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October 21 2022

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Events on This Day

The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Gleeson
milestone

Born on This Day

🇩🇪Alex Hannig
deceased
German athletics competitor (1897–1987) · 1897–1987
Days lived
32,626
🇨🇭Almen Abdi
football player · b. 1986
Days alive
13,150
🇬🇧Andre Geim
scientist

Died on This Day

Adam Massinger
deceased
German astronomer (1888–1914) · 1888–1914
Days lived
9,541
🇩🇪Aleksandr Fitc
deceased
German journalist · 1948–2025
Days lived
28,259

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
62,020
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
50,698

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
69,691
🇺🇸Kanzi
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
15,334

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
67,864
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
67,561

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
673,071
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
152,585

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
30,514
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
23,936

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· b. 1958

Days alive

23,377

Andy Marte

🇩🇴Andy Marte

film director · 1983–2017

Days lived

12,148

Arakel Mirzoyan

Arakel Mirzoyan

Olympic weightlifter · b. 1989

Days alive

12,054

Basilea Schlink

🇩🇪Basilea Schlink

German religious leader (1904-2001) · 1904–2001

Days lived

35,216

Benjamin Netanyahu

🇮🇱Benjamin Netanyahu

Politician · b. 1949

Days alive

26,664

Brandon Chillar

🇺🇸Brandon Chillar

American football player · b. 1982

Days alive

14,611

Bryan Corey

🇺🇸Bryan Corey

film director · b. 1973

Days alive

17,898

Bryn Meredith

🇬🇧Bryn Meredith

Welsh rugby union player · b. 1930

Days alive

33,604

Carrie Fisher

🇺🇸Carrie Fisher

Film actor · 1956–2016

Days lived

21,983

Claire Waldoff

🇩🇪Claire Waldoff

German singer (1884-1957) · 1884–1957

Days lived

26,391

Dizzy Gillespie

🇺🇸Dizzy Gillespie

singer · 1917–1993

Days lived

27,472

Festus Ezeli

🇳🇬Festus Ezeli

basketball player · b. 1989

Days alive

12,054

Féthi Harek

Féthi Harek

Algerian footballer · b. 1982

Days alive

14,611

Frank Brewin

🇬🇧Frank Brewin

field hockey player (1909-1976) · 1909–1976

Days lived

24,290

Frank Mundus

🇺🇸Frank Mundus

American fisherman (1925-2008) · 1925–2008

Days lived

30,276

Frank-Thomas Mende

🇩🇪Frank-Thomas Mende

German actor · b. 1949

Days alive

26,664

George Bell

🇩🇴George Bell

Dominican baseball player · b. 1959

Days alive

23,012

Heinrich Maria Davringhausen

🇩🇪Heinrich Maria Davringhausen

German painter (1894-1970) · 1894–1970

Days lived

27,812

Henry Gravrand

🇫🇷Henry Gravrand

French anthropologist (1921–2003) · 1921–2003

Days lived

29,849

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

Actor · b. 1984

Days alive

13,880

Joachim Reinelt

🇩🇪Joachim Reinelt

German bishop and writer · b. 1936

Days alive

31,412

Karl-Joachim Hürter

🇩🇪Karl-Joachim Hürter

German field hockey player · b. 1960

Days alive

22,646

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Actor · b. 1959

Days alive

23,012

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian

Mogul · b. 1980

Days alive

15,341

Konrad Wagner

🇩🇪Konrad Wagner

German actor and voice actor (1902–1974) · 1902–1974

Days lived

26,255

Laureano Ruiz

🇪🇸Laureano Ruiz

football player · b. 1937

Days alive

31,047

Leo Kirch

🇩🇪Leo Kirch

entrepreneur · 1926–2011

Days lived

30,948

Liliane Bettencourt

Liliane Bettencourt

entrepreneur · 1922–2017

Days lived

34,670

Max Mack

🇩🇪Max Mack

German film personality (1884-1973) · 1884–1973

Days lived

32,262

Michael McMillian

🇺🇸Michael McMillian

actor · b. 1978

Days alive

16,072

Nemanja Vidić

🇷🇸Nemanja Vidić

Serbian association football player · b. 1981

Days alive

14,976

Nikita Mikhalkov

🇷🇺Nikita Mikhalkov

singer · b. 1945

Days alive

28,125

Patti Davis

🇺🇸Patti Davis

Actor · b. 1952

Days alive

25,568

Peter Mandelson

🇬🇧Peter Mandelson

Politician, Life Peer · b. 1953

Days alive

25,203

Ricky Rubio

🇪🇸Ricky Rubio

Spanish basketball player · b. 1990

Days alive

11,689

Saša Marković Mikrob

🇷🇸Saša Marković Mikrob

Serbian journalist and artist (1959–2010) · 1959–2010

Days lived

18,531

Shukri al-Quwatli

🇸🇾Shukri al-Quwatli

politician · 1891–1967

Days lived

27,646

Takashi Ogino

🇯🇵Takashi Ogino

film director · b. 1985

Days alive

13,515

Walter Gross

🇩🇪Walter Gross

German physician and Nazi politician (1904-1945) · 1904–1945

Days lived

14,797

Whitey Ford

🇺🇸Whitey Ford

