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August 16 1969

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Born on This Day

🇫🇷Abdoulaye Keita
football player · b. 1990
🇺🇸Amos Alonzo Stagg
deceased
film director · 1862–1965
Days lived
37,468
🇺🇸Arden Cho
Singer-songwriter · b. 1990
🇮🇳Arvind Kejriwal
politician · b. 1968
Days alive
365
🇭🇺Attila Abonyi
deceased
athlete · 1946–2023
Days lived
28,083
Aziz Akhannouch
entrepreneur · b. 1961
Days alive
2,922
🇮🇳B. Y. Raghavendra
politician · b. 1973
🇺🇸Brian Gordon
film director · b. 1978
🇦🇹Caroline Grothgar
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
365
🇦🇹Céline Roscheck
musician · b. 1983
🇺🇸Charli Baltimore
singer-songwriter · b. 1974
🇩🇪Christina Hammer
German boxer · b. 1990
🇺🇸Christos Papadimitriou
musician · b. 1949
Days alive
7,305
🇳🇱David Bergman
Dutch baseball player · b. 1981
🇩🇪Denis Gremelmayr
German tennis player · b. 1981
🇦🇹Edith Mill
deceased
actor · 1925–2007
Days lived
30,036
🇳🇱Ernst Jan Beeuwkes
deceased
Dutch fashion designer (1931-1998) · 1931–1998
Days lived
24,316
🇮🇪Evanna Lynch
singer · b. 1991
🇺🇸Eydie Gormé
deceased
American pop singer, chanteuse, comic actress (1928-2013) · 1928–2013
Days lived
31,040
🇪🇸Gabriel Urpi
tennis player · b. 1961
Days alive
2,922
🇩🇪Gadjo
rapper · b. 1972
🇨🇭Hans Jenny
deceased
scientist · 1904–1972
Days lived
24,784
🇩🇪Hans Koch
deceased
German resistance fighter (1893–1945) · 1893–1945
Days lived
18,878
🇦🇹Hugo Flink
deceased
actor · 1879–1947
Days lived
24,730
🇨🇦James Cameron
actor · b. 1954
Days alive
5,479
James Michel
politician · b. 1944
Days alive
9,131
Jannik Sinner
tennis player · b. 2001
🇪🇸Joaquín Reyes Cano
Spanish actor, comedian and cartoonist · b. 1974
🇩🇪Julia Schruff
German tennis player · b. 1982
🇩🇪Karl-Heinz Vosgerau
deceased
German actor (1928-2021) · 1928–2021
Days lived
33,744
🇺🇸Kevin Schmidt
actor · b. 1988
Koray Günter
football player · b. 1994
🇩🇪Kraudn Sepp
deceased
German musician (1896–1977) · 1896–1977
Days lived
29,447
🇺🇸Lois Nettleton
deceased
actress (1927-2008) · 1927–2008
Days lived
29,375
Madonna
singer · b. 1958
Days alive
4,018
🇸🇪Magnus Betnér
actor · b. 1974
🇳🇵Manisha Koirala
Actor · b. 1970
🇵🇱Mariusz Jędra
Polish weightlifter · b. 1973
🇫🇷Pierre Richard
French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian · b. 1934
Days alive
12,784
🇩🇪Ralf Bendix
deceased
rapper · 1924–2014
Days lived
32,888
🇩🇪Reiner Kunze
German poet, writer, translator, and GDR dissident (born 1933) · b. 1933
Days alive
13,149
🇰🇵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
8,766
🇺🇸Steve Carell
American actor and comedian (born 1962) · b. 1962
Days alive
2,557
🇩🇪Sylvia Stolz
German Holocaust denier and former lawyer · b. 1963
Days alive
2,192
🇺🇸Tony Trabert
deceased
basketball player · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,044
🇦🇹Ulla Weigerstorfer
entrepreneur · b. 1967
Days alive
731
🇳🇬Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
deceased
President of Nigeria (1951-2010) · 1951–2010
Days lived
21,447
🇺🇸Young Thug
Artist · b. 1991

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Aretha Franklin
deceased
American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018) · 1942–2018
Days lived
27,903
🇭🇺Bela Lugosi
deceased
actor · 1882–1956
Days lived
26,963

