On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 27 1967
Born on This Day
Andrew Bynum🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1987
Anuradha Paudwal🇮🇳
Indian playback singer · b. 1952
Days alive
5,478
Brady Quinn🇺🇸
American football quarterback · b. 1984
Carlos Andrés Pérez
deceasedNotable Trials · 1922–2010
Days lived
32,201
Christian Brückner🇩🇪
actor · b. 1943
Days alive
8,766
Crystal Langhorne🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1986
Daniel Kolář🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1985
David Walton
Actor · b. 1978
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Dayot Upamecano
association football player · b. 1998
Edda Moser🇩🇪
musician · b. 1938
Days alive
10,592
Fran Lebowitz🇺🇸
actor · b. 1950
Days alive
6,209
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Francis Fukuyama🇺🇸
American political scientist, political economist, and author · b. 1952
Days alive
5,478
Frederick Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede🇬🇧
British peer and Labour politician (born 1958) · b. 1958
Days alive
3,287
Fritz Sauckel
deceasedNotable Trials · 1894–1946
Days lived
18,981
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Gunter Demnig🇩🇪
artist · b. 1947
Days alive
7,305
Hugo Henrique Assis do Nascimento🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1980
Ingrid Fickler🇩🇪
German jurist · b. 1940
Days alive
9,861
Jack Cohn
deceasedActor · 1889–1956
Days lived
24,513
Jana Beller🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1990
Jara Rubin Doyne🇺🇸
American basketball player (1984-) · b. 1984
John Cleese🇬🇧
actor · b. 1939
Days alive
10,227
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John Gotti
deceasedNotable Trials · 1940–2002
Days lived
22,506
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Jürgen Hartmann🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1962
Days alive
1,826
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Kelly Osbourne🇬🇧
British singer and actress · b. 1984
Kelvin Jiménez🇩🇴
film director · b. 1980
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Kurt Zouma
Notable Trials · b. 1994
Lee Krasner🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1908–1984
Days lived
27,629
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva🇧🇷
Trade unionist · b. 1945
Days alive
8,035
Maxine Hong Kingston🇺🇸
writer · b. 1940
Days alive
9,861
Nanette Fabray🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1920–2018
Days lived
35,547
Nathalie Loriers🇧🇪
Belgian musician · b. 1966
Days alive
365
Peter Lustig🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1937–2016
Days lived
28,608
Roberto Benigni
Oscar Winners · b. 1952
Days alive
5,478
Rubén Tejada🇨🇱
baseball player · b. 1989
Rudolf Leonhard🇩🇪
deceasedpoet and German politician (1889-1953) · 1889–1953
Days lived
23,428
Simon Wolfson🇬🇧
British clothing retailer and philanthropist · b. 1967
Days alive
0
Stamen Grigorov
deceasedscientist · 1878–1945
Days lived
24,471
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Stephan El Shaarawy🇮🇹
football player · b. 1992
Sylvia Plath🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican poet and writer (1932–1963) · 1932–1963
Days lived
11,064
Theo Griep
deceasedwriter · 1916–2007
Days lived
33,072
Theodore Roosevelt🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1858–1919
Days lived
21,985
Zab Judah🇺🇸
American boxer · b. 1977
Died on This Day
Aleksandr Anatolʹevich Ilʹin🇷🇺
deceasedRussian scientist (1952-2019) · 1952–2019
Days lived
24,623
Charles Hawtrey🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish film actor (1914-1988) · 1914–1988
Days lived
26,995
Ernest Drezen🇱🇻
deceasedwriter · 1892–1937
Days lived
16,417
Ferdinand Sigg🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss bishop (1902-1965) · 1902–1965
Days lived
23,230
Hans Werner Henze🇩🇪
deceasedGerman composer (1926–2012) · 1926–2012
Days lived
31,530
Heinz Krügel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer-manager (1921-2008) · 1921–2008
Days lived
31,963
Henrik Ripszám🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian orienteer · 1864–1939
Days lived
27,621
Joe Niekro🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1944–2006
Days lived
22,634
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Li Keqiang🇨🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1955–2023
Days lived
24,953
Lou Reed
deceasedsinger · 1942–2013
Days lived
26,172
Luigi Magni🇮🇹
deceasedItalian screenwriter and film director (1928–2013) · 1928–2013
Days lived
31,266
Miyu Matsuki🇯🇵
deceasedsinger · 1977–2015
Days lived
13,922
Moritz von Leonhardi🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1856-1910) · 1856–1910
Days lived
19,954
Rudolf Dassler🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1898–1974
Days lived
27,973
Stamen Grigorov
deceasedscientist · 1878–1945
Days lived
24,471
Terry Callier🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1945–2012
Days lived
24,628
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Theodor Steltzer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1885-1967) · 1885–1967
Days lived
29,898
Tola Mankiewiczówna🇵🇱
deceasedPolish singer and actress (1900–1985) · 1900–1985
Days lived
31,218
Waltraud Nowarra🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1940–2007) · 1940–2007
Days lived
24,453
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Willi Bredel🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1901–1964
Days lived
23,189
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
41,936
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
49,607
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
47,780
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,477
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,050
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,492
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,458
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,092
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,536
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,188
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,987
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,501
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,519
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,188
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,540
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,083
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
10,993
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,970
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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