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July 23 2012

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Born on This Day

🇨🇭Alex Capus
Swiss writer (b. 1961) · b. 1961
Days alive
18,629
🇵🇹Amália Rodrigues
deceased
singer · 1920–1999
Days lived
28,930
🇺🇸Anthony Kennedy

Died on This Day

🇫🇷Alberto Santos-Dumont
deceased
Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932) · 1873–1932
Days lived
21,553
🇩🇪Alfred Biolek
deceased
artist · 1934–2021
Days lived
31,791

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
58,278
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
46,956

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
65,949
🇺🇸Koko
deceased
Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,153

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,122
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
63,819

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
669,329
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
148,843

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
26,772
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
20,194

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politician · b. 1936

Days alive

27,760

Brandon Roy

🇺🇸Brandon Roy

American basketball player and coach (born 1984) · b. 1984

Days alive

10,228

Cheb Bilal

Cheb Bilal

Raï musician · b. 1966

Days alive

16,803

Cheryl Hall

🇬🇧Cheryl Hall

Actor · 1950–2026

Days lived

27,777

Christian Tomuschat

🇩🇪Christian Tomuschat

German jurist · b. 1936

Days alive

27,760

Cristian Machado

🇺🇸Cristian Machado

Brazilian singer · b. 1974

Days alive

13,881

Damiano Damiani

🇮🇹Damiano Damiani

Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer (1922–2013) · 1922–2013

Days lived

33,101

Daniel Radcliffe

🇬🇧Daniel Radcliffe

actor · b. 1989

Days alive

8,402

Donald Young

🇺🇸Donald Young

American tennis player · b. 1989

Days alive

8,402

Doug Turnbull

🇺🇸Doug Turnbull

lacrosse player (1903–1993) · 1903–1993

Days lived

32,772

Edie McClurg

🇺🇸Edie McClurg

American comedian and actress · b. 1951

Days alive

22,282

Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings

Oscar Winners · 1884–1950

Days lived

23,904

Emma P. Carr

🇺🇸Emma P. Carr

scientist · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,405

Ernst Herzfeld

🇺🇸Ernst Herzfeld

German archaeologist (1879–1948) · 1879–1948

Days lived

25,019

Giovane Élber

🇩🇪Giovane Élber

football player · b. 1972

Days alive

14,611

Giovanni Castellucci

🇮🇹Giovanni Castellucci

Italian manager · b. 1959

Days alive

19,360

Gustav Heinemann

🇩🇪Gustav Heinemann

politician · 1899–1976

Days lived

28,109

Hans Ettmayer

🇦🇹Hans Ettmayer

Austrian football player and manager (1946–2023) · 1946–2023

Days lived

28,012

Hans Thimig

🇦🇹Hans Thimig

actor · 1900–1991

Days lived

33,082

Harry Cohn

Harry Cohn

Actor · 1891–1958

Days lived

24,326

Irving Grundman

🇨🇦Irving Grundman

Canadian ice hockey executive · 1928–2021

Days lived

33,822

Jarkko Nieminen

🇫🇮Jarkko Nieminen

Finnish tennis player · b. 1981

Days alive

11,324

Josef Marchet

🇮🇹Josef Marchet

model · 1902–1966

Days lived

23,301

Karl Korschann

🇩🇪Karl Korschann

sculptor and engraver (1872–1943) · 1872–1943

Days lived

25,794

Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn

Actor · b. 1973

Days alive

14,246

Katsunori Nomura

🇯🇵Katsunori Nomura

film director · b. 1973

Days alive

14,246

Keisuke Kaneko

🇯🇵Keisuke Kaneko

film director · b. 1985

Days alive

9,863

Kim Lim

🇸🇬Kim Lim

Entrepreneur, Socialite, Heiress · b. 1991

Days alive

7,672

Kurt Kreuger

🇺🇸Kurt Kreuger

actor (1916–2006) · 1916–2006

Days lived

32,862

Lars-Ivar Ericson

🇸🇪Lars-Ivar Ericson

Swedish politician · 1948–2025

Days lived

28,089

Louise Lantagne

Louise Lantagne

chief executive officer · b. 1954

Days alive

21,186

Ludger Stratmann

🇩🇪Ludger Stratmann

musician · 1948–2021

Days lived

26,697

Mathias Müller von Blumencron

🇩🇪Mathias Müller von Blumencron

German journalist · b. 1960

Days alive

18,994

Monica Lewinsky

🇬🇧Monica Lewinsky

American activist and writer (born 1973) · b. 1973

Days alive

14,246

Monika Kruse

🇩🇪Monika Kruse

rapper · b. 1971

Days alive

14,977

Najib Razak

Najib Razak

Notable Trials · b. 1953

Days alive

21,551

Oliver Bootz

🇩🇪Oliver Bootz

German actor · b. 1971

Days alive

14,977

Pee Wee Reese

🇺🇸Pee Wee Reese

film director · 1918–1999

Days lived

29,608

Philip Seymour Hoffman

🇺🇸Philip Seymour Hoffman

Film director · 1967–2014

Days lived

16,997

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Oscar Winners · 1967–2014

Days lived

16,997

Philip Zwiener

🇩🇪Philip Zwiener

basketball player · b. 1985

Days alive

9,863

Raimund Abraham

🇺🇸Raimund Abraham

Architect (1933-2010) · 1933–2010

Days lived

27,984

Robert Danneberg

🇦🇹Robert Danneberg

Austrian politician (1885–1942) · 1885–1942

Days lived

20,961

Ronny Cox

🇺🇸Ronny Cox

actor · b. 1938

Days alive

27,030

Serdar Kurtuluş

🇹🇷Serdar Kurtuluş

Turkish association football player (born 1987) · b. 1987

Days alive

9,133

Slash

🇺🇸Slash

rapper · b. 1965

Days alive

17,168

Sotiris Kyrgiakos

🇬🇷Sotiris Kyrgiakos

football player · b. 1979

Days alive

12,055

Stefanie Sun

🇸🇬Stefanie Sun

Singer-songwriter · b. 1978

Days alive

12,420

Stijn Gabriëls

Stijn Gabriëls

Dutch baseball player · b. 1982

Days alive

10,959

