On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 27 1967
Born on This Day
Abderrahim Tounsi🇲🇦
deceasedMoroccan actor and stage actor · 1936–2023
Days lived
31,417
Adil Rami🇫🇷
football player · b. 1985
Andre Tippett🇺🇸
All-American college football player, professional football player, linebacker · b. 1959
Days alive
2,922
Aram Bartholl🇩🇪
artist · b. 1972
Bill Goldberg🇺🇸
American professional wrestler, kickboxer, actor, and football player (born 1966) · b. 1966
Days alive
365
Bob Hubbard🇺🇸
deceasedformer American professional basketball player (1922–2011) · 1922–2011
Days lived
32,385
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Dahntay Jones🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1980
Elsie Altmann-Loos🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actor and autobiographer (1899-1984) · 1899–1984
Days lived
30,824
Fenwick Henri Watkins🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican athlete and coach · 1887–1943
Days lived
20,312
Florence Ekpo-Umoh🇩🇪
Nigerian-German sprinter · b. 1977
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Fumiko Orikasa🇯🇵
singer · b. 1974
Georg Groscurth
deceasedGerman physician (1904-1944) · 1904–1944
Days lived
14,377
Gérard Depardieu
Notable Trials · b. 1948
Days alive
6,939
Gert Smal🇿🇦
South African rugby union footballer and coach · b. 1961
Days alive
2,191
Gregory B. Waldis🇺🇸
Swiss actor · b. 1967
Days alive
0
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Guido Westerwelle🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1961–2016
Days lived
19,805
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Hayley Williams🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1988
Horst Kummeth🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1956
Days alive
4,017
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Janet Street-Porter🇬🇧
Journalist · b. 1946
Days alive
7,670
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Jean Bartik🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican ENIAC computer programmer (1924–2011) · 1924–2011
Days lived
31,497
Jes Staley🇺🇸
Former Banking CEO · b. 1956
Days alive
4,017
Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1991
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Jørgen Mathisen🇳🇴
Jazz saxophonist · b. 1984
Juan Luis Sanfuentes🇨🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1858–1930
Days lived
26,133
Karl Dröse🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player · 1913–1996
Days lived
30,214
Karl-Heinz Vorsatz🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1927–1992
Days lived
23,642
Kristina Pimenova🇷🇺
Model and Actress · b. 2005
Léon Delacroix🇧🇪
deceasedBelgian prime minister (1867-1929) · 1867–1929
Days lived
22,572
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Maaya Uchida🇯🇵
actor · b. 1989
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Marlene Dietrich🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1901–1992
Days lived
33,003
Masi Oka
Actor · b. 1974
Matthew Goniwe🇿🇦
deceasedHuman rights defender · 1947–1985
Days lived
13,697
Nina Moghaddam🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1980
Paul Leroy🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter (1860-1942) · 1860–1942
Days lived
29,754
Richard Borrmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect and archaeologist (1852–1931) · 1852–1931
Days lived
28,577
Sabine Heinrich🇩🇪
German broadcaster · b. 1976
Salman Khan
film actor · b. 1965
Days alive
730
Sam Hinds
5th Prime Minister of Guyana · b. 1943
Days alive
8,766
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Sebastian Haffner🇬🇧
deceasedGerman journalist and author (1907–1999) · 1907–1999
Days lived
33,244
Sergei Schilkin🇷🇺
deceasedGerman entrepreneur (1915–2007) · 1915–2007
Days lived
33,441
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce🇯🇲
Jamaican track and field sprinter · b. 1986
Thea von Harbou
deceasedwriter · 1888–1954
Days lived
23,926
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Timothée Chalamet
Actor · b. 1995
Uladzimir Karoĺ
deceasedBelarusian and soviet architect (1912—1980) · 1912–1980
Days lived
24,624
Walter Kolm-Veltée🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1910–1999
Days lived
32,213
Died on This Day
Andreas Behm🇩🇪
deceasedGerman weightlifter (1962–2021) · 1962–2021
Days lived
21,579
Arvid Järnefelt🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish jurist and writer (1861–1932) · 1861–1932
Days lived
25,973
Benazir Bhutto🇵🇰
deceasedNotable Trials · 1953–2007
Days lived
19,912
Carrie Fisher🇺🇸
deceasedFilm actor · 1956–2016
Days lived
21,982
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Clément Moreau🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1903–1988
Days lived
31,323
Edmund Clifton Stoner🇬🇧
deceasedscientist · 1899–1968
Days lived
25,288
F.C. Krarup
deceasedDanish theologian · 1852–1931
Days lived
29,124
Francesco Fuschini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest and writer · 1914–2006
Days lived
33,779
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George Roy Hill🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director (1921–2002) · 1921–2002
Days lived
29,592
Hafizullah Amin
deceasedAfghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher (1929–1979) · 1929–1979
Days lived
18,410
Hans von Seeckt🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1866–1936
Days lived
25,816
Henk Bouwman🇳🇱
deceasedfield hockey player (1926-1995) · 1926–1995
Days lived
25,382
Hermann Häfker🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1873–1939
Days lived
24,312
Hervé Guibert🇫🇷
deceasedFrench writer, photographer and journalist (1955-1991) · 1955–1991
Days lived
13,162
Hugo Süchting
deceasedGerman chess player (1874-1916) · 1874–1916
Days lived
15,420
Jeffrey R. Holland🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican educator and religious leader (1940–2025) · 1940–2025
Days lived
31,070
Julius Schaub🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (NSDAP), MdR, Adolf Hitler's long-time personal chief adjutant (1898–1967) · 1898–1967
Days lived
25,330
Léon Bakst🇫🇷
deceasedRussian artist (1866–1924) · 1866–1924
Days lived
21,506
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Mary Engle Pennington🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (1872-1952) · 1872–1952
Days lived
29,299
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Nils Nilsson Skum🇸🇪
deceasedSaami artist (1872–1951) · 1872–1951
Days lived
29,111
Osip Mandelstam🇵🇱
deceasedRussian poet and essayist (1891-1938) · 1891–1938
Days lived
17,513
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Richard Semon🇩🇪
deceasedGerman zoologist (1859-1918) · 1859–1918
Days lived
21,676
Richard Waldemar🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actor (1869–1946) · 1869–1946
Days lived
28,361
Sára Salkaházi🇸🇰
deceasedHungarian Roman Catholic religious sister (1899-1944) · 1899–1944
Days lived
16,666
Tomaž Šalamun🇸🇮
deceasedwriter · 1941–2014
Days lived
26,839
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
41,997
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
49,668
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
47,841
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,538
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,111
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,553
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,519
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,153
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,597
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,249
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,048
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,562
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,580
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,249
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,601
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,144
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,054
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,031
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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