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May 24 2023

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Born on This Day

Died on This Day

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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· 1927–2025

Days lived

35,778

August Landmesser

deceased

Notable Trials · 1910–1944

Days lived

12,565

🇩🇪Bärbel Bohley

deceased

German artist and politician (1945-2010) · 1945–2010

Days lived

23,851

🇺🇸Bob Dylan

actor · b. 1941

Days alive

29,950

🇺🇸Bryan Greenberg

American actor and musician · b. 1978

Days alive

16,436

Charles I. D. Looff

deceased

entrepreneur · 1852–1918

Days lived

24,143

🇨🇭Charly Antolini

Swiss musician · b. 1937

Days alive

31,411

🇰🇷Choi Dong-won

deceased

film director · 1958–2011

Days lived

19,471

🇦🇷Damián Petkoff

Argentine footballer · b. 1990

Days alive

12,053

🇺🇸Dean L. Larsen

deceased

Mormon leader · 1927–2019

Days lived

33,760

🇩🇪Dominic Saleh-Zaki

German actor · b. 1982

Days alive

14,975

Eric Cantona

Notable Trials · b. 1966

Days alive

20,819

🇩🇪Ferdinand Schladen

deceased

German shot putter (1939–2021) · 1939–2021

Days lived

29,895

🇦🇷Fernando Paternoster

deceased

football player · 1903–1967

Days lived

23,389

🇨🇦Francis Luna-Grenier

Olympic weightlifter · b. 1987

Days alive

13,149

🇯🇵George Nakashima

deceased

artist · 1905–1990

Days lived

31,068

🇺🇸Héctor Camacho

deceased

Puerto Rican boxer (1962–2012) · 1962–2012

Days lived

18,447

🇩🇪Hermann Vallentin

deceased

German actor (1872-1945) · 1872–1945

Days lived

26,762

🇵🇱Jan Bernard Szlaga

deceased

Polish bishop (1940–2012) · 1940–2012

Days lived

26,269

🇺🇸Joe Kennedy

deceased

professional baseball player (1979–2007) · 1979–2007

Days lived

10,410

🇺🇸Joseph Brodsky

deceased

writer · 1940–1996

Days lived

20,337

🇩🇪Klaus Croissant

deceased

German lawyer (1931–2002) · 1931–2002

Days lived

25,876

🇫🇷Laura Thorpe

French tennis player · b. 1987

Days alive

13,149

🇨🇭Lilli Palmer

deceased

German actress (1914–1986) · 1914–1986

Days lived

26,181

🇺🇸Lillian Moller Gilbreth

deceased

American psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972

Days lived

34,190

🇵🇹Manuel Cortez

German actor · b. 1979

Days alive

16,071

Marie-Cécile Moerdijk

Dutch singer and writer · b. 1929

Days alive

34,333

🇩🇪Martin Winterkorn

entrepreneur · b. 1947

Days alive

27,759

🇯🇵Masahide Kobayashi

film director · b. 1974

Days alive

17,897

🇩🇪Matthias Strauss

basketball player · b. 1956

Days alive

24,471

🇩🇪Maxi Biewer

German television presenter and actress · b. 1964

Days alive

21,549

🇨🇦Mike Daski

deceased

Canadian ice hockey player and basketball player (1929–2021) · 1929–2021

Days lived

33,816

Mikhail Sholokhov

deceased

journalist · 1905–1984

Days lived

28,762

🇬🇧Miles Jackson-Lipkin

deceased

Hong Kong judge and criminal (1924–2012) · 1924–2012

Days lived

32,046

🇩🇪Nikolaus Riehl

deceased

chemist · 1901–1990

Days lived

32,577

🇫🇷Olivier Vannucci

football player · b. 1991

Days alive

11,688

🇩🇪Otto Reche

deceased

German anthropologist (1879-1966) · 1879–1966

Days lived

31,714

🇺🇸Patti LaBelle

actor · b. 1944

Days alive

28,854

🇬🇧Penny Taylor

Australian basketball player · b. 1981

Days alive

15,340

🇩🇪Prince Louis of Battenberg

deceased

politician · 1854–1921

Days lived

24,581

🇺🇸Priscilla Presley

Actor · b. 1945

Days alive

28,489

🇷🇴Raed Arafat

politician · b. 1964

Days alive

21,549

🇩🇪Rainald Goetz

German writer · b. 1954

Days alive

25,202

🇦🇷Rodrigo Bueno

deceased

Argentine singer (1973-2000) · 1973–2000

Days lived

9,893

🇩🇪Rolf Köhler

deceased

rapper · 1951–2007

Days lived

20,569

🇩🇪Rudolf Kippenhahn

deceased

German astrophysicist (1926–2020) · 1926–2020

Days lived

34,509

🇺🇦Ruslana Lyzhychko

Ukrainian singer · b. 1973

Days alive

18,262

🇷🇺Rustam Khamdamov

Russian film director · b. 1944

Days alive

28,854

🇺🇸Terry Callier

deceased

singer · 1945–2012

Days lived

24,628

🇩🇪Ute Meta Bauer

artist · b. 1958

Days alive

23,741

🇫🇮Ville Liukko

Finnish tennis player · b. 1974

Days alive

17,897

🇩🇪Walter Moers

writer · b. 1957

Days alive

24,106

🇨🇦Will Sasso

Canadian actor and comedian · b. 1975

Days alive

17,532

🇩🇪Willi Daume

deceased

basketball player · 1913–1996

Days lived

30,312

🇩🇪Anneliese Rothenberger

deceased

German operatic soprano · 1924–2010

Days lived

31,385

🇩🇪Carl Amery

deceased

actor · 1922–2005

Days lived

30,361

🇺🇸Duke Ellington

deceased

rapper · 1899–1974

Days lived

27,418

🇧🇷František Lorenz

deceased

philosopher · 1872–1957

