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August 16 2013

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Events on This Day

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Born on This Day

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Aretha Franklin
deceased
American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018) · 1942–2018
Days lived
27,903
🇭🇺Bela Lugosi
deceased
actor · 1882–1956
Days lived
26,963

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Born on August 16 Died on August 16 On This Day Day Lookup

Days alive

8,401

🇮🇳Arvind Kejriwal

politician · b. 1968

Days alive

16,436

🇭🇺Attila Abonyi

deceased

athlete · 1946–2023

Days lived

28,083

Aziz Akhannouch

entrepreneur · b. 1961

Days alive

18,993

🇮🇳B. Y. Raghavendra

politician · b. 1973

Days alive

14,610

🇺🇸Brian Gordon

film director · b. 1978

Days alive

12,784

🇦🇹Caroline Grothgar

actor · b. 1968

Days alive

16,436

🇦🇹Céline Roscheck

musician · b. 1983

Days alive

10,958

🇺🇸Charli Baltimore

singer-songwriter · b. 1974

Days alive

14,245

🇩🇪Christina Hammer

German boxer · b. 1990

Days alive

8,401

🇺🇸Christos Papadimitriou

musician · b. 1949

Days alive

23,376

🇳🇱David Bergman

Dutch baseball player · b. 1981

Days alive

11,688

🇩🇪Denis Gremelmayr

German tennis player · b. 1981

Days alive

11,688

🇦🇹Edith Mill

deceased

actor · 1925–2007

Days lived

30,036

🇳🇱Ernst Jan Beeuwkes

deceased

Dutch fashion designer (1931-1998) · 1931–1998

Days lived

24,316

🇮🇪Evanna Lynch

singer · b. 1991

Days alive

8,036

🇺🇸Eydie Gormé

deceased

American pop singer, chanteuse, comic actress (1928-2013) · 1928–2013

Days lived

31,040

🇪🇸Gabriel Urpi

tennis player · b. 1961

Days alive

18,993

🇩🇪Gadjo

rapper · b. 1972

Days alive

14,975

🇨🇭Hans Jenny

deceased

scientist · 1904–1972

Days lived

24,784

🇩🇪Hans Koch

deceased

German resistance fighter (1893–1945) · 1893–1945

Days lived

18,878

🇦🇹Hugo Flink

deceased

actor · 1879–1947

Days lived

24,730

🇨🇦James Cameron

actor · b. 1954

Days alive

21,550

James Michel

politician · b. 1944

Days alive

25,202

Jannik Sinner

tennis player · b. 2001

Days alive

4,383

🇪🇸Joaquín Reyes Cano

Spanish actor, comedian and cartoonist · b. 1974

Days alive

14,245

🇩🇪Julia Schruff

German tennis player · b. 1982

Days alive

11,323

🇩🇪Karl-Heinz Vosgerau

deceased

German actor (1928-2021) · 1928–2021

Days lived

33,744

🇺🇸Kevin Schmidt

actor · b. 1988

Days alive

9,131

Koray Günter

football player · b. 1994

Days alive

6,940

🇩🇪Kraudn Sepp

deceased

German musician (1896–1977) · 1896–1977

Days lived

29,447

🇺🇸Lois Nettleton

deceased

actress (1927-2008) · 1927–2008

Days lived

29,375

Madonna

singer · b. 1958

Days alive

20,089

🇸🇪Magnus Betnér

actor · b. 1974

Days alive

14,245

🇳🇵Manisha Koirala

Actor · b. 1970

Days alive

15,706

🇵🇱Mariusz Jędra

Polish weightlifter · b. 1973

Days alive

14,610

🇫🇷Pierre Richard

French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian · b. 1934

Days alive

28,855

🇩🇪Ralf Bendix

deceased

rapper · 1924–2014

Days lived

32,888

🇩🇪Reiner Kunze

German poet, writer, translator, and GDR dissident (born 1933) · b. 1933

Days alive

29,220

🇰🇵Ri Myong-jun

North Korean footballer · b. 1990

Days alive

8,401

🇺🇸Ryan Longwell

player of American football · b. 1974

Days alive

14,245

🇫🇷Sheila

French recording artist and yé-yé singer · b. 1945

Days alive

24,837

🇺🇸Steve Carell

American actor and comedian (born 1962) · b. 1962

Days alive

18,628

🇩🇪Sylvia Stolz

German Holocaust denier and former lawyer · b. 1963

Days alive

18,263

🇺🇸Tony Trabert

deceased

basketball player · 1930–2021

Days lived

33,044

🇦🇹Ulla Weigerstorfer

entrepreneur · b. 1967

Days alive

16,802

🇳🇬Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

deceased

President of Nigeria (1951-2010) · 1951–2010

Days lived

21,447

🇺🇸Young Thug

Artist · b. 1991

Days alive

8,036

Elvis Presley

deceased

film actor · 1935–1977

Days lived

15,561

🇨🇿Felix Maria Davídek

deceased

bishop of the Roman Catholic Church (1921–1988) · 1921–1988

Days lived

24,688

🇩🇪Friedrich Sämisch

deceased

German chess player (1896-1975) · 1896–1975

Days lived

28,818

🇨🇭Georges Oltramare

deceased

Swiss writer, journalist and fascist politician (1896-1960) · 1896–1960

Days lived

23,496

🇨🇿Ivan Hlinka

deceased

athlete · 1950–2004

Days lived

19,926

John Pemberton

deceased

Actor · 1831–1888

Days lived

20,859

🇩🇪Karl Storch

deceased

German hammer thrower (1913-1992) · 1913–1992

Days lived

28,850

🇺🇸Mamie Smith

deceased

American vaudeville singer (1891–1946) · 1891–1946

Days lived

20,170

Michael Murach

deceased

boxer (1911-1941) · 1911–1941

Days lived

11,154

🇮🇳Narayan Gangaram Surve

deceased

Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India · 1926–2010

