On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
July 24 2016
Born on This Day
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Agostinho Cá🇵🇹
Portuguese footballer · b. 1993
Days alive
8,401
Albert Vanhoye🇫🇷
deceasedJesuit priest, exegete, cardinal (1923-2021) · 1923–2021
Days lived
35,800
Amelia Earhart🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939) · 1897–1939
Days lived
15,139
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Anna Paquin🇨🇦
Stage actor · b. 1982
Days alive
12,419
Aries Merritt🇺🇸
American hurdler · b. 1985
Days alive
11,323
Arthur Brauss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor · 1936–2025
Days lived
32,543
Azim Premji
entrepreneur · b. 1945
Days alive
25,933
Barry Bonds🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1964
Days alive
18,993
Bertold Paul Wiesner🇦🇹
deceasedscientist · 1901–1972
Days lived
25,734
Bindi Irwin🇦🇺
Conservationist, television personality · b. 1998
Days alive
6,575
Carlyle Tapsell🇦🇺
deceasedfield hockey player (1909–1975) · 1909–1975
Days lived
24,150
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Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1940–2005
Days lived
23,877
Charlie Crist🇺🇸
United States Representative from 2017 to 2022 · b. 1956
Days alive
21,915
Christian von Stetten🇨🇭
entrepreneur · b. 1970
Days alive
16,802
Claire McCaskill🇺🇸
politician · b. 1953
Days alive
23,011
Clemens Wilmenrod🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1906–1967
Days lived
22,177
Danny Dyer🇬🇧
English actor · b. 1977
Days alive
14,245
Delmer Daves🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director, producer, and screenwriter (1904–1977) · 1904–1977
Days lived
26,687
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Donte Whitner🇺🇸
American football player (born 1985) · b. 1985
Days alive
11,323
Doug Liman
Actor · b. 1965
Days alive
18,628
Eko Yuli Irawan🇮🇩
Indonesian weightlifter · b. 1989
Days alive
9,862
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Emre Mor
association football player · b. 1997
Days alive
6,940
Eric Szmanda🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1975
Days alive
14,976
Federico Franco🇵🇾
politician · b. 1962
Days alive
19,724
Frank Wedekind🇩🇪
deceasedGerman playwright (1864-1918) · 1864–1918
Days lived
19,585
Friedrich Schottky🇵🇱
deceasedscientist · 1851–1935
Days lived
30,699
Gijs Weterings
Dutch field hockey player · b. 1965
Days alive
18,628
Gregor Seberg🇦🇹
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
17,898
Gus Van Sant🇺🇸
actor · b. 1952
Days alive
23,376
Gustav Andreas Tammann🇩🇪
deceasedSwiss astonomer (1932-2019) · 1932–2019
Days lived
31,577
Hans Günter Winkler🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1926–2018
Days lived
33,588
Heinz Schmalix🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player · 1910–1975
Days lived
23,815
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Iddo Netanyahu🇮🇱
Playwright · b. 1952
Days alive
23,376
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James Rhyne Killian🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1904–1988
Days lived
30,504
Jennifer Lopez🇺🇸
film actor · b. 1969
Days alive
17,167
Jovan Belcher🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1987–2012) · 1987–2012
Days lived
9,262
Julius Dorpmüller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician and railway manager (1869-1945) · 1869–1945
Days lived
27,739
Kim Min-jun🇰🇷
Film actor · b. 1976
Days alive
14,610
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Léo Westermann🇫🇷
basketball player · b. 1992
Days alive
8,766
Lothar Lambert🇩🇪
German actor and film director · b. 1944
Days alive
26,298
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Lukáš Rosol🇨🇿
tennis player · b. 1985
Days alive
11,323
Malte Mohr🇩🇪
German pole vaulter · b. 1986
Days alive
10,958
Mathieu Faye🇫🇷
Senegalese basketball player · b. 1958
Days alive
21,185
Michael Krause🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player and sports official (1946–2024) · 1946–2024
Days lived
28,459
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Michael Richards🇺🇸
American actor and comedian · b. 1949
Days alive
24,472
Óscar Ichazo🇧🇴
deceasedBolivian writer (1931–2020) · 1931–2020
Days lived
32,388
Paul von Hase🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1885–1944
Days lived
21,564
Pavel Korotkov🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet football, bandy, and ice hockey player (1907-1983) · 1907–1983
Days lived
27,820
Pedro Passos Coelho🇵🇹
entrepreneur · b. 1964
Days alive
18,993
Saskia Vester🇩🇪
actor · b. 1959
Days alive
20,820
Tim Montgomerie🇬🇧
Banker · b. 1970
Days alive
16,802
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Valea Katharina Scalabrino🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1990
Days alive
9,497
Wolfgang Kapp🇺🇸
deceasedPrussian civil servant and journalist. Nominal leader of the Kapp-Putsch (1858-1922) · 1858–1922
Days lived
23,333
Yassin Idbihi🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1983
Days alive
