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October 3 1969

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Born on This Day

A$AP Rocky
Rapper & Fashion Icon · b. 1988
🇺🇸Adair Tishler
American actress · b. 1996
🇬🇧Adrian Mariappa
football player · b. 1986
Alfred Wohl
deceased
chemist · 1863–1939
Days lived
27,841
🇸🇪Alicia Vikander
Actor · b. 1988
🇫🇷Anthony Le Tallec
French footballer (born 1984) · b. 1984
🇷🇺Arkady Vorobyov
deceased
athlete · 1924–2012
Days lived
32,222
🇺🇸Ashlee Simpson
singer · b. 1984
🇰🇷Bang Chan
K-pop Idol (Stray Kids) · b. 1997
🇮🇪Danny O'Donoghue
singer · b. 1980
David Painter
Anglican Archdeacon · b. 1944
Days alive
9,131
🇨🇦Denis Villeneuve
Film Director · b. 1967
Days alive
731
🇨🇴Diego Salazar
Colombian weightlifter · b. 1980
🇺🇸Eddie Cochran
deceased
singer · 1938–1960
Days lived
7,867
🇬🇧Emyr Wyn Lewis
Welsh rugby union player · b. 1982
🇩🇪Florian Keller
field hockey player · b. 1981
🇧🇷Fred
Association football player · b. 1983
🇩🇪Gerald Asamoah
German association football player · b. 1978
🇮🇹Giovanni Comisso
deceased
Italian writer (1895–1969) · 1895–1969
Days lived
26,773
🇺🇸Gore Vidal
deceased
American writer (1925–2012) · 1925–2012
Days lived
31,713
🇺🇸Gwen Stefani
American singer · b. 1969
Days alive
0
🇨🇳Herman Li
British guitarist · b. 1976
Hermann Struve
deceased
Baltic German astronomer (1854–1920) · 1854–1920
Days lived
24,054
🇦🇹Hermann Thimig
deceased
actor · 1890–1982
Days lived
33,514
🇺🇸India.Arie
American singer · b. 1975
Jakob Klatzkin
deceased
German philosopher · 1882–1948
Days lived
23,915
🇬🇧James Herriot
deceased
veterinary surgeon and writer (1916-1995) · 1916–1995
Days lived
28,632
🇺🇸John Joseph
American musician · b. 1962
Days alive
2,557
🇺🇸Kathryn D. Sullivan
scientist · b. 1951
Days alive
6,575
🇫🇷Louis Aragon
deceased
writer · 1897–1982
Days lived
31,127
🇲🇽Manny Martínez
film director · b. 1970
🇯🇵Meg
Japanese electropop singer, born 1980 · b. 1980
🇨🇦Mike Johnson
film director · b. 1975
Noah Schnapp
actor · b. 2004
🇫🇷Pierre Bonnard
deceased
artist · 1867–1947
Days lived
28,966
🇩🇪Ralph Morgenstern
German actor and TV host · b. 1955
Days alive
5,114
🇬🇧Robert Grabarz
British high jumper · b. 1987
🇵🇱Roman Malek
deceased
Polish priest (1951-2019) · 1951–2019
Days lived
24,894
Sergei Yesenin
deceased
Russian poet (1895–1925) · 1895–1925
Days lived
11,043
🇹🇼Siti Zuraina Abdul Majid
Malaysian historian and archaeologist · b. 1944
Days alive
9,131
🇺🇸Stevie Ray Vaughan
deceased
guitarist · 1954–1990
Days lived
13,112
🇬🇧Viktor Saneyev
deceased
athlete · 1945–2022
Days lived
27,850
🇺🇸Warner Oland
deceased
actor · 1879–1938
Days lived
21,491
🇩🇪Wolfgang Großstück
deceased
German association football player (1932-2011) · 1932–2011
Days lived
28,729
🇨🇳Xiong Chaozhong
boxer · b. 1982
🇯🇵Yohji Yamamoto
Japanese fashion designer (born 1943) · b. 1943
Days alive
9,497
🇸🇪Zlatan Ibrahimović
actor · b. 1981

Died on This Day

🇨🇦Alastair G. W. Cameron
deceased
Canadian astrophysicist (1925–2005) · 1925–2005
Days lived
29,324
🇺🇸Alfred Neumann
deceased
German writer (1895-1952) · 1895–1952
Days lived
20,807

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
42,643
🇬🇧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
50,314

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,487
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,184

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,694
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
133,208

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
11,137
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
4,559

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🇳🇱Carl August Walbrodt

deceased

German chess master (1871–1902) · 1871–1902

Days lived

11,266

🇺🇸David C. Evans

American computer scientist (1924-1998) · 1924–1998

Days lived

27,250

Eddie Shirras

Anglican Archdeacon · 1937–2020

Days lived

30,479

🇺🇸Erich Schmidt

American archaeologist and photographer (1897-1964) · 1897–1964

Days lived

24,491

🇩🇪Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz

German astronomer, geophysicist and seismologist (1861–1895) · 1861–1895

Days lived

12,473

🇺🇸Florence R. Sabin

scientist · 1871–1953

Days lived

29,913

🇩🇪Franz Mack

German entrepreneur (1921–2010) · 1921–2010

Days lived

32,717

🇩🇪Heinz Rühmann

German actor (1902–1994) · 1902–1994

Days lived

33,813

🇵🇱Henryk Julian Gay

Polish architect (1875-1936) · 1875–1936

Days lived

22,546

🇩🇪Hermann Krukenberg

German surgeon (1863-1935) · 1863–1935

Days lived

26,401

🇩🇪Hermann Weil

entrepreneur · 1868–1927

Days lived

21,563

🇩🇪Hiltrud Grote

politician · 1936–2010

Days lived

26,987

Jalal Talabani

politician · 1933–2017

Days lived

30,641

🇩🇴Mario Encarnación

film director · 1975–2005

Days lived

10,967

🇦🇹Matthäus Hetzenauer

Austrian sniper (1924–2004) · 1924–2004

Days lived

29,139

🇩🇪Max Wolf

German astrophotography pioneer (1863–1932) · 1863–1932

Days lived

25,306

🇩🇪Peer Augustinski

German actor (1940–2014) · 1940–2014

Days lived

27,128

🇦🇹Peter Klein

musician · 1907–1992

Days lived

31,298

🇩🇪Reinhard Mohn

entrepreneur · 1921–2009

Days lived

32,238

Richard Peter

German photographer (1895-1977) · 1895–1977

Days lived

30,096

🇺🇸Robert Kelker-Kelly

Actor · 1964–2026

Days lived

22,813

🌍Viktor Kosenko

Composer · 1896–1938

Days lived

15,300

🇩🇪Walter Wislicenus

German astronomer (1859–1905) · 1859–1905

Days lived

16,768

🇩🇪Willibald Freiherr von Langermann und Erlencamp

military person · 1890–1942

Days lived

19,180

🇳🇱Wim van Heel

field hockey player (1922–1972) · 1922–1972

Days lived

18,269

🇺🇸Woody Guthrie

singer · 1912–1967

Days lived

20,169

🇩🇪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

47,757

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

38,199

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

37,165

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

36,799

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

34,243

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

32,895

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

57,226

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

37,895

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

16,247

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

13,790

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

11,700

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

9,677