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August 5 1999

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Events on This Day

Born in Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mahima Makwana
milestone

Born on This Day

🇺🇸Brian Sandoval
29th Governor of Nevada and former United States District Judge · b. 1963
Days alive
13,150
🇺🇸C. J. Spiller
American football player and coach (born 1987) · b. 1987
Days alive
4,384
🇩🇪Carl Harries
deceased

Died on This Day

Alec Guinness
deceased
Oscar Winners · 1914–2000
Days lived
31,538
🇭🇺Angéla Németh
deceased
athletics competitor · 1946–2014
Days lived
25,006

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
53,542
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
42,220

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
61,213

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
59,386
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
59,083

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
664,593
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
144,107

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
22,036
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
15,458

Born on August 5 Died on August 5 On This Day Day Lookup

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chemist · 1866–1923

Days lived

20,909

Chen Ding

🇨🇳Chen Ding

Chinese racewalker · b. 1992

Days alive

2,557

Dennis Schmidt-Foß

🇩🇪Dennis Schmidt-Foß

German actor and voice actor · b. 1970

Days alive

10,593

Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos

🇧🇷Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos

football player · b. 1980

Days alive

6,940

Gavi

Gavi

association football player · b. 2004

Days alive

1

Giel ten Bosch

Giel ten Bosch

Dutch journalist and baseball player · b. 1974

Days alive

9,132

Grégory Sertic

🇫🇷Grégory Sertic

football player · b. 1989

Days alive

3,653

Hayo Vierck

🇩🇪Hayo Vierck

German archaeologist (1939–1989) · 1939–1989

Days lived

18,122

Hermann Kobold

🇩🇪Hermann Kobold

German astronomer (1858-1942) · 1858–1942

Days lived

30,626

Hun Sen

Hun Sen

Prime Minister of Cambodia (1985–1993; 1998–2023) · b. 1952

Days alive

17,167

Jennifer Finch

🇺🇸Jennifer Finch

Musician · 1966–2026

Days lived

21,898

Jesse Williams

🇺🇸Jesse Williams

actor · b. 1981

Days alive

6,575

Joachim Schubart

🇩🇪Joachim Schubart

German astronomer · b. 1928

Days alive

25,933

Johan Kappelhof

🇳🇱Johan Kappelhof

Dutch footballer · b. 1990

Days alive

3,288

John Huston

🇺🇸John Huston

American film director, screenwriter, and actor (1906–1987) · 1906–1987

Days lived

29,609

Joseph Merrick

Joseph Merrick

artist · 1862–1890

Days lived

10,112

Justin Marshall

🇳🇿Justin Marshall

New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1973

Days alive

9,497

Kō Shibasaki

🇯🇵Kō Shibasaki

Japanese actor and singer · b. 1981

Days alive

6,575

Korey Hall

🇺🇸Korey Hall

American professional football player · b. 1983

Days alive

5,845

Lance Berwald

🇺🇸Lance Berwald

basketball player · b. 1961

Days alive

13,880

Lorri Bagley

Lorri Bagley

Actor · b. 1973

Days alive

9,497

Lucy Everest Boole

Lucy Everest Boole

British chemist and pharmacist (1862-1904) · 1862–1904

Days lived

15,463

Mahima Makwana

🇮🇳Mahima Makwana

Actor · b. 1999

Days alive

1

Marians Pahars

🇱🇻Marians Pahars

football player · b. 1976

Days alive

8,401

Marine Le Pen

Marine Le Pen

Notable Trials · b. 1968

Days alive

11,323

Mathieu Gorgelin

🇫🇷Mathieu Gorgelin

football player · b. 1990

Days alive

3,288

Patrick Ewing

🇺🇸Patrick Ewing

Jamaican-American basketball player · b. 1962

Days alive

13,515

Reid Hoffman

🇺🇸Reid Hoffman

Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist · b. 1967

Days alive

11,689

Salomon Kalou

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian association football player · b. 1985

