On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 9 2007
Born on This Day
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Adam Wilk🇺🇸
film director · b. 1987
Days alive
7,305
Aleksandr Kuchma🇩🇪
footballer · b. 1980
Days alive
9,861
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Alfred Halm🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1861–1951
Days lived
32,564
Anne Haigis🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1955
Days alive
18,993
Aribert Heymann🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player · 1898–1946
Days lived
17,189
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Aron Baynes🇦🇺
Australian basketball player · b. 1986
Days alive
7,670
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Barry Wilburn🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1963
Days alive
16,071
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Bixente Lizarazu🇫🇷
French footballer (born 1969) · b. 1969
Days alive
13,879
Booba🇫🇷
French rapper · b. 1976
Days alive
11,322
Broderick Crawford
deceasedOscar Winners · 1911–1986
Days lived
27,167
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1920–2016
Days lived
34,980
Caroline Lucas🇬🇧
politician · b. 1960
Days alive
17,166
David Brandes🇨🇭
singer-songwriter · b. 1968
Days alive
14,244
Deacon Jones🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1938-2013) · 1938–2013
Days lived
27,205
Djalminha🇧🇷
journalist · b. 1970
Days alive
13,514
Emma Thomas🇬🇧
Film producer · b. 1971
Days alive
13,149
Ernest Gellner🇬🇧
deceasedCzech anthropologist, philosopher and sociologist · 1925–1995
Days lived
25,533
Felicia Langer🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1930–2018
Days lived
31,971
Felicity Huffman
Notable Trials · b. 1962
Days alive
16,436
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Francesco Maselli🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director and screenwriter (1930–2023) · 1930–2023
Days lived
33,705
Hape Kerkeling🇩🇪
German comedian · b. 1964
Days alive
15,705
Hiromitsu Ochiai🇯🇵
film director · b. 1953
Days alive
19,723
I. J. Good🇬🇧
deceasedBritish statistician and cryptographer · 1916–2009
Days lived
33,720
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Irena Santor🇵🇱
Polish singer · b. 1934
Days alive
26,663
Jean-Claude Juncker
Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1995-2013) and President of the European Commission (2014-2019) · b. 1954
Days alive
19,358
Jesse Metcalfe🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1978
Days alive
10,592
Joe Kelley🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1871–1943
Days lived
26,180
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Johannes B. Kerner🇩🇪
German television host (born 1964) · b. 1964
Days alive
15,705
John Cassavetes🇺🇸
deceasedGreek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter (1929–1989) · 1929–1989
Days lived
21,606
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Judi Dench🇬🇧
English actress (born 1934) · b. 1934
Days alive
26,663
Khatib al-Islam Sadrnejad🇮🇷
Iranian academic · b. 1951
Days alive
20,454
Kirk Douglas🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1916–2020) · 1916–2020
Days lived
37,678
Kirsten Gillibrand🇺🇸
writer · b. 1966
Days alive
14,975
LaFee🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1990
Days alive
6,209
Marcus Goldman
deceasedActor · 1821–1904
Days lived
30,173
Mardy Fish🇺🇸
American tennis player (born 1981) · b. 1981
Days alive
9,496
Margaret Hamilton🇺🇸
deceasedTeacher · 1902–1985
Days lived
30,109
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Mark Gertler🇬🇧
deceasedBritish artist (1891–1939) · 1891–1939
Days lived
17,362
Matthew Rees🇬🇧
Welsh rugby union player · b. 1980
Days alive
9,861
Michael Kuehl🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1987
Days alive
7,305
Michael Newton🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1931–2016
Days lived
30,969
Mike Fyhrie🇺🇸
film director · b. 1969
Days alive
13,879
Milt Campbell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican decathlete (1933-2012) · 1933–2012
Days lived
28,818
Paul Landers🇩🇪
German guitarist · b. 1964
Days alive
15,705
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Simon Helberg🇺🇸
American actor and comedian · b. 1980
Days alive
9,861
Willoughby James Hamilton🇮🇪
deceasedIrish tennis and badminton player (1864–1943) · 1864–1943
Days lived
28,780
Wolfgang Fierek🇩🇪
actor · b. 1950
Days alive
20,819
Wolfgang Hildesheimer🇨🇭
deceasedGerman author · 1916–1991
Days lived
27,283
Died on This Day
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Alain Poher🇫🇷
deceasedFrench politician (1909-1996) · 1909–1996
Days lived
32,013
Alexander Kerst🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actor (1924-2010) · 1924–2010
Days lived
31,701
Arvid Lindman🇸🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1862–1936
Days lived
27,109
Ataa Oko🇬🇭
deceasedartist · 1919–2012
Days lived
34,311
Berenice Abbott🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1898–1991
Days lived
34,112
Branch Rickey🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1881–1965
Days lived
30,669
Casimir J. Grotnik🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican bishop (1935–2005) · 1935–2005
Days lived
25,910
Clement IX🌍
deceasedDiplomat · 1600–1669
Days lived
25,518
Franz Rohr von Denta🇭🇺
deceasedmilitary person · 1854–1927
Days lived
26,702
Fulton J. Sheen🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision presenter · 1895–1979
Days lived
30,895
Georges Dufrénoy🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter (1870-1943) · 1870–1943
Days lived
26,834
Gerd Heidemann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and convicted fraudster (1931–2024) · 1931–2024
Days lived
33,974
Gertraud Jesserer🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1943–2021
Days lived
28,486
Hermann Weller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman philologist (1878–1956) · 1878–1956
Days lived
28,797
Ivan Ljavinec
deceasedCatholic bishop (1923–2012) · 1923–2012
Days lived
32,743
Kamil Běhounek🇩🇪
deceasedCzech accordionist and composer (1916–1983) · 1916–1983
Days lived
24,726
Kim Woo-choong🇫🇷
deceasedSouth Korean businessman (1936–2019) · 1936–2019
Days lived
30,305
Kurt Held🇨🇭
deceasedwriter (1897-1959) · 1897–1959
Days lived
22,679
László Széchy🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1891–1963
Days lived
26,318
Lina Wertmüller🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film writer and director (1928-2021) · 1928–2021
Days lived
34,085
Mathews Mar Barnabas🇮🇳
deceasedIndian bishop (1924–2012) · 1924–2012
Days lived
32,264
Oscar Osthoff🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican sportsperson · 1883–1950
Days lived
24,732
Soshana Afroyim🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian painter (1927–2015) · 1927–2015
Days lived
32,241
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
56,589
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
45,267
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
42,615
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
42,278
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
40,153
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
39,058
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
39,058
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
39,058
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
39,058
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
39,058
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
39,058
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
39,058
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
39,058
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
39,058
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
39,058
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
39,058
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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
37,963
Emilio Navarro🇺🇸
deceasedPuerto Rican baseball player (1905-2011) · 1905–2011
Days lived
38,567
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
64,260
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
9,903
Tilikum🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1981–2017
Days lived
12,796
Stubbs🇺🇸
deceasedOrange tabby cat · 1997–2017
Days lived
7,405
Tama🇯🇵
deceasedCalico cat · 1999–2015
Days lived
5,898
Harambe🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1999–2016
Days lived
6,211
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
62,433
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
62,130
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
61,703
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
52,145
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
51,111
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
50,745
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
48,189
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
46,841
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
667,640
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
147,154
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
71,172
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
51,841
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
30,193
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
27,736
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
25,646
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
23,623
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
25,083
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
18,505
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
13,043
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
11,860
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
11,155
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
10,468
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
10,425
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
10,204