On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 25 2016
Born on This Day
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Annabelle Wallis🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1984
Days alive
11,688
Arthur Haggai Oder
deceasedUgandan judge (1938-2006) · 1938–2006
Days lived
24,746
Austregésilo de Athayde🇧🇷
deceasedwriter · 1898–1993
Days lived
34,686
Barbara Lahr🇩🇪
German musician · b. 1957
Days alive
21,550
Barbara Walters🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision presenter · 1929–2022
Days lived
34,064
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Bella Ramsey
television actor · b. 2003
Days alive
4,749
Catherine Zeta-Jones🇬🇧
actor · b. 1969
Days alive
17,167
Christer Bjerkhagen🇸🇪
athlete · b. 1942
Days alive
27,029
Colin Davis
deceasedconductor · 1927–2013
Days lived
31,248
Dan Mintz🇺🇸
American actor, comedian and writer · b. 1981
Days alive
12,784
Ernst von Salomon🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer and right-wing Freikorps member (1902–1972) · 1902–1972
Days lived
25,521
Hal Sparks🇺🇸
American actor (born 1969) · b. 1969
Days alive
17,167
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Hanna Ralph🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1888–1978
Days lived
32,687
Hans Matthöfer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (SPD) (1925-2009) · 1925–2009
Days lived
30,731
Harald Ringstorff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1939–2020) · 1939–2020
Days lived
29,641
Heather Locklear
actor · b. 1961
Days alive
20,089
Jansen Panettiere🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1994–2023
Days lived
10,374
Joel David Moore
Actor · b. 1977
Days alive
14,245
John Lynch🇺🇸
film director · b. 1971
Days alive
16,437
Josef Bican🇦🇹
deceasedathlete · 1913–2001
Days lived
32,220
Justus Pfaue🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,097
Karl Ernstberger🇦🇹
deceasedGerman architect (1887–1972) · 1887–1972
Days lived
31,107
Karl Jatho🇩🇪
deceasedpriest (1851-1913) · 1851–1913
Days lived
22,447
Lu Xun
deceasedwriter · 1881–1936
Days lived
20,112
Marc Benioff🇺🇸
American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist · b. 1964
Days alive
18,993
Mary Allen Wilkes🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1937
Days alive
28,855
Matt Battaglia🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1965
Days alive
18,628
May Sutton🇺🇸
deceasedUS tennis player (1886–1975) · 1886–1975
Days lived
32,515
Michael Douglas
Oscar Winners · b. 1944
Days alive
26,298
Nino Cerruti🇮🇹
deceasedCouturier (1930–2022) · 1930–2022
Days lived
33,350
Oscar Bonavena🇦🇷
deceasedArgentine boxer · 1942–1976
Days lived
12,293
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Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1897–1975
Days lived
28,578
Pedro Almodóvar🇪🇸
singer · b. 1949
Days alive
24,472
Purple Schulz🇩🇪
singer · b. 1956
Days alive
21,915
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Ralph Dutli🇨🇭
Swiss poet, translator and writer · b. 1954
Days alive
22,646
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Ricardo Gardner🇫🇷
Jamaican footballer · b. 1978
Days alive
13,880
Robert Bresson🇫🇷
deceasedFrench film director (1901–1999) · 1901–1999
Days lived
35,878
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Rosalía🇪🇸
Singer-songwriter · b. 1992
Days alive
8,766
Sandro Pertini🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1896–1990
Days lived
34,119
Sarah Bernhardt🇫🇷
deceasedStage actor · 1844–1923
Days lived
28,667
Sergei Bondarchuk🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor (1920–1994) · 1920–1994
Days lived
27,053
Shaun Miller🇬🇧
English association football player (born 1987) · b. 1987
Days alive
10,593
Siphiwe Tshabalala🇿🇦
football player · b. 1984
Days alive
11,688
Stanisław Łapiński🇵🇱
deceasedactor (1895-1972) · 1895–1972
Days lived
27,881
Steven Gätjen🇺🇸
German-American host · b. 1972
Days alive
16,071
T.I.
Notable Trials · b. 1980
Days alive
13,149
Thomas Homewood🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1881–1945
Days lived
23,139
Will Smith🇺🇸
television actor · b. 1968
Days alive
17,532
William Daniel Hillis🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1956
Days alive
21,915
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William Faulkner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer (1897-1962) · 1897–1962
Days lived
23,659
Wolfgang Glück🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian filmmaker (1929–2023) · 1929–2023
Days lived
34,412
Zucchero🇮🇹
singer-songwriter · b. 1955
Days alive
22,281
Died on This Day
Abram Arkhipov
deceasedRussian artist (1862-1930) · 1862–1930
Days lived
24,865
Andy Williams🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1927–2012
Days lived
30,978
Arnold Palmer🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican golfer (1929–2016) · 1929–2016
Days lived
31,792
Arun Sadhu🇮🇳
deceasedwriter and freelance journalist from Maharashtra, India · 1941–2017
Days lived
27,849
Beppo Römer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman resistance member (1892-1944) · 1892–1944
Days lived
18,939
Georg Lindemann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1884–1963) · 1884–1963
Days lived
29,054
Hagen Liebing🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1961–2016
Days lived
20,308
Hans F. K. Günther🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1891–1968
Days lived
28,345
Henning Enoksen
deceasedDanish footballer and coach (1935-2016) · 1935–2016
Days lived
29,585
Klaus Barbie
deceasedNotable Trials · 1913–1991
Days lived
28,459
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Leopold III of Belgium🇧🇪
deceasedking of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983) · 1901–1983
Days lived
29,911
Miller Huggins🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1878–1929) · 1878–1929
Days lived
18,809
Nikolay Semyonov
deceasedSoviet physical chemist (1896-1986) · 1896–1986
Days lived
33,034
Oskar von Niedermayer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1885-1948) · 1885–1948
Days lived
22,966
Rafael Chimishkyan🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1929–2022
Days lived
34,154
Randhir Singh Gentle🇮🇳
deceasedIndian field hockey player (1922–1981) · 1922–1981
Days lived
21,553
Red Faber🇺🇸
deceased(1888-1976) American baseball player and coach · 1888–1976
Days lived
32,160
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Walter Breisky🇦🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1871–1944
Days lived
26,742
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
59,802
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
48,480
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
45,828
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
45,491
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
43,366
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,271
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
42,271
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
42,271
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,271
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,271
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,271
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,271
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
42,271
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
42,271
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
42,271
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
42,271
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
41,176
Barys Kit🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1910–2018
Days lived
39,383
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
38,336
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
67,473
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
13,116
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
3,412
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,646
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,343
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
64,916
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
55,358
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
54,324
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
53,958
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
51,402
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
50,054
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,853
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
150,367
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
74,385
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
55,054
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
33,406
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
30,949
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
28,859
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
26,836
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
28,296
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,718
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
16,256
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
15,073
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
14,368
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,681
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,638
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
13,417