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February 17 1990

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Born on This Day

🇷🇺Andrei Chemerkin
deceased
Russian weightlifter · 1972–2025
Days lived
19,566
🇷🇺Andrey Korotayev
Russian anthropologist, economic historian, comparative political scientist, and sociologist · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
🇦🇹Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
deceased
Austro-Tuscan imperial and royal (1893-1918) · 1893–1918
Days lived
9,426
🇺🇸Chord Overstreet
singer · b. 1989
Days alive
365
🇺🇸Curt Swan
deceased
American artist (1920-1996) · 1920–1996
Days lived
27,880
🇺🇸David Goggins
Retired Navy SEAL, Ultra-endurance Athlete, Author · b. 1975
Days alive
5,479
🇫🇷Denez Prigent
singer · b. 1966
Days alive
8,766
🇺🇸Dennis Green
deceased
American football coach (1949–2016) · 1949–2016
Days lived
24,626
🇩🇪Dieter Laser
deceased
German actor (1942–2020) · 1942–2020
Days lived
28,501
Ed Sheeran
Music · b. 1991
Edsel Albert Ammons
deceased
American Bishop of the United Methodist Church (1924-2010) · 1924–2010
Days lived
31,722
🇺🇸Emerson Spartz
American businessman · b. 1987
Days alive
1,096
🇩🇪Ernst Troeltsch
deceased
politician · 1865–1923
Days lived
21,167
🇺🇸Frances A. Genter
deceased
American racehorse owner (1898-1992) · 1898–1992
Days lived
34,613
🇩🇪Friedrich Alfred Krupp
deceased
entrepreneur · 1854–1902
Days lived
17,809
🇺🇸Gene Pitney
deceased
singer · 1941–2006
Days lived
23,788
🇦🇹Gerhard Pfanzelter
Austrian politician and diplomat · b. 1943
Days alive
17,167
🇺🇸Gertrude Abercrombie
deceased
artist · 1909–1977
Days lived
24,973
Hans Blüher
deceased
YouTube personality · 1888–1955
Days lived
24,458
🇺🇸Hans Lange
deceased
musician · 1884–1960
Days lived
27,936
🇺🇸Hans Morgenthau
deceased
American political scientist (1904–1980) · 1904–1980
Days lived
27,912
🇺🇸Hung Liu
deceased
Painter · 1948–2021
Days lived
26,835
Iolu Abil
politician · b. 1942
Days alive
17,532
🇳🇱Jan Halle
deceased
Dutch football player (1903-1986) · 1903–1986
Days lived
30,274
🇺🇸Jason Ritter
Film actor · b. 1980
Days alive
3,653
Jensen Huang
CEO of NVIDIA · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
🇺🇸Jim Grobe
American college football player and coach · b. 1952
Days alive
13,880
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
actor · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
🇺🇸Josh Willingham
American baseball player · b. 1979
Days alive
4,018
🇺🇸Jozef Murgaš
deceased
Slovak entomologist, painter, inventor and roman catholic priest (1864-1929) · 1864–1929
Days lived
23,824
🇺🇸Justin Fairfax
deceased
Politician · 1979–2026
Days lived
17,225
🇩🇪Karin Büttner-Janz
East German gymnast · b. 1952
Days alive
13,880
🇨🇦Kenneth Moore
deceased
Canadian ice hockey player · 1910–1981
Days lived
26,227
🇺🇸Kevin Rudolf
actor · b. 1983
Days alive
2,557
🇺🇸Larry the Cable Guy
American stand-up comedian (born 1963) · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
🌍Lucy Davis
Actor · b. 1973
Days alive
6,209
🇨🇿Marek Švec
Czech Olympian, coach and wrestler · b. 1973
Days alive
6,209
🇬🇧Marvin Sordell
football player · b. 1991
🇺🇸Michael Bay
American film director and producer (born 1965) · b. 1965
Days alive
9,131
Michael Jordan
basketball player · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
🇨🇳Mo Yan
writer · b. 1955
Days alive
12,784
Özgür Özata
Turkish-German actor (born 1977) · b. 1977
Days alive
4,748
Paris Hilton
Notable Trials · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
🇺🇸Paul Reiche III
American game designer · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
🇵🇪Pedro Beltrán
deceased
journalist · 1897–1979
Days lived
29,948
🇳🇴Peter Dybwad
deceased
Norwegian-born German architect (1859-1921) · 1859–1921
Days lived
22,883
🇺🇸Rod Dedeaux
deceased
American baseball player and coach (1914-2006) · 1914–2006
Days lived
33,560
🇩🇪Romano Guardini
deceased
philosopher · 1885–1968
Days lived
30,541
🇬🇧Ronald Knox
deceased
English priest and theologian (1888–1957) · 1888–1957
Days lived
25,390
🇭🇺Rózsa Péter
deceased
scientist · 1905–1977
Days lived
26,297
🇧🇪Serge Brammertz
prosecutor · b. 1962
Days alive
10,227
🇷🇺Sogdiana Fedorinskaya
singer · b. 1984
Days alive
2,192
🇺🇸Stump Weidman
deceased
American baseball player (1861–1905) · 1861–1905
Days lived
16,083
🇩🇪Tito Warnholtz
deceased
field hockey player (1906–1993) · 1906–1993
Days lived
31,741
🇲🇽Vicente Fernández
deceased
Mexican actor and ranchera singer (1940–2021) · 1940–2021
Days lived
29,884
Yevgeniy Abalakov
deceased
athlete · 1907–1948
Days lived
15,011

