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January 8, 1991

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Born on This Day

🇺🇸Anne Schedeen
deceased
Actor · 1949–2026
Days lived
28,281
Baltasar Gracián
deceased
Philosopher · 1601–1658
Days lived
21,151
🇦🇺Brent Larkham
Australian tennis player · b. 1972
Days alive
6,940
🇺🇸Carl Gustav Hempel
deceased
YouTube personality · 1905–1997
Days lived
33,908
🇩🇪Carmen Klaschka
German tennis player · b. 1987
Days alive
1,461
🇨🇳Chen Xiexia
weightlifter · b. 1983
Days alive
2,922
🇬🇧David Bowie
deceased
actor · 1947–2016
Days lived
25,204
🇪🇸David Silva
Spanish association football player · b. 1986
Days alive
1,826
🇧🇪Dirk Verbeuren
Belgian drummer · b. 1975
Days alive
5,844
🇫🇷Édith Auffray
deceased
French painter and journalist (1901-2003) · 1901–2003
Days lived
37,496
🇩🇪Elisabeth Pähtz
German chess player · b. 1985
Days alive
2,191
Elvis Presley
deceased
film actor · 1935–1977
Days lived
15,561
🇪🇸Fabio McNamara
Spanish artist · b. 1957
Days alive
12,418
🇷🇺Galina Ulanova
deceased
actor · 1910–1998
Days lived
32,214
🇩🇪Gerhard Launer
German photographer · b. 1949
Days alive
15,340
🇬🇧Graham Chapman
deceased
actor · 1941–1989
Days lived
17,801
🇩🇪Grete Mosheim
deceased
actor · 1905–1986
Days lived
29,940
🇯🇵Hanae Mori
deceased
Japanese fashion designer (1926-2022) · 1926–2022
Days lived
35,279
🇩🇪Herman Pilnik
deceased
German-Argentine chess player · 1914–1981
Days lived
24,780
🇩🇪Hugo Grimm
German actor · b. 1980
Days alive
4,018
🇩🇪Jacob Matschenz
actor · b. 1984
Days alive
2,557
James Quincey
Actor · b. 1965
Days alive
9,496
🇺🇸Jamie Hampton
American female tennis player · b. 1990
Days alive
365
🇺🇸Jason Giambi
professional baseball player · b. 1971
Days alive
7,305
🇦🇺John Curtin
deceased
politician · 1885–1945
Days lived
22,092
John van Westrenen
Dutch baseball player · b. 1949
Days alive
15,340
Jorge Claros
Honduran footballer · b. 1986
Days alive
1,826
José Ferrer
deceased
Oscar Winners · 1912–1992
Days lived
29,238
🇺🇸Karl Brandt
deceased
Notable Trials · 1904–1948
Days lived
16,217
Khylin Rhambo
Actor · b. 1996
Kim Jong-un
politician · b. 1984
Days alive
2,557
🇦🇹Leonard Steckel
deceased
actor · 1901–1971
Days lived
25,599
🇮🇳Lionel Emmett
deceased
field hockey player (1913–1996) · 1913–1996
Days lived
30,529
Mabel Strickland
deceased
writer · 1899–1988
Days lived
32,832
Manuel Locatelli
association football player · b. 1998
🇬🇧Marc Quinn
British sculptor (born 1964) · b. 1964
Days alive
9,862
🇩🇪Melanie Seeger
German racewalker · b. 1977
Days alive
5,113
🇭🇺Miklós Gór-Nagy
Hungarian water polo player · b. 1983
Days alive
2,922
Noah Cyrus
actor · b. 2000
🇵🇱Paul Scheerbart
deceased
writer · 1863–1915
Days lived
19,272
🇷🇺Pavel Kondratyev
deceased
Russian chess player and coach (1924-1984) · 1924–1984
Days lived
22,070
🇹🇭Princess Sirivannavari of Thailand
Thai Royal, daughter of Rama X and badminton player · b. 1987
Days alive
1,461
🇺🇸R. Kelly
Artist · b. 1967
Days alive
8,766
🇨🇦Ron Sexsmith
singer-songwriter · b. 1964
Days alive
9,862
🇦🇺Ronald Cecil Gates
deceased
writer · 1923–2018
Days lived
34,807
🇦🇹Stefan Obermaier
rapper · b. 1981
Days alive
3,652
Stefan Savić
football player · b. 1991
Days alive
0
🇬🇧Stephen Hawking
deceased
Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist, Author · 1942–2018
Days lived
27,824
🇭🇷Stipe Pletikosa
football player · b. 1979
Days alive
4,383
Walther Arndt
deceased
German zoologist (1891–1944) executed by the Nazis · 1891–1944
Days lived
19,527
🇩🇪Walther Bothe
deceased
chemist · 1891–1957
Days lived
24,137
🇷🇺Yury Ivashkin
deceased
Russian scientist · 1940–2019
Days lived
28,903
🇺🇸Yvette Mimieux
deceased
American actress (1942–2022) · 1942–2022
Days lived
29,229

