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October 23 2016

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Events on This Day

The Walking Dead Season 7
Matthew John Armstrong
milestone

Born on This Day

Died on This Day

Al Jolson🇺🇸
deceased
Lithuanian-born American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886–1950) · 1886–1950
Days lived
23,525
Alvin Stardust🇬🇧
deceased
actor · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,324

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

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Aleksandre Iashvili

🇬🇪

athlete · b. 1976

Days alive

14,610

Amandla Stenberg🇺🇸

American actress · b. 1998

Days alive

6,575

Belle Delphine

Internet celebrity · b. 1999

Days alive

6,210

Bruno Faidutti🇫🇷

French board game designer · b. 1961

Days alive

20,089

Champion Jack Dupree🇺🇸

deceased

American blues pianist (1910–1992) · 1909–1992

Days lived

30,031

Charl🇦🇷

Argentine singer-songwriter and musician · b. 1951

Days alive

23,742

Curt Close🇧🇪

Belgian singer · b. 1975

Days alive

14,976

Denny Bautista🇩🇴

film director · b. 1982

Days alive

12,419

Dominikus Böhm🇩🇪

deceased

architect (1880-1955) · 1880–1955

Days lived

27,314

Dwight Yoakam🇺🇸

singer-songwriter · b. 1956

Days alive

21,915

Emilia Clarke

actor · b. 1986

Days alive

10,958

Félix Doubront🇻🇪

Venezuelan baseball player · b. 1987

Days alive

10,593

Harry Stiff🇬🇧

deceased

athlete · 1881–1939

Days lived

20,994

Hiroshi Ishiguro🇯🇵

scientist · b. 1963

Days alive

19,359

Johnny Carson🇺🇸

deceased

American talk show host and comedian (1925–2005) · 1925–2005

Days lived

28,947

Kirk Penney🇳🇿

basketball player · b. 1980

Days alive

13,149

Lothar Rendulic🇦🇹

deceased

military person · 1887–1971

Days lived

30,401

Margaret Qualley🇺🇸

Film actor · b. 1994

Days alive

8,036

Masiela Lusha🇺🇸

actor · b. 1985

Days alive

11,323

Michael Crichton🇺🇸

deceased

basketball player · 1942–2008

Days lived

24,119

Miguel🇺🇸

rapper · b. 1985

Days alive

11,323

Minnie (Nicha Yontararak)🇹🇭

K-pop Idol ((G)I-DLE) · b. 1997

Days alive

6,940

Nanni Loy🇮🇹

deceased

Italian film, theatre and TV director (1925-1995) · 1925–1995

Days lived

25,504

Naomi Watanabe🇯🇵

Japanese comedy talent, actress · b. 1987

Days alive

10,593

Ningning (Ning Yi-zhuo)🇨🇳

K-pop Idol (aespa) · b. 2002

Days alive

5,114

Oğuz Galeli🇹🇷

actor · b. 1967

Days alive

17,898

Olivier Occéan🇨🇦

Canadian association football player · b. 1981

Days alive

12,784

Omar Linares🇨🇺

film director · b. 1967

Days alive

17,898

Pelé🇧🇷

deceased

actor · 1940–2022

Days lived

30,017

Ryan Reynolds

Actor · b. 1976

Days alive

14,610

Silva Hakobyan

Armenian singer · b. 1988

Days alive

10,227

Vanessa Petruo🇩🇪

German pop singer · b. 1979

Days alive

13,515

Vasily Belov🇷🇺

deceased

writer (1932-2012) · 1932–2012

Days lived

29,262

Wolf Muser🇩🇪

deceased

German actor (1950–2022) · 1950–2022

Days lived

26,091

Wolfgang Baumgart🇩🇪

deceased

Olympic medalist (1949-2011) · 1949–2011

Days lived

22,401

Zoltán Kolláth🇭🇺

Hungarian astronomer · b. 1961

Days alive

20,089

August Kubizek🇦🇹

deceased

Austrian musician, soldier, and friend of Adolf Hitler (1888–1956) · 1888–1956

Days lived

24,917

Chauncey Kirby🇨🇦

deceased

Canadian ice hockey player · 1871–1950

Days lived

28,862

Ernst Hartmann🇩🇪

deceased

German physician (1915–1992) · 1915–1992

Days lived

28,107

Georg Drescher🇩🇪

deceased

cyclist · 1870–1938

Days lived

25,056

Gerd Tacke🇩🇪

deceased

German businessman (1906–1997) · 1906–1997

Days lived

33,302

Hans Ertl🇩🇪

deceased

German mountaineer and cinematographer (1908–2000) · 1908–2000

Days lived

33,848

Herbert Böhme🇩🇪

deceased

German poet (1907–1971) · 1907–1971

Days lived

23,382

Kurt Daluege🇩🇪

deceased

German SS general and Deputy Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia (1897-1946) · 1897–1946

