On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 21 1968
Born on This Day
Adnan Şenses🇹🇷
deceasedsinger · 1935–2013
Days lived
28,616
Alizée🇫🇷
singer · b. 1984
Archie Griffin🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Axel Breitung🇩🇪
German music executive · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Bo Burnham🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1990
Chantelle Houghton🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1983
Charlison Benschop🇨🇼
Curaçaoan footballer · b. 1989
.jpg%3Fwidth%3D330)
Count Basie🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz musician and composer (1904–1984) · 1904–1984
Days lived
29,103
Ernst Gronau
deceasedactor · 1887–1938
Days lived
18,616
Frank Pastore🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1957–2012
Days lived
20,207
Hayden Panettiere🇺🇸
singer · b. 1989
Hedwig Lachmann🇬🇧
deceasedGerman author, translator and poet (1865-1918) · 1865–1918
Days lived
19,176
Heinz Peter Mayer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian artist (1944-2012) · 1944–2012
Days lived
24,656
.jpg%3Fwidth%3D330)
Jasmin Wöhr🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1980
Jiří Lála🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
John Rittmeister🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1898–1943
Days lived
16,335
Jon Lajoie🇨🇦
Comedian and musician · b. 1980
Karl Storch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman hammer thrower (1913-1992) · 1913–1992
Days lived
28,850
Kenny Rogers🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican country singer (1938–2020) · 1938–2020
Days lived
29,797
Liam Howlett🇬🇧
British musician, DJ and record producer · b. 1971
Liezel Huber🇺🇸
South Africa born- US tennis player · b. 1976
.jpg%3Fwidth%3D330)
Mohammed VI of Morocco🇲🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Norbert Thimm🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Oliver Geissen🇩🇪
German television talk show host · b. 1969
Oliver Kirch🇩🇪
football player · b. 1982
Perry Christie
Bahamian politician · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
.jpg%3Fwidth%3D330)
Peter Weir🇦🇺
Australian film director (born 1944) · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Richard Wolffenstein🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1864–1929
Days lived
23,663
RJ Mitte🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1992–2026
Days lived
12,470
Rodolphe Belmer🇫🇷
French business executive at EutelSat then Atos · b. 1969
Roman Schatz🇫🇮
Finnish-German author and television host · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Rudi Thomaes🇧🇪
deceasedbusinessman (1952-2018) · 1952–2018
Days lived
24,079
Sander Dreesmann🇳🇱
Dutch field hockey player · b. 1977
.jpg%3Fwidth%3D330)
Sergey Brin
computer scientist · b. 1973
Serj Tankian🇱🇧
singer · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Shonn Greene🇺🇸
All-American college football player, professional football player, running back · b. 1985
.jpg%3Fwidth%3D330)
Simone Eriksrud🇳🇴
German-Norwegian jazz vocalist and composer · b. 1970
Thomas S. Monson🇺🇸
deceasedpresident of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (1927-2018) · 1927–2018
Days lived
33,007
Usain Bolt
Jamaican sprinter · b. 1986
.jpg%3Fwidth%3D330)
Walter Block🇺🇸
philosopher · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Walter Szczerbiak🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Zdeněk Lukáš🇨🇿
deceasedCzech composer (1928–2007) · 1928–2007
Days lived
28,815
Zion Suzuki🇯🇵
Association football player · b. 2002
Died on This Day
Agustín Sauto Arana🇪🇸
deceasedfootball player · 1908–1986
Days lived
28,591
.jpg%3Fwidth%3D330)
Charles Eames🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican designer (1907-1978) · 1907–1978
Days lived
25,998
%2520Christoph%2520Schlingensief.jpg%3Fwidth%3D330)
Christoph Schlingensief🇩🇪
deceasedGerman theatre and film director, playwright, and performance artist (1960-2010) · 1960–2010
Days lived
18,198
Eduard Arning🇩🇪
deceasedGerman dermatologist (1855–1936) · 1855–1936
Days lived
29,817
Elizabeth Báthory
deceasedNotable Trials · 1560–1614
Days lived
19,727
Klaus Höhne🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1927-2006) · 1927–2006
Days lived
28,924
Leon Trotsky🇲🇽
deceasedjournalist · 1879–1940
Days lived
22,202
.jpg%3Fwidth%3D330)
Lev Vasilyev🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet industrial manager and statesman (1925-2023) · 1925–2023
Days lived
35,989
Nanni Loy🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film, theatre and TV director (1925-1995) · 1925–1995
Days lived
25,504
Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien🇩🇪
deceasedGerman naval officer (1879–1956) · 1879–1956
Days lived
28,262
Per Lønning🇳🇴
deceasedNorwegian Lutheran bishop and politician, lyricist (1928-2016) · 1928–2016
Days lived
32,321
Sissy Roth-Halvax🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian politician (1946-2009) · 1946–2009
Days lived
22,999
Sowcar Janaki🇮🇳
deceasedActor · 1931–2026
Days lived
34,586
William Norris🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1911–2006
Days lived
34,737
Wolfgang Hildesheimer🇨🇭
deceasedGerman author · 1916–1991
Days lived
27,283
Yuri Nikulin🇸🇺
deceasedClown · 1921–1997
Days lived
27,640
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
42,235
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
.jpg%3Fwidth%3D330)
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
49,906
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
48,079
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,776
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,349
.svg%3Fwidth%3D330)
HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,791
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,757
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,391
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,835
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,487
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,286
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,800
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,818
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,487
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,839
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,382
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,292
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,269
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
.jpg%3Fwidth%3D330){kind=avatar}