On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 16 2013
Born on This Day
Aaron Sopher🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1905–1972
Days lived
24,122
Alois-Konstantin, 9th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg🇩🇪
Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg · b. 1941
Days alive
26,298
Ambrogio Valsecchi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian presbyter and theologian (1930–1983) · 1930–1983
Days lived
19,073
Anna Popplewell
Actor · b. 1988
Days alive
9,131
Bärbel Schäfer🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1963
Days alive
18,263
Benjamin Bratt🇺🇸
American actor and producer · b. 1963
Days alive
18,263
Benjamin Kowalewicz🇨🇦
Canadian singer · b. 1975
Days alive
13,880
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Benny Andersson🇸🇪
singer · b. 1946
Days alive
24,472
Bert Hellinger🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1925–2019
Days lived
34,245
Billy Gibbons🇺🇸
Guitarist · b. 1949
Days alive
23,376
Daniel Timsit🇫🇷
deceasedAlgerian physician (1928-2002) · 1928–2002
Days lived
26,892
Eduard Lamas i Alsina🇪🇸
athlete · b. 1990
Days alive
8,401
Eusebi Millan i Alonso🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish athlete · 1886–1956
Days lived
25,318
Frank Dostal🇩🇪
deceasedrapper · 1945–2017
Days lived
26,056
Frieder Nake🇩🇪
German mathematician and computer scientist (born 1938) · b. 1938
Days alive
27,394
George Santayana🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish-American philosopher · 1863–1952
Days lived
32,426
Gerhard Gesemann🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1888–1948
Days lived
21,646
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Hallee Hirsh🇺🇸
American actress · b. 1987
Days alive
9,497
Hans Scherbart🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player · 1905–1993
Days lived
31,840
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Heike Drechsler🇩🇪
politician · b. 1964
Days alive
17,897
Helmut Damerius🇩🇪
deceasedGerman communist, actor, victim of Stalinism (1905-1985) · 1905–1985
Days lived
29,142
Hisako Kanemoto🇯🇵
singer · b. 1987
Days alive
9,497
John Allan Cameron🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian Celtic musician (1938–2006) · 1938–2006
Days lived
24,813
Kai Cenat🇺🇸
Streamer · b. 2004
Days alive
3,287
Krysten Ritter🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1981
Days alive
11,688
Lei Jun
entrepreneur · b. 1969
Days alive
16,071
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Lyn May🇲🇽
Actor · b. 1952
Days alive
22,280
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Margaret Mead🇺🇸
deceasedAnthropologist · 1901–1978
Days lived
28,093
Maruschka Detmers
Dutch actress · b. 1962
Days alive
18,628
Maverick Simms🇺🇸
Singer · b. 2015
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Menahem Pressler🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1923–2023
Days lived
36,301
Mira Murati🇦🇱
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of OpenAI · b. 1988
Days alive
9,131
Nicholas Courtney🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actor (1929–2011) · 1929–2011
Days lived
29,653
Nǃxau
deceasedBush farmer, actor · 1944–2003
Days lived
21,385
Paul van Dyk🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1971
Days alive
15,341
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Philip K. Dick🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican science fiction author (1928–1982) · 1928–1982
Days lived
19,434
Rafael Alberti🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish poet (1902–1999) · 1902–1999
Days lived
35,380
Sebastiaan Olgers
Dutch baseball player · b. 1986
Days alive
9,862
Sebastian Croft🇬🇧
Actor · b. 2001
Days alive
4,383
Shahid Ali Khan🇵🇰
field hockey player · b. 1964
Days alive
17,897
Sonja Graf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-born American chess player · 1908–1965
Days lived
20,534
Stuart Rudin
Actor · b. 1941
Days alive
26,298
Walter Curt Behrendt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-American architect · 1884–1945
Days lived
22,045
William Perry🇺🇸
American football player (born 1962) · b. 1962
Days alive
18,628
Wolfgang Pissors🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1958
Days alive
20,089
Zara Larsson
singer · b. 1997
Days alive
5,844
Died on This Day
Blanche Calloway🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer, bandleader and composer · 1902–1978
Days lived
28,069
Charles Buxton🇬🇧
deceasedpolitician · 1875–1942
Days lived
24,490
Chuck Neinas🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican conference commissioner · 1932–2025
Days lived
34,301
Dan Fogelberg🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1951–2007
Days lived
20,579
E. Hunter Harrison🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican railway executive (1944-2017) · 1944–2017
Days lived
26,702
Emil Aaltonen🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish industrialist · 1869–1949
Days lived
29,328
Frank Eugene🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican-German photographer, painter and graphic artist (1865–1936) · 1865–1936
Days lived
26,020
Hans Dietrich Disselhoff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist and art historian (1899-1975) · 1899–1975
Days lived
27,766
Hans Peter Hallwachs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1938–2022) · 1938–2022
Days lived
30,840
Harald Reisenberger🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian politician (1967-2009) · 1967–2009
Days lived
15,653
Heinrich Hoffmann🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1885–1957
Days lived
26,380
Herbert Hobein🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1906-1991) · 1906–1991
Days lived
31,037
Herbert Zimmermann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman tv presenter (1917–1966) · 1917–1966
Days lived
17,914
Jan Fethke🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1903–1980
Days lived
28,418
József Kajmó
deceasedmodel · 1902–1974
Days lived
26,323
Juan Carreño🇲🇽
deceasedMexican footballer (1909–1940) · 1907–1940
Days lived
12,178
Jürgen Kühling🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge (1934–2019) · 1934–2019
Days lived
31,279
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Lee Van Cleef🇺🇸
deceasedFilm actor · 1925–1989
Days lived
23,717
Len Ceglarski🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican ice hockey player and coach (1926–2017) · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,410
Max Knapp🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss actor (1899-1979) · 1899–1979
Days lived
29,252
Reinhart Fuchs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1934-2017) · 1934–2017
Days lived
30,395
Rolando Garbey🇨🇺
deceasedCuban former boxer (1947–2023) · 1947–2023
Days lived
27,786
Roop Singh🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player · 1910–1977
Days lived
24,571
Silvana Mangano🇮🇹
deceasedItalian actress (1930–1989) · 1930–1989
Days lived
21,787
Zvi Yanai🇮🇱
deceasedwriter (1935-2013) · 1935–2013
Days lived
28,680
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
58,788
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
47,466
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
44,814
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
44,477
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
42,352
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,257
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
41,257
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
41,257
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
41,257
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,257
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,257
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,257
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,257
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
41,257
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
41,257
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
41,257
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Alice Herz-Sommer🇮🇱
deceasedmusician · 1903–2014
Days lived
40,267
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
40,162
Günter Fronius🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1907–2015
Days lived
39,334
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Manoel de Oliveira🇵🇹
deceasedactor · 1908–2015
Days lived
38,828
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
66,459
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
12,102
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
April🇺🇸
deceasedReticulated giraffe · 2000–2021
Days lived
7,762
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,632
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,329
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
63,902
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
54,344
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
53,310
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
52,944
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
50,388
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,040
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
669,839
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
149,353
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
73,371
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,040
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
32,392
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
29,935
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
27,845
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
25,822
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
27,282
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
20,704
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
15,242
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
14,059
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
13,354
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
12,667
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
12,624
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
12,403