On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 11 1968
Born on This Day
Abou Diaby🇫🇷
football player · b. 1986
Addi Schaurer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1912–1990) · 1912–1990
Days lived
28,359
Agustín Sauto Arana🇪🇸
deceasedfootball player · 1908–1986
Days lived
28,591
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Andrés Iniesta🇪🇸
Spanish association football player · b. 1984
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Anna Sahlene🇸🇪
Swedish singer (born 1976) · b. 1976
Bill Ackman🇺🇸
Hedge Fund Manager & Investor · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Camilo José Cela🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish writer (1916–2002) · 1916–2002
Days lived
31,297
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Christina McHale🇺🇸
American female tennis player · b. 1992
Christoph Schneider🇩🇪
musician · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Christopher Bailey🇬🇧
British fashion designer (born 1971) · b. 1971
Danny Schwarz🇩🇪
German footballer (born 1975) · b. 1975
DJ Zany
Dutch record producer, club dj and disc jockey · b. 1974
Edsger W. Dijkstra🇳🇱
deceasedDutch computer scientist (1930–2002) · 1930–2002
Days lived
26,385
Emilie Mol
Dutch field hockey player · b. 1989
Eric Burdon🇬🇧
singer · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Fermín López
association football player · b. 2003
Frances Fisher🇺🇸
actor · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Francisco Butto🇻🇪
film director · b. 1980
Guido Maria Kretschmer🇩🇪
German fashion designer · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Heike Ulrich🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Helma Orosz🇩🇪
mayor of Dresden · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
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Iasmin Latovlevici🇷🇴
Romanian football player · b. 1986
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Irving Berlin🇺🇸
deceasedComposer · 1888–1989
Days lived
37,023
Jacqueline Cochran🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1906–1980
Days lived
27,119
Jan Englert🇵🇱
Polish actor, director · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Jean-Pascal Tricoire🇫🇷
French businessperson · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Jürgen Rieger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1946–2009) · 1946–2009
Days lived
23,182
Kurt Gerron🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Jewish film actor, director and singer murdered at Auschwitz (1897-1944) · 1897–1944
Days lived
17,338
Kyra van Genderen
Dutch baseball player · b. 1991
Lana Condor
actor · b. 1997
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Lauren Jackson🇦🇺
Australian basketball player (born 1981) · b. 1981
Louis Farrakhan🇺🇸
singer · b. 1933
Days alive
12,784
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Louis Weinert-Wilton🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and writer (1875–1945) · 1875–1945
Days lived
25,684
Lubor Tesař🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1971
Luděk Pachman🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1924–2003
Days lived
28,788
Marc Décimo🇫🇷
writer · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Marco Ferreri🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director, screenwriter and actor (1928—1997) · 1928–1997
Days lived
25,200
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Mariano Fortuny🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish artist, photographer and fashion designer (1871-1949) · 1871–1949
Days lived
28,481
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Martha Graham🇺🇸
deceasedBallet dancer · 1894–1991
Days lived
35,388
Mathias Schlung🇩🇪
actor · b. 1971
Maurice Harkless🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1993
Nancy Greene🇨🇦
Canadian alpine skier and politician · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Nevio Passaro🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1980
Niklaus Meienberg🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer and journalist (1940-1993) · 1940–1993
Days lived
19,492
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Renaud🇫🇷
singer · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Robert Jungk🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian publicist and writer (1913–1994) · 1913–1994
Days lived
29,649
Rose Ausländer🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1901–1988
Days lived
31,648
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Sabrina Carpenter
actor · b. 1999
Salvador Dalí🇪🇸
deceasedactor · 1904–1989
Days lived
30,938
Şamil Süleymanlı🇦🇿
Azerbaijani actor · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Sára Salkaházi🇸🇰
deceasedHungarian Roman Catholic religious sister (1899-1944) · 1899–1944
Days lived
16,666
Severin Freund🇩🇪
German ski jumper · b. 1988
Sue Gardner🇨🇦
writer · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Theodore von Kármán🇭🇺
deceasedscientist · 1881–1963
Days lived
29,945
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Valentino🇮🇹
deceasedItalian fashion designer (1932–2026) · 1932–2026
Days lived
34,221
Will Erich Peuckert🇩🇪
deceasedfolklorist (1895–1969) · 1895–1969
Days lived
26,898
Yuki Tsunoda
racing driver · b. 2000
Died on This Day
Alexander Wittek
deceasedAustrian chess player (1852–1894) · 1852–1894
Days lived
15,186
Alvar Aalto🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish architect and designer (1898–1976) · 1898–1976
Days lived
28,586
Bob Marley
deceasedsinger · 1945–1981
Days lived
13,243
Bob Stuart🇳🇿
deceasedNew Zealand rugby union footballer and coach (1920-2005) · 1920–2005
Days lived
30,876
Douglas Adams🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1952–2001
Days lived
17,958
Floyd Patterson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican heavyweight boxer (1935-2006) · 1935–2006
Days lived
26,060
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Hans-Joachim Böhme🇩🇪
deceasedminister (1931-1995) · 1931–1995
Days lived
23,392
Jack Butler🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1927-2013) · 1927–2013
Days lived
31,227
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Jerry Stiller🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor and comedian (1927–2020) · 1927–2020
Days lived
33,941
Jozef Murgaš🇺🇸
deceasedSlovak entomologist, painter, inventor and roman catholic priest (1864-1929) · 1864–1929
Days lived
23,824
Kim Philby
deceasedDouble Agent · 1912–1988
Days lived
27,890
Larry Miller🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player · 1946–2025
Days lived
28,892
Maciej Kozłowski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish actor (1957-2010) · 1957–2010
Days lived
19,238
Max Gordon
deceasedwriter · 1903–1989
Days lived
31,472
Robert Benton🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1932–2025
Days lived
33,827
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Walter Oesau
deceasedmilitary person · 1913–1944
Days lived
11,275
Xavier Haegy🇫🇷
deceasedAlsatian priest, politician, journalist (1870-1932) · 1870–1932
Days lived
22,440
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
42,133
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
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
Wang Zi-Ping🇨🇳
deceasedathlete · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,602
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
49,804
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
47,977
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,674
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,247
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,689
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,655
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,289
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,733
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,385
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,184
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,698
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,716
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,385
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,737
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,280
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,190
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,167
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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