On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 27 1968
Born on This Day
Akiyuki Shinbo🇯🇵
Japanese animation director · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Alvin Stardust🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,324
Ana Nikolić🇷🇸
Serbian-Croatian singer · b. 1978
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Andy Lau🇨🇳
actor · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
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Ani Lorak🇸🇺
Singer · b. 1978
Anne Cibis🇩🇪
German sprinter · b. 1985
Arthur Penn🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican producer and director (1922–2010) · 1922–2010
Days lived
32,143
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Avril Lavigne🇨🇦
actor · b. 1984
Daniel Pudil🇨🇿
football player · b. 1985
David Baramidze🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1988
Dennis Nineham🇬🇧
deceasedBritish theologian · 1921–2016
Days lived
34,558
Dick Advocaat🇳🇱
football player · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
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Don Jamieson
American stand-up comedian · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Grazia Deledda
deceasedwriter · 1871–1936
Days lived
23,698
Gwyneth Paltrow🇺🇸
Actress/Founder · b. 1972
Harry Baer🇩🇪
actor · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Jeremy Stenberg🇺🇸
American motocross rider · b. 1981
Joaquín Luque Roselló🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish painter (1865-1932) · 1865–1932
Days lived
24,223
Joe Stöckel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and director (1894–1959) · 1894–1959
Days lived
23,635
Johann Lafer🇦🇹
Austrian chef · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Lena Beyerling🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1995
Lil Wayne🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1982
Lisa Ryzih🇩🇪
German pole vaulter · b. 1988
Ludwig Wolff🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1857–1919
Days lived
22,429
Marcus Gayle🇬🇧
football player · b. 1970
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Markus Rosenberg🇸🇪
Swedish association football player · b. 1982
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Meat Loaf🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1947–2022
Days lived
27,144
Mirjam Weichselbraun🇦🇹
Austrian television presenter · b. 1981
Miss Platnum🇩🇪
singer · b. 1980
Natasha Thomas🇩🇰
Danish recording artist, singer, model · b. 1986
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Nathaniel M. Haskell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician in Maine (1912–1983) · 1912–1983
Days lived
25,700
Otto Nagel
deceasedGerman artist (1894-1967) · 1894–1967
Days lived
26,585
Percy Rees🇬🇧
deceasedfield hockey player · 1883–1970
Days lived
31,669
Richard Kohn🇦🇹
deceasedassociation football player (1888-1963) · 1888–1963
Days lived
27,289
Sascha Licht🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1974
Scott Lawrence
Actor · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Tan White🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1982
Vladislav Matviyenko🇷🇺
Russian footballer · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Walter Riester🇩🇪
German trade unionist and politician · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Wim van Heel🇳🇱
deceasedfield hockey player (1922–1972) · 1922–1972
Days lived
18,269
Yash Chopra🇮🇳
deceasedIndian film director, script writer and film producer (1932–2012) · 1932–2012
Days lived
29,244
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Yasmin K.🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1976
Died on This Day
Adib Shishakli
deceasedpolitician · 1909–1964
Days lived
20,358
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican golfer and athlete · 1911–1956
Days lived
16,530
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Dennis Haskins🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1950–2026
Days lived
27,707
Donald Fisher🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman (1928–2009) · 1928–2009
Days lived
29,609
Hans Fritzsche🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1900–1953
Days lived
19,517
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Hassan Nasrallah🇱🇧
deceasedUlema · 1960–2024
Days lived
23,403
Hilla von Rebay🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1890–1967
Days lived
28,242
Hubert Schardin🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer and cinematographer (1902–1965) · 1902–1965
Days lived
23,113
James Traficant🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician (1941–2014) · 1941–2014
Days lived
26,805
Julius Wagner-Jauregg🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist (1857–1940) · 1857–1940
Days lived
30,519
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Karl-Heinz Köpcke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman news speaker (1922–1991) · 1922–1991
Days lived
25,200
Kazimierz Moczarski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish writer and journalist (1907–1975) · 1907–1975
Days lived
24,905
Maximilian von Weichs🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1881–1954
Days lived
26,616
Ronald Golias🇧🇷
deceasedsinger · 1929–2005
Days lived
27,905
Rose Stradner🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1913–1958
Days lived
16,494
Sándor Szathmári🇭🇺
deceasedwriter · 1897–1974
Days lived
28,223
Wilhelm Simon🇩🇪
deceasedSS officer (1900-1971) · 1900–1971
Days lived
26,089
Willoughby James Hamilton🇮🇪
deceasedIrish tennis and badminton player (1864–1943) · 1864–1943
Days lived
28,780
Wolfgang Clement🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1940–2020
Days lived
29,302
Yvan Daniel🇫🇷
deceasedFrench writer (1909–1986) · 1909–1986
Days lived
28,081
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
42,272
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
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
49,943
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
48,116
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,813
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,386
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,828
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,794
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,428
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,872
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,524
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,323
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,837
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,855
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,524
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,876
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,419
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,329
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,306
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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