On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 16 1968
Born on This Day
Abdoulaye Keita🇫🇷
football player · b. 1990
Amos Alonzo Stagg🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1862–1965
Days lived
37,468
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Arden Cho🇺🇸
Singer-songwriter · b. 1990
Arvind Kejriwal🇮🇳
politician · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Attila Abonyi🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1946–2023
Days lived
28,083
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Aziz Akhannouch
entrepreneur · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
B. Y. Raghavendra🇮🇳
politician · b. 1973
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Brian Gordon🇺🇸
film director · b. 1978
Caroline Grothgar🇦🇹
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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Céline Roscheck🇦🇹
musician · b. 1983
Charli Baltimore🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1974
Christina Hammer🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1990
Christos Papadimitriou🇺🇸
musician · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
David Bergman🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1981
Denis Gremelmayr🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1981
Edith Mill🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1925–2007
Days lived
30,036
Ernst Jan Beeuwkes🇳🇱
deceasedDutch fashion designer (1931-1998) · 1931–1998
Days lived
24,316
Evanna Lynch🇮🇪
singer · b. 1991
Eydie Gormé🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican pop singer, chanteuse, comic actress (1928-2013) · 1928–2013
Days lived
31,040
Gabriel Urpi🇪🇸
tennis player · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Gadjo🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1972
Hans Jenny🇨🇭
deceasedscientist · 1904–1972
Days lived
24,784
Hans Koch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman resistance fighter (1893–1945) · 1893–1945
Days lived
18,878
Hugo Flink🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1879–1947
Days lived
24,730
James Cameron🇨🇦
actor · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
James Michel
politician · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Jannik Sinner
tennis player · b. 2001
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Joaquín Reyes Cano🇪🇸
Spanish actor, comedian and cartoonist · b. 1974
Julia Schruff🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1982
Karl-Heinz Vosgerau🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1928-2021) · 1928–2021
Days lived
33,744
Kevin Schmidt🇺🇸
actor · b. 1988
Koray Günter
football player · b. 1994
Kraudn Sepp🇩🇪
deceasedGerman musician (1896–1977) · 1896–1977
Days lived
29,447
Lois Nettleton🇺🇸
deceasedactress (1927-2008) · 1927–2008
Days lived
29,375
Madonna
singer · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
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Magnus Betnér🇸🇪
actor · b. 1974
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Manisha Koirala🇳🇵
Actor · b. 1970
Mariusz Jędra🇵🇱
Polish weightlifter · b. 1973
Pierre Richard🇫🇷
French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian · b. 1934
Days alive
12,419
Ralf Bendix🇩🇪
deceasedrapper · 1924–2014
Days lived
32,888
Reiner Kunze🇩🇪
German poet, writer, translator, and GDR dissident (born 1933) · b. 1933
Days alive
12,784
Ri Myong-jun🇰🇵
North Korean footballer · b. 1990
Ryan Longwell🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1974
Sheila🇫🇷
French recording artist and yé-yé singer · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Steve Carell🇺🇸
American actor and comedian (born 1962) · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Sylvia Stolz🇩🇪
German Holocaust denier and former lawyer · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Tony Trabert🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,044
Ulla Weigerstorfer🇦🇹
entrepreneur · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua🇳🇬
deceasedPresident of Nigeria (1951-2010) · 1951–2010
Days lived
21,447
Young Thug🇺🇸
Artist · b. 1991
Died on This Day
Aretha Franklin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018) · 1942–2018
Days lived
27,903
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Bela Lugosi🇭🇺
deceasedactor · 1882–1956
Days lived
26,963
Elvis Presley
deceasedfilm actor · 1935–1977
Days lived
15,561
Felix Maria Davídek🇨🇿
deceasedbishop of the Roman Catholic Church (1921–1988) · 1921–1988
Days lived
24,688
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Friedrich Sämisch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1896-1975) · 1896–1975
Days lived
28,818
Georges Oltramare🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer, journalist and fascist politician (1896-1960) · 1896–1960
Days lived
23,496
Ivan Hlinka🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1950–2004
Days lived
19,926
John Pemberton
deceasedActor · 1831–1888
Days lived
20,859
Karl Storch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman hammer thrower (1913-1992) · 1913–1992
Days lived
28,850
Mamie Smith🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican vaudeville singer (1891–1946) · 1891–1946
Days lived
20,170
Michael Murach
deceasedboxer (1911-1941) · 1911–1941
Days lived
11,154
Narayan Gangaram Surve🇮🇳
deceasedMarathi poet from Maharashtra, India · 1926–2010
Days lived
30,621
Paul Weinstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman high jumper (1878-1964) · 1878–1964
Days lived
31,544
Peter Scholl-Latour🇫🇷
deceasedYouTube personality · 1924–2014
Days lived
33,032
Pippo Baudo🇮🇹
deceasedItalian television presenter (1936–2025) · 1936–2025
Days lived
32,577
Renée Stobrawa🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1897–1971
Days lived
26,969
Robert Johnson🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1911–1938
Days lived
9,962
Robert Quiroga🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer · 1969–2004
Days lived
12,729
Vladimir Kuts
deceasedSoviet Ukrainian athletics competitor (1927–1975) · 1927–1975
Days lived
17,722
Wilhelm Morgner
deceasedGerman painter (1891-1917) · 1891–1917
Days lived
9,697
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
42,230
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
49,901
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
48,074
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,771
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,344
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,786
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,752
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,386
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,830
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,482
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,281
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,795
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,813
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,482
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,834
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,377
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,287
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,264
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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