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August 16, 1990

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Born on This Day

Abdoulaye Keita🇫🇷
football player · b. 1990
Days alive
0
Amos Alonzo Stagg🇺🇸
deceased
film director · 1862–1965
Days lived
37,468
Arden Cho🇺🇸
Singer-songwriter · b. 1990
Days alive
0
Arvind Kejriwal🇮🇳
politician · b. 1968
Days alive
8,035
Attila Abonyi🇭🇺
deceased
athlete · 1946–2023
Days lived
28,083
Aziz Akhannouch
entrepreneur · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
B. Y. Raghavendra🇮🇳
politician · b. 1973
Days alive
6,209
Brian Gordon🇺🇸
film director · b. 1978
Days alive
4,383
Caroline Grothgar🇦🇹
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
8,035
Céline Roscheck🇦🇹
musician · b. 1983
Days alive
2,557
Charli Baltimore🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1974
Days alive
5,844
Christina Hammer🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1990
Days alive
0
Christos Papadimitriou🇺🇸
musician · b. 1949
Days alive
14,975
David Bergman🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
Denis Gremelmayr🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
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
10,592
Gadjo🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1972
Days alive
6,574
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
13,149
James Michel
politician · b. 1944
Days alive
16,801
Jannik Sinner
tennis player · b. 2001
Joaquín Reyes Cano🇪🇸
Spanish actor, comedian and cartoonist · b. 1974
Days alive
5,844
Julia Schruff🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Karl-Heinz Vosgerau🇩🇪
deceased
German actor (1928-2021) · 1928–2021
Days lived
33,744
Kevin Schmidt🇺🇸
actor · b. 1988
Days alive
730
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
11,688
Magnus Betnér🇸🇪
actor · b. 1974
Days alive
5,844
Manisha Koirala🇳🇵
Actor · b. 1970
Days alive
7,305
Mariusz Jędra🇵🇱
Polish weightlifter · b. 1973
Days alive
6,209
Pierre Richard🇫🇷
French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian · b. 1934
Days alive
20,454
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
20,819
Ri Myong-jun🇰🇵
North Korean footballer · b. 1990
Days alive
0
Ryan Longwell🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1974
Days alive
5,844
Sheila🇫🇷
French recording artist and yé-yé singer · b. 1945
Days alive
16,436
Steve Carell🇺🇸
American actor and comedian (born 1962) · b. 1962
Days alive
10,227
Sylvia Stolz🇩🇪
German Holocaust denier and former lawyer · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
Tony Trabert🇺🇸
deceased
basketball player · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,044
Ulla Weigerstorfer🇦🇹
entrepreneur · b. 1967
Days alive
8,401
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
50,265
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,943

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
57,936

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,109
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,806

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,316
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,830

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,759
12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,181

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

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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

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Ivan Hlinka🇨🇿

athlete · 1950–2004

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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

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

36,291

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

35,954

Lang Jingshan

artist · 1892–1995

Days lived

37,506

Zośka Vieras🇱🇹

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

Days lived

36,166

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

Lilia Skala🇺🇸

Austrian-American actress (1896-1994) · 1896–1994

Days lived

35,813

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky🇦🇹

Austrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000

Days lived

37,614

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

55,379

HSBC🇬🇧

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

45,821

Tata Group

Tata Group🇮🇳

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

44,787

Goldman Sachs🇺🇸

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,421

Eli Lilly🇺🇸

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

41,865

Chevron🇺🇸

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,517

Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

64,848

Crime and Punishment🇷🇺

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,517

The Great Gatsby🇺🇸

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

23,869

Brave New World🇬🇧

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,412

The Hobbit🇬🇧

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,322

The Little Prince🇫🇷

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

17,299

The Godfather🇺🇸

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

6,719

Jaws🇺🇸

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,536

Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

4,831

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,144

Alien🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,101

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

3,880