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March 17 1991

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Born on This Day

🇫🇷Aléxis Thébaux
football player · b. 1985
Days alive
2,191
🇷🇺Ambako Vachadze
athlete · b. 1983
Days alive
2,922
🇭🇺Avhustyn Voloshyn
deceased
Carpatho-Ukrainian politician, Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament (1874-1945) · 1874–1945
Days lived
26,056
🇺🇸Bill Atkinson
deceased
American computer engineer, programmer, and photographer (1951–2025) · 1951–2025
Days lived
27,109
Casey Siemaszko
Actor · b. 1961
Days alive
10,957
🇺🇸Coco Austin
actor · b. 1979
Days alive
4,383
🇫🇷Élie Baup
French footballer · b. 1955
Days alive
13,149
Esteve Dolsa
deceased
Andorran trap shooter (1936-2007) · 1936–2007
Days lived
26,182
🇮🇳Esther David
writer · b. 1945
Days alive
16,801
🇵🇱Eugen Polanski
football player · b. 1986
Days alive
1,826
🇺🇸Frank Castleman
deceased
American hurdler and coach (1877-1946) · 1877–1946
Days lived
25,407
🇩🇪Friedrich W. Bauschulte
deceased
German actor (1923-2003) · 1923–2003
Days lived
29,292
🇺🇸Garret Chachere
American football player and coach · b. 1969
Days alive
8,035
🇩🇪Georg Drescher
deceased
cyclist · 1870–1938
Days lived
25,056
🇦🇹Gilbert Schaller
Austrian tennis player · b. 1969
Days alive
8,035
🇮🇹Giovanni Trapattoni
Italian association football player and manager · b. 1939
Days alive
18,993
🇩🇪Gottfried Münzenberg
deceased
chemist · 1940–2024
Days lived
30,606
Grimes
Artist & Visionary · b. 1988
Days alive
1,095
🇨🇭Gunta Stölzl
deceased
German artist (1897-1983) · 1897–1983
Days lived
31,446
🇺🇸Hans Namuth
deceased
artist · 1915–1990
Days lived
27,604
🇦🇹Hans Pizka
musician · b. 1942
Days alive
17,897
🇩🇪Hans Wollschläger
deceased
German writer (1935–2007) · 1935–2007
Days lived
26,361
🇩🇪Horst Lippmann
deceased
German musician (1927–1997) · 1927–1997
Days lived
25,630
🇨🇴Jhon Culma
football player · b. 1981
Days alive
3,652
🇬🇧Jim Telfer
Scottish rugby union footballer and coach · b. 1940
Days alive
18,627
John Wayne Gacy
deceased
Notable Trials · 1942–1994
Days lived
19,047
🇭🇺József Hirschler
deceased
Hungarian writer · 1874–1936
Days lived
22,890
🇩🇪Julius Bamberger
deceased
German entrepreneur (1880–1951) · 1880–1951
Days lived
25,871
🇮🇩K. P. H. Notoprojo
deceased
Indonesian musician (1909–2007) · 1909–2007
Days lived
35,960
Katie Ledecky
swimmer · b. 1997
🇺🇸Kaylee Hottle
deceased
Actor · 2008–2026
Days lived
6,700
🇳🇱Kenny Berkenbosch
Dutch baseball player · b. 1985
Days alive
2,191
🇯🇵Kensuke Uchimura
film director · b. 1986
Days alive
1,826
🇺🇸Kurt Russell
film director · b. 1951
Days alive
14,610
🇨🇦Mark Adler
Canadian politician · b. 1962
Days alive
10,592
🇨🇦Melissa Auf der Maur
Canadian rock musician · b. 1972
Days alive
6,939
🇩🇪Monika Wulf-Mathies
German politician · b. 1942
Days alive
17,897
🇺🇸Nat King Cole
deceased
singer-songwriter · 1919–1965
Days lived
16,772
Orlando Stewart
Dutch baseball player · b. 1968
Days alive
8,400
Paul van der Sterren
Dutch chess player · b. 1956
Days alive
12,783
🇳🇱Piet Ouderland
deceased
Dutch football player (1933–2017) · 1933–2017
Days lived
30,851
🇮🇳Prakash Pohare
Indian editor · b. 1954
Days alive
13,514
🇩🇪Rudolf Gleißner
musician · b. 1942
Days alive
17,897
🇺🇸Ryan Donahue
player of American football · b. 1988
Days alive
1,095
🇺🇸Sammy Baugh
deceased
film director · 1914–2008
Days lived
34,609
🇯🇵Shohei Tateyama
film director · b. 1981
Days alive
3,652
🇧🇪Silvio Gesell
deceased
entrepreneur · 1862–1930
Days lived
24,830
🇮🇪Stephen Gately
deceased
singer · 1976–2009
Days lived
12,260
🇨🇦Stephen Kramer Glickman
actor · b. 1979
Days alive
4,383
🇦🇹Traudl Stark
deceased
actor · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,467
🇳🇱Victor Hermans
Dutch association football player · b. 1953
Days alive
13,879
🇩🇪Wilhelm Kreis
deceased
German architect (1873-1955) · 1873–1955
Days lived
30,098
🇺🇸Wolfgang Gartner
rapper · b. 1982
Days alive
3,287
🇵🇱Zbigniew Fil
singer · b. 1977
Days alive
5,113

