On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 15 1967
Born on This Day

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam🇮🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1931–2015
Days lived
30,601

Álex Fernández🇪🇸
Spanish footballer who plays for Real Madrid Castilla as a midfielder · b. 1992
Alfred Neumann🇺🇸
deceasedGerman writer (1895-1952) · 1895–1952
Days lived
20,807

Alice Greene🇬🇧
deceasedBritish tennis player (1879–1956) · 1879–1956
Days lived
28,135

Arron Afflalo🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1985

Benjamin Trinks🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1990

Chauncey Kirby🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian ice hockey player · 1871–1950
Days lived
28,862

Chris de Burgh🇮🇪
singer-songwriter · b. 1948
Days alive
6,939
Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark
student · b. 2005
Eugen Nosko🇩🇪
German photographer and journalist · b. 1938
Days alive
10,592
Ewa Błaszczyk🇵🇱
Polish actress · b. 1955
Days alive
4,383
Fouad Abiad🇨🇦
athlete · b. 1978

Fred Hoiberg🇺🇸
American basketball player and coach · b. 1972

Freddy Cole🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz singer and pianist · 1931–2020
Days lived
32,398

Freddy Numberi🇮🇩
Indonesian politician · b. 1947
Days alive
7,305

Hani Al-Dhabit
football player · b. 1979
Harry Frank🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1896–1947
Days lived
18,684

Henri Verneuil🇫🇷
deceasedFrench-Armenian playwright and filmmaker (1920-2002) · 1920–2002
Days lived
29,673
Hoimar von Ditfurth🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and journalist (1921–1989) · 1921–1989
Days lived
24,854

Italo Calvino🇮🇹
deceasedItalian journalist and writer (1923-1985) · 1923–1985
Days lived
22,620
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Jeffrey Hayden🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision director · 1926–2016
Days lived
32,943

Jesse Levine🇨🇦
American-Canadian tennis player · b. 1987
Jessica Rey🇺🇸
American actress and designer · b. 1982
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Jessie Ware🇬🇧
British singer · b. 1984

Jim Palmer🇺🇸
film director · b. 1945
Days alive
8,035
John Chapman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1899-1953) · 1899–1953
Days lived
19,742
Karl Weinbrenner🇨🇿
deceasedAustrian architect (1856–1942) · 1856–1942
Days lived
31,123

Ken Griffin🇺🇸
Hedge Fund Manager & Investor · b. 1968

Keyshia Cole
singer · b. 1981
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Kiko Mizuhara🇯🇵
American-Japanese actress, singer and model · b. 1990

Kim Ju-song🇰🇵
North Korean footballer · b. 1993
Kwon Oh-hyun🇰🇷
South Korean entrepreneur · b. 1952
Days alive
5,478
Ladislav Heller
deceasedathlete · 1938–1970
Days lived
11,432

Lauren Betts🇺🇸
Basketball player · b. 2003

Lee Dong-hae🇰🇷
singer-songwriter · b. 1986
Maels Rodríguez🇨🇺
film director · b. 1979
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Mendy López🇩🇴
film director · b. 1974

Michel Foucault🇫🇷
deceasedphilosopher · 1926–1984
Days lived
21,073
Michél Mazingu-Dinzey🇩🇪
Democratic Republic of the Congo footballer · b. 1972
Mickey Baker🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz and rock guitarist (1925–2012) · 1925–2012
Days lived
31,820
Narayan Gangaram Surve🇮🇳
deceasedMarathi poet from Maharashtra, India · 1926–2010
Days lived
30,621

Néstor Camacho🇵🇾
football player · b. 1987
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Nikodim
deceasedRussian archbishop · 1929–1978
Days lived
17,857
Patrick Muldoon🌍
Basketball player · b. 1996
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Penny Marshall🇺🇸
deceasedFilm director · 1943–2018
Days lived
27,457

Robert Nivelle🇫🇷
deceasedmilitary person · 1856–1924
Days lived
24,629

Roscoe Tanner🇺🇸
US tennis player · b. 1951
Days alive
5,844

Sali Berisha
Albanian politician · b. 1944
Days alive
8,400
Troy Elder🇦🇺
Australian field hockey player · b. 1977

Tursunbek Chyngyshev
Kyrgyz politician; Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, 1992-1993 · b. 1942
Days alive
9,131

Vittorio De Seta🇮🇹
deceasedItalian cinema director and screenwriter (1923–2011) · 1923–2011
Days lived
32,186
Vitus B. Dröscher🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television presenter, author and zoologist (1925–2010) · 1925–2010
Days lived
31,071
Walther Amelung🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1865–1927) · 1865–1927
Days lived
22,611

Wang Shengjun🇨🇳
Chinese politician · b. 1946
Days alive
7,670

Yoon Jong-shin🇰🇷
singer · b. 1969
Died on This Day
Arthur Zborzil🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian tennis player (1885-1937) · 1885–1937
Days lived
19,084
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Eddie Blay🇬🇭
deceasedGhanaian boxer (1937–2006) · 1937–2006
Days lived
25,177

Felice Rix-Ueno🇦🇹
deceasedartist · 1893–1967
Days lived
27,163

Gerd Ruge🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1928–2021) · 1928–2021
Days lived
34,035
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Hans Riegel🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1923–2013
Days lived
33,092

Hermann Göring
deceasedNotable Trials · 1893–1946
Days lived
19,633
Johann Wilhelm Ernst Sommer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Methodist missionary (1881–1952) · 1881–1952
Days lived
26,130

Jürgen Dueball🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1945-2002) · 1945–2002
Days lived
21,019

Karl Friedrich Küstner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1856–1936) · 1856–1936
Days lived
29,507

Konrad Emil Bloch🇺🇸
deceasedGerman American biochemist (1912–2000) · 1912–2000
Days lived
32,410

Léon Delacroix🇧🇪
deceasedBelgian prime minister (1867-1929) · 1867–1929
Days lived
22,572

Lluís Companys🇪🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1882–1940
Days lived
21,300

Mata Hari
deceasedNotable Trials · 1876–1917
Days lived
15,043

Nitobe Inazō🇯🇵
deceasedwriter · 1862–1933
Days lived
25,976
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Norodom Sihanouk🇰🇭
deceasedCambodian monarch and politician (1922–2012) · 1922–2012
Days lived
32,857
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Paul Allen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018) · 1953–2018
Days lived
24,008

Paul Scheerbart🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1863–1915
Days lived
19,272

Pierre Laval
deceasedNotable Trials · 1883–1945
Days lived
22,754
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Raila A Odinga🇰🇪
deceasedPrime Minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013 · 1945–2025
Days lived
29,501

Richard Riehle🇺🇸
deceasedStage actor · 1948–2026
Days lived
28,645
Song Soon-chun🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean boxer (1934-2019) · 1934–2019
Days lived
31,319

Zhang Xueliang
deceasedpolitician · 1901–2001
Days lived
36,659
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
41,924

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
49,595
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
47,768
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,465
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,038
HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,480
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,446
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,080
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,524
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,176
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,975
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,489
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,507
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,176
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,528
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,071
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
10,981
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,958
Already Released
Films already out by this date.