On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
July 26 1968
Born on This Day
Adolf Pokorny🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895-?) · 1895–2000
Days lived
38,144
Alberto Fujimori
deceasedNotable Trials · 1938–2024
Days lived
31,459
Alex Burnett🇺🇸
film director · b. 1987
André Maurois🇫🇷
deceasedFrench author (1885–1967) · 1885–1967
Days lived
30,024
Andy Goldsworthy🇬🇧
British sculptor and photographer (born 1956) · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
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Angelo Di Livio🇮🇹
Italian association football player · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Asif Ali Zardari
Notable Trials · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Bob Lilly🇺🇸
American football player (born 1939) · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
Brigitte Hamann🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian-German historian · 1940–2016
Days lived
27,829
Carl Jung🇨🇭
deceasedYouTube personality · 1875–1961
Days lived
31,361
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Carl Martin Edsman🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish theologian · 1911–2010
Days lived
35,975
Christian Braw🇸🇪
Swedish writer and priest · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Dai Young🇬🇧
Welsh rugby union footballer, coach and administrator, and rugby league footballer · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Earl M. Monson
deceasedMormon leader · 1932–2017
Days lived
30,976
Ella Leivo🇫🇮
Finnish tennis player · b. 1994
Ernst Bassermann
deceasedGerman politician (1854–1917) · 1854–1917
Days lived
23,008
Ferdinand Tönnies🇩🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1855–1936
Days lived
29,477
Fernand Vieilledent🇫🇷
deceasedFrench chief executive officer · 1942–2025
Days lived
30,365
Francesco Cossiga🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1928–2010
Days lived
29,972
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Gaël Clichy🇫🇷
football player · b. 1985
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George Grosz🇺🇸
deceasedGerman artist (1893–1959) · 1893–1959
Days lived
24,085
Günther Jakobs🇩🇪
German philosopher and scholar of criminal law · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
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Hannelore Elsner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1942–2019) · 1942–2019
Days lived
28,028
Heinz Auerswald🇩🇪
deceasedGerman member of the SS (1908-1970) · 1908–1970
Days lived
22,777
Helen Mirren🇬🇧
Television actor · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
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Ingo Schultz🇩🇪
German sprinter · b. 1975
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James Lovelock🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish scientist (1919–2022) · 1919–2022
Days lived
37,621
János Bogár🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Jason Statham🇬🇧
Film producer · b. 1967
Days alive
366
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Joseph Sweeney
deceasedActor · 1884–1963
Days lived
28,975
Kay Sabban🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1952-1992) · 1952–1992
Days lived
14,621
Kevin Spacey
Oscar Winners · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Kristina Dörfer🇩🇪
German actress and singer · b. 1984
Markwayne Mullin🇺🇸
Politician · b. 1977
Martin Segitz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1853-1927) · 1853–1927
Days lived
27,032
Michael Simms🇺🇸
American boxer · b. 1974
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Mick Jagger🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Paul Walden🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1863–1957
Days lived
34,148
Pitso Mosimane🇿🇦
South African footballer, former coach and former manager of the South African national football team and current coach of the club [Al-Ahly of Egypt] · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Raily Legito
Dutch baseball player · b. 1978
Ramón Neto🇪🇸
Spanish poet · b. 1975
Ran Masaki🇯🇵
actor · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Rebecca St. James🇦🇺
singer-songwriter · b. 1977
Rickie Winslow🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
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Roger Taylor🇬🇧
singer · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Ryan Whalen🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1989
Sandra Bullock🇺🇸
actor · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Sonya Thomas🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1967
Days alive
366
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Stanley Kubrick🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1928–1999
Days lived
25,791
Takeshi Motoyoshi🇯🇵
Japanese association football player · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Tanja Szewczenko🇩🇪
German figure skater · b. 1977
Taylor Momsen🇺🇸
American actress, singer and model · b. 1993
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Thaksin Shinawatra
Notable Trials · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Trevor Sargent🇮🇪
Irish politician · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Vitas Gerulaitis🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1954–1994) · 1954–1994
Days lived
14,663
Yoshio Yoshida🇯🇵
deceasedfilm director · 1933–2025
Days lived
33,430
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Died on This Day
Diane Arbus🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1923–1971
Days lived
17,666
Ed Gein
deceasedNotable Trials · 1906–1984
Days lived
28,458
Ernst Schröder🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1915–1994) · 1915–1994
Days lived
29,035
Franziska zu Reventlow🇺🇸
deceasedGerman writer, artist and translator (1871-1918) · 1871–1918
Days lived
17,235
Georg Blädel🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1906–1990
Days lived
30,857
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J.J. Cale🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1938–2013
Days lived
27,262
James Lovelock🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish scientist (1919–2022) · 1919–2022
Days lived
37,621
Josephine Siebe🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and writer (1870–1941) · 1870–1941
Days lived
25,825
Karl Ehn🇦🇹
deceasedarchitect (1884–1959) · 1884–1959
Days lived
27,294
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Konstantinos Georgakopoulos🇬🇷
deceasedPrime Minister of Greece (1890-1973) · 1890–1973
Days lived
30,162
Marit Paulsen🇸🇪
deceasedwriter · 1939–2022
Days lived
30,195
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Maud Menten🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian physician and chemist (1879–1960) · 1879–1960
Days lived
29,713
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Olivia de Havilland🇺🇸
deceasedBritish actress (1916–2020) · 1916–2020
Days lived
38,011
Peter Ehrlich🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1933-2015) · 1933–2015
Days lived
30,073
Peter von Zahn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist, film director and screenwriter (1913-2001) · 1913–2001
Days lived
32,320
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Sinéad O'Connor🇮🇪
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1966–2023
Days lived
20,684
Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg🇷🇺
deceasedGerman patron of the arts of Russian birth (1915–2006) · 1914–2006
Days lived
33,457
Walter Reppe🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1892–1969
Days lived
28,120
Walter Richter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1905-1985) · 1905–1985
Days lived
29,294
Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven
deceasedmilitary person · 1899–1944
Days lived
16,317
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
42,209
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
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
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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
Wang Zi-Ping🇨🇳
deceasedathlete · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,602
Vladimir Zelenin
deceasedscientist · 1881–1968
Days lived
32,067
Hans Reiter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Nazi physician (1881–1969) · 1881–1969
Days lived
32,413
Rudolf Pannwitz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer and philosopher (1881–1969) · 1881–1969
Days lived
32,076
Hans Kelsen🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian lawyer (1881–1973) · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,427
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
49,880
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Lin Wang🇹🇼
deceasedAsian elephant · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,467
Ham🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1957–1983
Days lived
9,333
Shamu🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1962–1971
Days lived
3,521
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Digit🇷🇼
deceasedMountain gorilla · 1967–1977
Days lived
4,017
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,053
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,750
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,323
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,765
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,731
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,365
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,809
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,461
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,260
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,774
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,792
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,461
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,813
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,356
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,266
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,243
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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