On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 11 2016
Born on This Day
Adrienne Barbeau🇺🇸
American actress · b. 1945
Days alive
25,933
Anne Kasprik🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1963
Days alive
19,359
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Anote Tong🇦🇪
politician · b. 1952
Days alive
23,376
Antoni Grabowski
deceasedwriter · 1857–1921
Days lived
23,398
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Benedetta Porcaroli🇮🇹
Actor · b. 1998
Days alive
6,575
Bob Gordon🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1928–1955) · 1928–1955
Days lived
9,939
Bryan Young🇬🇧
Irish rugby union player · b. 1981
Days alive
12,784
Claire Holt🇺🇸
actor · b. 1988
Days alive
10,227
Dan Davis🇩🇪
German painter · b. 1968
Days alive
17,532
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Diana Taurasi🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1982
Days alive
12,419
Earl C. Tingey
American bishop · b. 1934
Days alive
29,951
Eduardo Guadamud🇪🇨
Olympic weightlifter · b. 1986
Days alive
10,958
Emil Riebeck🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1853–1885
Days lived
11,699
Eric de Bruin
Dutch baseball player · b. 1964
Days alive
18,993
Eric Fraser🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1902–1983
Days lived
29,742
Ernie Nevers🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1902–1976
Days lived
26,990
Ettore Romagnoli🇮🇹
deceasedItalian hellenist (1871-1938) · 1871–1938
Days lived
24,430
Ezequiel Carrera🇻🇪
Venezuelan baseball player · b. 1987
Days alive
10,593
Frank Beard🇺🇸
deceasedComposer · 1949–2026
Days lived
28,191
Gene Wilder🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1933–2016) · 1933–2016
Days lived
30,395
Gert Prokop🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1932–1994
Days lived
22,543
Gonzalo Castro🇪🇸
football player · b. 1987
Days alive
10,593
Hans Adalbert Schlettow🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1887–1945
Days lived
21,142
Hermann Baranowski🇩🇪
deceasedSS general (1884-1940) · 1884–1940
Days lived
20,326
Hermann Kaufmann🇦🇹
Austrian architect · b. 1955
Days alive
22,281
Hugh Laurie🇬🇧
actor · b. 1959
Days alive
20,820
Jackie Stewart🇬🇧
entrepreneur · b. 1939
Days alive
28,125
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Jacques Cousteau🇫🇷
deceasedFrench naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997) · 1910–1997
Days lived
31,791
Jane Goldman🇬🇧
actor · b. 1970
Days alive
16,802
Jesús Castillo🇵🇪
association football player · b. 2001
Days alive
5,479
JoAnne Stubbe🇺🇸
American chemist · b. 1946
Days alive
25,568
João Bosco Burnier🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian priest (1917–1976) · 1917–1976
Days lived
21,673
Joe Montana🇺🇸
American football player (born 1956) · b. 1956
Days alive
21,915
John O'Malley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican Jesuit priest and professor of theology (1927–2022) · 1927–2022
Days lived
34,791
José Bové🇫🇷
politician · b. 1953
Days alive
23,011
Kai Havertz
association football player · b. 1999
Days alive
6,210
Kamel Chafni🇫🇷
Moroccan and French footballer · b. 1982
Days alive
12,419
Karl Hein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman hammer thrower (1908–1982) · 1908–1982
Days lived
27,057
Keith Seaman🇦🇺
deceasedGovernor of South Australia (1977-82) · 1920–2013
Days lived
33,987
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Notable Trials · b. 1948
Days alive
24,837
Lawrence Spivak🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican journalist and Meet the Press host (1900-1994) · 1900–1994
Days lived
34,239
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Leena Nair
Actor · b. 1969
Days alive
17,167
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Mano Menezes🇧🇷
Brazilian football manager · b. 1962
Days alive
19,724
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María Barranco🇪🇸
Spanish actress · b. 1961
Days alive
20,089
Matthias Maucksch🇩🇪
German footballer and manager · b. 1969
Days alive
17,167
Otto Deßloch🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1889–1977
Days lived
32,112
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Paul Kalkbrenner🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1977
Days alive
14,245
Richard Strauss🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1864–1949
Days lived
31,134
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Roger Bresnahan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1879–1944) · 1879–1944
Days lived
23,917
Sebastian Bayer🇩🇪
German long jumper · b. 1986
Days alive
10,958
Shia LaBeouf🇺🇸
Film director · b. 1986
Days alive
10,958
Steve Cohen🇺🇸
Hedge Fund Manager & Investor · b. 1956
Days alive
21,915
Unai Simón
association football player · b. 1997
Days alive
6,940
Wynand Olivier🇿🇦
South African rugby union footballer · b. 1983
Days alive
12,054
Yasunari Kawabata🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese novelist (1899–1972) · 1899–1972
Days lived
26,607
Died on This Day
Alexandra Kluge🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and physician (1937–2017) · 1937–2017
Days lived
29,290
