On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 13 1967
Born on This Day
Amy Lee🇺🇸
singer · b. 1981
Aneury Rodríguez🇩🇴
Dominican Republic baseball player · b. 1987
Antonio Castillo🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish costume designer (1908-1984) · 1908–1984
Days lived
27,545
Buks Marais🇿🇦
deceasedSouth African rugby union footballer (1927-1996) · 1927–1996
Days lived
25,202
Christian Rainer🇦🇹
Austrian journalist · b. 1961
Days alive
2,191
Christoph Brüx🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1965
Days alive
730
Christopher Plummer
deceasedtelevision actor · 1929–2021
Days lived
33,292
Curd Jürgens🇦🇹
deceasedGerman actor (1915–1982) · 1915–1982
Days lived
24,294
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David Safier🇩🇪
German writer · b. 1966
Days alive
365
Dick Van Dyke🇺🇸
American actor and comedian (born 1925) · b. 1925
Days alive
15,340
Felicia Oh🇺🇸
American martial artist · b. 1967
Days alive
0
Gary Zimmerman🇺🇸
American football offensive tackle · b. 1961
Days alive
2,191
Gertraud Jesserer🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1943–2021
Days lived
28,486
Günter Leifheit🇩🇪
deceasedGerman entrepreneur · 1920–2009
Days lived
32,343
Hans-Joachim Marseille
deceasedmilitary person · 1919–1942
Days lived
8,327
Heino🇩🇪
singer · b. 1938
Days alive
10,592
Hide🇯🇵
deceasedsinger · 1964–1998
Days lived
12,193
James Kyson🇺🇸
South Korean and American actor · b. 1975
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Jamie Foxx
Oscar Winners · b. 1967
Days alive
0
Joel Greenblatt🇺🇸
Investor & Author · b. 1957
Days alive
3,652
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Jure Zdovc🇸🇮
basketball player · b. 1966
Days alive
365
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Jutta Lampe🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1937-2020) · 1937–2020
Days lived
30,306
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Jutta Wachowiak🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1940
Days alive
9,861
Kristiane Backer🇩🇪
German television journalist · b. 1965
Days alive
730
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Leanne Wood🇬🇧
politician · b. 1971
Lin Jaldati🇳🇱
deceasedDutch-German singer and actor (1912-1988) · 1912–1988
Days lived
27,655
Lou Adler🇺🇸
Record producer · b. 1933
Days alive
12,418
M. H. J. Schoenmaekers🇳🇱
deceasedDutch mathematician (1875–1944) · 1875–1944
Days lived
25,207
Mykola Khvylovyi
deceasedwriter · 1893–1933
Days lived
14,395
Paul Maar🇩🇪
German novelist, playwrite, translator and illustrator · b. 1937
Days alive
10,957
Robert Gernhardt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1937-2006) · 1937–2006
Days lived
25,036
Steve Buscemi🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1957
Days alive
3,652
Taylor SwiftAmerican
Singer-songwriter · b. 1989
Tom DeLonge🇺🇸
actor · b. 1975
Ulf G. Lindén🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish businessman (1937-2009) · 1937–2009
Days lived
25,954
Veli Paloheimo🇫🇮
Finnish tennis player · b. 1967
Days alive
0
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Wayne Shelford🇳🇿
New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach · b. 1957
Days alive
3,652
Died on This Day
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Alan Thicke🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian actor, songwriter, and television host (1947–2016) · 1947–2016
Days lived
25,490
Alois Wünsche-Mitterecker🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian painter and sculptor (1903-1975) · 1903–1975
Days lived
26,313
Fritz Pregl🇦🇹
deceasedSlovene-Austrian Nobel prize laureate and scientist (1869-1930) · 1869–1930
Days lived
22,380
Gerd Baltus🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1932–2019
Days lived
32,035
Gotthard Heinrici🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1886–1971
Days lived
31,033
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia🇷🇺
deceasedartist · 1890–1958
Days lived
25,075
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Héctor Méndez🇦🇷
deceasedboxer · 1897–1977
Days lived
29,353
Heinrich Maria Davringhausen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman painter (1894-1970) · 1894–1970
Days lived
27,811
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Horst Tappert🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1923–2008) · 1923–2008
Days lived
31,248
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Innokenty Annensky
deceasedphilosopher · 1855–1909
Days lived
19,826
Josef Keil🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian historian, epigrapher and archaeologist (1878–1963) · 1878–1963
Days lived
31,106
Julius Gehl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1869-1945) · 1869–1945
Days lived
27,920
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Kim Simmonds🇬🇧
deceasedBritish rock musician (1947–2022) · 1947–2022
Days lived
27,401
Pál Funk🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian photographer (1894–1974) · 1894–1974
Days lived
29,535
Park Tae-joon🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean politician, army general and businessperson (1927-2011) · 1927–2011
Days lived
30,756
Sakari Salo🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish tennis player (1919–2011) · 1919–2011
Days lived
33,595
Tatyana Ivanova🇷🇺
deceasedRussian philologist (1917-2011) · 1917–2011
Days lived
34,345
Vitaly Daraselia
deceasedathlete · 1957–1982
Days lived
9,469
Vladas Jakubėnas🇱🇹
deceasedjournalist · 1904–1976
Days lived
26,510
Wassily Kandinsky🇫🇷
deceasedavant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866–1944) · 1866–1944
Days lived
28,498
Wolfgang Glück🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian filmmaker (1929–2023) · 1929–2023
Days lived
34,412
Woolly Wolstenholme🇬🇧
deceasedBritish musician (1947–2010) · 1947–2010
Days lived
23,253
Zal Yanovsky🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1944–2002
Days lived
21,178
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
41,983
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
Paul Hausser🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,677
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
49,654
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
47,827
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,524
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,097
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,539
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,505
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,139
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,583
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,235
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,034
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,548
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,566
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,235
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,587
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,130
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,040
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,017
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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