On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 2 1968
Born on This Day
Alfred Rosche🇦🇹
deceasedCzech attorney (1884-1947) · 1884–1947
Days lived
22,826
Anne Lauvergeon🇫🇷
French businesswoman · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
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Bertalan Farkas🇭🇺
Hungarian cosmonaut · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Bettina Zelenka🇦🇹
athlete · b. 1978
Boris Dlugosch🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Brandon Browner🇺🇸
American and Canadian football player, defensive back, cornerback · b. 1984
Bruno Mendes🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1994
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Charli XCX🇬🇧
Singer · b. 1992
Curt Backeberg🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1894–1966
Days lived
26,097
Dieter Claessens🇩🇪
deceasedGerman sociologist and anthropologist (1921–1997) · 1921–1997
Days lived
27,634
Dmitry Puchkov🇷🇺
writer · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Felix von Leitner🇩🇪
German IT security expert · b. 1973
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Florian Stetter🇩🇪
actor · b. 1977
Gisela Bleibtreu-Ehrenberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman sociologist · 1929–2025
Days lived
34,893
Guillaume Lacour🇫🇷
French footballer · b. 1980
Hans Hopf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman operatic tenor (1916-1993) · 1916–1993
Days lived
28,086
Hermann Giesler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1898-1987) · 1898–1987
Days lived
32,312
Ike Williams🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer · 1923–1994
Days lived
25,967
Jameel Watkins🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1977
John Vlissides🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican Software scientist (1961–2005) · 1961–2005
Days lived
16,185
Jorge Rafael Videla
deceasedNotable Trials · 1925–2013
Days lived
32,065
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Juliane Lorenz🇩🇪
German film editor and film director · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Karl-Otto Koch🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1897–1945
Days lived
17,412
Koo Dae-sung🇰🇷
film director · b. 1969
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Laura Bassett🇬🇧
football player · b. 1983
Laura Bennett🇺🇸
American architect and fashion designer · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Ludovic Gaurier🇫🇷
deceasedFrench speleologist (1875–1931) · 1875–1931
Days lived
20,498
Marianne Weber🇺🇸
deceasedGerman women's rights activist and legal historian (1870-1954) · 1870–1954
Days lived
30,631
Mark Lee🇨🇦
K-pop Idol (NCT) · b. 1999
Mathieu Carrière🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Max Wright🇺🇸
deceasedStage actor · 1943–2019
Days lived
27,722
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Mohammed Kudus
association football player · b. 2000
Natty Dominique🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1896–1982) · 1896–1982
Days lived
31,438
Nayer🇺🇸
singer · b. 1987
Peter O'Toole🇮🇪
deceasedBritish-Irish actor (1932–2013) · 1932–2013
Days lived
29,719
Philippe Soupault🇫🇷
deceasedFrench writer (1897–1990) · 1897–1990
Days lived
33,824
Purushottam Shivaram Rege🇮🇳
deceasedMarathi writer from Maharashtra, India · 1910–1978
Days lived
24,671
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Rainer Troppa🇩🇪
deceasedfootball player · 1958–2023
Days lived
23,778
Rudolf Prack🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actor (1905-1981) · 1905–1981
Days lived
27,881
Ruth-Maria Kubitschek🇨🇭
deceasedGerman actress (1931–2024) · 1931–2024
Days lived
33,907
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Sam Worthington🇬🇧
Australian actor born 1976 · b. 1976
Sándor Bakos🇭🇺
deceasedassociation football player (1939-2010) · 1939–2010
Days lived
25,794
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Shimon Peres🇮🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1923–2016
Days lived
34,026
Stefan Effenberg🇩🇪
German association football player · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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Susan Denberg🇦🇹
actor · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Uli Latukefu
Actor · b. 1983
Victoria Jackson🇺🇸
singer · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Werner Haase🇩🇪
deceasedSS officer and physician (1900–1950) · 1900–1950
Days lived
18,382
Winsome Frazier🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1982
Died on This Day
Audrey Peters🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1927-2019) · 1927–2019
Days lived
33,775
Daniel Timsit🇫🇷
deceasedAlgerian physician (1928-2002) · 1928–2002
Days lived
26,892
Dietrich Kraiss🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1889–1944
Days lived
19,982
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Fritz Lang🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1890–1976
Days lived
31,286
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Hermann Grab🇦🇹
deceasedwriter · 1903–1949
Days lived
16,890
James Krüss🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1926–1997
Days lived
25,996
Jean-Pierre Yvaral🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter (1934-2002) · 1934–2002
Days lived
25,026
Kurt Feltz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman songwriter, lyricist, music producer (1910–1982) · 1910–1982
Days lived
26,225
Meldric Daluz🇮🇳
deceasedIndian Olympic field hockey player (1921–2011) · 1921–2011
Days lived
33,054
Nikolaus Riehl🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1901–1990
Days lived
32,577
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Olga Desmond🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1890–1964
Days lived
26,936
Oscar Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1921–2003) · 1921–2003
Days lived
30,144
Robert Bosch Jr.🇩🇪
deceasedGerman businessman (1928–2004) · 1928–2004
Days lived
27,945
Rudolf Swiderski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess master (1878–1909) · 1878–1909
Days lived
11,327
Wilhelm Haller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman businessman (1935-2004) · 1935–2004
Days lived
25,211
William S. Burroughs
deceasedNotable Trials · 1914–1997
Days lived
30,494
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
42,216
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
49,887
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
48,060
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,757
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,330
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,772
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,738
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,372
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,816
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,468
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,267
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,781
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,799
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,468
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,820
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,363
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,273
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,250
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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