On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 15 1968
Born on This Day
Adrian Burnside🇦🇺
film director · b. 1977
Alia Bhatt🇬🇧
Film actor · b. 1993
Andreas Rasmussen🇩🇰
deceasedDanish field hockey player (1893-1967) · 1893–1967
Days lived
27,007
Anton Ziegenaus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman priest and theologian · 1936–2024
Days lived
32,287
Bobby Bonds🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1946–2003
Days lived
20,980
Bodo Hell🇦🇹
Austrian writer · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
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Bret Michaels🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Caitríona Perry🌍
Television presenter · b. 1980
Chic Johnson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican comedian (1891–1962) · 1891–1962
Days lived
25,915
David Cronenberg🇨🇦
Canadian filmmaker (born 1943) · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
David Moores🇬🇧
deceasedBritish football executive (1946–2022) · 1946–2022
Days lived
27,888
Dorota Chotecka🇵🇱
Polish actress · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Eduard Glaser
deceasedAustrian archaeologist (1855–1908) · 1855–1908
Days lived
19,411
Emil von Behring
deceasedGerman physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin · 1854–1917
Days lived
23,026
Eva Longoria🇺🇸
American actress and producer (born 1975) · b. 1975
Franz Schuh🇦🇹
Austrian writer, literary critic and essayist · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Gabor Varga🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish aviator (1961-2006) · 1961–2006
Days lived
16,615
Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian anthropologist (1912–1994) · 1913–1994
Days lived
29,647
Hanns Joachim Friedrichs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1927-1995) · 1927–1995
Days lived
24,850
Hans Hirschmüller🇩🇪
Romanian German actor · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
Jakob Fugger🇩🇪
deceasedbanker · 1459–1526
Days lived
24,406
Joachim Kühn🇩🇪
German jazz pianist · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
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Joe Hahn🇺🇸
rapper · b. 1977
Jon Jay🇺🇸
American professional baseball player · b. 1985
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Joop Odenthal🇳🇱
deceasedfilm director · 1924–2005
Days lived
29,530
Joseph Schacht🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1902–1969
Days lived
24,611
Jürgen Ohlsen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1917–1994) · 1917–1994
Days lived
28,316
Karl-Otto Apel🇩🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1922–2017
Days lived
34,760
Karla Moreno🇳🇮
Olympic weightlifter · b. 1988
Kristian Kostov
singer · b. 2000
Lester Ellis🇦🇺
Australian boxer · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
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Levan Tediashvili
deceasedathlete · 1948–2024
Days lived
27,732
Lin Weining🇨🇳
Olympic weightlifter of China · b. 1979
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Lucrecia🇪🇸
singer · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad🇫🇷
French-Algerian track and field athlete · b. 1985
Maija Isola🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish textile designer for Marimekko (1927–2001) · 1927–2001
Days lived
27,017
Malú🇪🇸
singer · b. 1982
Marc Lammers
Dutch field hockey player · b. 1969
Mark Hoppus🇺🇸
singer · b. 1972
Max Bing🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and radio director (1885–1945) · 1885–1945
Days lived
21,878
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Nijel Amos
Botswana middle distance runner · b. 1994
Norm Van Brocklin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player, coach, executive (1926-1983) · 1926–1983
Days lived
20,867
Paul Pogba🇫🇷
French footballer (born 1993) · b. 1993
Percy Montgomery
South African rugby union footballer and coach · b. 1974
Philip Green🇬🇧
British businessman · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Ranganathan Francis🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player (1920-1975) · 1920–1975
Days lived
20,349
Robert Fick🇺🇸
American baseball player · b. 1974
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
deceasedjudge · 1933–2020
Days lived
31,964
Ry Cooder
guitarist · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Sly Stone🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1943–2025
Days lived
30,037
Tibor Czorba🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian artist (1906-1985) · 1906–1985
Days lived
29,029
Traute Foresti🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actress, stage actress and writer (1915-2015) · 1915–2015
Days lived
36,544
Urs Gasche🇨🇭
Swiss politician and lawyer · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Veronica Maggio🇸🇪
Swedish singer and songwriter · b. 1981
Vilmos Aba-Novák🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian artist (1894–1941) · 1894–1941
Days lived
17,364
will.i.am
rapper · b. 1975
Willy Puchner🇦🇹
Austrian photographer · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich🇰🇪
Kenyan long distance runner · b. 1982
Zarah Leander🇸🇪
deceasedsinger · 1907–1981
Days lived
27,129
Died on This Day
Alfred Gürtler🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian statistician, economist and politician (1875-1933) · 1875–1933
Days lived
20,955
Carlos Ramírez MacGregor🇻🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1903–1975
Days lived
26,310
Erwin C. Dietrich🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss filmmaker (1930-2018) · 1930–2018
Days lived
31,939
Giovanni Semeria
deceasedItalian writer, priest (1867–1931) · 1867–1931
Days lived
23,180
H. P. Lovecraft🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer and editor (1890–1937) · 1890–1937
Days lived
17,008
Konrad Hesse🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Jurisprudence scientist, from 1975 to 1987 Judge at Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (1919–2005) · 1919–2005
Days lived
31,457
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Lester Young🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz saxophonist (1909–1959) · 1909–1959
Days lived
18,097
Marty Marion🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1916–2011
Days lived
34,437
Max Jacoby🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1919–2009) · 1919–2009
Days lived
32,788
Miles Malleson🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish actor (1888–1969) · 1888–1969
Days lived
29,513
Nate Dogg🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1969–2011
Days lived
15,183
Nikolai Bukharin🇷🇺
deceasedRussian revolutionary and politician (1888–1938) · 1888–1938
Days lived
18,053
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Peter Bichsel🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer and journalist (1935–2025) · 1935–2025
Days lived
32,864
René Clair🇫🇷
deceasedFrench filmmaker and writer (1898–1981) · 1898–1981
Days lived
30,074
Salim Joubran🇮🇱
deceasedArab-Israeli judge · 1947–2024
Days lived
27,983
Sándor Mikó🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian artist · 1927–2014
Days lived
31,757
Wang Ch'ung-hui🇭🇰
deceasedTaiwanese judge (1881-1958) · 1881–1958
Days lived
27,862
Wojciech Młynarski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish singer (1941–2017) · 1941–2017
Days lived
27,748
Yaphet Kotto
deceasedtelevision actor · 1939–2021
Days lived
29,706
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
42,076
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
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
Fritz Achterberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1880-1971) · 1880–1971
Days lived
33,215
Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra🇵🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1880–1976
Days lived
34,807
Vladimir Zelenin
deceasedscientist · 1881–1968
Days lived
32,067
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
49,747
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
47,920
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,617
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,190
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,632
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,598
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,232
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,676
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,328
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,127
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,641
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,659
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,328
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,680
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,223
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,133
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,110
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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