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August von Hayek🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian botanist (1871-1928) · 1871–1928
Days lived
20,633
Bernard Bresslaw🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actor · 1934–1993
Days lived
21,656
Brian Wilson
deceasedsinger · 1942–2025
Days lived
30,307
Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian ethnologist (1909–1995) · 1909–1995
Days lived
31,400
DeForest Kelley🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1920–1999
Days lived
28,997
Ernest Tursunov
deceasedpoet and translator (1935–2014) · 1935–2014
Days lived
28,781
Francis Xavier Morgan🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish-British Roman Catholic priest (1857-1935) · 1857–1935
Days lived
28,632
Françoise Hardy🇫🇷
deceasedsinger · 1944–2024
Days lived
29,366
Franz Egenieff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman opera singer and actor (1874–1949) · 1874–1949
Days lived
27,404
Friedl Hardt🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1919–1991
Days lived
26,432
Georg Groddeck
deceasedYouTube personality · 1866–1934
Days lived
24,712
Giuseppe Saragat🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1898–1988
Days lived
32,772
Hermann Kobold🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1858-1942) · 1858–1942
Days lived
30,625
John Wayne
deceasedOscar Winners · 1907–1979
Days lived
26,314
Miroslav Dvořák🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1951–2008
Days lived
20,698
Pandurang Sadashiv Sane🇮🇳
deceasedMarathi author, teacher, social activist, and freedom fighter from Maharashtra, India · 1899–1950
Days lived
18,431
Pavel Kondratyev🇷🇺
deceasedRussian chess player and coach (1924-1984) · 1924–1984
Days lived
22,070
Rafael Orozco Maestre🇨🇴
deceasedSinger · 1954–1992
Days lived
13,959
Siegfried Balke🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1902–1984
Days lived
29,961
Timothy McVeigh
deceasedNotable Trials · 1968–2001
Days lived
12,102
Wilhelm Sievers🇩🇪
deceasedGerman geologist (1860-1921) · 1860–1921
Days lived
22,104
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
59,696
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
48,374
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
45,722
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
45,385
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
43,260
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,165
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,165
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
42,165
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
42,165
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
42,165
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,165
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
42,165
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
42,165
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,165
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
42,165
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,165
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
41,070
Barys Kit🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1910–2018
Days lived
39,383
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
38,230
Toko Shinoda🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021
Days lived
39,420
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
67,367
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
13,010
Tilikum🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1981–2017
Days lived
12,796
Stubbs🇺🇸
deceasedOrange tabby cat · 1997–2017
Days lived
7,405
April🇺🇸
deceasedReticulated giraffe · 2000–2021
Days lived
7,762
Boo🇺🇸
deceasedPomeranian · 2006–2019
Days lived
4,691
Maru🇯🇵
Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007
Days alive
3,306
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,540
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,237
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
64,810
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
55,252
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
54,218
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
53,852
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
51,296
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,948
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,747
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
150,261
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
74,279
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,948
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
33,300
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
30,843
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
28,753
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
26,730
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
28,190
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,612
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
16,150
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
14,967
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
14,262
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,575
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,532
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
13,311