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Álvaro Peña-Rojas
deceased
Chilean singer songwriter · 1943–2026
Days lived
30,074
🇪🇸Fernand Sanz
deceased
racing cyclist (1881–1925) · 1881–1925
Days lived
16,019

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
50,410
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
39,088

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
58,081

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,254
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,951

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,461
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,975

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,904
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,326

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🇫🇷François Mitterrand

politician · 1916–1996

Days lived

28,928

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei

Notable Trials · 1564–1642

Days lived

28,452

George Maxwell Richards

President of Trinidad and Tobago (1931-2018) · 1931–2018

Days lived

31,450

🇨🇭Giovanni Bonalumi

Swiss writer and essayist (1920-2002) · 1920–2002

Days lived

29,863

🇬🇧Henry Tonks

British artist (1862-1937) · 1862–1937

Days lived

27,302

Johann Kremer

professor of anatomy (1883-1965) · 1883–1965

Days lived

29,598

🇸🇪Josef Frank

Austrian-Swedish architect (1885–1967) · 1885–1967

Days lived

29,761

🇩🇪Josef Lammerz

musician · 1930–2014

Days lived

30,688

🇺🇸Joseph Schumpeter

Austrian political economist (1883–1950) · 1883–1950

Days lived

24,440

🇳🇴Kurt Schwitters

artist · 1887–1948

Days lived

22,116

🇺🇸Melvin Calvin

American biochemist (1911–1997) · 1911–1997

Days lived

31,322

🇺🇸Michael Lang

American concert promoter and record producer (1944-2022) · 1944–2022

Days lived

28,152

🇬🇧Michael Shaw

politician · 1920–2021

Days lived

36,616

🇩🇪Paul Julius Möbius

scientist · 1853–1907

Days lived

19,706

Paul Verlaine

Paul Verlaine

Notable Trials · 1844–1896

Days lived

18,911

🇩🇪Prince Alfons of Bavaria

Member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a General of Cavalry (1862-1933) · 1862–1933

Days lived

25,916

🇩🇪Renate Eggebrecht

German musician · 1944–2023

Days lived

28,638

🇩🇪Richard Anschütz

chemist · 1852–1937

Days lived

30,984

🇬🇧Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

writer · 1857–1941

Days lived

30,635

🇩🇪Sebastian Englert

Capuchin priest, missionary to Easter Island (1888-1969) · 1888–1969

Days lived

29,271

🇳🇴Tryggve Gran

football player · 1888–1980

Days lived

33,590

🇩🇪Werner Klumpp

German politician (1928–2021) · 1928–2021

Days lived

33,660

🇧🇾Yakov Kivovich Syrkin

scientist · 1894–1974

Days lived

28,888

🇨🇳Zhou Enlai

politician · 1898–1976

Days lived

28,432

🇪🇸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

36,436

🇩🇪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

36,099

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

55,524

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

45,966

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

44,932

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,566

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

42,010

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,662

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

64,993

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,662

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

24,014

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,557

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,467

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

17,444

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

6,864

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,681

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

4,976

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,289

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,246

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

4,025