Days lived

30,621

🇩🇪Paul Weinstein

deceased

German high jumper (1878-1964) · 1878–1964

Days lived

31,544

🇫🇷Peter Scholl-Latour

deceased

YouTube personality · 1924–2014

Days lived

33,032

🇮🇹Pippo Baudo

deceased

Italian television presenter (1936–2025) · 1936–2025

Days lived

32,577

🇩🇪Renée Stobrawa

deceased

actor · 1897–1971

Days lived

26,969

🇺🇸Robert Johnson

deceased

singer-songwriter · 1911–1938

Days lived

9,962

🇺🇸Robert Quiroga

deceased

American boxer · 1969–2004

Days lived

12,729

Vladimir Kuts

deceased

Soviet Ukrainian athletics competitor (1927–1975) · 1927–1975

Days lived

17,722

Wilhelm Morgner

deceased

German painter (1891-1917) · 1891–1917

Days lived

9,697

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

44,692

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

44,355

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

42,230

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,135

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

41,135

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,135

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,135

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

41,135

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,135

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

41,135

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

41,135

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,135

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

41,135

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

41,135

🇮🇱Alice Herz-Sommer

deceased

musician · 1903–2014

Days lived

40,267

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

40,040

🇦🇹Günter Fronius

deceased

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

Days lived

39,334

🇵🇹Manoel de Oliveira

deceased

actor · 1908–2015

Days lived

38,828

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

11,980

🇺🇸Tilikum

deceased

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

🇺🇸Stubbs

deceased

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

🇯🇵Tama

deceased

Calico cat · 1999–2015

Days lived

5,898

🇺🇸Harambe

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,211

🇺🇸April

deceased

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,762

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

63,780

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

54,222

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

53,188

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

52,822

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

50,266

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

48,918

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

73,249

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

53,918

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

32,270

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

29,813

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

27,723

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

25,700

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

15,120

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

13,937

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

13,232

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,545

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,502

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

12,281

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

🇫🇷Abdoulaye Keita

🇺🇸Amos Alonzo Stagg

🇺🇸Arden Cho

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Aretha Franklin

🇭🇺Bela Lugosi

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇸🇭Jonathan

🇺🇸Koko

Companies That Existed

🇫🇷Hermes

🇺🇸Procter & Gamble

Already Published

🇮🇹Meditations

🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

🇺🇸12 Angry Men

🇮🇳Arvind Kejriwal

🇭🇺Attila Abonyi

Aziz Akhannouch

🇮🇳B. Y. Raghavendra

🇺🇸Brian Gordon

🇦🇹Caroline Grothgar

🇦🇹Céline Roscheck

🇺🇸Charli Baltimore

🇩🇪Christina Hammer

🇺🇸Christos Papadimitriou

🇳🇱David Bergman

🇩🇪Denis Gremelmayr

🇦🇹Edith Mill

🇳🇱Ernst Jan Beeuwkes

🇮🇪Evanna Lynch

🇺🇸Eydie Gormé

🇪🇸Gabriel Urpi

🇩🇪Gadjo

🇨🇭Hans Jenny

🇩🇪Hans Koch

🇦🇹Hugo Flink

🇨🇦James Cameron

James Michel

Jannik Sinner

🇪🇸Joaquín Reyes Cano

🇩🇪Julia Schruff

🇩🇪Karl-Heinz Vosgerau

🇺🇸Kevin Schmidt

Koray Günter

🇩🇪Kraudn Sepp

🇺🇸Lois Nettleton

Madonna

🇸🇪Magnus Betnér

🇳🇵Manisha Koirala

🇵🇱Mariusz Jędra

🇫🇷Pierre Richard

🇩🇪Ralf Bendix

🇩🇪Reiner Kunze

🇰🇵Ri Myong-jun

🇺🇸Ryan Longwell

🇫🇷Sheila

🇺🇸Steve Carell

🇩🇪Sylvia Stolz

🇺🇸Tony Trabert

🇦🇹Ulla Weigerstorfer

🇳🇬Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

🇺🇸Young Thug

Elvis Presley

🇨🇿Felix Maria Davídek

🇩🇪Friedrich Sämisch

🇨🇭Georges Oltramare

🇨🇿Ivan Hlinka

John Pemberton

🇩🇪Karl Storch

🇺🇸Mamie Smith

Michael Murach