On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 27 1990
Born on This Day
Akiyuki Shinbo🇯🇵
Japanese animation director · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
Alvin Stardust🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,324
Ana Nikolić🇷🇸
Serbian-Croatian singer · b. 1978
Days alive
4,383
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Andy Lau🇨🇳
actor · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
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Ani Lorak🇸🇺
Singer · b. 1978
Days alive
4,383
Anne Cibis🇩🇪
German sprinter · b. 1985
Days alive
1,826
Arthur Penn🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican producer and director (1922–2010) · 1922–2010
Days lived
32,143
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Avril Lavigne🇨🇦
actor · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
Daniel Pudil🇨🇿
football player · b. 1985
Days alive
1,826
David Baramidze🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1988
Days alive
730
Dennis Nineham🇬🇧
deceasedBritish theologian · 1921–2016
Days lived
34,558
Dick Advocaat🇳🇱
football player · b. 1947
Days alive
15,706
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Don Jamieson
American stand-up comedian · b. 1966
Days alive
8,766
Grazia Deledda
deceasedwriter · 1871–1936
Days lived
23,698
Gwyneth Paltrow🇺🇸
Actress/Founder · b. 1972
Days alive
6,574
Harry Baer🇩🇪
actor · b. 1947
Days alive
15,706
Jeremy Stenberg🇺🇸
American motocross rider · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
Joaquín Luque Roselló🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish painter (1865-1932) · 1865–1932
Days lived
24,223
Joe Stöckel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and director (1894–1959) · 1894–1959
Days lived
23,635
Johann Lafer🇦🇹
Austrian chef · b. 1957
Days alive
12,053
Lena Beyerling🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1995
Lil Wayne🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Lisa Ryzih🇩🇪
German pole vaulter · b. 1988
Days alive
730
Ludwig Wolff🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1857–1919
Days lived
22,429
Marcus Gayle🇬🇧
football player · b. 1970
Days alive
7,305
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Markus Rosenberg🇸🇪
Swedish association football player · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
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Meat Loaf🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1947–2022
Days lived
27,144
Mirjam Weichselbraun🇦🇹
Austrian television presenter · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
Miss Platnum🇩🇪
singer · b. 1980
Days alive
3,652
Natasha Thomas🇩🇰
Danish recording artist, singer, model · b. 1986
Days alive
1,461
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Nathaniel M. Haskell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician in Maine (1912–1983) · 1912–1983
Days lived
25,700
Otto Nagel
deceasedGerman artist (1894-1967) · 1894–1967
Days lived
26,585
Percy Rees🇬🇧
deceasedfield hockey player · 1883–1970
Days lived
31,669
Richard Kohn🇦🇹
deceasedassociation football player (1888-1963) · 1888–1963
Days lived
27,289
Sascha Licht🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1974
Days alive
5,844
Scott Lawrence
Actor · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
Tan White🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Vladislav Matviyenko🇷🇺
Russian footballer · b. 1967
Days alive
8,401
Walter Riester🇩🇪
German trade unionist and politician · b. 1943
Days alive
17,167
Wim van Heel🇳🇱
deceasedfield hockey player (1922–1972) · 1922–1972
Days lived
18,269
Yash Chopra🇮🇳
deceasedIndian film director, script writer and film producer (1932–2012) · 1932–2012
Days lived
29,244
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Yasmin K.🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1976
Days alive
5,113
Died on This Day
Adib Shishakli
deceasedpolitician · 1909–1964
Days lived
20,358
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican golfer and athlete · 1911–1956
Days lived
16,530
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Dennis Haskins🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1950–2026
Days lived
27,707
Donald Fisher🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman (1928–2009) · 1928–2009
Days lived
29,609
Hans Fritzsche🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1900–1953
Days lived
19,517
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Hassan Nasrallah🇱🇧
deceasedUlema · 1960–2024
Days lived
23,403
Hilla von Rebay🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1890–1967
Days lived
28,242
Hubert Schardin🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer and cinematographer (1902–1965) · 1902–1965
Days lived
23,113
James Traficant🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician (1941–2014) · 1941–2014
Days lived
26,805
Julius Wagner-Jauregg🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist (1857–1940) · 1857–1940
Days lived
30,519
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Karl-Heinz Köpcke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman news speaker (1922–1991) · 1922–1991
Days lived
25,200
Kazimierz Moczarski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish writer and journalist (1907–1975) · 1907–1975
Days lived
24,905
Maximilian von Weichs🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1881–1954
Days lived
26,616
Ronald Golias🇧🇷
deceasedsinger · 1929–2005
Days lived
27,905
Rose Stradner🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1913–1958
Days lived
16,494
Sándor Szathmári🇭🇺
deceasedwriter · 1897–1974
Days lived
28,223
Wilhelm Simon🇩🇪
deceasedSS officer (1900-1971) · 1900–1971
Days lived
26,089
Willoughby James Hamilton🇮🇪
deceasedIrish tennis and badminton player (1864–1943) · 1864–1943
Days lived
28,780
Wolfgang Clement🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1940–2020
Days lived
29,302
Yvan Daniel🇫🇷
deceasedFrench writer (1909–1986) · 1909–1986
Days lived
28,081
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
50,307
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,985
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
36,333
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
35,996
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
57,978
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
56,151
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,848
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,421
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
45,863
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
44,829
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
44,463
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
41,907
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
40,559
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,358
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,872
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,890
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
45,559
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
23,911
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
21,454
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
19,364
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
17,341
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,801
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,223
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,761
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
5,578
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
4,873
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,186
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,143
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
3,922