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April 16 1991

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Born on This Day

🇺🇸Akon
entrepreneur · b. 1973
Days alive
6,574
🇨🇭Alexander Tschäppät
deceased
Mayor of Bern (1952-2018) · 1952–2018
Days lived
24,124
🇨🇿Alipi Kostadinov
athlete · b. 1955
Days alive
13,149
🇩🇪Andreas Gruschke
deceased
journalist · 1960–2018
Days lived
21,108
🇸🇪Anna Järvinen
singer · b. 1970
Days alive
7,670
🇺🇸Antony Blinken
Diplomat · b. 1962
Days alive
10,592
🇺🇸Brett Helms
American football player · b. 1986
Days alive
1,826
Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel
Dutch field hockey player · b. 1987
Days alive
1,461
🇬🇧Charlie Chaplin
deceased
actor · 1889–1977
Days lived
32,394
🇬🇧David Mercer
British weightlifter · b. 1961
Days alive
10,957
Eldar Kurtanidze
athlete · b. 1972
Days alive
6,939
🇩🇪Elmar Wepper
deceased
German actor (1944–2023) · 1944–2023
Days lived
29,052
🇩🇪Emil Kübler
deceased
musician · 1909–1981
Days lived
26,320
🇨🇦Frances Lankin
Canadian politician · b. 1954
Days alive
13,514
🇸🇪Freddie Ljungberg
football player · b. 1977
Days alive
5,113
🇩🇪Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
deceased
German tennis player (1888–1949) · 1888–1949
Days lived
22,222
🇬🇧Gerry Rafferty
deceased
singer-songwriter · 1947–2011
Days lived
23,274
🇩🇪Gertrud Meyen
deceased
German actress and voice actress · 1919–2012
Days lived
33,863
🇺🇸Gina Carano
Actor · b. 1982
Days alive
3,287
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
politician · b. 1955
Days alive
13,149
🇩🇰Herbert Krenchel
deceased
scientist · 1922–2014
Days lived
33,615
🇩🇪Horst Schrade
deceased
German caricaturist and artist (1924–2014) · 1924–2014
Days lived
32,824
🇭🇷Igor Tudor
Association football player · b. 1978
Days alive
4,748
🇺🇸J. Neil Schulman
deceased
journalist · 1953–2019
Days lived
24,222
🇺🇸Jaycee Carroll
American professional basketball player · b. 1983
Days alive
2,922
🇩🇪Kai Wiesinger
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
9,131
🇺🇸Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
basketball player · b. 1947
Days alive
16,071
🇺🇸Kenny Hayes
American basketball player (born 1987) · b. 1987
Days alive
1,461
🌍Kitione Lave
deceased
Boxer · 1934–2006
Days lived
26,345
🇧🇪Leo Tindemans
deceased
politician · 1922–2014
Days lived
33,857
🇬🇧Luol Deng
South Sudanese-British basketball player · b. 1985
Days alive
2,191
Martin Lawrence
comedian · b. 1965
Days alive
9,496
Mitrofan Zverev
deceased
Soviet astronomer (1903–1991) · 1903–1991
Days lived
32,357
🇺🇸Night Train Lane
deceased
American football player (1927-2002) · 1927–2002
Days lived
27,317
🇬🇧Ove Arup
deceased
Anglo-Danish engineer (1895-1988) · 1895–1988
Days lived
33,897
🇬🇧Peter Ustinov
deceased
British actor, writer and director (1921–2004) · 1921–2004
Days lived
30,297
🇩🇪Pierre Littbarski
German association football player and manager · b. 1960
Days alive
11,322
🇵🇱Piotr Gąsowski
Polish actor and comedian · b. 1964
Days alive
9,861
🇨🇳Raymond Chan
actor · b. 1972
Days alive
6,939
🇩🇪Rolf Dieter Brinkmann
deceased
YouTube personality · 1940–1975
Days lived
12,790
🇲🇽Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen
deceased
writer · 1899–1979
Days lived
29,245
🇺🇸Russ Schoene
American basketball player-coach · b. 1960
Days alive
11,322
Sadie Sink
television actor · b. 2002
🇺🇸Selena
deceased
actor · 1971–1995
Days lived
8,750
🇩🇪Siegfried Lauterwasser
deceased
German photographer (1913–2000) · 1913–2000
Days lived
31,921
🇳🇿Simon Child
New Zealand field hockey player · b. 1988
Days alive
1,095
🇦🇹Stella Hohenfels
deceased
actor · 1854–1920
Days lived
24,051
🇦🇲Suren Zoljan
Armenian scientist, public figure, writer · b. 1955
Days alive
13,149
🇳🇬Taye Taiwo
football player · b. 1985
Days alive
2,191
🇩🇪Thees Uhlmann
musician · b. 1974
Days alive
6,209
🇫🇷Tristan Tzara
deceased
writer · 1896–1963
Days lived
24,722
🇺🇸Tyler James Robinson
News · b. 2003
🇱🇻Uldis Sesks
athlete · b. 1962
Days alive
10,592
🇩🇪Waldemar Kobus
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
9,131
🇦🇹Wolfgang Leonhard
deceased
German author, historian (1921–2014) · 1921–2014
Days lived
34,091
🇩🇪Wolfgang Reinhold
deceased
military person · 1923–2012
Days lived
32,647
🇺🇸Zack Whiting
basketball player · b. 1984
Days alive
2,556