Days alive

5,114

Scheila Gonzalez

🇺🇸Scheila Gonzalez

American musician · b. 1971

Days alive

10,228

Sef Vergoossen

Sef Vergoossen

Dutch association football player and manager · b. 1947

Days alive

18,994

Thomas Lang

🇦🇹Thomas Lang

rapper · b. 1967

Days alive

11,689

Tobias Regner

🇩🇪Tobias Regner

German singer and guitarist · b. 1982

Days alive

6,210

Toni Doblas

🇪🇸Toni Doblas

football player · b. 1980

Days alive

6,940

Uri Sagi

🇮🇱Uri Sagi

Israeli military officer · b. 1943

Days alive

20,455

Valdis Dombrovskis

🇱🇻Valdis Dombrovskis

11th Prime Minister of Latvia · b. 1971

Days alive

10,228

Walter Bluhm

🇩🇪Walter Bluhm

German actor (1904-1976) · 1904–1976

Days lived

26,417

Bruno Dallansky

🇦🇹Bruno Dallansky

deceased

actor · 1928–2008

Days lived

29,176

Carmen Miranda

🇵🇹Carmen Miranda

Brazilian singer (1909–1955) · 1909–1955

Days lived

16,979

Charles Quigley

🇺🇸Charles Quigley

American actor (1906-1964) · 1906–1964

Days lived

21,360

Christine Böhm

🇦🇹Christine Böhm

actor · 1954–1979

Days lived

9,299

Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

🇩🇪Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

politician · 1873–1969

Days lived

34,998

Dutch Clark

🇺🇸Dutch Clark

American football player and coach (1906–1978) · 1906–1978

Days lived

26,232

Gustav von Wangenheim

🇩🇪Gustav von Wangenheim

German actor (1895-1975) · 1895–1975

Days lived

29,388

Hanns Seidel

🇩🇪Hanns Seidel

German politician (1901–1961) · 1901–1961

Days lived

21,848

Heinrich Wieland

🇩🇪Heinrich Wieland

chemist · 1877–1957

Days lived

29,282

Hertha Thiele

🇩🇪Hertha Thiele

German actress (1908-1984) · 1908–1984

Days lived

27,849

Issey Miyake

🇯🇵Issey Miyake

Japanese fashion designer (1938−2022) · 1938–2022

Days lived

30,787

Martin Elsaesser

🇩🇪Martin Elsaesser

German architect (1884–1957) · 1884–1957

Days lived

26,732

Massimiliano Capuzzoni

🇮🇹Massimiliano Capuzzoni

Italian rugby union player (1969-1995) · 1969–1995

Days lived

9,607

Nancy King

🇺🇸Nancy King

singer · 1940–2025

Days lived

31,098

Richard Burton

Richard Burton

film actor · 1925–1984

Days lived

21,454

Royal Rife

🇺🇸Royal Rife

scientist · 1888–1971

Days lived

30,396

Rudolf Hagelstange

🇩🇪Rudolf Hagelstange

German writer (1912–1984) · 1912–1984

Days lived

26,503

Todor Zhivkov

Todor Zhivkov

former General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party · 1911–1998

Days lived

31,745

Toni Morrison

🇺🇸Toni Morrison

African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019) · 1931–2019

Days lived

32,311

Wilhelm Marx

🇩🇪Wilhelm Marx

German politician (1863–1946) · 1863–1946

Days lived

30,518

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

39,568

Walter Schenk

🇩🇪Walter Schenk

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,635

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

39,231

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

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky

🇦🇹Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky

Austrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000

Days lived

37,615

Giacomo Facchini

🇧🇷Giacomo Facchini

Brazilian association football player · 1897–2000

Days lived

37,565

Hubert Eisner

🇦🇹Hubert Eisner

Austrian politician · 1897–2000

Days lived

37,402

George Polley

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

37,106

Sòng Měilíng

🇺🇸Sòng Měilíng

politician · 1898–2003

Days lived

38,584

Christina Cruickshank Miller

🇬🇧Christina Cruickshank Miller

Scottish chemist · 1899–2001

Days lived

37,212

Izabella Yurieva

🇷🇺Izabella Yurieva

Soviet singer (1899-2000) · 1899–2000

Days lived

36,660

Viktor Hamburger

🇺🇸Viktor Hamburger

scientist · 1900–2001

Days lived

36,864

Keith Padgett

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

36,011

David Segal

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

36,011

Rebecca W. Keller

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

36,011

Shaherose Charania

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

36,011

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

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

58,656

HSBC

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

49,098

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

48,064

Goldman Sachs

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

47,698

Eli Lilly

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

45,142

Chevron

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

43,794

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

68,125

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

48,794

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

27,146

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

24,689

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

22,599

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

20,576

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

9,996

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

8,813

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

8,108

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

7,421

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

7,378

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

7,157