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
42,595
🇬🇧Bertrand Russell
deceased
YouTube personality · 1872–1970
Days lived
35,688

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇦🇺Harriet
deceased
Galápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
50,266

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,439
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,136

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,646
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
133,160

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
11,089
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
4,511

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Elvis Presley

deceased

film actor · 1935–1977

Days lived

15,561

🇨🇿Felix Maria Davídek

bishop of the Roman Catholic Church (1921–1988) · 1921–1988

Days lived

24,688

🇩🇪Friedrich Sämisch

German chess player (1896-1975) · 1896–1975

Days lived

28,818

🇨🇭Georges Oltramare

Swiss writer, journalist and fascist politician (1896-1960) · 1896–1960

Days lived

23,496

🇨🇿Ivan Hlinka

athlete · 1950–2004

Days lived

19,926

John Pemberton

Actor · 1831–1888

Days lived

20,859

🇩🇪Karl Storch

German hammer thrower (1913-1992) · 1913–1992

Days lived

28,850

🇺🇸Mamie Smith

American vaudeville singer (1891–1946) · 1891–1946

Days lived

20,170

Michael Murach

boxer (1911-1941) · 1911–1941

Days lived

11,154

🇮🇳Narayan Gangaram Surve

Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India · 1926–2010

Days lived

30,621

🇩🇪Paul Weinstein

German high jumper (1878-1964) · 1878–1964

Days lived

31,544

🇫🇷Peter Scholl-Latour

YouTube personality · 1924–2014

Days lived

33,032

🇮🇹Pippo Baudo

Italian television presenter (1936–2025) · 1936–2025

Days lived

32,577

🇩🇪Renée Stobrawa

actor · 1897–1971

Days lived

26,969

🇺🇸Robert Johnson

singer-songwriter · 1911–1938

Days lived

9,962

🇺🇸Robert Quiroga

American boxer · 1969–2004

Days lived

12,729

Vladimir Kuts

Soviet Ukrainian athletics competitor (1927–1975) · 1927–1975

Days lived

17,722

Wilhelm Morgner

German painter (1891-1917) · 1891–1917

Days lived

9,697

🇩🇪Gertrud von Le Fort

deceased

writer · 1876–1971

Days lived

34,718

🇺🇸Natalie Clifford Barney

American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972) · 1876–1972

Days lived

34,791

🇺🇸Lillian Moller Gilbreth

American psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972

Days lived

34,190

🇬🇧E. M. Forster

English novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970

Days lived

33,394

🇺🇸Margarete Bieber

German-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978

Days lived

36,003

🇩🇪Adolf Strauss

German Wehrmacht general (1879–1973) · 1879–1973

Days lived

34,163

🇮🇪Kenneth Edgeworth

Irish astronomer, economist and engineer (1880-1972) · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,829

🇺🇸Emma P. Carr

scientist · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,404

🇩🇪Paul Hausser

military person · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,677

🇩🇪Fritz Achterberg

German actor (1880-1971) · 1880–1971

Days lived

33,215

🇵🇪Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra

politician · 1880–1976

Days lived

34,807

🇨🇳Wang Zi-Ping

athlete · 1881–1973

Days lived

33,602

🇩🇪Hans Reiter

German Nazi physician (1881–1969) · 1881–1969

Days lived

32,413

Hans Kelsen

🇺🇸Hans Kelsen

Austrian lawyer (1881–1973) · 1881–1973

Days lived

33,427

🇪🇸Pablo Picasso

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973) · 1881–1973

Days lived

33,402

🇸🇪Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist · 1882–1973

Days lived

33,180

🇫🇷Jacques Maritain

philosopher · 1882–1973

Days lived

33,033

🇬🇧William Greggan

athlete · 1882–1976

Days lived

34,031

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,430

🇹🇼Lin Wang

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,467

🇺🇸Ham

Chimpanzee · 1957–1983

Days lived

9,333

🇺🇸Shamu

Orca · 1962–1971

Days lived

3,521

🇺🇸Washoe

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,399

🇷🇼Digit

Mountain gorilla · 1967–1977

Days lived

4,017

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

47,709

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

38,151

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

37,117

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

36,751

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

34,195

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

32,847

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

57,178

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

37,847

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

16,199

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

13,742

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

11,652

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

9,629