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August 16 1991

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Born on This Day

🇫🇷Abdoulaye Keita
football player · b. 1990
Days alive
366
🇺🇸Amos Alonzo Stagg
deceased
film director · 1862–1965
Days lived
37,469
🇺🇸Arden Cho
Singer-songwriter · b. 1990
Days alive
366
🇮🇳Arvind Kejriwal
politician · b. 1968
Days alive
8,401
🇭🇺Attila Abonyi
deceased
athlete · 1946–2023
Days lived
28,084
Aziz Akhannouch
entrepreneur · b. 1961
Days alive
10,958
🇮🇳B. Y. Raghavendra
politician · b. 1973
Days alive
6,575
🇺🇸Brian Gordon
film director · b. 1978
Days alive
4,749
🇦🇹Caroline Grothgar
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
8,401
🇦🇹Céline Roscheck
musician · b. 1983
Days alive
2,923
🇺🇸Charli Baltimore
singer-songwriter · b. 1974
Days alive
6,210
🇩🇪Christina Hammer
German boxer · b. 1990
Days alive
366
🇺🇸Christos Papadimitriou
musician · b. 1949
Days alive
15,341
🇳🇱David Bergman
Dutch baseball player · b. 1981
Days alive
3,653
🇩🇪Denis Gremelmayr
German tennis player · b. 1981
Days alive
3,653
🇦🇹Edith Mill
deceased
actor · 1925–2007
Days lived
30,037
🇳🇱Ernst Jan Beeuwkes
deceased
Dutch fashion designer (1931-1998) · 1931–1998
Days lived
24,317
🇮🇪Evanna Lynch
singer · b. 1991
Days alive
1
🇺🇸Eydie Gormé
deceased
American pop singer, chanteuse, comic actress (1928-2013) · 1928–2013
Days lived
31,041
🇪🇸Gabriel Urpi
tennis player · b. 1961
Days alive
10,958
🇩🇪Gadjo
rapper · b. 1972
Days alive
6,940
🇨🇭Hans Jenny
deceased
scientist · 1904–1972
Days lived
24,785
🇩🇪Hans Koch
deceased
German resistance fighter (1893–1945) · 1893–1945
Days lived
18,879
🇦🇹Hugo Flink
deceased
actor · 1879–1947
Days lived
24,731
🇨🇦James Cameron
actor · b. 1954
Days alive
13,515
James Michel
politician · b. 1944
Days alive
17,167
Jannik Sinner
tennis player · b. 2001
Days alive
1
🇪🇸Joaquín Reyes Cano
Spanish actor, comedian and cartoonist · b. 1974
Days alive
6,210
🇩🇪Julia Schruff
German tennis player · b. 1982
Days alive
3,288
🇩🇪Karl-Heinz Vosgerau
deceased
German actor (1928-2021) · 1928–2021
Days lived
33,745
🇺🇸Kevin Schmidt
actor · b. 1988
Days alive
1,096
Koray Günter
football player · b. 1994
Days alive
1
🇩🇪Kraudn Sepp
deceased
German musician (1896–1977) · 1896–1977
Days lived
29,448
🇺🇸Lois Nettleton
deceased
actress (1927-2008) · 1927–2008
Days lived
29,376
Madonna
singer · b. 1958
Days alive
12,054
🇸🇪Magnus Betnér
actor · b. 1974
Days alive
6,210
🇵🇱Mariusz Jędra
Polish weightlifter · b. 1973
Days alive
6,575
🇫🇷Pierre Richard
French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian · b. 1934
Days alive
20,820
🇩🇪Ralf Bendix
deceased
rapper · 1924–2014
Days lived
32,889
🇩🇪Reiner Kunze
German poet, writer, translator, and GDR dissident (born 1933) · b. 1933
Days alive
21,185
🇰🇵Ri Myong-jun
North Korean footballer · b. 1990
Days alive
366
🇺🇸Ryan Longwell
player of American football · b. 1974
Days alive
6,210
🇫🇷Sheila
French recording artist and yé-yé singer · b. 1945
Days alive
16,802
🇺🇸Steve Carell
American actor and comedian (born 1962) · b. 1962
Days alive
10,593
🇩🇪Sylvia Stolz
German Holocaust denier and former lawyer · b. 1963
Days alive
10,228
🇺🇸Tony Trabert
deceased
basketball player · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,045
🇦🇹Ulla Weigerstorfer
entrepreneur · b. 1967
Days alive
8,767
🇳🇬Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
deceased
President of Nigeria (1951-2010) · 1951–2010
Days lived
21,448
🇺🇸Young Thug
Artist · b. 1991
Days alive
1