Died on This Day

Aat de Roos
deceased
Dutch field hockey player (1919–1992) · 1919–1992
Days lived
26,635
🇪🇬Abdel Moneim El-Guindi
deceased
boxer · 1936–2011
Days lived
27,306

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
50,478
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
39,156

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
58,149

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,322
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,019

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,529
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
141,043

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,972
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,394

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🇵🇱Aleksandra Ekster

deceased

artist · 1882–1949

Days lived

24,529

🇺🇸Alex Chilton

singer-songwriter · 1950–2010

Days lived

21,629

🇩🇪Alfred Mallwitz

German architect (1919–1986) · 1919–1986

Days lived

24,273

🇺🇸Amos Alonzo Stagg

film director · 1862–1965

Days lived

37,468

🇺🇸Arthur Raymond Robinson

American politician (1881–1961) · 1881–1961

Days lived

29,224

🇸🇪Benny Fredriksson

Swedish actor and theatre director · 1959–2018

Days lived

21,443

🇩🇪Christian Graf von Krockow

German writer and political scientist (1927–2002) · 1927–2002

Days lived

27,324

🇦🇹Claude Farell

Austrian actress (1914-2008) · 1918–2008

Days lived

32,822

🇦🇹Claus Josef Riedel

entrepreneur · 1925–2004

Days lived

28,881

🇭🇷Dubravka Ugrešić

artist · 1949–2023

Days lived

27,018

🇺🇸Ellsworth Vines

US tennis player (1911–1994) · 1911–1994

Days lived

30,121

🇫🇮Ernst Schybergson

football player · 1891–1966

Days lived

27,440

🇩🇪Ferdinand von Alten

German film actor (1885-1933) · 1885–1933

Days lived

17,504

🇺🇸Ferlin Husky

American country music singer · 1925–2011

Days lived

31,150

🇩🇪Franz-Otto Krüger

actor · 1917–1988

Days lived

25,918

🇩🇪Heinz Nixdorf

entrepreneur · 1925–1986

Days lived

22,257

🇩🇪Helmuth Schneider

actor · 1920–1972

Days lived

18,717

🇫🇷Irène Joliot-Curie

politician · 1897–1956

Days lived

21,370

🇺🇸John Backus

American computer scientist (1924–2007) · 1924–2007

Days lived

30,054

🇪🇸Jorge Edwards

chilean writer, literary critic, journalist and diplomat · 1931–2023

Days lived

33,499

🇩🇪Knut Ipsen

German jurist, university teacher, and Red Cross functionary (1935–2022) · 1935–2022

Days lived

31,693

🇨🇳Lee Shau-kee

Hong Kong business magnate (1928–2025) · 1928–2025

Days lived

35,455

🇮🇹Luchino Visconti

writer · 1906–1976

Days lived

25,338

🇩🇪Luise Rinser

German writer (1911–2002) · 1911–2002

Days lived

33,194

Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo

politician · 1958–2020

Days lived

22,638

Marcell Salzer

actor · 1873–1930

Days lived

20,808

🇨🇦Mike MacDonald

Film actor · 1954–2018

Days lived

23,280

🇩🇪Monika Mann

German novelist (1910-1992) · 1910–1992

Days lived

29,869

Trần Lập

Vietnamese musician (1974-2016) · 1974–2016

Days lived

15,071

🇪🇸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

36,504

🇩🇪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

36,167

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

55,592

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

46,034

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

45,000

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,634

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

42,078

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,730

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

65,061

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,730

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

24,082

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,625

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,535

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

17,512

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

6,932

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,749

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

5,044

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,357

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,314

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

4,093