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September 21 2015

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Events on This Day

Castle Season 8
Nathan Fillion
milestone

Born on This Day

🇺🇸A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
deceased
American politician (1923–2021) · 1923–2021
Days lived
35,833
🇵🇰Abdur Rahman Chughtai
deceased
painter (1894-1975) · 1894–1975
Days lived
29,338

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Abraham Flexner
deceased
American educator · 1866–1959
Days lived
33,915
🇳🇿Archie Taiaroa
deceased
politician · 1937–2010
Days lived
26,925

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
59,433
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
48,111

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
67,104
🇺🇸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
65,277
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,974

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,484
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
149,998

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
27,927
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,349

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Alexander Isak

association football player · b. 1999

Days alive

5,845

Anton Piëch

Anton Piëch

Actor · 1894–1952

Days lived

21,162

Bill Murray

🇺🇸Bill Murray

American actor and comedian · b. 1950

Days alive

23,742

Brady Poppinga

🇺🇸Brady Poppinga

American football player · b. 1979

Days alive

13,150

Caleb Deschanel

🇺🇸Caleb Deschanel

American cinematographer and director of film and television · b. 1944

Days alive

25,933

Charlotte Froese Fischer

🇨🇦Charlotte Froese Fischer

Canadian-American applied mathematician and computer scientist · 1929–2024

Days lived

34,474

Chen (Kim Jong-dae)

🇰🇷Chen (Kim Jong-dae)

K-pop Idol (EXO) · b. 1992

Days alive

8,401

Cheryl Hines

Cheryl Hines

Actor · b. 1965

Days alive

18,263

Christian Streiff

🇫🇷Christian Streiff

French businessman · b. 1954

Days alive

22,281

Christos Tapoutos

🇬🇷Christos Tapoutos

basketball player · b. 1982

Days alive

12,054

Elden Auker

🇺🇸Elden Auker

film director · 1910–2006

Days lived

35,017

Erna Scheffler

🇩🇪Erna Scheffler

German judge; the first woman judge at the German Federal Constitutional Court (1893–1983) · 1893–1983

