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October 27 1989

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Born on This Day

🇺🇸Andrew Bynum
American basketball player · b. 1987
Days alive
732
🇮🇳Anuradha Paudwal
Indian playback singer · b. 1952
Days alive
13,515
🇺🇸Brady Quinn
American football quarterback · b. 1984
Days alive
1,827
Carlos Andrés Pérez
deceased
Notable Trials · 1922–2010
Days lived
32,202
🇩🇪Christian Brückner
actor · b. 1943
Days alive
16,803
🇺🇸Crystal Langhorne
American basketball player · b. 1986
Days alive
1,097
🇨🇿Daniel Kolář
athlete · b. 1985
Days alive
1,462
David Walton
Actor · b. 1978
Days alive
4,019
Dayot Upamecano
association football player · b. 1998
Days alive
1
🇩🇪Edda Moser
musician · b. 1938
Days alive
18,629
🇺🇸Fran Lebowitz
actor · b. 1950
Days alive
14,246
🇺🇸Francis Fukuyama
American political scientist, political economist, and author · b. 1952
Days alive
13,515
🇬🇧Frederick Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
British peer and Labour politician (born 1958) · b. 1958
Days alive
11,324
Fritz Sauckel
deceased
Notable Trials · 1894–1946
Days lived
18,982
🇩🇪Gunter Demnig
artist · b. 1947
Days alive
15,342
🇧🇷Hugo Henrique Assis do Nascimento
Brazilian association football player · b. 1980
Days alive
3,288
🇩🇪Ingrid Fickler
German jurist · b. 1940
Days alive
17,898
Jack Cohn
deceased
Actor · 1889–1956
Days lived
24,514
🇩🇪Jana Beller
entrepreneur · b. 1990
Days alive
1
🇺🇸Jara Rubin Doyne
American basketball player (1984-) · b. 1984
Days alive
1,827
🇬🇧John Cleese
actor · b. 1939
Days alive
18,264
John Gotti
deceased
Notable Trials · 1940–2002
Days lived
22,507
🇩🇪Jürgen Hartmann
German footballer · b. 1962
Days alive
9,863
🇬🇧Kelly Osbourne
British singer and actress · b. 1984
Days alive
1,827
🇩🇴Kelvin Jiménez
film director · b. 1980
Days alive
3,288
Kurt Zouma
Notable Trials · b. 1994
Days alive
1
🇺🇸Lee Krasner
deceased
artist · 1908–1984
Days lived
27,630
🇧🇷Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Trade unionist · b. 1945
Days alive
16,072
🇺🇸Maxine Hong Kingston
writer · b. 1940
Days alive
17,898
🇺🇸Nanette Fabray
deceased
Actor · 1920–2018
Days lived
35,548
🇧🇪Nathalie Loriers
Belgian musician · b. 1966
Days alive
8,402
🇩🇪Peter Lustig
deceased
actor · 1937–2016
Days lived
28,609
Roberto Benigni
Oscar Winners · b. 1952
Days alive
13,515
🇨🇱Rubén Tejada
baseball player · b. 1989
Days alive
1
🇩🇪Rudolf Leonhard
deceased
poet and German politician (1889-1953) · 1889–1953
Days lived
23,429
🇬🇧Simon Wolfson
British clothing retailer and philanthropist · b. 1967
Days alive
8,037
Stamen Grigorov
deceased
scientist · 1878–1945
Days lived
24,472
🇮🇹Stephan El Shaarawy
football player · b. 1992
Days alive
1
🇺🇸Sylvia Plath
deceased
American poet and writer (1932–1963) · 1932–1963
Days lived
11,065
Theo Griep
deceased
writer · 1916–2007
Days lived
33,073
🇺🇸Theodore Roosevelt
deceased
YouTube personality · 1858–1919
Days lived
21,986
🇺🇸Zab Judah
American boxer · b. 1977
Days alive
4,384

Died on This Day

🇷🇺Aleksandr Anatolʹevich Ilʹin
deceased
Russian scientist (1952-2019) · 1952–2019
Days lived
24,624
🇬🇧Charles Hawtrey
deceased
English film actor (1914-1988) · 1914–1988
Days lived
26,996

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
49,973
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,651

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇦🇺Harriet
deceased
Galápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,139
🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
57,644

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,817
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,514

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,024
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,538

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,467
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
11,889