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Aretha Franklin
deceased
American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018) · 1942–2018
Days lived
27,904
🇭🇺Bela Lugosi
deceased
actor · 1882–1956
Days lived
26,964

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
50,631
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
39,309

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇦🇺Harriet
deceased
Galápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,139
🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
58,302

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,475
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,172

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,682
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
141,196

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
19,125
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,547

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Actor · 1831–1888

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German hammer thrower (1913-1992) · 1913–1992

Days lived

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Mamie Smith

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American vaudeville singer (1891–1946) · 1891–1946

Days lived

20,171

Michael Murach

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boxer (1911-1941) · 1911–1941

Days lived

11,155

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Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India · 1926–2010

Days lived

30,622

Paul Weinstein

🇩🇪Paul Weinstein

German high jumper (1878-1964) · 1878–1964

Days lived

31,545

Peter Scholl-Latour

🇫🇷Peter Scholl-Latour

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Days lived

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Pippo Baudo

🇮🇹Pippo Baudo

Italian television presenter (1936–2025) · 1936–2025

Days lived

32,578

Renée Stobrawa

🇩🇪Renée Stobrawa

actor · 1897–1971

Days lived

26,970

Robert Johnson

🇺🇸Robert Johnson

singer-songwriter · 1911–1938

Days lived

9,963

Robert Quiroga

🇺🇸Robert Quiroga

American boxer · 1969–2004

Days lived

12,730

Vladimir Kuts

Vladimir Kuts

Soviet Ukrainian athletics competitor (1927–1975) · 1927–1975

Days lived

17,723

Wilhelm Morgner

Wilhelm Morgner

German painter (1891-1917) · 1891–1917

Days lived

9,698

🇪🇸José Miguel Barandiarán

deceased

Basque anthropologist, etnologist and archaeologist (1889–1991) · 1889–1991

Days lived

37,245

Frank J. Skinner

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

36,657

Walter Schenk

🇩🇪Walter Schenk

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,635

Hal Roach

🇺🇸Hal Roach

American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992

Days lived

36,818

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

36,320

Lang Jingshan

Lang Jingshan

artist · 1892–1995

Days lived

37,507

Zośka Vieras

🇱🇹Zośka Vieras

Belarusian writer and poet (1892-1991) · 1892–1991

Days lived

36,167

Lillian Gish

🇺🇸Lillian Gish

American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993

Days lived

36,296

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

🇮🇹Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

Italian film director (1894–1998) · 1894–1998

Days lived

37,800

Hermann Florstedt

Hermann Florstedt

military person · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,303

Adolf Pokorny

🇦🇹Adolf Pokorny

Austrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895-?) · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,145

Silas Simmons

🇺🇸Silas Simmons

American baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006

Days lived

40,558

Heinrich Eberbach

🇩🇪Heinrich Eberbach

German general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992

Days lived

35,296

Sylvia de Arruda Botelho Bittencourt

🇧🇷Sylvia de Arruda Botelho Bittencourt

Brazilian journalist · 1896–1995

Days lived

36,189

Friedrich Hund

🇩🇪Friedrich Hund

chemist · 1896–1997

Days lived

36,946

Lilia Skala

🇺🇸Lilia Skala

Austrian-American actress (1896-1994) · 1896–1994

Days lived

35,814

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky

🇦🇹Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky

Austrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000

Days lived

37,615

Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson

opera singer · 1897–1993

Days lived

35,110

Lonesome George

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,431

Lin Wang

🇹🇼Lin Wang

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,468

Washoe

🇺🇸Washoe

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,400

Koko

🇺🇸Koko

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,153

Alex

🇺🇸Alex

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Days lived

11,434

Keiko

🇮🇸Keiko

Orca · 1977–2003

Days lived

9,842

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

55,745

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

46,187

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

45,153

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,787

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

42,231

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,883

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

65,214

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,883

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

24,235

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,778

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,688

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

17,665

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

7,085

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,902

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

5,197

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,510

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,467

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

4,246