film director · 1928–2020

Days lived

33,591

Zdena Salivarová

🇨🇿Zdena Salivarová

singer · 1933–2025

Days lived

33,547

Andrias Christian Evensen

Andrias Christian Evensen

deceased

Faroese linguist (1874-1917) · 1874–1917

Days lived

15,660

Arthur Schnitzler

🇦🇹Arthur Schnitzler

Austrian writer (1862–1931) · 1862–1931

Days lived

25,361

Ed Daily

🇺🇸Ed Daily

American baseball player (1862–1891) · 1862–1891

Days lived

10,637

Elliott Smith

🇺🇸Elliott Smith

singer · 1969–2003

Days lived

12,495

François Truffaut

🇫🇷François Truffaut

French film director (1932–1984) · 1932–1984

Days lived

19,252

Fritz Hochwälder

🇦🇹Fritz Hochwälder

actor · 1911–1986

Days lived

27,541

Gough Whitlam

🇦🇺Gough Whitlam

politician · 1916–2014

Days lived

35,897

Hartmut Geerken

🇩🇪Hartmut Geerken

German musician, writer and filmmaker (1939–2021) · 1939–2021

Days lived

30,231

Karl Korsch

🇩🇪Karl Korsch

politician · 1886–1961

Days lived

27,461

Loki Schmidt

🇩🇪Loki Schmidt

German environmentalist (1919–2010) · 1919–2010

Days lived

33,471

Ludwig Beisiegel

🇩🇪Ludwig Beisiegel

field hockey player (1912–1999) · 1912–1999

Days lived

31,991

Lutz D. Schmadel

🇩🇪Lutz D. Schmadel

German astronomer and amateur radio operator (1942–2016) · 1942–2016

Days lived

27,141

Manfred Krug

🇩🇪Manfred Krug

actor · 1937–2016

Days lived

29,111

Nelson Bunker Hunt

🇺🇸Nelson Bunker Hunt

American businessman (1926-2014) · 1926–2014

Days lived

32,384

Otto von Knobelsdorff

🇩🇪Otto von Knobelsdorff

military person · 1886–1966

Days lived

29,424

Pablo Chávez Aguilar

🇵🇪Pablo Chávez Aguilar

Peruvian composer and priest (1899-1950) · 1899–1950

Days lived

18,921

Theodor Busse

🇩🇪Theodor Busse

writer · 1897–1986

Days lived

32,452

Tomáš Pospíchal

Tomáš Pospíchal

athlete · 1936–2003

Days lived

24,589

Yash Chopra

🇮🇳Yash Chopra

Indian film director, script writer and film producer (1932–2012) · 1932–2012

Days lived

29,245

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

48,046

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

47,709

George Polley

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

45,584

Shrikrishna Raut

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

44,489

Giovanny Ramos

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

44,489

Shaherose Charania

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

44,489

Clifford Swann

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

44,489

David Segal

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,489

Eduardo Hernández Martínez

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

44,489

Rebecca W. Keller

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,489

Diane Pozefsky

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,489

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,489

Fee Plumley

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,489

Keith Padgett

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

44,489

Pete Briggs

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

43,394

Henk Vissers

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

40,554

Magdolna Tóth

🇭🇺Magdolna Tóth

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

39,741

Andor András Balázs

🇭🇺Andor András Balázs

athlete · b. 1918

Days alive

38,018

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

5,630

Jiffpom

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

4,621

Fiona

🇺🇸Fiona

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

2,097

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

67,134

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

57,576

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

56,542

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

56,176

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

53,620

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

52,272

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

76,603

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

57,272

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

35,624

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

33,167

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

31,077

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

29,054

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

18,474

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

17,291

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

16,586

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

15,899

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

15,856

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

15,635