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Ernest Drezen

🇱🇻Ernest Drezen

writer · 1892–1937

Days lived

16,418

Ferdinand Sigg

🇨🇭Ferdinand Sigg

Swiss bishop (1902-1965) · 1902–1965

Days lived

23,231

Hans Werner Henze

🇩🇪Hans Werner Henze

German composer (1926–2012) · 1926–2012

Days lived

31,531

Heinz Krügel

🇩🇪Heinz Krügel

German footballer-manager (1921-2008) · 1921–2008

Days lived

31,964

Henrik Ripszám

🇭🇺Henrik Ripszám

Hungarian orienteer · 1864–1939

Days lived

27,622

Joe Niekro

🇺🇸Joe Niekro

film director · 1944–2006

Days lived

22,635

Li Keqiang

🇨🇳Li Keqiang

politician · 1955–2023

Days lived

24,954

Lou Reed

Lou Reed

singer · 1942–2013

Days lived

26,173

Luigi Magni

🇮🇹Luigi Magni

Italian screenwriter and film director (1928–2013) · 1928–2013

Days lived

31,267

Miyu Matsuki

🇯🇵Miyu Matsuki

singer · 1977–2015

Days lived

13,923

Moritz von Leonhardi

🇩🇪Moritz von Leonhardi

German anthropologist (1856-1910) · 1856–1910

Days lived

19,955

Rudolf Dassler

🇩🇪Rudolf Dassler

entrepreneur · 1898–1974

Days lived

27,974

Stamen Grigorov

Stamen Grigorov

scientist · 1878–1945

Days lived

24,472

Terry Callier

🇺🇸Terry Callier

singer · 1945–2012

Days lived

24,629

Theodor Steltzer

🇩🇪Theodor Steltzer

German politician (1885-1967) · 1885–1967

Days lived

29,899

Tola Mankiewiczówna

🇵🇱Tola Mankiewiczówna

Polish singer and actress (1900–1985) · 1900–1985

Days lived

31,219

Waltraud Nowarra

🇩🇪Waltraud Nowarra

German chess player (1940–2007) · 1940–2007

Days lived

24,454

Willi Bredel

🇩🇪Willi Bredel

journalist · 1901–1964

Days lived

23,190

🇪🇸José Miguel Barandiarán

deceased

Basque anthropologist, etnologist and archaeologist (1889–1991) · 1889–1991

Days lived

37,245

Frank J. Skinner

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

35,999

Johannes Paul

🇩🇪Johannes Paul

scientist · 1891–1990

Days lived

36,179

Walter Schenk

🇩🇪Walter Schenk

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,635

Hal Roach

🇺🇸Hal Roach

American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992

Days lived

36,818

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

35,662

Lang Jingshan

Lang Jingshan

artist · 1892–1995

Days lived

37,507

Zośka Vieras

🇱🇹Zośka Vieras

Belarusian writer and poet (1892-1991) · 1892–1991

Days lived

36,167

Erté

🇫🇷Erté

Russian-born French designer (1892-1990) · 1892–1990

Days lived

35,621

Lillian Gish

🇺🇸Lillian Gish

American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993

Days lived

36,296

Martha Graham

🇺🇸Martha Graham

Ballet dancer · 1894–1991

Days lived

35,389

Hermann Oberth

🇩🇪Hermann Oberth

YouTube personality · 1894–1989

Days lived

34,885

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

🇮🇹Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

Italian film director (1894–1998) · 1894–1998

Days lived

37,800

Hermann Florstedt

Hermann Florstedt

military person · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,303

Adolf Pokorny

🇦🇹Adolf Pokorny

Austrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895-?) · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,145

Silas Simmons

🇺🇸Silas Simmons

American baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006

Days lived

40,558

Heinrich Eberbach

🇩🇪Heinrich Eberbach

German general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992

Days lived

35,296

Trude Fleischmann

🇺🇸Trude Fleischmann

Austrian-born American photographer (1895-1990) · 1895–1990

Days lived

34,364

Lonesome George

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,431

Lin Wang

🇹🇼Lin Wang

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,468

Washoe

🇺🇸Washoe

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,400

Koko

🇺🇸Koko

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,153

Alex

🇺🇸Alex

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Days lived

11,434

Keiko

🇮🇸Keiko

Orca · 1977–2003

Days lived

9,842

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

55,087

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

45,529

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

44,495

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,129

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

41,573

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,225

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

64,556

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,225

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

23,577

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,120

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,030

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

17,007

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

6,427

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,244

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

4,539

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

3,852

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

3,809

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

3,588