On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 17 2016
Born on This Day
Adolf Hoch🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1910-1992) · 1910–1992
Days lived
29,927
Agustín Edwards Mac-Clure🇨🇱
deceasedentrepreneur · 1878–1941
Days lived
23,011
Alan Phillips🇿🇦
baseball and badminton player · b. 1956
Days alive
21,915
Albert Dohmen🇩🇪
musician · b. 1956
Days alive
21,915
Alexandre Alphonse🇫🇷
Guadeloupean footballer · b. 1982
Days alive
12,419
Alfred Keller🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian painter and architect (1875-1945) · 1875–1945
Days lived
25,466
Alton Kelley🇺🇸
deceasedartist (1940–2008) · 1940–2008
Days lived
24,821
Aoi Morikawa🇯🇵
Actress, Model · b. 1995
Days alive
7,671
Cassidy Haley🇺🇸
American musician and fashion designer · b. 1980
Days alive
13,149
Chantal Mouffe🇧🇪
Belgian post-marxist political theorist (born 1943) · b. 1943
Days alive
26,664
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Charles Eames🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican designer (1907-1978) · 1907–1978
Days lived
25,998
Cliff Gallup🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican guitarist (1930–1988) · 1930–1988
Days lived
21,299
Dermontti Dawson🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1965
Days alive
18,628
Dorothea Röschmann🇩🇪
musician · b. 1967
Days alive
17,898
Duško Nanevski
deceasedYouTube personality · 1929–1994
Days lived
23,574
Elena Rybakina
tennis player · b. 1999
Days alive
6,210
Elroy Hirsch🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1923–2004
Days lived
29,445
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Greg Kinnear
Actor · b. 1963
Days alive
19,359
Hansle Parchment🇫🇷
Jamaican track and field athlete · b. 1990
Days alive
9,497
Heinz Guderian🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general · 1888–1954
Days lived
24,071
Hubert Jedin🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1900–1980
Days lived
29,249
Hubert Schardin🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer and cinematographer (1902–1965) · 1902–1965
Days lived
23,113
Jean Delorme🇫🇷
deceasedFrench Bible scholar (1920-2005) · 1920–2005
Days lived
31,120
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Joachim Król🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1957
Days alive
21,550
Johann Durand🇫🇷
French football player · b. 1981
Days alive
12,784
John Murtha🇺🇸
deceasedPolitician · 1932–2010
Days lived
28,360
Juan María Bordaberry🇺🇾
deceasedNotable Trials · 1928–2011
Days lived
30,345
Ken Loach🇬🇧
English film director and screenwriter (born 1936) · b. 1936
Days alive
29,220
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Kendrick Lamar🇺🇸
American rapper (born 1987) · b. 1987
Days alive
10,593
Konrad Helbig🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1917–1986) · 1917–1986
Days lived
25,082
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Krayzie Bone🇺🇸
American rapper · b. 1973
Days alive
15,706
Krzysztof Zanussi🇵🇱
Polish producer and film director · b. 1939
Days alive
28,125
Lee Baxter🇸🇪
Swedish association football player · b. 1976
Days alive
14,610
Lee Ryan🇬🇧
British singer · b. 1983
Days alive
12,054
Luis Manuel Rodríguez🇨🇺
deceasedCuban boxer · 1937–1996
Days lived
21,571
Lyonel Feininger🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1871–1956
Days lived
30,890
M. C. Escher🇳🇱
deceasedDutch graphic artist (1898–1972) · 1898–1972
Days lived
26,946
Maike Schrader🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player (1971-2004) · 1971–2004
Days lived
12,088
Mark Tauscher🇺🇸
American sportsperson and gridiron football player · b. 1977
Days alive
14,245
Martin Bormann
deceasedNotable Trials · 1900–1945
Days lived
16,390
Martin Senff🇩🇪
German chess player · b. 1980
Days alive
13,149
Michel de Fabiani🇫🇷
French chief executive officer · b. 1945
Days alive
25,933
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Monica Barbaro🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1990
Days alive
9,497
Odessa A'zion🇺🇸
Actor · b. 2000
Days alive
5,844
Paul Oppenheim🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1885–1977
Days lived
33,607
Rimsky Yuen🇨🇳
former Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong · b. 1964
Days alive
18,993
Roider Jackl🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1906–1975
Days lived
25,162
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Scott Adkins🇬🇧
actor · b. 1976
Days alive
14,610
Stella Márquez🇨🇴
Colombian pageant director and beauty pageant contestant · b. 1937
Days alive
28,855
Thomas Haden Church🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1960
Days alive
20,454
Tigran Petrosian🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1929–1984
Days lived
20,146
Tramell Tillman🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1985
Days alive
11,323
Ukshin Hoti🇷🇸
deceasedphilosopher · 1943–1999
Days lived
20,287
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Venus Williams🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1980
Days alive
13,149
Víctor Mata🇩🇴
film director · b. 1961
Days alive
20,089
Will Forte
Actor · b. 1970
Days alive
16,802
Wolfgang Weber🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1902–1985) · 1902–1985
Days lived
30,211
Died on This Day
Adolfo Winternitz🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian painter and sculptor (1906-1993) · 1906–1993
Days lived
31,652
Alfred Brendel🇦🇹
deceasedmusician · 1931–2025
Days lived
34,497
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Arnold Meijer🇳🇱
deceasedDutch fascist politician (1905–1965) · 1905–1965
Days lived
21,958
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Bernard Lacombe🇫🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1952–2025
Days lived
26,604
Curt Swan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican artist (1920-1996) · 1920–1996
Days lived
27,880
David Willoughby
deceasedAnglican Archdeacon · 1913–1998
Days lived
31,175
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Fritz Reinhardt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1895-1969) · 1895–1969
Days lived
27,103
Gervais Gindre🇫🇷
deceasedFrench cross-country skier · 1927–1990
Days lived
22,964
Gianfranco Ferré🇮🇹
deceasedItalian fashion designer (1944-2007) · 1944–2007
Days lived
22,951
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
deceasedsocial reformer, educationist, thinker from Maharashtra, India during the British rule (1856-1895) · 1856–1895
Days lived
14,217
Heinrich Wiepking-Jürgensmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman landscape architect (1891–1973) · 1891–1973
Days lived
30,036
Hugh McElhenny🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1928–2022) · 1928–2022
Days lived
34,136
Lars-Ivar Ericson🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish politician · 1948–2025
Days lived
28,088
Mohamed Morsi🇪🇬
deceasedpolitician · 1951–2019
Days lived
24,785
Richard Meinertzhagen🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1878–1967
Days lived
32,612
Zbigniew Horbowy🇵🇱
deceasedartist · 1935–2019
Days lived
30,848
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
59,702
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
48,380
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
45,728
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
45,391
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
43,266
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
42,171
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,171
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,171
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,171
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
42,171
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,171
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
42,171
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
42,171
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
42,171
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,171
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
42,171
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
41,076
Barys Kit🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1910–2018
Days lived
39,383
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
38,236
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
67,373
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
13,016
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
3,312
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,546
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,243
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
64,816
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
55,258
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
54,224
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
53,858
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
51,302
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,954
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,753
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
150,267
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
74,285
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,954
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
33,306
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
30,849
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
28,759
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
26,736
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
28,196
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,618
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
16,156
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
14,973
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
14,268
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,581
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,538
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
13,317