On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 24 2006
Born on This Day
Alan Walker
record producer · b. 1997
Days alive
3,287
Alice Bradley Sheldon🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1915–1987
Days lived
26,201
André Kim🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean fashion designer (1935-2010) · 1935–2010
Days lived
27,382
Carl Wilhelm Wirtz
deceasedGerman astronomer (1876–1939) · 1876–1939
Days lived
22,822
Dave Chappelle🇺🇸
Comedian · b. 1973
Days alive
12,053
David Koechner🇺🇸
American actor and comedian · b. 1962
Days alive
16,071
Ernest Tursunov
deceasedpoet and translator (1935–2014) · 1935–2014
Days lived
28,781
Franz Jantsch🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian theologian and author (1909–2006) · 1909–2006
Days lived
35,314
Georg Preuße🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1950
Days alive
20,454
Gergely Pattantyús🇭🇺
Hungarian artist · b. 1972
Days alive
12,418
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Grey DeLisle🇺🇸
actor · b. 1973
Days alive
12,053
Hervé Bugnet🇫🇷
French footballer · b. 1981
Days alive
9,131
Hugó Payr🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1888–1976
Days lived
32,043
Ivan Youlianovitch Romanovsky🇧🇾
deceasedBelarusian painter (1928-1974) · 1928–1974
Days lived
16,741
Jean-Michel Jarre🇫🇷
composer, performer and producer · b. 1948
Days alive
21,184
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John Banaszak🇺🇸
American football player and coach, baseball coach (born 1950) · b. 1950
Days alive
20,454
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Jorge Luis Borges🇦🇷
deceasedwriter · 1899–1986
Days lived
31,705
Josef Jarno🇭🇺
deceasedactor · 1866–1932
Days lived
23,880
Juraj Hromkovič🇸🇰
Slovak computer scientist · b. 1958
Days alive
17,532
Jürg Grossen🇨🇭
entrepreneur · b. 1969
Days alive
13,514
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Karl Hanke
deceasedGerman general and last Reichsführer-SS (1903-1945) · 1903–1945
Days lived
15,264
Karoline Leavitt🇺🇸
Political staffer · b. 1997
Days alive
3,287
Ken Hensley🇬🇧
deceasedBritish singer and guitarist (1945–2020) · 1945–2020
Days lived
27,466
Leandro Domingues🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian association football player (1983–2025) · 1983–2025
Days lived
15,196
Leonardo Conti🇨🇭
deceasedphysician, Nazi officer (1900-1945) · 1900–1945
Days lived
16,479
Leonīds Ribickis🇱🇻
Latvian scientist · b. 1947
Days alive
21,550
Michael Redd🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1979
Days alive
9,862
Nina Ruge🇩🇪
German journalist · b. 1956
Days alive
18,262
Oliver Chace
deceasedActor · 1769–1852
Days lived
30,220
Orlando Engelaar🇳🇱
football player · b. 1979
Days alive
9,862
Patricio Escobal🇪🇸
deceasedfootball player · 1903–2002
Days lived
36,253
Paul Wilhelm Hubert Wagner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1899-1970) · 1899–1970
Days lived
25,707
Paulo Coelho🇧🇷
actor · b. 1947
Days alive
21,550
Reggie Miller🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1965
Days alive
14,975
Robert D. Hales🇺🇸
deceasedMormon leader (1932–2017) · 1932–2017
Days lived
31,084
Robert Oerley🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1876-1945) · 1876–1945
Days lived
25,284
Rupert Grint🇬🇧
English actor (born 1988) · b. 1988
Days alive
6,574
Ruth Berlau🇩🇰
deceasedDanish actress (1906-1974) · 1906–1974
Days lived
24,617
Shanthanu Bhagyaraj🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1985
Days alive
7,670
Stephen Fry🇦🇹
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist · b. 1957
Days alive
17,897
Todd Young🇺🇸
United States Senator from Indiana · b. 1972
Days alive
12,418
Udo Pastörs🇩🇪
German right-wing extremist politician · b. 1952
Days alive
19,723
Died on This Day
Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven🇨🇺
deceasedscientist · 1865–1951
Days lived
31,543
Arleen Sorkin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1955–2023) · 1955–2023
Days lived
24,786
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Arturo Alessandri🇨🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1868–1950
Days lived
29,831
Christoph Daum🇩🇪
deceasedGerman football manager (1953–2024) · 1953–2024
Days lived
25,872
E. G. Marshall
deceasedActor · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,748
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross🇺🇸
deceasedSwiss-American psychiatrist and pioneer in near-death studies (1926-2004) · 1926–2004
Days lived
28,537
Ernst Wiechert
deceasedGerman writer (1887-1950) · 1887–1950
Days lived
23,108
Félix-Antoine Savard🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian poet · 1896–1982
Days lived
31,403
Franz Winkelmeier
deceasedartist · 1860–1887
Days lived
9,980
Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey🇮🇪
deceasedRecipient of the Victoria Cross (1888-1980) · 1888–1980
Days lived
33,594
Hansi Lang🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1955–2008
Days lived
19,582
Henry J. Kaiser🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican industrialist (1882–1967) · 1882–1967
Days lived
31,152
Herbert Hupka🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1915-2006) · 1915–2006
Days lived
33,247
Hissène Habré
deceasedNotable Trials · 1942–2021
Days lived
28,866
James Clark McReynolds🇺🇸
deceasedUnited States federal judge and Supreme Court Justice (1862-1946) · 1862–1946
Days lived
30,882
Jaye P. Morgan🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1931–2026
Days lived
34,598
Kenji Mizoguchi🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese film director and screenwriter (1898-1956) · 1898–1956
Days lived
21,284
Levan Sanadze🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1928–1998
Days lived
25,728
Mária Bolla🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1945–2018
Days lived
26,690
Richard Attenborough🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1923–2014
Days lived
33,233
Ronald Knox🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish priest and theologian (1888–1957) · 1888–1957
Days lived
25,390
Walter Scheel🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1919–2016
Days lived
35,477
Werner Abrolat🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1924-1997) · 1924–1997
Days lived
26,672
Wolfgang Uhlmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1935-2020) · 1935–2020
Days lived
31,195
Zygmunt Kiszkurno🇵🇱
deceasedPolish Olympic shooter · 1921–2012
Days lived
33,468
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
56,117
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,795
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
42,143
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,806
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,681
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,586
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,586
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,586
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,586
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,586
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,586
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,586
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,586
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,586
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,586
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,586
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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
37,491
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
63,788
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
9,431
Tilikum🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1981–2017
Days lived
12,796
Stubbs🇺🇸
deceasedOrange tabby cat · 1997–2017
Days lived
7,405
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,961
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,658
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
61,231
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,673
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,639
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
50,273
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,717
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
46,369
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
667,168
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,682
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,700
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
51,369
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,721
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
27,264
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
25,174
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
23,151
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,611
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
18,033
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,571
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
11,388
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,683
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,996
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,953
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,732