On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
November 23 1967
Born on This Day
Anatoly Lunacharsky
deceasedactor · 1875–1933
Days lived
21,217
Andreas Schmidt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and director (1963-2017) · 1963–2017
Days lived
19,668
Anselmo Sacasas🇨🇺
deceasedCuban bandleader · 1912–1998
Days lived
31,106
Bobby Rush🇺🇸
American politician · b. 1946
Days alive
7,670
Bruno Visintin🇮🇹
deceasedboxer (1932–2015) · 1932–2015
Days lived
29,999
Chris Hardwick🇺🇸
American stand-up comedian, actor, television host, writer, producer, podcaster, and musician · b. 1971
Christoph Bechmann🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1971
Darina Laščiaková🇸🇰
Slovak singer · b. 1931
Days alive
13,149
Denis Sassou-Nguesso
politician · b. 1943
Days alive
8,766
Doug Morris🇺🇸
American record executive (born 1938) · b. 1938
Days alive
10,592
Eberhard Feik🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1943-1994) · 1943–1994
Days lived
18,592
Esther Maliepaard
Dutch baseball player · b. 1986
Frank Giering🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1971-2010) · 1971–2010
Days lived
14,092
Frode Kjekstad🇳🇴
jazz guitarist · b. 1974
Guy Victor Molinari🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1928–2018
Days lived
32,751
Harpo Marx🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican comedian · 1888–1964
Days lived
27,702
Herbert Achternbusch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer, painter and filmmaker (1938–2022) · 1938–2022
Days lived
30,364
Hjalmar Branting
deceasedNotable Trials · 1860–1925
Days lived
23,468
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Itzik Feffer
deceasedSoviet Yiddish poet (1900-1952) · 1900–1952
Days lived
18,890
Jiří Stivín🇨🇿
Czech flautist, composer, jazz musician, multi-instrumentalist, educator and saxophonist · b. 1942
Days alive
9,131
John Rabe🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1882–1950
Days lived
24,514
Karl Gebhardt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and convicted war criminal (1897–1948) · 1897–1948
Days lived
18,453
Karl Mildenberger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman boxer (1937–2018) · 1937–2018
Days lived
29,535
Karsten Müller🇩🇪
Chess grandmaster, author · b. 1970
Kea Bouman
deceasedDutch tennis player (1903–1998) · 1903–1998
Days lived
34,693
Ken Kavanaugh🇺🇸
deceasedCHOF player, NFL '40s All-Decade Team (1916-2007) · 1916–2007
Days lived
32,935
Leo Anton Karl de Ball
deceasedGerman astronomer (1853–1916) · 1853–1916
Days lived
23,029
Lucas Grabeel🇺🇸
singer · b. 1984
Ludwig Rellstab🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1904-1983) · 1904–1983
Days lived
28,572
Mary Landrieu🇺🇸
politician · b. 1955
Days alive
4,383
Miguel de Icaza🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1972
Miley Cyrus
Music · b. 1992
Mohamed Suleiman🇶🇦
Athletics competitor · b. 1969
Nicolás Maduro🇻🇪
President of Venezuela · b. 1962
Days alive
1,826
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Paul Celan🇦🇹
deceasedFrench-Romanian poet and translator (1920–1970) · 1920–1970
Days lived
18,045
Poornitha🇮🇳
actor · b. 1990
Rachel Fuller Brown🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist (1898–1980) · 1898–1980
Days lived
29,636
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Regev Fanan🇮🇱
Israeli basketball player · b. 1981
Władysław Pobóg-Malinowski
deceasedPolish historian (1899–1962) · 1899–1962
Days lived
23,008
Died on This Day
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Alfonso Montemayor🇲🇽
deceasedMexican footballer (1922-2012) · 1922–2012
Days lived
33,082
André Malraux🇫🇷
deceasedPolitician · 1901–1976
Days lived
27,414
Andrew Sachs🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actor (1930–2016) · 1930–2016
Days lived
31,642
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Chun Doo-hwan🇰🇷
deceased11th and 12th President of the Republic of Korea (1931~2021) · 1931–2021
Days lived
33,182
Clarissa Allen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican author and educator (1859-1941) · 1859–1941
Days lived
30,003
Dorothy Cheney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1916-2014) · 1916–2014
Days lived
35,877
Ernst Gaupp🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anatomist (1865–1916) · 1865–1916
Days lived
18,760
Heinrich Triepel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman jurist (1868–1946) · 1868–1946
Days lived
28,773
Heinz Oberhummer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian physicist (1941–2015) · 1941–2015
Days lived
27,216
Joe Kennedy🇺🇸
deceasedprofessional baseball player (1979–2007) · 1979–2007
Days lived
10,410
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Klaus Kinski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1926–1991) · 1926–1991
Days lived
23,777
Larry Hagman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1931–2012) · 1931–2012
Days lived
29,649
Louis Malle🇫🇷
deceasedFrench film director, screenwriter, and producer (1932-1995) · 1932–1995
Days lived
23,034
Lucy Weston Pickett🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist (1904-1997) · 1904–1997
Days lived
34,277
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Miguel Pro🇲🇽
deceasedMexican Jesuit priest and martyr (1891–1927) · 1891–1927
Days lived
13,462
Nicolas Roeg🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish film director and cinematographer (1928–2018) · 1928–2018
Days lived
32,972
Patrick Jansen🇮🇳
deceasedIndian field hockey player (1920–2003) · 1920–2003
Days lived
30,294
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria🇪🇸
deceasedmilitary person · 1859–1949
Days lived
32,904
Roald Dahl🇳🇴
deceasedBritish writer and poet (1916–1990) · 1916–1990
Days lived
27,099
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Udo Kier🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1944–2025) · 1944–2025
Days lived
29,625
Zhang Yang🇨🇳
deceasedChinese general of the People's Liberation Army (1951-2017) · 1951–2017
Days lived
24,221
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
41,963
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
49,634
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
47,807
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,504
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,077
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,519
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,485
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,119
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,563
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,215
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,014
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,528
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,546
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,215
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,567
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,110
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,020
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,997
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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