On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 11 1990
Born on This Day
Adam Gottron🇩🇪
deceasedGerman priest (1889–1971) · 1889–1971
Days lived
29,967
Adin Ross
Streamer · b. 2000
Alexander Hacke🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1965
Days alive
9,131
Amitabh Bachchan
film actor · b. 1942
Days alive
17,532
Amr Diab🇪🇬
Egyptian singer, composer and actor · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
András Orvos🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1925–2001
Days lived
27,533
Anne Enright🇮🇪
YouTube personality · b. 1962
Days alive
10,227
Anton Räderscheidt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1892-1970) · 1892–1970
Days lived
28,271
Anton Schaller🇨🇭
Swiss journalist and politician · b. 1944
Days alive
16,801
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Berthold Laufer🇺🇸
deceasedGerman academic (1874-1934) · 1874–1934
Days lived
21,886
Cardi B
Music · b. 1992
Christopher McNaughton🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Dutch Clark🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and coach (1906–1978) · 1906–1978
Days lived
26,231
Erté🇫🇷
deceasedRussian-born French designer (1892-1990) · 1892–1990
Days lived
35,620
Étienne Barilier🇨🇭
Swiss journalist, translator and writer · b. 1947
Days alive
15,706
Friedrich Bergius🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1884–1949
Days lived
23,545
Gertrud von Le Fort🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1876–1971
Days lived
34,718
Hans Kelsen🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian lawyer (1881–1973) · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,427
Hans Söhnker🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1903-1981) · 1903–1981
Days lived
28,316
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
28,855
IImar Reepalu🇸🇪
Estonian-Swedish architect and politician (born 1943) · b. 1943
Days alive
17,167
Ivory Joe Hunter🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1911–1974
Days lived
23,039
Jan de Kreek🇳🇱
deceasedfootball player · 1903–1988
Days lived
30,807
Jane Zhang🇨🇳
singer · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
Jay Grdina🇺🇸
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
8,401
Jean-Jacques Goldman🇫🇷
singer · b. 1951
Days alive
14,245
John Nettles🇬🇧
actor · b. 1943
Days alive
17,167
Kálmán Jeszenszky🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian priest (1873-1946) · 1873–1946
Days lived
26,407
Karl Hofer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1878–1955) · 1878–1955
Days lived
27,932
Konrad Hungerbühler🇨🇭
Swiss chemist · b. 1952
Days alive
13,879
Marguerite Wildenhain🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1896–1985
Days lived
32,277
Martina Müller🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Matthias Witthaus🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Michael Stonebraker🇺🇸
American computer scientist (born 1943) · b. 1943
Days alive
17,167
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Michelle Trachtenberg🇺🇸
deceasedFilm actor · 1985–2025
Days lived
14,383
Miroslav Dvořák🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1951–2008
Days lived
20,698
Nesta Carter
Jamaican sprinter · b. 1985
Days alive
1,826
Nyron Nosworthy🇬🇧
football player · b. 1980
Days alive
3,652
Orlando Hernández🇨🇺
film director · b. 1965
Days alive
9,131
Otto Schulz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman non-commissioned SS officer and manager of the German Equipment Works in Dachau (1903-?) · 1903–2000
Days lived
35,146
Paula Schramm🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1989
Days alive
365
Pavel Černý🇨🇿
football player · b. 1962
Days alive
10,227
Peggy Parnass🇸🇪
deceasedGerman-Swedish journalist, writer and actress · 1927–2025
Days lived
35,582
Peter Thiel
Venture Investor & Entrepreneur · b. 1967
Days alive
8,401
Ram🇮🇳
Indian film director · b. 1974
Days alive
5,844
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Richard Lugner🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1932–2024
Days lived
33,543
Sal Khan🇺🇸
American educator (born 1976) · b. 1976
Days alive
5,113
Sascha Hehn🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1954
Days alive
13,149
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Séamus Coleman🇮🇪
Irish association football player · b. 1988
Days alive
730
Sean Murray🇬🇧
football player · b. 1993
Stan Douglas🇨🇦
artist · b. 1960
Days alive
10,957
Thure Riefenstein🇩🇪
actor · b. 1965
Days alive
9,131
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Valerie Niehaus🇩🇪
actor · b. 1974
Days alive
5,844
Wang Mingjuan🇨🇳
Chinese weightlifter · b. 1985
Days alive
1,826
Will White🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player, pitcher, manager (1854–1911) · 1854–1911
Days lived
20,777
Died on This Day
Anton von Henle
deceasedGerman catholic priest and theologian (1851-1927) · 1851–1927
Days lived
27,900
Bob Galvin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman (1922–2011) · 1922–2011
Days lived
32,509
Chinmoy Kumar Ghose
deceasedIndian writer and spiritual teacher (1931–2007) · 1931–2007
Days lived
27,804
Dorothea Lange🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1895–1965
Days lived
25,705
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Ernst Lindner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer (1935–2012) · 1935–2012
Days lived
28,339
Gene Barth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football official · 1930–1991
Days lived
22,532
Hanns Hörbiger🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian inventor and scientist (1860-1931) · 1860–1931
Days lived
25,882
Jean Cocteau🇫🇷
deceasedFrench writer and filmmaker (1889–1963) · 1889–1963
Days lived
27,125
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Johannes R. Becher🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1891–1958
Days lived
24,613
Josef Hopmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1890–1975) · 1890–1975
Days lived
30,973
Reinhard Hesse🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1956–2004) · 1956–2004
Days lived
17,587
Veronika Neugebauer🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1968–2009
Days lived
14,928
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
50,321
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,999
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
36,347
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
36,010
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
57,992
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
56,165
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,862
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,435
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
45,877
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
44,843
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
44,477
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
41,921
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
40,573
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,372
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,886
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,904
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
45,573
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
23,925
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
21,468
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
19,378
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
17,355
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,815
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,237
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,775
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
5,592
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
4,887
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,200
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,157
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
3,936