Died on This Day

🇦🇹Alex Manninger
deceased
Association football player · 1977–2026
Days lived
17,848
🌍Cerina Fairfax
deceased
Notable Person · 1977–2026
Days lived
17,948

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
50,508
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
39,186

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
58,179

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,352
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,049

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,559
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
141,073

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
19,002
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,424

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🇦🇹Dagobert Peche

deceased

Austrian architect and artist (1887-1923) · 1887–1923

Days lived

13,161

🇬🇧David Lean

British film director (1908–1991) · 1908–1991

Days lived

30,337

🇵🇱Feliks Chmurkowski

actor (1896-1971) · 1896–1971

Days lived

27,360

Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch

philosopher · 1867–1941

Days lived

26,833

🇩🇪Heino Kleiminger

German football player (1939-2015) · 1939–2015

Days lived

27,831

🇩🇪Hugo Liepmann

German neurologist and psychiatrist (1863–1925) · 1863–1925

Days lived

22,652

🇦🇹Josef Kirschner

Austrian journalist, presenter and writer (1931–2016) · 1931–2016

Days lived

30,932

🇺🇸Justin Fairfax

Politician · 1979–2026

Days lived

17,225

🇯🇵Kaoru Betto

film director · 1920–1999

Days lived

28,725

🇩🇪Karl Fischer

chemist · 1901–1958

Days lived

20,842

🇺🇸Kevin Granata

professor and researcher (1961-2007) · 1961–2007

Days lived

16,544

🇺🇸Richard Neutra

Austrian–American architect (1892-1970) · 1892–1970

Days lived

28,496

🇬🇧Rosalind Franklin

British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958) · 1920–1958

Days lived

13,779

🇬🇧Steve Bloomer

film director · 1874–1938

Days lived

23,461

🇩🇪Ulrich Kienzle

German journalist (1936–2020) · 1936–2020

Days lived

30,658

🇩🇪Volker Vogeler

German film director and screenwriter (1930-2005) · 1930–2005

Days lived

27,322

🇯🇵Yasunari Kawabata

Japanese novelist (1899–1972) · 1899–1972

Days lived

26,607

🇪🇸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

36,534

🇩🇪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

36,197

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

🇮🇹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

Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson

opera singer · 1897–1993

Days lived

35,109

🇪🇨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

55,622

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

46,064

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

45,030

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,664

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

42,108

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,760

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

65,091

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,760

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

24,112

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,655

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,565

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

17,542

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

6,962

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,779

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

5,074

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,387

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,344

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

4,123