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October 23 1969

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Born on This Day

🇺🇸"Weird Al" Yankovic
actor · b. 1959
Days alive
3,653
🇺🇸Al Leiter
film director · b. 1965
Days alive
1,461
🇬🇪Aleksandre Iashvili
athlete · b. 1976
🇺🇸Amandla Stenberg
American actress · b. 1998
Belle Delphine
Internet celebrity · b. 1999
🇫🇷Bruno Faidutti
French board game designer · b. 1961
Days alive
2,922
🇺🇸Champion Jack Dupree
deceased
American blues pianist (1910–1992) · 1909–1992
Days lived
30,031
🇦🇷Charl
Argentine singer-songwriter and musician · b. 1951
Days alive
6,575
🇧🇪Curt Close
Belgian singer · b. 1975
🇩🇴Denny Bautista
film director · b. 1982
🇩🇪Dominikus Böhm
deceased
architect (1880-1955) · 1880–1955
Days lived
27,314
🇺🇸Dwight Yoakam
singer-songwriter · b. 1956
Days alive
4,748
Emilia Clarke
actor · b. 1986
🇻🇪Félix Doubront
Venezuelan baseball player · b. 1987
🇬🇧Harry Stiff
deceased
athlete · 1881–1939
Days lived
20,994
🇯🇵Hiroshi Ishiguro
scientist · b. 1963
Days alive
2,192
🇺🇸Johnny Carson
deceased
American talk show host and comedian (1925–2005) · 1925–2005
Days lived
28,947
🇳🇿Kirk Penney
basketball player · b. 1980
🇦🇹Lothar Rendulic
deceased
military person · 1887–1971
Days lived
30,401
🇺🇸Margaret Qualley
Film actor · b. 1994
🇺🇸Masiela Lusha
actor · b. 1985
🇺🇸Michael Crichton
deceased
basketball player · 1942–2008
Days lived
24,119
🇺🇸Miguel
rapper · b. 1985
🇹🇭Minnie (Nicha Yontararak)
K-pop Idol ((G)I-DLE) · b. 1997
🇮🇹Nanni Loy
deceased
Italian film, theatre and TV director (1925-1995) · 1925–1995
Days lived
25,504
🇯🇵Naomi Watanabe
Japanese comedy talent, actress · b. 1987
🇨🇳Ningning (Ning Yi-zhuo)
K-pop Idol (aespa) · b. 2002
🇹🇷Oğuz Galeli
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
731
🇨🇦Olivier Occéan
Canadian association football player · b. 1981
🇨🇺Omar Linares
film director · b. 1967
Days alive
731
🇧🇷Pelé
deceased
actor · 1940–2022
Days lived
30,017
Ryan Reynolds
Actor · b. 1976
Silva Hakobyan
Armenian singer · b. 1988
🇩🇪Vanessa Petruo
German pop singer · b. 1979
🇷🇺Vasily Belov
deceased
writer (1932-2012) · 1932–2012
Days lived
29,262
🇩🇪Wolf Muser
deceased
German actor (1950–2022) · 1950–2022
Days lived
26,091
🇩🇪Wolfgang Baumgart
deceased
Olympic medalist (1949-2011) · 1949–2011
Days lived
22,401
🇭🇺Zoltán Kolláth
Hungarian astronomer · b. 1961
Days alive
2,922

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Al Jolson
deceased
Lithuanian-born American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886–1950) · 1886–1950
Days lived
23,525
🇬🇧Alvin Stardust
deceased
actor · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,324

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
42,663
🇬🇧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
50,334

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,507
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,204

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,714
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
133,228

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
11,157
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
4,579

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🇦🇹August Kubizek

deceased

Austrian musician, soldier, and friend of Adolf Hitler (1888–1956) · 1888–1956

Days lived

24,917

🇨🇦Chauncey Kirby

Canadian ice hockey player · 1871–1950

Days lived

28,862

🇩🇪Ernst Hartmann

German physician (1915–1992) · 1915–1992

Days lived

28,107

🇩🇪Georg Drescher

cyclist · 1870–1938

Days lived

25,056

🇩🇪Gerd Tacke

German businessman (1906–1997) · 1906–1997

Days lived

33,302

🇩🇪Hans Ertl

German mountaineer and cinematographer (1908–2000) · 1908–2000

Days lived

33,848

🇩🇪Herbert Böhme

German poet (1907–1971) · 1907–1971

Days lived

23,382

🇩🇪Kurt Daluege

German SS general and Deputy Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia (1897-1946) · 1897–1946

Days lived

17,934

🇬🇧Laurence Irving

English set designer (1897-1988) · 1897–1988

Days lived

33,432

🇹🇼Lim Goh Tong

Malaysian businessman (1918–2007) · 1918–2007

Days lived

32,744

🇩🇪Princess Irmingard of Bavaria

Bavarian Royal (1923-2010) · 1923–2010

Days lived

31,924

🇺🇸Sòng Měilíng

politician · 1898–2003

Days lived

38,583

🇨🇿Vlasta Depetrisová

Czechoslovak table tennis player · 1920–2003

Days lived

30,255

🇩🇪Walther Fürst

German judge and politician (1912-2009) · 1912–2009

Days lived

35,685

🇺🇸Zane Grey

film director · 1872–1939

Days lived

24,736

🇩🇪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

47,777

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

38,219

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

37,185

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

36,819

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

34,263

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

32,915

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

57,246

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

37,915

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

16,267

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

13,810

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

11,720

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

9,697