On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 15 1967
Born on This Day
A. P. Carter🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican country musician · 1891–1960
Days lived
25,164
Alana Haim🇺🇸
Musician · b. 1991
Ali Zeidan
politician · b. 1950
Days alive
6,209
Anton Stres🇸🇮
philosopher · b. 1942
Days alive
9,131
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Barbara Valentin🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actress (1940-2002) · 1940–2002
Days lived
22,349
Brooke Fraser🇳🇿
singer-songwriter · b. 1983
Camilla Luddington🇬🇧
Actress · b. 1983
Carl Gustaf Hellqvist🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish artist (1851-1890) · 1851–1890
Days lived
14,219
Chantal Petitclerc🇨🇦
athlete · b. 1969
Curt Haase
deceasedmilitary person · 1881–1943
Days lived
22,335
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David McBride🇦🇺
Lawyer · b. 1963
Days alive
1,461
Denis Scheck🇩🇪
German writer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,095
Eleanor Bone🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish wiccan (1911–2001) · 1910–2001
Days lived
33,153
Emily Head🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1988
Ernst Goldenbaum🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1898-1990) · 1898–1990
Days lived
33,325
Georg Brunner🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1897-1959) · 1897–1959
Days lived
22,615
Henri Becquerel🇫🇷
deceasedFrench physicist (1852–1908) · 1852–1908
Days lived
20,341
Jagna Marczułajtis🇵🇱
Polish snowboarder · b. 1978
Jamie Heaslip🇮🇪
Rugby union player from Ireland · b. 1983
Josef Hoffmann🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian architect and product designer (1870-1956) · 1870–1956
Days lived
31,189
Karl Wilhelm Rosenmund🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1884–1965
Days lived
29,274
L. L. Zamenhof🇵🇱
deceasedPolish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917) · 1859–1917
Days lived
20,939
Lois Bancroft Long🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1901–1974
Days lived
26,524
Nadija Hordijenko Andrianova🇺🇦
deceasedwriter · 1921–1998
Days lived
27,861
Nick Buoniconti🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1940-2019) · 1940–2019
Days lived
28,716
Niels Ryberg Finsen
deceasedscientist · 1860–1904
Days lived
15,988
Randy Parton🇺🇸
deceasedSinger-songwriter · 1953–2021
Days lived
24,509
Rodolfo Rombaldoni🇮🇹
Italian basketball player · b. 1976
Rolf Gerling🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1954
Days alive
4,748
Romilly Weeks🇬🇧
Journalist · b. 1972
Suvendu Adhikari🇮🇳
Politician · b. 1970
Theodor Busse🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1897–1986
Days lived
32,451
Thomas Herrion🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1981-2005) · 1981–2005
Days lived
8,649
Tim Conway🇺🇸
deceasedComedian · 1933–2019
Days lived
31,196
Uziel Gal🇩🇪
deceasedIsraeli firearm designer (1923-2002) · 1923–2002
Days lived
28,756
Walter Werzowa🇦🇹
musician · b. 1960
Days alive
2,556
Will Robson Emilio Andrade🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1973
William Orbit🇬🇧
deceasedRecord producer · 1956–2026
Days lived
25,422
Zlatan Ljubijankič🇸🇮
football player · b. 1983
Died on This Day
Bohdan Smoleń🇵🇱
deceasedPolish comedian (1947-2016) · 1947–2016
Days lived
25,392
Charles Laughton
deceasedOscar Winners · 1899–1962
Days lived
23,177
Christopher Hitchens🇺🇸
deceasedEnglish American author and journalist (1949–2011) · 1949–2011
Days lived
22,891
Constant Olivier🇫🇷
deceasedmodel · 1862–1919
Days lived
21,106
Dummy Hoy🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1862–1961
Days lived
36,365
Eugen Theodor Martin🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1925–2010
Days lived
31,033
Friedrich Jahn🇨🇭
deceasedentrepreneur · 1923–1998
Days lived
27,742
Girma Wolde-Giorgis🇪🇹
deceasedmilitary person · 1924–2018
Days lived
34,320
Joan Fontaine🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actress (1917–2013) · 1917–2013
Days lived
35,118
Karl Erckert🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1894–1955
Days lived
22,475
Leonid Andrussow🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1896–1988
Days lived
33,619
Paul Daimler🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1869–1945
Days lived
27,851
Romaine Fielding🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1867–1927) · 1867–1927
Days lived
22,121
Sam Jones🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican double bassist and cellist (1924-1981) · 1924–1981
Days lived
20,852
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel🇮🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1875–1950
Days lived
27,438
Walt Disney🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1901–1966
Days lived
23,751
Zakir Hussain🇮🇳
deceasedIndian tabla player, musical producer, film actor, and composer (1951–2024) · 1951–2024
Days lived
26,945
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
41,985
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
49,656
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
47,829
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,526
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,099
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,541
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,507
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,141
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,585
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,237
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,036
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,550
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,568
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,237
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,589
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,132
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,042
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,019
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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