On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
July 27 1968
Born on This Day
Anja Kohl🇩🇪
German journalist and television presenter · b. 1970
Barbara Thompson🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer (1944–2022) · 1944–2022
Days lived
28,471
Béla Káposztássy🇭🇺
model · b. 1970
Bourvil🇫🇷
deceasedsinger · 1917–1970
Days lived
19,416
Charlotte Corday
deceasedNotable Trials · 1768–1793
Days lived
9,121
Christina Singer🇩🇪
tennis player · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Daniel Wilken🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1989
Dash Snow🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican photographer and artist (1981–2009) · 1981–2009
Days lived
10,213
David Storl🇩🇪
German shot putter · b. 1990
DeMarre Carroll🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1986
Dmitri Kukharchuk🇷🇺
football player · b. 1992
Donald L. Hallstrom
Mormon leader · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Eirini Stachtiari🇬🇷
Olympic basketball player · b. 1977
Erez Tal🇮🇱
Israeli television and radio host · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1900-1988) · 1900–1988
Days lived
32,237
Ernst Zermelo🇩🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1871–1953
Days lived
29,883
Erwin Wurm🇦🇹
Austrian artist (born 1954) · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Essi Laine🇫🇮
Finnish female tennis player · b. 1984
Félix Díaz🇩🇴
film director · b. 1980
Gary Gygax🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1938–2008
Days lived
25,423
Gerhard C. Kallevig🇳🇴
deceasedNorwegian businessman (1880-1964) · 1880–1964
Days lived
30,693
Günther Kohlmey🇩🇪
deceasedGerman economist (1913–1999) · 1913–1999
Days lived
31,562
Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Influencer · b. 1991
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Hans Fischer🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1881–1945
Days lived
23,257
Heinz Schillinger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist and graphic designer (1929-2008) · 1929–2008
Days lived
28,694
Hripsime Khurshudyan
Armenian weightlifter · b. 1987
Hugo Henneberg🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian photographer (1863-1918) · 1863–1918
Days lived
20,072
Hyun Joo-Yup🇰🇷
basketball player · b. 1975
Irene Aebi🇨🇭
Swiss singer, violinist and cellist · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
Jonathan Rhys Meyers🇮🇪
singer · b. 1977
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Julian McMahon🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1968–2025
Days lived
20,794
Juliana Hatfield🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Karrin Allyson🇺🇸
American jazz vocalist · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Laya Raki🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1927–2018
Days lived
33,385
Louise Ebrel🇫🇷
deceasedsinger · 1932–2020
Days lived
32,023
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Lü Xiaojun🇨🇳
Chinese weightlifter · b. 1984
Margarethe Schreinemakers🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Mike Crouwel
Dutch baseball player · b. 1969
Oswald Thomas🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian astronomer (1882–1963) · 1882–1963
Days lived
29,420
Park Jong-ho🇰🇷
film director · b. 1973
Peter Sack🇩🇪
German shot putter · b. 1979
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Prince Oskar of Prussia🇩🇪
deceasedPrussian prince (1888-1958) · 1888–1958
Days lived
25,385
Rade Šerbedžija
Actor · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
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Sidney Govou🇫🇷
football player · b. 1979
Steffen Jürgens🇩🇪
German actor and film director · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Tetsuya Tanaka🇯🇵
Japanese association football player · b. 1971
Thomas Addis🇺🇸
deceased(1881-1949) British physician, scientist and nephrologist · 1881–1949
Days lived
24,783
Tim Sander🇩🇪
actor · b. 1978
Timo Maas🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1969
Triple H🇺🇸
actor · b. 1969
Troy DeVries🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1982
Tsuyoshi Nishioka🇯🇵
film director · b. 1984
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Uladzimir Piercaŭ
deceasedscientist · 1877–1960
Days lived
30,261
Valery Zinovyev
deceasedSoviet folklorist (1942-1983) · 1942–1983
Days lived
14,847
Verena von Strenge🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1975
Winnie Harlow🇨🇦
Model, Spokesperson, Activist · b. 1994
Yannis Sioutis🇬🇷
Greek professional basketball player · b. 1973
Yoshiyuki Kato🇯🇵
Japanese association football player · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Zlatko Škorić🇭🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1941–2019
Days lived
28,424
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Died on This Day
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam🇮🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1931–2015
Days lived
30,601
Amjad Khan🇮🇳
deceasedactor · 1940–1992
Days lived
18,885
Bob Hope🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican entertainer (1903–2003) · 1903–2003
Days lived
36,584
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Carl-Ludwig Wagner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1930–2012) · 1930–2012
Days lived
30,150
Dolf Sternberger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman political scientist (1907–1989) · 1907–1989
Days lived
29,950
Dusty Hill🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1949–2021
Days lived
26,367
Harry Edison🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican trumpeter (1915-1999) · 1915–1999
Days lived
30,606
Heinrich Liebe🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1908–1997
Days lived
32,687
James Oyebola🇬🇧
deceasedBritish boxer (1961–2007) · 1961–2007
Days lived
16,848
Josef Hegenbarth🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1884–1962
Days lived
28,530
Liesl Karlstadt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1892-1960) · 1892–1960
Days lived
24,698
Lilian Harvey🇬🇧
deceasedAnglo-German actress and singer · 1906–1968
Days lived
22,835
Mariano Haro🇪🇸
deceasedathlete · 1940–2024
Days lived
30,742
Mo Hayder🇬🇧
deceasedBritish author of crime and thriller fiction (1962-2021) · 1962–2021
Days lived
21,756
Mohammad Reza I of Iran🌍
deceasedPolitician · 1919–1980
Days lived
22,190
Norman Alden
deceasedActor · 1924–2012
Days lived
32,094
Orlando Drummond🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian actor (1919–2021) · 1919–2021
Days lived
37,173
Piet Bromberg🇳🇱
deceasedfield hockey player (1917–2001) · 1917–2001
Days lived
30,826
Richard Rutt🇬🇧
deceasedAnglican bishop, then converted to Catholicism (1925-2011) · 1925–2011
Days lived
31,380
Rick Ferrell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1905–1995) · 1905–1995
Days lived
32,795
Russ Gibson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1939-2008) · 1939–2008
Days lived
25,285
Werner Rosenbaum🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player (1927–2008) · 1927–2008
Days lived
29,590
William Wyler🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1902–1981
Days lived
28,881
Willy Bogner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman skier and entrepreneur (1909–1977) · 1909–1977
Days lived
25,007
Wolfgang Rihm🇩🇪
deceasedYouTube personality · 1952–2024
Days lived
26,434
Zlatko Čajkovski🇭🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1923–1998
Days lived
27,274
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
42,210
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
49,881
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
48,054
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,751
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,324
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,766
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,732
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,366
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,810
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,462
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,261
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,775
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,793
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,462
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,814
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,357
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,267
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,244
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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