On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 27 2005
Born on This Day
Andrew Bynum🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1987
Days alive
6,575
Anuradha Paudwal🇮🇳
Indian playback singer · b. 1952
Days alive
19,358
Brady Quinn🇺🇸
American football quarterback · b. 1984
Days alive
7,670
Carlos Andrés Pérez
deceasedNotable Trials · 1922–2010
Days lived
32,201
Christian Brückner🇩🇪
actor · b. 1943
Days alive
22,646
Crystal Langhorne🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
Daniel Kolář🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305
David Walton
Actor · b. 1978
Days alive
9,862
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Dayot Upamecano
association football player · b. 1998
Days alive
2,557
Edda Moser🇩🇪
musician · b. 1938
Days alive
24,472
Fran Lebowitz🇺🇸
actor · b. 1950
Days alive
20,089
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Francis Fukuyama🇺🇸
American political scientist, political economist, and author · b. 1952
Days alive
19,358
Frederick Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede🇬🇧
British peer and Labour politician (born 1958) · b. 1958
Days alive
17,167
Fritz Sauckel
deceasedNotable Trials · 1894–1946
Days lived
18,981
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Gunter Demnig🇩🇪
artist · b. 1947
Days alive
21,185
Hugo Henrique Assis do Nascimento🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1980
Days alive
9,131
Ingrid Fickler🇩🇪
German jurist · b. 1940
Days alive
23,741
Jack Cohn
deceasedActor · 1889–1956
Days lived
24,513
Jana Beller🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1990
Days alive
5,479
Jara Rubin Doyne🇺🇸
American basketball player (1984-) · b. 1984
Days alive
7,670
John Cleese🇬🇧
actor · b. 1939
Days alive
24,107
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John Gotti
deceasedNotable Trials · 1940–2002
Days lived
22,506
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Jürgen Hartmann🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1962
Days alive
15,706
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Kelly Osbourne🇬🇧
British singer and actress · b. 1984
Days alive
7,670
Kelvin Jiménez🇩🇴
film director · b. 1980
Days alive
9,131
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Kurt Zouma
Notable Trials · b. 1994
Days alive
4,018
Lee Krasner🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1908–1984
Days lived
27,629
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva🇧🇷
Trade unionist · b. 1945
Days alive
21,915
Maxine Hong Kingston🇺🇸
writer · b. 1940
Days alive
23,741
Nanette Fabray🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1920–2018
Days lived
35,547
Nathalie Loriers🇧🇪
Belgian musician · b. 1966
Days alive
14,245
Peter Lustig🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1937–2016
Days lived
28,608
Roberto Benigni
Oscar Winners · b. 1952
Days alive
19,358
Rubén Tejada🇨🇱
baseball player · b. 1989
Days alive
5,844
Rudolf Leonhard🇩🇪
deceasedpoet and German politician (1889-1953) · 1889–1953
Days lived
23,428
Simon Wolfson🇬🇧
British clothing retailer and philanthropist · b. 1967
Days alive
13,880
Stamen Grigorov
deceasedscientist · 1878–1945
Days lived
24,471
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Stephan El Shaarawy🇮🇹
football player · b. 1992
Days alive
4,748
Sylvia Plath🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican poet and writer (1932–1963) · 1932–1963
Days lived
11,064
Theo Griep
deceasedwriter · 1916–2007
Days lived
33,072
Theodore Roosevelt🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1858–1919
Days lived
21,985
Zab Judah🇺🇸
American boxer · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
Died on This Day
Aleksandr Anatolʹevich Ilʹin🇷🇺
deceasedRussian scientist (1952-2019) · 1952–2019
Days lived
24,623
Charles Hawtrey🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish film actor (1914-1988) · 1914–1988
Days lived
26,995
Ernest Drezen🇱🇻
deceasedwriter · 1892–1937
Days lived
16,417
Ferdinand Sigg🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss bishop (1902-1965) · 1902–1965
Days lived
23,230
Hans Werner Henze🇩🇪
deceasedGerman composer (1926–2012) · 1926–2012
Days lived
31,530
Heinz Krügel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer-manager (1921-2008) · 1921–2008
Days lived
31,963
Henrik Ripszám🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian orienteer · 1864–1939
Days lived
27,621
Joe Niekro🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1944–2006
Days lived
22,634
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Li Keqiang🇨🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1955–2023
Days lived
24,953
Lou Reed
deceasedsinger · 1942–2013
Days lived
26,172
Luigi Magni🇮🇹
deceasedItalian screenwriter and film director (1928–2013) · 1928–2013
Days lived
31,266
Miyu Matsuki🇯🇵
deceasedsinger · 1977–2015
Days lived
13,922
Moritz von Leonhardi🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1856-1910) · 1856–1910
Days lived
19,954
Rudolf Dassler🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1898–1974
Days lived
27,973
Stamen Grigorov
deceasedscientist · 1878–1945
Days lived
24,471
Terry Callier🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1945–2012
Days lived
24,628
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Theodor Steltzer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1885-1967) · 1885–1967
Days lived
29,898
Tola Mankiewiczówna🇵🇱
deceasedPolish singer and actress (1900–1985) · 1900–1985
Days lived
31,218
Waltraud Nowarra🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1940–2007) · 1940–2007
Days lived
24,453
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Willi Bredel🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1901–1964
Days lived
23,189
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
55,816
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,494
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,842
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,505
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,380
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,285
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,285
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,285
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,285
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,285
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,285
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,285
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,285
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,285
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,285
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,285
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Alice Herz-Sommer🇮🇱
deceasedmusician · 1903–2014
Days lived
40,267
Johannes Heesters🇦🇹
deceasedDutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011) · 1903–2011
Days lived
39,466
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
37,190
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Harriet🇦🇺
deceasedGalápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
63,487
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Alex🇺🇸
deceasedAfrican grey parrot · 1976–2007
Days lived
11,433
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
9,130
Tilikum🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1981–2017
Days lived
12,796
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,660
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,357
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,930
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,372
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,338
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,972
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,416
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
46,068
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,867
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,381
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,399
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
51,068
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,420
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,963
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,873
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,850
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,310
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,732
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,270
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
11,087
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,382
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,695
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,652
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,431