
Senegalese association football player · b. 1989
Jack Culcay-Keth🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1985
Jared Newson🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1984
Johnny Somali🇺🇸
Kick streamer · b. 2000
Karl Heinz Bohrer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman literary scholar (1932–2021) · 1932–2021
Days lived
32,454
Karl Rappan🇦🇹
deceasedfootballer (1905-1996) · 1905–1995
Days lived
32,968
Kelvin Bryant🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1960
Days alive
2,556
Kieran Gibbs🇬🇧
football player · b. 1989
Klaus Augenthaler🇩🇪
German football player and manager · b. 1957
Days alive
3,652
Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord
deceasedmilitary person · 1878–1943
Days lived
23,585
Lev Gutman🇩🇪
German chess player (born 1945) · b. 1945
Days alive
8,035
Lewis Hine🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican sociologist and photographer (1874–1940) · 1874–1940
Days lived
24,144
Lynn Anderson🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1947–2015
Days lived
24,779
Marlon Fluonia
Dutch baseball player · b. 1964
Days alive
1,095
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Martin Heidegger🇩🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1889–1976
Days lived
31,653
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Martin Keller🇩🇪
German sprinter · b. 1986
Michael Ballack🇩🇪
football player · b. 1976
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Olivia Newton-John🇬🇧
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1948–2022
Days lived
26,979
Oskar Dirlewanger
deceasedNotable Trials · 1895–1945
Days lived
18,151
Otto Juliusburger🇺🇸
deceasedGerman psychiatrist (1867–1952) · 1867–1952
Days lived
30,935
Peter Turrini🇦🇹
Austrian playwright · b. 1944
Days alive
8,400
Petro Poroshenko
businessperson · b. 1965
Days alive
730
Robert van der Veen🇨🇳
deceasedfield hockey player (1906-1996) · 1906–1996
Days lived
32,681
Serena Williams🇺🇸
actor · b. 1981
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T. S. Eliot🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1888–1965
Days lived
27,858
Thore Schölermann🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1984
Tomáš Mičola🇨🇿
Czech soccer player · b. 1988
Vadim Glowna🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1941-2012) · 1941–2012
Days lived
25,687
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
deceasedNotable Trials · 1936–2018
Days lived
29,773
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Zlatko Junuzović🇦🇹
football player · b. 1987
Died on This Day
August Macke
deceasedGerman painter of the expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (1887–1914) · 1887–1914
Days lived
10,127
Béla Bartók🇭🇺
deceasedmusician · 1881–1945
Days lived
23,560
Bessie Smith🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1894–1937
Days lived
15,869
Edward Henderson
deceasedBritish priest · 1873–1947
Days lived
27,295
Franz Böhm🇩🇪
deceasedGerman economist (1895-1977) · 1895–1977
Days lived
30,172
George Santayana🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish-American philosopher · 1863–1952
Days lived
32,426
Gwendolyn von Ambesser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress · 1949–2025
Days lived
27,873
Heinz Wöltje🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player (1902-1968) · 1902–1968
Days lived
24,372
Jacques Chirac🇫🇷
deceasedNotable Trials · 1932–2019
Days lived
31,712
Paul Newman🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision actor · 1925–2008
Days lived
30,559
Víctor Cruz🇩🇴
deceasedDominican Republic baseball player (1957–2004) · 1957–2004
Days lived
17,078
Walter Benjamin🇩🇪
deceasedYouTube personality · 1892–1940
Days lived
17,604
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
41,905
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
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
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
Lillian Moller Gilbreth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972
Days lived
34,190
E. M. Forster🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970
Days lived
33,394
Margarete Bieber🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978
Days lived
36,003
Adolf Strauss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Wehrmacht general (1879–1973) · 1879–1973
Days lived
34,163
Kenneth Edgeworth🇮🇪
deceasedIrish astronomer, economist and engineer (1880-1972) · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,829
Arthur Mallwitz🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
Helen Keller🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
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Emma P. Carr🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,404
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
49,576
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
47,749
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,446
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,019
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,461
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,427
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,061
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,505
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,157
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,956
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,470
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,488
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,157
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,509
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,052
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
10,962
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,939
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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