On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 21 1990
Born on This Day
Adnan Şenses🇹🇷
deceasedsinger · 1935–2013
Days lived
28,616
Alizée🇫🇷
singer · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
Archie Griffin🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1954
Days alive
13,149
Axel Breitung🇩🇪
German music executive · b. 1957
Days alive
12,053
Bo Burnham🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1990
Days alive
0
Chantelle Houghton🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1983
Days alive
2,557
Charlison Benschop🇨🇼
Curaçaoan footballer · b. 1989
Days alive
365
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Count Basie🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz musician and composer (1904–1984) · 1904–1984
Days lived
29,103
Ernst Gronau
deceasedactor · 1887–1938
Days lived
18,616
Frank Pastore🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1957–2012
Days lived
20,207
Hayden Panettiere🇺🇸
singer · b. 1989
Days alive
365
Hedwig Lachmann🇬🇧
deceasedGerman author, translator and poet (1865-1918) · 1865–1918
Days lived
19,176
Heinz Peter Mayer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian artist (1944-2012) · 1944–2012
Days lived
24,656
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Jasmin Wöhr🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1980
Days alive
3,652
Jiří Lála🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1959
Days alive
11,323
John Rittmeister🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1898–1943
Days lived
16,335
Jon Lajoie🇨🇦
Comedian and musician · b. 1980
Days alive
3,652
Karl Storch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman hammer thrower (1913-1992) · 1913–1992
Days lived
28,850
Kenny Rogers🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican country singer (1938–2020) · 1938–2020
Days lived
29,797
Liam Howlett🇬🇧
British musician, DJ and record producer · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
Liezel Huber🇺🇸
South Africa born- US tennis player · b. 1976
Days alive
5,113
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Mohammed VI of Morocco🇲🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
Norbert Thimm🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1949
Days alive
14,975
Oliver Geissen🇩🇪
German television talk show host · b. 1969
Days alive
7,670
Oliver Kirch🇩🇪
football player · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Perry Christie
Bahamian politician · b. 1943
Days alive
17,167
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Peter Weir🇦🇺
Australian film director (born 1944) · b. 1944
Days alive
16,801
Richard Wolffenstein🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1864–1929
Days lived
23,663
RJ Mitte🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1992–2026
Days lived
12,470
Rodolphe Belmer🇫🇷
French business executive at EutelSat then Atos · b. 1969
Days alive
7,670
Roman Schatz🇫🇮
Finnish-German author and television host · b. 1960
Days alive
10,957
Rudi Thomaes🇧🇪
deceasedbusinessman (1952-2018) · 1952–2018
Days lived
24,079
Sander Dreesmann🇳🇱
Dutch field hockey player · b. 1977
Days alive
4,748
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Sergey Brin
computer scientist · b. 1973
Days alive
6,209
Serj Tankian🇱🇧
singer · b. 1967
Days alive
8,401
Shonn Greene🇺🇸
All-American college football player, professional football player, running back · b. 1985
Days alive
1,826
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Simone Eriksrud🇳🇴
German-Norwegian jazz vocalist and composer · b. 1970
Days alive
7,305
Thomas S. Monson🇺🇸
deceasedpresident of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (1927-2018) · 1927–2018
Days lived
33,007
Usain Bolt
Jamaican sprinter · b. 1986
Days alive
1,461
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Walter Block🇺🇸
philosopher · b. 1941
Days alive
17,897
Walter Szczerbiak🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1949
Days alive
14,975
Zdeněk Lukáš🇨🇿
deceasedCzech composer (1928–2007) · 1928–2007
Days lived
28,815
Zion Suzuki🇯🇵
Association football player · b. 2002
Died on This Day
Agustín Sauto Arana🇪🇸
deceasedfootball player · 1908–1986
Days lived
28,591
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Charles Eames🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican designer (1907-1978) · 1907–1978
Days lived
25,998
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Christoph Schlingensief🇩🇪
deceasedGerman theatre and film director, playwright, and performance artist (1960-2010) · 1960–2010
Days lived
18,198
Eduard Arning🇩🇪
deceasedGerman dermatologist (1855–1936) · 1855–1936
Days lived
29,817
Elizabeth Báthory
deceasedNotable Trials · 1560–1614
Days lived
19,727
Klaus Höhne🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1927-2006) · 1927–2006
Days lived
28,924
Leon Trotsky🇲🇽
deceasedjournalist · 1879–1940
Days lived
22,202
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Lev Vasilyev🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet industrial manager and statesman (1925-2023) · 1925–2023
Days lived
35,989
Nanni Loy🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film, theatre and TV director (1925-1995) · 1925–1995
Days lived
25,504
Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien🇩🇪
deceasedGerman naval officer (1879–1956) · 1879–1956
Days lived
28,262
Per Lønning🇳🇴
deceasedNorwegian Lutheran bishop and politician, lyricist (1928-2016) · 1928–2016
Days lived
32,321
Sissy Roth-Halvax🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian politician (1946-2009) · 1946–2009
Days lived
22,999
Sowcar Janaki🇮🇳
deceasedActor · 1931–2026
Days lived
34,586
William Norris🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1911–2006
Days lived
34,737
Wolfgang Hildesheimer🇨🇭
deceasedGerman author · 1916–1991
Days lived
27,283
Yuri Nikulin🇸🇺
deceasedClown · 1921–1997
Days lived
27,640
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
50,270
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,948
José Miguel Barandiarán🇪🇸
deceasedBasque anthropologist, etnologist and archaeologist (1889–1991) · 1889–1991
Days lived
37,244
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
36,296
Walter Schenk🇩🇪
deceasedGerman military personnel · 1891–2000
Days lived
39,634
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Hal Roach🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992
Days lived
36,817
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
35,959
Lang Jingshan
deceasedartist · 1892–1995
Days lived
37,506
Zośka Vieras🇱🇹
deceasedBelarusian writer and poet (1892-1991) · 1892–1991
Days lived
36,166
Lillian Gish🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993
Days lived
36,295
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Martha Graham🇺🇸
deceasedBallet dancer · 1894–1991
Days lived
35,388
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1894–1998) · 1894–1998
Days lived
37,799
Hermann Florstedt
deceasedmilitary person · 1895–2000
Days lived
38,302
Adolf Pokorny🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895-?) · 1895–2000
Days lived
38,144
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
Heinrich Eberbach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992
Days lived
35,295
Sylvia de Arruda Botelho Bittencourt🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian journalist · 1896–1995
Days lived
36,188
Friedrich Hund🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1896–1997
Days lived
36,945
Lilia Skala🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian-American actress (1896-1994) · 1896–1994
Days lived
35,813
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000
Days lived
37,614
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Harriet🇦🇺
deceasedGalápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
57,941
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Lin Wang🇹🇼
deceasedAsian elephant · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,467
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Alex🇺🇸
deceasedAfrican grey parrot · 1976–2007
Days lived
11,433
Keiko🇮🇸
deceasedOrca · 1977–2003
Days lived
9,841
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,114
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,811
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,384
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
45,826
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
44,792
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
44,426
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
41,870
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
40,522
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,321
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,835
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,853
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
45,522
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
23,874
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
21,417
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
19,327
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
17,304
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,764
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,186
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,724
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
5,541
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
4,836
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,149
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,106
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
3,885