Susanna Simon

🇩🇪Susanna Simon

actor · b. 1968

Days alive

16,072

Thea Dorn

🇩🇪Thea Dorn

German writer, literary critic and TV host · b. 1970

Days alive

15,342

Vera Rubin

🇺🇸Vera Rubin

American astronomer and physicist (1928-2016) · 1928–2016

Days lived

32,298

Walter Gargano

Walter Gargano

football player · b. 1984

Days alive

10,228

Walter Hartmann

🇩🇪Walter Hartmann

military person · 1891–1977

Days lived

31,278

Werner Rosenbaum

🇩🇪Werner Rosenbaum

German field hockey player (1927–2008) · 1927–2008

Days lived

29,591

Amy Winehouse

🇬🇧Amy Winehouse

singer · 1983–2011

Days lived

10,175

D. W. Griffith

🇺🇸D. W. Griffith

actor · 1875–1948

Days lived

26,846

Emile Griffith

🇺🇸Emile Griffith

American boxer (1938–2013) · 1938–2013

Days lived

27,565

Ernst Otto Fischer

🇩🇪Ernst Otto Fischer

German chemist (1918–2007) · 1918–2007

Days lived

32,398

Eudora Welty

🇺🇸Eudora Welty

artist · 1909–2001

Days lived

33,705

Georg Lippold

🇩🇪Georg Lippold

German archaeologist (1885-1954) · 1885–1954

Days lived

25,354

Gerald Nagler

🇸🇪Gerald Nagler

entrepreneur · 1929–2022

Days lived

33,829

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

🇮🇹Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Sicilian Prince and writer (1896-1957) · 1896–1957

Days lived

22,127

Gudrun Okras

🇩🇪Gudrun Okras

German actress (1929-2009) · 1929–2009

Days lived

29,083

Hassan II

🇲🇦Hassan II

entrepreneur · 1929–1999

Days lived

25,582

Henry Hallett Dale

🇬🇧Henry Hallett Dale

English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate · 1875–1968

Days lived

34,013

Otto Glöckel

🇦🇹Otto Glöckel

Austrian politician (1874-1935) · 1874–1935

Days lived

22,445

Paul Morand

🇫🇷Paul Morand

writer · 1888–1976

Days lived

32,274

Philippe Pétain

Philippe Pétain

Notable Trials · 1856–1951

Days lived

34,788

Reinhold Heinen

🇩🇪Reinhold Heinen

German journalist and publisher · 1894–1969

Days lived

27,591

Rudolf Katz

🇩🇪Rudolf Katz

German judge and politician (1895-1961) · 1895–1961

Days lived

24,038

Rudolf Teschner

🇩🇪Rudolf Teschner

German chess player (1922–2006) · 1922–2006

Days lived

30,839

Sally Ride

🇺🇸Sally Ride

Physicist · 1951–2012

Days lived

22,340

Wilhelm Ernst

🇩🇪Wilhelm Ernst

chess player from Germany · 1905–1952

Days lived

17,135

William Orbit

🇬🇧William Orbit

Record producer · 1956–2026

Days lived

25,423

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

44,304

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

43,967

George Polley

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

41,842

Eduardo Hernández Martínez

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

40,747

Diane Pozefsky

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,747

Giovanny Ramos

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

40,747

Shrikrishna Raut

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

40,747

David Segal

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,747

Keith Padgett

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

40,747

Clifford Swann

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

40,747

Fee Plumley

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,747

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,747

Shaherose Charania

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

40,747

Rebecca W. Keller

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,747

Alice Herz-Sommer

🇮🇱Alice Herz-Sommer

musician · 1903–2014

Days lived

40,268

Pete Briggs

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

39,652

Eldred G. Smith

🇺🇸Eldred G. Smith

American Leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1907-2013) · 1907–2013

Days lived

38,803

Günter Fronius

🇦🇹Günter Fronius

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

Days lived

39,335

Kanzi

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

11,592

Tilikum

🇺🇸Tilikum

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,797

Stubbs

🇺🇸Stubbs

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,406

Tama

🇯🇵Tama

Calico cat · 1999–2015

Days lived

5,899

Harambe

🇺🇸Harambe

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,212

April

🇺🇸April

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,763

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

63,392

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

53,834

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

52,800

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

52,434

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

49,878

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

48,530

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

72,861

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

53,530

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

31,882

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

29,425

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

27,335

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

25,312

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

14,732

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

13,549

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

12,844

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,157

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,114

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

11,893