On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 15 1968
Born on This Day
Adel Tawil🇩🇪
German singer, songwriter and producer · b. 1978
Aglaja Brix🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1990
Albert Ballin🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1857–1918
Days lived
22,365
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Alejandro González Iñárritu🇪🇸
Mexican film director · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Andreas Birkner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer and priest (1911–1998) · 1911–1998
Days lived
31,551
Anthony Anderson🇺🇸
American actor (born 1970) · b. 1970
Aurobindo Ghosh🇮🇳
deceasedIndian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950) · 1872–1950
Days lived
28,600
Bartolomeo Ferrari🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest of archdiocese of Genoa (1911-2007) · 1911–2007
Days lived
34,948
Ben Affleck🇺🇸
Screenwriter · b. 1972
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Bernard Lacombe🇫🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1952–2025
Days lived
26,604
Bukichi Miki🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese politician (1884-1956) · 1884–1956
Days lived
26,255
Carlos PenaVega🇺🇸
actor · b. 1989
Chief Keef
Notable Trials · b. 1995
Claus Clausen🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1899–1989
Days lived
32,974
Diedrich Diederichsen🇩🇪
German author, journalist and cultural critic (born 1957) · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Dimitris Karadolamis🇬🇷
basketball player · b. 1987
Gianfranco Ferré🇮🇹
deceasedItalian fashion designer (1944-2007) · 1944–2007
Days lived
22,951
Haitham al-Maleh🇸🇾
Syrian human rights activist · b. 1931
Days alive
13,515
Herbert Hupka🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1915-2006) · 1915–2006
Days lived
33,247
Jennifer Lawrence
actor · b. 1990
Joachim Mrugowsky🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician, SS officer, Chief of Hygiene Institute of the Waffen-SS and convicted war criminal (1905-1948) · 1905–1948
Days lived
15,632
Joe Jonas🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1989
Julia Child🇺🇸
deceasedWriter · 1912–2004
Days lived
33,601
Karl Korsch🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1886–1961
Days lived
27,460
Laura Perls🇩🇪
deceasedGerman psychologist (1905-1990) · 1905–1990
Days lived
31,013
Lee Jong-beom🇰🇷
film director · b. 1970
Lex Fridman🇷🇺
AI Researcher, Podcaster, Computer Scientist · b. 1983
Lothar Buchmann🇩🇪
deceasedfootball player · 1936–2023
Days lived
31,874
Louis Gardet🇫🇷
deceasedFrench sociologist · 1904–1986
Days lived
29,921
Mark Thatcher🇬🇧
British businessman · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Melinda Gates
businessperson · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Michael Pappert🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Nicolas Roeg🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish film director and cinematographer (1928–2018) · 1928–2018
Days lived
32,972
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Nyusha🇷🇺
Russian singer · b. 1990
Pierre Dac🇫🇷
deceasedFrench humorist (1893-1975) · 1893–1975
Days lived
29,762
Prince Konstantin of Bavaria🇩🇪
deceasedBavarian Royal (1920-1969) · 1920–1969
Days lived
17,881
Robert Bolt🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1924–1995
Days lived
25,756
Rose Marie🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress, singer, comedian, and vaudeville performer (1923–2017) · 1923–2017
Days lived
34,469
Siobhan Chamberlain🇬🇧
football player · b. 1983
Stephen Breyer🇺🇸
politician · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958
Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
deceasedmember of the House of Saud (1931-2018) · 1930–2018
Days lived
32,271
Timati🇷🇺
singer · b. 1983
Tomas Nygård🇫🇮
Finnish association football player · b. 1973
Toni Catany🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish photographer (1942-2013) · 1942–2013
Days lived
25,993
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Vladimir Petković🇨🇭
football player and manager · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Walter Robinow🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1867-1938) · 1867–1938
Days lived
25,901
Walther Nehring🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1892–1983) · 1892–1983
Days lived
33,119
Werner Abrolat🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1924-1997) · 1924–1997
Days lived
26,672
Werner Ostendorff🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1903–1945
Days lived
15,235
Wolfgang Hohlbein🇩🇪
writer · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi🇯🇵
football player · b. 1975
Died on This Day
Albert Osswald🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1919–1996) · 1919–1996
Days lived
28,216
Donald Brun🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss artist (1909-1999) · 1909–1999
Days lived
32,796
Eduardo Herrera Bueno🇪🇸
deceasedfootball player · 1914–1991
Days lived
28,165
Eduardo Rodríguez Larreta🇺🇾
deceasedpolitician · 1888–1973
Days lived
30,927
Elisabeth von Janota-Bzowski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman painter and graphic artist (1912–2012) · 1912–2012
Days lived
36,427
Ernst Silva Tarouca
deceasedCzech member of Czech council (1860-1936) · 1860–1936
Days lived
27,983
Federico Gamboa🇲🇽
deceasedwriter · 1864–1939
Days lived
27,263
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Gerd Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman association football player (1945–2021) · 1945–2021
Days lived
27,679
Grazia Deledda
deceasedwriter · 1871–1936
Days lived
23,698
Gustav Körte🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1852-1917) · 1852–1917
Days lived
23,929
Hubert Lanz🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1896–1982
Days lived
31,495
Irene Kral🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer (1932-1978) · 1932–1978
Days lived
17,011
Jack Russell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer (1960–2024) · 1960–2024
Days lived
23,264
Jörg Pleva🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and voice actor (1942-2013) · 1942–2013
Days lived
25,986
Karl Gero, Duke of Urach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman noble (1899-1981) · 1899–1981
Days lived
29,946
Karl Helling
deceasedGerman chess player · 1904–1937
Days lived
12,058
Kateryna Yushchenko🇺🇦
deceasedscientist · 1919–2001
Days lived
29,836
Nicola Romeo
deceasedItalian businessman (1876-1938) · 1876–1938
Days lived
22,753
Otto Braun🇩🇪
deceasedGerman communist writer (1900–1974) · 1900–1974
Days lived
26,984
Paul Lukas
deceasedOscar Winners · 1894–1971
Days lived
28,204
Reginald Rodrigues🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player (1922–1995) · 1922–1995
Days lived
26,741
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Ricardo Echeverría🇨🇱
deceasedChilean equestrian (1918–1988) · 1918–1988
Days lived
25,644
Robert Kempner🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American lawyer (1899–1993) · 1899–1993
Days lived
34,270
Samuel Oppenheim🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian astronomer (1857–1928) · 1857–1928
Days lived
25,836
Sławomir Mrożek🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1930–2013
Days lived
30,366
Viktor Tsoi🇸🇺
deceasedPoet · 1962–1990
Days lived
10,282
Virginia Davis🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1918–2009) · 1918–2009
Days lived
33,100
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
42,229
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
49,900
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
48,073
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,770
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,343
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,785
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,751
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,385
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,829
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,481
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,280
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,794
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,812
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,481
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,833
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,376
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,286
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,263
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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