Days lived

30,831

🇩🇪Grete Reinwald

deceased

actress (1902-1983) · 1902–1983

Days lived

29,584

🇧🇪Jacques Feyder

deceased

Belgian-French film director (1885-1948) · 1885–1948

Days lived

22,952

🇨🇭Jürg Weibel

deceased

Swiss writer (1944–2006) · 1944–2006

Days lived

22,558

🇰🇷Lee Won-woo

deceased

South Korean basketball player (1958–2004) · 1958–2004

Days lived

16,715

🇺🇸Susie Garrett

deceased

American actress (1929–2002) · 1929–2002

Days lived

26,444

🇺🇸Tina Turner

deceased

Singer · 1939–2023

Days lived

30,495

🇬🇧Victor Sadler

deceased

British-born Dutch Esperantist · 1937–2020

Days lived

30,459

🇩🇪Wolfgang Bächler

deceased

German actor and writer (1925-2007) · 1925–2007

Days lived

30,013

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

48,260

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

47,923

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

45,798

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

44,703

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,703

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

44,703

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

44,703

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,703

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

44,703

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,703

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,703

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,703

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

44,703

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

44,703

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

43,608

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

40,768

🇭🇺Magdolna Tóth

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

39,955

🇭🇺Andor András Balázs

athlete · b. 1918

Days alive

38,232

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

5,844

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

4,835

🇺🇸Fiona

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

2,311

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

67,348

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

57,790

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

56,756

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

56,390

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

53,834

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

52,486

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

76,817

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

57,486

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

35,838

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

33,381

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

31,291

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

29,268

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

18,688

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

17,505

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

16,800

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,113

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,070

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

15,849

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Born on This Day

🇨🇭Adrian Frutiger

🇩🇪Andreas Schenk

🇬🇧Anthony Nunn

Died on This Day

🇦🇹Adolf Hoch

Anne Marie Nzié

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇸🇭Jonathan

🇺🇸Kanzi

Companies That Existed

🇫🇷Hermes

🇺🇸Procter & Gamble

Already Published

🇮🇹Meditations

🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

🇺🇸12 Angry Men

August Landmesser

🇩🇪Bärbel Bohley

🇺🇸Bob Dylan

🇺🇸Bryan Greenberg

Charles I. D. Looff

🇨🇭Charly Antolini

🇰🇷Choi Dong-won

🇦🇷Damián Petkoff

🇺🇸Dean L. Larsen

🇩🇪Dominic Saleh-Zaki

Eric Cantona

🇩🇪Ferdinand Schladen

🇦🇷Fernando Paternoster

🇨🇦Francis Luna-Grenier

🇯🇵George Nakashima

🇺🇸Héctor Camacho

🇩🇪Hermann Vallentin

🇵🇱Jan Bernard Szlaga

🇺🇸Joe Kennedy

🇺🇸Joseph Brodsky

🇩🇪Klaus Croissant

🇫🇷Laura Thorpe

🇨🇭Lilli Palmer

🇺🇸Lillian Moller Gilbreth

🇵🇹Manuel Cortez

Marie-Cécile Moerdijk

🇩🇪Martin Winterkorn

🇯🇵Masahide Kobayashi

🇩🇪Matthias Strauss

🇩🇪Maxi Biewer

🇨🇦Mike Daski

Mikhail Sholokhov

🇬🇧Miles Jackson-Lipkin

🇩🇪Nikolaus Riehl

🇫🇷Olivier Vannucci

🇩🇪Otto Reche

🇺🇸Patti LaBelle

🇬🇧Penny Taylor

🇩🇪Prince Louis of Battenberg

🇺🇸Priscilla Presley

🇷🇴Raed Arafat

🇩🇪Rainald Goetz

🇦🇷Rodrigo Bueno

🇩🇪Rolf Köhler

🇩🇪Rudolf Kippenhahn

🇺🇦Ruslana Lyzhychko

🇷🇺Rustam Khamdamov

🇺🇸Terry Callier

🇩🇪Ute Meta Bauer

🇫🇮Ville Liukko

🇩🇪Walter Moers

🇨🇦Will Sasso

🇩🇪Willi Daume

🇩🇪Anneliese Rothenberger

🇩🇪Carl Amery

🇺🇸Duke Ellington