On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 4 1968
Born on This Day
Abdelghani khachabi
athlete · b. 1992
Adrian Plass🇬🇧
British writer · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Alfred Goldscheider🇩🇪
deceasedGerman neurologist (1858–1935) · 1858–1935
Days lived
28,007
Barack Obama🇺🇸
politician · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Christoph Wulf🇩🇪
German anthropologist · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Cicinho🇧🇷
football player · b. 1986
Claus Holm🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1918–1996) · 1918–1996
Days lived
28,538
Cole Sprouse🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1992
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Dylan Sprouse🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1992
Edvaldo Oliveira Chaves🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player and manager · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
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Erich Weinert🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1890–1953
Days lived
22,904
Florian Silbereisen🇩🇪
singer · b. 1981
Frances Allen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1932–2020) · 1932–2020
Days lived
32,142
Garrett Graham🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1986
Gustav von Seyffertitz🇺🇸
deceasedGerman actor (1862-1943) · 1862–1943
Days lived
29,727
Jake Beckley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1867–1918) · 1867–1918
Days lived
18,587
Jang Keun-suk🇰🇷
actor · b. 1987
Jérôme Truyens🇧🇪
Belgian field hockey player · b. 1987
Jessica Sanchez🇺🇸
Filipino-American singer · b. 1995
John Riggins🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Karl Wlaschek🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1917–2015
Days lived
35,729
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Knut Hamsun🇳🇴
deceasedNorwegian novelist (1859–1952) · 1859–1952
Days lived
33,801
Konstantin Graudus🇩🇪
German actor and voice actor · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Lang Jingshan
deceasedartist · 1892–1995
Days lived
37,506
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Laura Biagiotti🇮🇹
deceasedItalian fashion designer (1943–2017) · 1943–2017
Days lived
26,959
Lim Sun-dong🇰🇷
film director · b. 1973
Loni Nest🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1915-1990) · 1915–1990
Days lived
27,453
Louis Armstrong🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1901–1971
Days lived
25,538
Luís Boa Morte🇵🇹
Portuguese footballer · b. 1977
Marek Heinz🇨🇿
Association football player · b. 1977
Marques Houston🇺🇸
American actor, singer and dancer · b. 1981
Marreese Speights🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1987
Martha Wölger🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian writer (1920–1992) · 1920–1992
Days lived
26,229
Matthias Gehler🇩🇪
German journalist · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Meg Whitman
Tech CEOs · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1981
Moya Brennan🇮🇪
deceasedSinger · 1952–2026
Days lived
26,915
Narayan Sitaram Phadke🇮🇳
deceasedwriter · 1894–1978
Days lived
30,759
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Nathaniel Buzolic🇦🇺
actor · b. 1983
Pak Hyon-suk🇰🇵
North Korean weightlifter · b. 1985
Patrick Philbin🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1874–1929
Days lived
19,873
Patryk Dominik Sztyber🇵🇱
singer · b. 1979
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Paul McCarthy🇺🇸
artist · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
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René Schickele🇫🇷
deceasedGerman-French writer (1883-1940) · 1883–1940
Days lived
20,633
Roger Clemens🇺🇸
film director · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Salim Joubran🇮🇱
deceasedArab-Israeli judge · 1947–2024
Days lived
27,983
Sam Havadtoy🇺🇸
artist · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Sebastian Roché
Actor · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
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Sheldon Adelson
deceasedentrepreneur · 1933–2021
Days lived
31,937
Stephan Bodzin🇩🇪
Techno producer, neo-trance pioneer · b. 1969
Steve House🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1970
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Tanith🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Werner von Fritsch
deceasedmilitary person · 1880–1939
Days lived
21,597
Willy Kaiser-Heyl🇩🇪
deceasedactor (1876-1953) · 1876–1953
Days lived
28,243
Yoon Jin-Hee🇰🇷
South Korean weightlifter · b. 1986
Died on This Day
Adele List🇦🇹
deceasedfashion designer · 1893–1983
Days lived
32,755
Alberto Bayo🇪🇸
deceasedwriter · 1892–1967
Days lived
27,522
Bruno Grusnick🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1900–1992
Days lived
33,528
Chua Phung Kim🇸🇬
deceasedSingaporean weightlifter (1939-1990) · 1939–1990
Days lived
18,725
Ducksy Walsh🇮🇪
deceasedGaelic handball player (1966–2016) · 1966–2016
Days lived
18,356
Elden Auker🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1910–2006
Days lived
35,016
Ernst Bloch🇨🇭
deceasedphilosopher · 1885–1977
Days lived
33,629
Ernst von Weizsäcker🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1882–1951
Days lived
25,272
Frances Allen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1932–2020) · 1932–2020
Days lived
32,142
František Tomášek
deceasedCzech cardinal, professor and theologist (1899-1992) · 1899–1992
Days lived
34,003
Gerhard Gentzen
deceasedphilosopher · 1909–1945
Days lived
13,037
John Rudometkin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player (1940-2015) · 1940–2015
Days lived
27,452
Józef Kondrat🇵🇱
deceasedPolish actor (1902-1974) · 1902–1974
Days lived
26,452
Karl Heinz Bohrer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman literary scholar (1932–2021) · 1932–2021
Days lived
32,454
Marilyn Monroe🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1926–1962
Days lived
13,213
Mathias Goeritz🇲🇽
deceasedMexican artist (1915-1990) · 1915–1990
Days lived
27,516
Nuon Chea
deceasedNotable Trials · 1926–2019
Days lived
33,996
Teodor Teodorov
deceasedBulgarian politician (1859-1924) · 1859–1924
Days lived
23,872
Toni Schneiders🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1920-2006) · 1920–2006
Days lived
31,494
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
42,218
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
Vladimir Zelenin
deceasedscientist · 1881–1968
Days lived
32,067
Wang Zi-Ping🇨🇳
deceasedathlete · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,602
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
49,889
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
48,062
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,759
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,332
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,774
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,740
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,374
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,818
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,470
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,269
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,783
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,801
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,470
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,822
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,365
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,275
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,252
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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