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August 26 1990

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Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Sándor Farkas
Catholic priest, born 1853 · b. 1853
Days alive
50,275
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,953
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
36,301
Walter Schenk🇩🇪
deceased
German military personnel · 1891–2000
Days lived
39,634
Hal Roach🇺🇸
deceased
American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992
Days lived
36,817
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
35,964
Lang Jingshan
deceased
artist · 1892–1995
Days lived
37,506
Zośka Vieras🇱🇹
deceased
Belarusian writer and poet (1892-1991) · 1892–1991
Days lived
36,166
Lillian Gish🇺🇸
deceased
American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993
Days lived
36,295
Martha Graham🇺🇸
deceased
Ballet dancer · 1894–1991
Days lived
35,388
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia🇮🇹
deceased
Italian film director (1894–1998) · 1894–1998
Days lived
37,799
Hermann Florstedt
deceased
military person · 1895–2000
Days lived
38,302
Adolf Pokorny🇦🇹
deceased
Austrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895-?) · 1895–2000
Days lived
38,144
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceased
American baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
Heinrich Eberbach🇩🇪
deceased
German general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992
Days lived
35,295
Sylvia de Arruda Botelho Bittencourt🇧🇷
deceased
Brazilian journalist · 1896–1995
Days lived
36,188
Friedrich Hund🇩🇪
deceased
chemist · 1896–1997
Days lived
36,945
Lilia Skala🇺🇸
deceased
Austrian-American actress (1896-1994) · 1896–1994
Days lived
35,813
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky🇦🇹
deceased
Austrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000
Days lived
37,614

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