On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
July 23 2016
Born on This Day
Alex Capus🇨🇭
Swiss writer (b. 1961) · b. 1961
Days alive
20,089
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Amália Rodrigues🇵🇹
deceasedsinger · 1920–1999
Days lived
28,929
Anthony Kennedy🇺🇸
politician · b. 1936
Days alive
29,220
Brandon Roy🇺🇸
American basketball player and coach (born 1984) · b. 1984
Days alive
11,688
Cheb Bilal
Raï musician · b. 1966
Days alive
18,263
Cheryl Hall🇬🇧
deceasedActor · 1950–2026
Days lived
27,776
Christian Tomuschat🇩🇪
German jurist · b. 1936
Days alive
29,220
Cristian Machado🇺🇸
Brazilian singer · b. 1974
Days alive
15,341
Damiano Damiani🇮🇹
deceasedItalian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer (1922–2013) · 1922–2013
Days lived
33,100
Daniel Radcliffe🇬🇧
actor · b. 1989
Days alive
9,862
Donald Young🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1989
Days alive
9,862
Doug Turnbull🇺🇸
deceasedlacrosse player (1903–1993) · 1903–1993
Days lived
32,771
Edie McClurg🇺🇸
American comedian and actress · b. 1951
Days alive
23,742
Emil Jannings
deceasedOscar Winners · 1884–1950
Days lived
23,903
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Emma P. Carr🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,404
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Ernst Herzfeld🇺🇸
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1879–1948) · 1879–1948
Days lived
25,018
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Giovane Élber🇩🇪
football player · b. 1972
Days alive
16,071
Giovanni Castellucci🇮🇹
Italian manager · b. 1959
Days alive
20,820
Gustav Heinemann🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1899–1976
Days lived
28,108
Hans Ettmayer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian football player and manager (1946–2023) · 1946–2023
Days lived
28,011
Hans Thimig🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1900–1991
Days lived
33,081
Harry Cohn
deceasedActor · 1891–1958
Days lived
24,325
Irving Grundman🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian ice hockey executive · 1928–2021
Days lived
33,821
Jarkko Nieminen🇫🇮
Finnish tennis player · b. 1981
Days alive
12,784
Josef Marchet🇮🇹
deceasedmodel · 1902–1966
Days lived
23,300
Karl Korschann🇩🇪
deceasedsculptor and engraver (1872–1943) · 1872–1943
Days lived
25,793
Kathryn Hahn
Actor · b. 1973
Days alive
15,706
Katsunori Nomura🇯🇵
film director · b. 1973
Days alive
15,706
Keisuke Kaneko🇯🇵
film director · b. 1985
Days alive
11,323
Kim Lim🇸🇬
Entrepreneur, Socialite, Heiress · b. 1991
Days alive
9,132
Kurt Kreuger🇺🇸
deceasedactor (1916–2006) · 1916–2006
Days lived
32,861
Lars-Ivar Ericson🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish politician · 1948–2025
Days lived
28,088
Louise Lantagne
chief executive officer · b. 1954
Days alive
22,646
Ludger Stratmann🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1948–2021
Days lived
26,696
Mathias Müller von Blumencron🇩🇪
German journalist · b. 1960
Days alive
20,454
Monica Lewinsky🇬🇧
American activist and writer (born 1973) · b. 1973
Days alive
15,706
Monika Kruse🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1971
Days alive
16,437
Najib Razak
Notable Trials · b. 1953
Days alive
23,011
Oliver Bootz🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1971
Days alive
16,437
Pee Wee Reese🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1918–1999
Days lived
29,607
Philip Seymour Hoffman🇺🇸
deceasedFilm director · 1967–2014
Days lived
16,996
Philip Seymour Hoffman
deceasedOscar Winners · 1967–2014
Days lived
16,996
Philip Zwiener🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1985
Days alive
11,323
Raimund Abraham🇺🇸
deceasedArchitect (1933-2010) · 1933–2010
Days lived
27,983
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Robert Danneberg🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian politician (1885–1942) · 1885–1942
Days lived
20,960
Ronny Cox🇺🇸
actor · b. 1938
Days alive
28,490
Serdar Kurtuluş🇹🇷
Turkish association football player (born 1987) · b. 1987
Days alive
10,593
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Slash🇺🇸
rapper · b. 1965
Days alive
18,628
Sotiris Kyrgiakos🇬🇷
football player · b. 1979
Days alive
13,515
Stefanie Sun🇸🇬
Singer-songwriter · b. 1978
Days alive
13,880
Stijn Gabriëls
Dutch baseball player · b. 1982
Days alive
12,419
Susanna Simon🇩🇪
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
17,532
Thea Dorn🇩🇪
German writer, literary critic and TV host · b. 1970
Days alive
16,802
Vera Rubin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican astronomer and physicist (1928-2016) · 1928–2016
Days lived
32,297
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Walter Gargano
football player · b. 1984
Days alive
11,688
Walter Hartmann🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1891–1977
Days lived
31,277
Werner Rosenbaum🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player (1927–2008) · 1927–2008
Days lived
29,590
Died on This Day
Alberto Santos-Dumont🇫🇷
deceasedBrazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932) · 1873–1932
Days lived
21,552
Alfred Biolek🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1934–2021
Days lived
31,790
Amy Winehouse🇬🇧
deceasedsinger · 1983–2011
Days lived
10,174
D. W. Griffith🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1875–1948
Days lived
26,845
Emile Griffith🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer (1938–2013) · 1938–2013
Days lived
27,564
Ernst Otto Fischer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chemist (1918–2007) · 1918–2007
Days lived
32,397
Eudora Welty🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1909–2001
Days lived
33,704
Georg Lippold🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1885-1954) · 1885–1954
Days lived
25,353
Gerald Nagler🇸🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1929–2022
Days lived
33,828
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa🇮🇹
deceasedSicilian Prince and writer (1896-1957) · 1896–1957
Days lived
22,126
Gudrun Okras🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1929-2009) · 1929–2009
Days lived
29,082
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Hassan II🇲🇦
deceasedentrepreneur · 1929–1999
Days lived
25,581
Henry Hallett Dale🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish pharmacologist, Nobel laureate · 1875–1968
Days lived
34,012
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Otto Glöckel🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian politician (1874-1935) · 1874–1935
Days lived
22,444
Paul Morand🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1888–1976
Days lived
32,273
Philippe Pétain
deceasedNotable Trials · 1856–1951
Days lived
34,787
Reinhold Heinen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and publisher · 1894–1969
Days lived
27,590
Rudolf Katz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge and politician (1895-1961) · 1895–1961
Days lived
24,037
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Rudolf Teschner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1922–2006) · 1922–2006
Days lived
30,838
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Sally Ride🇺🇸
deceasedPhysicist · 1951–2012
Days lived
22,339
Wilhelm Ernst🇩🇪
deceasedchess player from Germany · 1905–1952
Days lived
17,134
William Orbit🇬🇧
deceasedRecord producer · 1956–2026
Days lived
25,422
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
59,738
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
48,416
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
45,764
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
45,427
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
43,302
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
42,207
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,207
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,207
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
42,207
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,207
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,207
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
42,207
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
42,207
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
42,207
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,207
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
42,207
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
41,112
Barys Kit🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1910–2018
Days lived
39,383
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
38,272
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
67,409
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
13,052
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
3,348
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,582
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,279
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
64,852
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
55,294
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
54,260
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
53,894
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
51,338
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,990
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,789
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
150,303
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
74,321
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,990
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
33,342
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
30,885
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
28,795
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
26,772
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
28,232
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,654
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
16,192
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
15,009
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
14,304
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,617
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,574
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
13,353