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Alex Hannig
deceased
German athletics competitor (1897–1987) · 1897–1987
Days lived
32,625
🇬🇧Andrew Weatherall
deceased
English DJ, record producer, and remixer (1963-2020) · 1963–2020
Days lived
20,771

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
50,085
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,763

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
57,756

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,929
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,626

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,136
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,650

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,579
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,001

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🇲🇰Avni Engüllü

deceased

Turkish journalist · 1947–2024

Days lived

27,922

🇰🇪David Lelei

Kenyan distance runner (1971-2010) · 1971–2010

Days lived

14,163

🇭🇺Ferenc Olgyay

painter (1872–1939) · 1872–1939

Days lived

24,284

Giordano Bruno

Giordano Bruno

Notable Trials · 1548–1600

Days lived

19,040

🇮🇹Giuseppe Ros

Italian boxer (1942–2022) · 1942–2022

Days lived

29,003

🇫🇷Guy Laroche

French fashion designer (1921-1989) · 1921–1989

Days lived

24,688

🇩🇪Hans Baur

German military aviator (1897–1993) · 1897–1993

Days lived

34,941

🇩🇪Hans Scherbart

German field hockey player · 1905–1993

Days lived

31,840

🇦🇹Hans Thimig

actor · 1900–1991

Days lived

33,081

🇩🇪Heinz Schillinger

German artist and graphic designer (1929-2008) · 1929–2008

Days lived

28,694

Jens Emil Mungard

writer · 1885–1940

Days lived

20,134

🇺🇸Jesse Jackson

Politician · 1941–2026

Days lived

30,813

Johan Galtung

Notable Trials · 1930–2024

Days lived

34,084

🇫🇮Juhani Salakka

Finnish weightlifter (1950-2015) · 1950–2015

Days lived

23,533

🇩🇪Konrad Helbig

German photographer (1917–1986) · 1917–1986

Days lived

25,082

Lee Strasberg

Actor · 1901–1982

Days lived

29,312

🇺🇸Lefty Gomez

film director · 1908–1989

Days lived

29,303

🇨🇭Léon Savary

Swiss writer (1895-1968) · 1895–1968

Days lived

26,591

Levan Tediashvili

athlete · 1948–2024

Days lived

27,732

🇨🇭Marcel Bezençon

Swiss broadcasting executive (1907-1981) · 1907–1981

Days lived

26,956

🇵🇱Otto Sackur

chemist · 1880–1914

Days lived

12,194

🇬🇧Peter Skellern

English singer, songwriter and pianist (1947–2017) · 1947–2017

Days lived

25,543

🇮🇳Purushottam Shivaram Rege

Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India · 1910–1978

Days lived

24,671

🇺🇸Red Ruffing

American baseball player and coach (1905–1986) · 1905–1986

Days lived

29,510

🇩🇪Siegbert Tarrasch

German chess player, chess writer, and chess theoretician (1862–1934) · 1862–1934

Days lived

26,281

🇩🇪Sonja Ziemann

German actress (1926–2020) · 1926–2020

Days lived

34,342

🇦🇹Tala Birell

actor · 1907–1958

Days lived

18,423

🇺🇸Thelonious Monk

American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982) · 1917–1982

Days lived

23,506

🇪🇸José Miguel Barandiarán

deceased

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

Days lived

37,244

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

36,111

🇩🇪Johannes Paul

scientist · 1891–1990

Days lived

36,178

🇩🇪Walter Schenk

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,634

🇺🇸Hal Roach

American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992

Days lived

36,817

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

35,774

Lang Jingshan

artist · 1892–1995

Days lived

37,506

🇱🇹Zośka Vieras

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

Days lived

36,166

🇫🇷Erté

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

Days lived

35,620

🇺🇸Lillian Gish

American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993

Days lived

36,295

🇺🇸Martha Graham

Ballet dancer · 1894–1991

Days lived

35,388

🇮🇹Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

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

Days lived

37,799

Hermann Florstedt

military person · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,302

🇦🇹Adolf Pokorny

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

Days lived

38,144

🇺🇸Silas Simmons

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

Days lived

40,557

🇩🇪Heinrich Eberbach

German general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992

Days lived

35,295

🇧🇷Sylvia de Arruda Botelho Bittencourt

Brazilian journalist · 1896–1995

Days lived

36,188

🇩🇪Friedrich Hund

chemist · 1896–1997

Days lived

36,945

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,430

🇹🇼Lin Wang

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,467

🇺🇸Washoe

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,399

🇺🇸Koko

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,152

🇺🇸Alex

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Days lived

11,433

🇮🇸Keiko

Orca · 1977–2003

Days lived

9,841

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

55,199

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

45,641

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

44,607

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,241

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

41,685

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,337

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

64,668

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,337

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

23,689

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,232

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,142

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

17,119

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

6,539

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,356

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

4,651

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

3,964

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

3,921

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

3,700