Days lived

32,750

Friedrich Robert von Beringe

Friedrich Robert von Beringe

German Army officer (1865-1940) · 1865–1940

Days lived

27,316

Gerő Buzás

🇭🇺Gerő Buzás

model · 1904–1987

Days lived

30,104

Gertraud Wagner-Schöppl

🇦🇹Gertraud Wagner-Schöppl

Austrian politician · b. 1956

Days alive

21,550

H. G. Wells

🇬🇧H. G. Wells

journalist · 1866–1946

Days lived

29,181

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

🇳🇱Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

scientist · 1853–1926

Days lived

26,451

Heinz Drossel

🇩🇪Heinz Drossel

German Righteous Among the Nations (1916–2008) · 1916–2008

Days lived

33,458

Hella Roth

🇩🇪Hella Roth

German field hockey player · b. 1963

Days alive

18,994

Hermann Knoflacher

🇦🇹Hermann Knoflacher

scientist · b. 1940

Days alive

27,394

Horst Buhtz

🇩🇪Horst Buhtz

German association football player and manager (1923–2015) · 1923–2015

Days lived

33,421

Jean Pütz

🇩🇪Jean Pütz

German science journalist and television presenter · b. 1936

Days alive

28,855

Jimmy Armfield

🇬🇧Jimmy Armfield

English footballer (1935-2018) · 1935–2018

Days lived

30,075

Josef Harpe

🇩🇪Josef Harpe

German general (1887–1968) · 1887–1968

Days lived

29,395

Julio González

🇪🇸Julio González

Spanish artist (1876–1942) · 1876–1942

Days lived

23,928

Kareena Kapoor Khan

🇮🇳Kareena Kapoor Khan

Film actor · b. 1980

Days alive

12,784

Karen Webb

🇩🇪Karen Webb

German television presenter · b. 1971

Days alive

16,072

Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah

writer · 1909–1972

Days lived

22,865

Larry Hagman

🇺🇸Larry Hagman

American actor (1931–2012) · 1931–2012

Days lived

29,650

Leonard Cohen

🇨🇦Leonard Cohen

singer · 1934–2016

Days lived

29,999

Liam Gallagher

🇬🇧Liam Gallagher

singer · b. 1972

Days alive

15,706

Ludwig Georg Braun

🇩🇪Ludwig Georg Braun

entrepreneur · b. 1943

Days alive

26,299

Luke Wilson

🇺🇸Luke Wilson

American actor (born 1971) · b. 1971

Days alive

16,072

Martin Christoffel

🇨🇭Martin Christoffel

chess player (1922-2001) · 1922–2001

Days lived

28,685

Max Immelmann

🇩🇪Max Immelmann

German flying ace (1890–1916) · 1890–1916

Days lived

9,402

Milan Mladenović

🇭🇷Milan Mladenović

rapper · 1958–1994

Days lived

13,195

Nicole Richie

🇺🇸Nicole Richie

American television personality and actress · b. 1981

Days alive

12,419

Ombretta Colli

🇮🇹Ombretta Colli

Italian politician, actress and singer · b. 1943

Days alive

26,299

Paulo Costanzo

🇨🇦Paulo Costanzo

actor · b. 1978

Days alive

13,515

Preston Tucker

🇺🇸Preston Tucker

American businessman (1903-1956) · 1903–1956

Days lived

19,456

Rainer Rupp

🇩🇪Rainer Rupp

German spy · b. 1945

Days alive

25,568

Ricki Lake

🇺🇸Ricki Lake

American television host and actress (born 1968) · b. 1968

Days alive

17,167

Rinat Akhmetov

🇺🇦Rinat Akhmetov

businessperson · b. 1966

Days alive

17,898

Rudy Youngblood

🇺🇸Rudy Youngblood

Mexican-born Native American actor · b. 1982

Days alive

12,054

Sidney Moncrief

🇺🇸Sidney Moncrief

basketball player · b. 1957

Days alive

21,185

Singeetam Srinivasa Rao

🌍Singeetam Srinivasa Rao

Film director · b. 1931

Days alive

30,682

Stephen King

🇺🇸Stephen King

actor · b. 1947

Days alive

24,838

Sudha Chandran

🇮🇳Sudha Chandran

actor · b. 1964

Days alive

18,628

Tadej Pogačar

Tadej Pogačar

sport cyclist · b. 1998

Days alive

6,210

Taral Hicks

🇺🇸Taral Hicks

American actress and singer · b. 1974

Days alive

14,976

Vera Int-Veen

🇩🇪Vera Int-Veen

German journalist and TV presenter · b. 1967

Days alive

17,533

Vico Torriani

🇨🇭Vico Torriani

Swiss actor and singer (1920-1998) · 1920–1998

Days lived

28,282

Yury Luzhkov

🇷🇺Yury Luzhkov

scientist · 1936–2019

Days lived

30,396

Artur Phleps

🇷🇴Artur Phleps

deceased

military person · 1881–1944

Days lived

22,942

Benjamin Graham

🇬🇧Benjamin Graham

Investor & Author · 1894–1976

Days lived

30,086

Benny Golson

🇺🇸Benny Golson

American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (1929–2024) · 1929–2024

Days lived

34,939

Bertha Krupp

🇩🇪Bertha Krupp

entrepreneur · 1886–1957

Days lived

26,109

Claus Holm

🇩🇪Claus Holm

German actor (1918–1996) · 1918–1996

Days lived

28,539

Eleanor Bone

🇬🇧Eleanor Bone

English wiccan (1911–2001) · 1910–2001

Days lived

33,154

Florence Griffith Joyner

🇺🇸Florence Griffith Joyner

athlete · 1959–1998

Days lived

14,155

Herbert Meier

🇨🇭Herbert Meier

Swiss author (1928-2018) · 1928–2018

Days lived

32,896

Hubert Rouger

🇫🇷Hubert Rouger

journalist · 1875–1958

Days lived

30,301

Johannes Hoffmann

🇩🇪Johannes Hoffmann

German politician (1890–1967) · 1890–1967

Days lived

28,031

Karl Heinz Klee

🇦🇹Karl Heinz Klee

athlete · 1930–2008

Days lived

28,595

Kenji Miyazawa

🇯🇵Kenji Miyazawa

Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933) · 1896–1933

Days lived

13,539

Kurt Adler

🇺🇸Kurt Adler

musician · 1907–1977

Days lived

25,773

Liliane Bettencourt

Liliane Bettencourt

entrepreneur · 1922–2017

Days lived

34,670

Magnus Lavonius

🇫🇮Magnus Lavonius

Finnish politician and business magnate · 1870–1948

Days lived

28,445

Otto Grotewohl

Otto Grotewohl

German politician (1894–1964) · 1894–1964

Days lived

25,762

Richard Schorr

🇩🇪Richard Schorr

German astronomer (1867–1951) · 1867–1951

Days lived

30,713

Robert Lowie

🇺🇸Robert Lowie

American anthropologist (1883–1957) · 1883–1957

Days lived

27,130

🇦🇺Yoram Gross

Polish-Australian animation producer and director (1926–2005) · 1926–2015

Days lived

32,481

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

45,459

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

45,122

George Polley

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

42,997

Clifford Swann

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

41,902

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,902

David Segal

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,902

Eduardo Hernández Martínez

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

41,902

Giovanny Ramos

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

41,902

Rebecca W. Keller

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,902

Shrikrishna Raut

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

41,902

Shaherose Charania

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

41,902

Fee Plumley

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,902

Diane Pozefsky

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,902

Keith Padgett

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

41,902

Pete Briggs

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

40,807

Barys Kit

🇷🇺Barys Kit

scientist · 1910–2018

Days lived

39,384

Henk Vissers

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

37,967

Toko Shinoda

🇯🇵Toko Shinoda

Japanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021

Days lived

39,421

Kanzi

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

12,747

Tilikum

🇺🇸Tilikum

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,797

Stubbs

🇺🇸Stubbs

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,406

Harambe

🇺🇸Harambe

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,212

April

🇺🇸April

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,763

Boo

🇺🇸Boo

Pomeranian · 2006–2019

Days lived

4,692

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

64,547

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

54,989

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

53,955

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

53,589

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

51,033

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

49,685

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

74,016

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

54,685

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

33,037

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

30,580

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

28,490

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

26,467

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

15,887

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

14,704

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

13,999

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,312

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,269

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

13,048