12,054
Yoon Suk-min🇰🇷
film director · b. 1986
Days alive
10,958
Zelda Fitzgerald🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1900–1948
Days lived
17,396
Died on This Day
André Honnorat🇫🇷
deceasedpolitician · 1868–1950
Days lived
29,810
Arno Arthur Wachmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1902–1990) · 1902–1990
Days lived
32,280
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Cleo Laine🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish jazz singer and actress (1927–2025) · 1927–2025
Days lived
35,699
Eberhard Hopf🇺🇸
deceasedGerman mathematician (1902-1983) · 1902–1983
Days lived
29,683
Ernst Bassermann
deceasedGerman politician (1854–1917) · 1854–1917
Days lived
23,008
Erwin Finlay-Freundlich🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1885–1964) · 1885–1964
Days lived
28,910
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Fritz Albert Lipmann🇺🇸
deceasedchemist · 1899–1986
Days lived
31,818
Georg Michaelis
deceasedpolitician · 1857–1936
Days lived
28,808
Hideki Irabu🇯🇵
deceasedfilm director · 1969–2011
Days lived
15,420
Hulk Hogan🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1953–2025
Days lived
26,280
Jackie Mason🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican comedian (1928-2021) · 1928–2021
Days lived
34,013
Jacques Neirynck🇧🇪
deceasedscientist · 1931–2025
Days lived
34,310
Joe Osmanski🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1917–1993) · 1917–1993
Days lived
27,604
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Josef Černý🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1939–2025
Days lived
31,326
Lou Koller🇺🇸
deceasedMusician · 1967–2026
Days lived
21,559
Nina Andreyeva🇷🇺
deceasedpolitician · 1938–2020
Days lived
29,871
Peter Sellers🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actor and comedian (1925–1980) · 1925–1980
Days lived
20,043
Rudolf Ramek🇦🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1881–1941
Days lived
22,017
Theo Albrecht🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1922–2010
Days lived
32,260
William J. Brennan🇺🇸
deceasedU.S. Supreme Court justice from 1956 to 1990 · 1906–1997
Days lived
33,328
Win Remmerswaal🇳🇱
deceasedbaseball player (1954–2022) · 1954–2022
Days lived
24,975
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
59,739
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
48,417
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
45,765
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
45,428
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
43,303
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,208
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,208
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,208
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
42,208
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
42,208
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,208
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,208
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
42,208
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
42,208
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
42,208
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
42,208
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
41,113
Barys Kit🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1910–2018
Days lived
39,383
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
38,273
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
67,410
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
13,053
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
3,349
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,583
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,280
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
64,853
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
55,295
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
54,261
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
53,895
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
51,339
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,991
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,790
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
150,304
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
74,322
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,991
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
33,343
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
30,886
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
28,796
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
26,773
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
28,233
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,655
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
16,193
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
15,010
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
14,305
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,618
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,575
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
13,354