On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 14 1968
Born on This Day
Alex Liddi🇮🇹
Italian baseball player · b. 1988
Andreas Schöpf🇦🇹
athlete · b. 1985
Artur Balder🇪🇸
writer · b. 1974
Ashlynn Brooke🇺🇸
actor · b. 1985
Bass Sultan Hengzt🇩🇪
German rapper · b. 1981
Braňo Holiček🇸🇰
Czech and Slovak actor and musician · b. 1985
David Call🇺🇸
actor · b. 1982
David H. Bailey🇺🇸
American mathematician · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Diagné Fallou🇫🇷
Senegalese and French footballer · b. 1989
Dick Tiger🇳🇬
deceasedNigerian boxer · 1929–1971
Days lived
15,462
Edgar Hall
deceasedAnglican archdeacon · 1888–1987
Days lived
35,972
Edward Thorp🇺🇸
Quantitative Investor · b. 1932
Days alive
13,149
Eric Daniels🇺🇸
American businessman · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
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Erwin Strittmatter🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1912–1994
Days lived
29,755
Fabrizio Donato🇮🇹
Italian triple jumper and long jumper · b. 1976
Franz Konwitschny🇩🇪
deceasedGerman conductor (1901-1962) · 1901–1962
Days lived
22,263
Franz Studniczka🇦🇹
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1860-1929) · 1860–1929
Days lived
25,313
Giorgio Chiellini🇮🇹
Italian sports executive and former association football player · b. 1984
Halle Berry🇺🇸
Television actor · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Horst P. Horst🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1906–1999
Days lived
34,064
Hussain Shah🇵🇰
Pakistan boxer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Ikililou Dhoinine
politician · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Jaime Ramírez🇨🇱
deceasedChilean footballer (1931–2003) · 1931–2003
Days lived
26,129
Jeri Ellsworth🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1974
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John Hardress Lloyd🇬🇧
deceasedmilitary person · 1874–1952
Days lived
28,321
Juan Carreño🇲🇽
deceasedMexican footballer (1909–1940) · 1907–1940
Days lived
12,178
Karl Siegfried Döhring🇩🇪
deceasedGerman hellenist scholar, architect and author (1879–1941) · 1879–1941
Days lived
22,571
Laurent Lamothe🇭🇹
Haitian politician · b. 1972
Lina Wertmüller🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film writer and director (1928-2021) · 1928–2021
Days lived
34,085
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Loreto Mauleón🇪🇸
actor · b. 1988
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Magic Johnson🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Mark Loretta🇺🇸
American baseball player · b. 1971
Maya Jama🇬🇧
Television presenter · b. 1994
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Mike Vrabel🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1975
Mila Kunis🇺🇸
actor · b. 1983
Mousa Nabipour🇮🇷
basketball player · b. 1983
Pierre Schaeffer🇫🇷
deceasedFrench composer and musicologist (1910-1995) · 1910–1995
Days lived
31,051
Poul Hartling🇩🇰
deceasedDanish politician and diplomat (1914-2000) · 1914–2000
Days lived
31,306
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Prince Henry of Prussia🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1862–1929
Days lived
24,355
Ray William Johnson🇺🇸
actor · b. 1981
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Rosalie Thomass🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1987
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Sarah Brightman🇬🇧
singer · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Spencer Pratt🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1983
Steve Burke🇺🇸
American businessperson, senior executive vice president of Comcast and retired chair of NBCUniversal · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Steve Martin🇺🇸
actor · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Susan Saint James🇺🇸
deceasedFilm actor · 1946–2026
Days lived
29,293
Tim Tebow🇺🇸
American football and baseball player (born 1987) · b. 1987
Tracy Caldwell Dyson🇺🇸
American chemist and NASA astronaut · b. 1969
Wim Wenders🇩🇪
German filmmaker (born 1945) · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
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Wolf Wondratschek🇩🇪
German author · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Died on This Day
Alfred Rust🇩🇪
deceasedarchaeologist (1900-1983) · 1900–1983
Days lived
30,356
Bertolt Brecht🇦🇹
deceasedGerman poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956) · 1898–1956
Days lived
21,369
Bruno Kirby
deceasedActor · 1949–2006
Days lived
20,927
Camilla Horn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1903-1996) · 1903–1996
Days lived
34,080
Christian Georg Schmorl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman pathologist (1861–1932) · 1861–1932
Days lived
26,036
Czesław Miłosz🇺🇸
deceasedPolish-American poet and Nobel laureate (1911–2004) · 1911–2004
Days lived
34,014
Eduard Uspensky🇷🇺
deceasedwriter · 1937–2018
Days lived
29,455
Else Rambausek🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1907–1994
Days lived
31,667
Evelyn Freda White🇳🇿
deceasedNew Zealand equestrian · 1909–1995
Days lived
31,323
Géza Gulyás🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian footballer (1931-2014) · 1931–2014
Days lived
30,386
Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television presenter (1921–1998) · 1921–1998
Days lived
28,233
Hayim Baltsan🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli journalist (1910–2002) · 1910–2002
Days lived
33,704
Hermann Kant🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1926-2016) · 1926–2016
Days lived
32,934
Hugo Eckener🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1868–1954
Days lived
31,414
Immy Schell🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actress (1935-1992) · 1935–1992
Days lived
21,004
Joe Kelley🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1871–1943
Days lived
26,180
Klabund🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1890-1928) · 1890–1928
Days lived
13,797
Konstantin von Neurath
deceasedNotable Trials · 1873–1956
Days lived
30,508
Mence Dros-Canters
deceasedDutch hockey, tennis and badminton player (1900–1934) · 1900–1934
Days lived
12,580
Pee Wee Reese🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1918–1999
Days lived
29,607
Percy Irausquin
deceasedAruban fashion designer (1969-2008) · 1969–2008
Days lived
14,294
Potapy Emelianov
deceasedRussian priest · 1884–1936
Days lived
19,218
Sayoko Yamaguchi🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese model and actress (1949-2007) · 1949–2007
Days lived
21,148
Sergey Kapitsa🇬🇧
deceasedSoviet and Russian physicist, TV host (1928-2012) · 1928–2012
Days lived
30,863
Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl🇭🇺
deceasedartist · 1884–1975
Days lived
33,280
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
42,228
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
49,899
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
48,072
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,769
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,342
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,784
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,750
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,384
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,828
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,480
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,279
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,793
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,811
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,480
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,832
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,375
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,285
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,262
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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