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April 15 2016

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Events on This Day

Starred in 'Tommy's Honour'
Jack Lowden
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Born on This Day

Died on This Day

🇬🇧Allan Holdsworth
deceased
British musician (1946–2017) · 1946–2017
Days lived
25,820
🇺🇸Arthur Larned Ryerson
deceased
American lawyer and entrepreneur (1851-1912) · 1851–1912
Days lived
22,373

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 April 15 Died on April 15 On This Day Day Lookup

Days alive

11,323

🇬🇪Avtandil Koridze

deceased

athlete · 1935–1966

Days lived

11,320

🇩🇪Beate Hasenau

deceased

German actress and voice actress (1936-2003) · 1936–2003

Days lived

24,640

🇺🇸Bessie Smith

deceased

musician · 1894–1937

Days lived

15,869

🇷🇺Boris Strugatsky

deceased

writer · 1933–2012

Days lived

29,073

🇮🇹Claudia Cardinale

deceased

French-Italian actress (1938–2025) · 1938–2025

Days lived

31,938

🇺🇸Curtis Bernhardt

deceased

German film director (1899–1981) · 1899–1981

Days lived

29,898

Edwin Charles Boulton

deceased

American bishop (1928-2000) · 1928–2000

Days lived

26,328

🇫🇷Émile Durkheim

deceased

philosopher · 1858–1917

Days lived

21,763

🇬🇧Emma Thompson

British actress and screenwriter (born 1959) · b. 1959

Days alive

20,820

🇬🇧Emma Watson

actor · b. 1990

Days alive

9,497

🇦🇱Erbim Fagu

Albanian association football player · b. 1987

Days alive

10,593

🇩🇪Fanny Rinne

field hockey player · b. 1980

Days alive

13,149

Fay Masterson

Actor · b. 1974

Days alive

15,341

🇷🇺Georgy Zograf

deceased

Russian scientist · 1928–1993

Days lived

23,750

🇩🇪Gerhard Fieseler

deceased

entrepreneur · 1896–1987

Days lived

33,375

🇨🇦Guivi Sissaouri

athlete · b. 1971

Days alive

16,437

🇩🇪Hanna-Renate Laurien

deceased

German politician (1928-2010) · 1928–2010

Days lived

29,916

🇩🇪Henning Harnisch

basketball player · b. 1968

Days alive

17,532

🇹🇼İsmail Sani

Malaysian politician · b. 1967

Days alive

17,898

🇺🇸Jason Sehorn

American football player · b. 1971

Days alive

16,437

Jeffrey Archer

Notable Trials · b. 1940

Days alive

27,759

🇬🇧John Burt

deceased

Scottish field hockey player (1877–1935) · 1877–1935

Days lived

21,197

🇱🇹Kęstutis Šeštokas

Lithuanian basketball player (born 1976) · b. 1976

Days alive

14,610

🇦🇹Kurt Weinzierl

deceased

actor · 1931–2008

Days lived

28,303

🇺🇸Lita Grey

deceased

actor · 1908–1995

Days lived

32,034

Maisie Williams

actor · b. 1997

Days alive

6,940

🇮🇹Marco Terrazzino

German footballer · b. 1991

Days alive

9,132

🇺🇸Marian Zazeela

deceased

American musician, painter and light-artist (1940–2024) · 1940–2024

Days lived

30,663

🇲🇽Mario Gallegos

football player · b. 1988

Days alive

10,227

🇬🇷Memos Ioannou

basketball player · b. 1958

Days alive

21,185

🇺🇸Mike Anchondo

American boxer · b. 1982

Days alive

12,419

Murat Isaku

deceased

Albanian-Macedonian writer · 1928–2005

Days lived

28,020

🇮🇳Narahar Raghunath Phatak

deceased

writer · 1893–1979

Days lived

31,660

🇬🇧Neville Marriner

deceased

British conductor and violinist (1924–2016) · 1924–2016

Days lived

33,773

Nikita Khrushchev

deceased

military person · 1894–1971

Days lived

28,272

🇬🇧Niko Tinbergen

deceased

scientist · 1907–1988

Days lived

29,836

Nikolay Semyonov

deceased

Soviet physical chemist (1896-1986) · 1896–1986

Days lived

33,034

🇨🇺Pedro Luis Lazo

film director · b. 1973

Days alive

15,706

🇩🇪Richard von Weizsäcker

deceased

politician · 1920–2015

Days lived

34,624

🇺🇸Robert Lefkowitz

American physician and biochemist · b. 1943

Days alive

26,664

🇺🇸Roy Raymond

deceased

entrepreneur · 1947–1993

Days lived

16,935

🇵🇱Sat-Okh

deceased

children's author and soldier in the Polish Resistance during World War II · 1920–2003

