Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 23 2008
basketball player · b. 1983
Days alive
9,133
Welsh rugby union footballer and coach, and rugby league footballer · b. 1981
Days alive
9,863
French football manager (born 1966) · b. 1966
Days alive
15,342
Swiss recording engineer · b. 1953
Days alive
20,090
German anthropologist (1909–1966) · 1909–1966
Days lived
20,839
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French photographer · b. 1963
Days alive
16,438
Businessperson, Former Chief Executive Officer, Cognizant Technology Solutions · b. 1968
Days alive
14,611
American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer (1912–1996) · 1912–1996
Days lived
30,479
field hockey player · b. 1963
Days alive
16,438
computer scientist · b. 1964
Days alive
16,072
writer · 1914–2004
Days lived
32,906
Colombian singer (1967-2006) · 1967–2006
Days lived
14,340
journalist · b. 1965
Days alive
15,707
British computer scientist (1930–2003) · 1930–2003
Days lived
26,585
American politician, jurist, and diplomat (1901–1991) · 1901–1991
Days lived
32,690
Brazilian association football player · b. 1959
Days alive
17,899
film director · b. 1958
Days alive
18,264
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basketball player · b. 1994
Days alive
5,115
film director · 1920–1999
Days lived
28,726
basketball player · 1978–2020
Days lived
15,132
singer · b. 1955
Days alive
19,360
Notable Trials · 1754–1793
Days lived
14,032
Argentine field hockey player · b. 1986
Days alive
8,037
actor · b. 1971
Days alive
13,516
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french politician (1930–2016) · 1930–2016
Days lived
31,361
writer · 1929–2020
Days lived
33,128
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writer · 1868–1944
Days lived
27,868
politician · b. 1943
Days alive
23,743
rapper · b. 1943
Days alive
23,743
athlete · b. 1974
Days alive
12,420
Italian actress and singer (1945-) · b. 1945
Days alive
23,012
singer-songwriter · 1970–1993
Days lived
8,471
football player · b. 1952
Days alive
20,455
journalist · 1914–1996
Days lived
29,717
Greek singer · b. 1949
Days alive
21,551
Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).
Notable animals alive on this date.
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Notable books already in print.
Films already out by this date.
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YouTube personality · 1870–1933
Days lived
22,902
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
42,874
Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,153
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
61,962
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
71,431
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
13,302
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