Days lived

17,934

Laurence Irving🇬🇧

deceased

English set designer (1897-1988) · 1897–1988

Days lived

33,432

Lim Goh Tong🇹🇼

deceased

Malaysian businessman (1918–2007) · 1918–2007

Days lived

32,744

Princess Irmingard of Bavaria🇩🇪

deceased

Bavarian Royal (1923-2010) · 1923–2010

Days lived

31,924

Sòng Měilíng🇺🇸

deceased

politician · 1898–2003

Days lived

38,583

Vlasta Depetrisová🇨🇿

deceased

Czechoslovak table tennis player · 1920–2003

Days lived

30,255

Walther Fürst🇩🇪

deceased

German judge and politician (1912-2009) · 1912–2009

Days lived

35,685

Zane Grey🇺🇸

deceased

film director · 1872–1939

Days lived

24,736

Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

45,856

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

45,519

George Polley🇺🇸

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

43,394

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

42,299

Clifford Swann🇦🇺

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

42,299

Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

42,299

Keith Padgett🇬🇧

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

42,299

Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

42,299

Fee Plumley🇬🇧

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,299

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,299

Shaherose Charania🇨🇦

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

42,299

Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,299

David Segal🇺🇸

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,299

Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,299

Pete Briggs🇺🇸

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

41,204

Barys Kit🇷🇺

deceased

scientist · 1910–2018

Days lived

39,383

Henk Vissers🇳🇱

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

38,364

Toko Shinoda🇯🇵

deceased

Japanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021

Days lived

39,420

Kanzi🇺🇸

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

13,144

Tilikum🇺🇸

deceased

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

Stubbs🇺🇸

deceased

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

April🇺🇸

deceased

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,762

Boo🇺🇸

deceased

Pomeranian · 2006–2019

Days lived

4,691

Maru🇯🇵

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

3,440

Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

64,944

HSBC🇬🇧

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

55,386

Tata Group🇮🇳

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

54,352

Goldman Sachs🇺🇸

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

53,986

Eli Lilly🇺🇸

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

51,430

Chevron🇺🇸

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

50,082

Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

74,413

Crime and Punishment🇷🇺

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

55,082

The Great Gatsby🇺🇸

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

33,434

Brave New World🇬🇧

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

30,977

The Hobbit🇬🇧

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

28,887

The Little Prince🇫🇷

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

26,864

The Godfather🇺🇸

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

16,284

Jaws🇺🇸

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

15,101

Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

14,396

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,709

Alien🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,666

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

13,445

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

"Weird Al" Yankovic🇺🇸

Al Leiter🇺🇸

Died on This Day

Al Jolson🇺🇸

Alvin Stardust🇬🇧

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

Jonathan🇸🇭

Koko🇺🇸

Companies That Existed

Hermes🇫🇷

Procter & Gamble🇺🇸

Already Published

Meditations🇮🇹

Don Quixote🇪🇸

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

12 Angry Men🇺🇸

Amandla Stenberg🇺🇸

Belle Delphine

Bruno Faidutti🇫🇷

Champion Jack Dupree🇺🇸

Charl🇦🇷

Curt Close🇧🇪

Denny Bautista🇩🇴

Dominikus Böhm🇩🇪

Dwight Yoakam🇺🇸

Emilia Clarke

Félix Doubront🇻🇪

Harry Stiff🇬🇧

Hiroshi Ishiguro🇯🇵

Johnny Carson🇺🇸

Kirk Penney🇳🇿

Lothar Rendulic🇦🇹

Margaret Qualley🇺🇸

Masiela Lusha🇺🇸

Michael Crichton🇺🇸

Miguel🇺🇸

Minnie (Nicha Yontararak)🇹🇭

Nanni Loy🇮🇹

Naomi Watanabe🇯🇵

Ningning (Ning Yi-zhuo)🇨🇳

Oğuz Galeli🇹🇷

Olivier Occéan🇨🇦

Omar Linares🇨🇺

Pelé🇧🇷

Ryan Reynolds

Silva Hakobyan

Vanessa Petruo🇩🇪

Vasily Belov🇷🇺

Wolf Muser🇩🇪

Wolfgang Baumgart🇩🇪

Zoltán Kolláth🇭🇺

August Kubizek🇦🇹

Chauncey Kirby🇨🇦

Ernst Hartmann🇩🇪

Georg Drescher🇩🇪

Gerd Tacke🇩🇪

Hans Ertl🇩🇪

Herbert Böhme🇩🇪

Kurt Daluege🇩🇪

Laurence Irving🇬🇧

Lim Goh Tong🇹🇼

Princess Irmingard of Bavaria🇩🇪

Sòng Měilíng🇺🇸

Vlasta Depetrisová🇨🇿

Walther Fürst🇩🇪

Zane Grey🇺🇸

Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸

Lajos Perley

George Polley🇺🇸

Shrikrishna Raut

Clifford Swann🇦🇺

Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪

Keith Padgett🇬🇧