Days lived

30,394

🇩🇪Siegfried Wischnewski

deceased

German actor (1922–1989) · 1922–1989

Days lived

24,391

🇦🇺Stanley Bruce

deceased

politician · 1883–1967

Days lived

30,812

🇬🇧Stephen Doughty

Politician · b. 1980

Days alive

13,149

🇬🇧Suw Charman-Anderson

British journalist, consultant and blogger · b. 1971

Days alive

16,437

🇫🇷Sylvain Marveaux

football player · b. 1986

Days alive

10,958

🇸🇪Tomas Tranströmer

deceased

Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015) · 1931–2015

Days lived

30,661

🇺🇸Tommy Castro

American musician · b. 1955

Days alive

22,281

🇬🇧Woolly Wolstenholme

deceased

British musician (1947–2010) · 1947–2010

Days lived

23,253

🇮🇱Yossef Romano

deceased

Israeli weightlifter (1940–1972) · 1940–1972

Days lived

11,831

🇩🇪August Endell

deceased

writer · 1871–1925

Days lived

19,726

🇵🇱Benon Liberski

deceased

Polish painter and graphic artist (1926-1983) · 1926–1983

Days lived

20,801

🇩🇪Bernd Hölzenbein

deceased

football player · 1946–2024

Days lived

28,527

🇩🇪Duke Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg

deceased

military person · 1893–1975

Days lived

29,736

🇺🇸Greta Garbo

deceased

actor · 1905–1990

Days lived

30,890

🇺🇸Jack Elway

deceased

American football player, coach, scout and executive (1931-2001) · 1931–2001

Days lived

25,523

🇦🇹Jakob Gartner

deceased

Austrian architect (1861-1921) · 1861–1921

Days lived

21,846

🇫🇷Jean-Paul Sartre

deceased

writer · 1905–1980

Days lived

27,327

🇮🇪Joe McCann

deceased

Notable Person · 1947–1972

Days lived

8,931

🇩🇪Ludwig Kaas

deceased

German politician (1881-1952) · 1881–1952

Days lived

25,894

Pol Pot

deceased

Notable Trials · 1925–1998

Days lived

26,629

🇮🇹Pompeo d'Ambrosio

deceased

athlete · 1917–1998

Days lived

29,689

🇦🇹Robert Musil

deceased

YouTube personality · 1880–1942

Days lived

22,439

🇮🇹Totò

deceased

actor · 1898–1967

Days lived

25,260

Wallace Beery

deceased

Oscar Winners · 1885–1949

Days lived

23,389

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

45,665

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

45,328

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

43,203

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

42,108

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

42,108

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,108

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,108

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

42,108

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,108

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

42,108

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

42,108

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

42,108

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,108

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,108

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

41,013

🇷🇺Barys Kit

deceased

scientist · 1910–2018

Days lived

39,383

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

38,173

🇯🇵Toko Shinoda

deceased

Japanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021

Days lived

39,420

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

12,953

🇺🇸Tilikum

deceased

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

🇺🇸Stubbs

deceased

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

🇺🇸Harambe

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,211

🇺🇸April

deceased

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,762

🇺🇸Boo

deceased

Pomeranian · 2006–2019

Days lived

4,691

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

64,753

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

55,195

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

54,161

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

53,795

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

51,239

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

49,891

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

74,222

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

54,891

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

33,243

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

30,786

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

28,696

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

26,673

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

16,093

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

14,910

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

14,205

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,518

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,475

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

13,254

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

Aat de Roos

🇷🇺Alla Pugacheva

🇺🇸Amy Ried

Died on This Day

🇬🇧Allan Holdsworth

🇺🇸Arthur Larned Ryerson

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

🇬🇪Avtandil Koridze

🇩🇪Beate Hasenau

🇺🇸Bessie Smith

🇷🇺Boris Strugatsky

🇮🇹Claudia Cardinale

🇺🇸Curtis Bernhardt

Edwin Charles Boulton

🇫🇷Émile Durkheim

🇬🇧Emma Thompson

🇬🇧Emma Watson

🇦🇱Erbim Fagu

🇩🇪Fanny Rinne

Fay Masterson

🇷🇺Georgy Zograf

🇩🇪Gerhard Fieseler

🇨🇦Guivi Sissaouri

🇩🇪Hanna-Renate Laurien

🇩🇪Henning Harnisch

🇹🇼İsmail Sani

🇺🇸Jason Sehorn

Jeffrey Archer

🇬🇧John Burt

🇱🇹Kęstutis Šeštokas

🇦🇹Kurt Weinzierl

🇺🇸Lita Grey

Maisie Williams

🇮🇹Marco Terrazzino

🇺🇸Marian Zazeela

🇲🇽Mario Gallegos

🇬🇷Memos Ioannou

🇺🇸Mike Anchondo

Murat Isaku

🇮🇳Narahar Raghunath Phatak

🇬🇧Neville Marriner

Nikita Khrushchev

🇬🇧Niko Tinbergen

Nikolay Semyonov

🇨🇺Pedro Luis Lazo

🇩🇪Richard von Weizsäcker

🇺🇸Robert Lefkowitz

🇺🇸Roy Raymond

🇵🇱Sat-Okh

🇩🇪Siegfried Wischnewski

🇦🇺Stanley Bruce

🇬🇧Stephen Doughty

🇬🇧Suw Charman-Anderson

🇫🇷Sylvain Marveaux

🇸🇪Tomas Tranströmer

🇺🇸Tommy Castro

🇬🇧Woolly Wolstenholme

🇮🇱Yossef Romano

🇩🇪August Endell

🇵🇱Benon Liberski

🇩🇪Bernd Hölzenbein

🇩🇪Duke Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg

🇺🇸Greta Garbo