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July 17 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.

Born on July 17 Died on July 17 On This Day Day Lookup

17,166

🇩🇪Andreas von Bülow

German politician · b. 1937

Days alive

31,411

🇩🇪Angela Merkel

politician · b. 1954

Days alive

25,202

🇺🇸Berenice Abbott

deceased

artist · 1898–1991

Days lived

34,112

🌍Bharathiraja

deceased

Film director · 1941–2026

Days lived

31,009

🇺🇸Bitty Schram

American actress · b. 1968

Days alive

20,088

🇫🇮Björn Vikström

Finnish bishop and researcher · b. 1963

Days alive

21,915

🇩🇪Clara Viebig

deceased

German writer (1860–1952) · 1860–1952

Days lived

33,616

🇩🇪Daniel Brands

German tennis player · b. 1987

Days alive

13,149

🇬🇧David Batchelor

(1955 - ) British artist (born 1955) · b. 1955

Days alive

24,837

🇭🇺Dezső Dercsényi

deceased

journalist · 1910–1987

Days lived

28,099

🇺🇸Don Dinero

American rapper · b. 1969

Days alive

19,723

🇺🇸Ed Thomas

deceased

American high school football coach, shot by former player · 1950–2009

Days lived

21,527

🇫🇷Émilie Simon

French singer, songwriter and composer · b. 1978

Days alive

16,436

🇩🇪Franz Alt

German journalist · b. 1938

Days alive

31,046

Harry Koster

Dutch baseball player · b. 1965

Days alive

21,184

🇭🇺Henrik Major

deceased

Hungarian-American caricaturist (1889-1948) · 1889–1948

Days lived

21,611

🇺🇸J. Michael Straczynski

American writer and filmmaker (born 1954) · b. 1954

Days alive

25,202

🇺🇸James Cagney

deceased

Oscar Winners · 1899–1986

Days lived

31,667

🇩🇪Joern Renzenbrink

tennis player · b. 1972

Days alive

18,627

🇩🇪Jürgen Flimm

deceased

actor · 1941–2023

Days lived

29,787

🇺🇸Katie Uhlaender

American skeleton racer · b. 1984

Days alive

14,244

🇬🇧Laurence Freeman

Catholic priest and a Benedictine monk · b. 1951

Days alive

26,298

🇩🇪Lilli Schweiger

German actress · b. 1998

Days alive

9,131

🇺🇸Lionel Ferbos

deceased

American trumpeter · 1911–2014

Days lived

37,623

🇨🇳Lucio Tan

Filipino businessman · b. 1934

Days alive

32,507

🇺🇸Luke Bryan

singer · b. 1976

Days alive

17,166

🇲🇪Malësor Prenkoçaj

Albanian singer · b. 1977

Days alive

16,801

🇨🇿Marcel Lička

athlete · b. 1977

Days alive

16,801

🇺🇸Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen

deceased

German psychoanalyst (1917–2012) · 1917–2012

Days lived

34,664

🇨🇭Martin R. Dean

Swiss writer · b. 1955

Days alive

24,837

Matti Nykänen

deceased

Notable Trials · 1963–2019

Days lived

20,291

🇺🇸Mike Vogel

actor · b. 1979

Days alive

16,071

🇩🇪Minnie Maria Dronke

deceased

actor · 1904–1987

Days lived

30,357

🇫🇷Roger Garaudy

deceased

Notable Trials · 1913–2012

Days lived

36,126

🇺🇸Sumaya Kazi

entrepreneur · b. 1982

Days alive

14,975

🇬🇧Tim Brooke-Taylor

deceased

Actor · 1940–2020

Days lived

29,124

🇬🇧Tom Fletcher

Guitarist · b. 1985

Days alive

13,879

🇵🇱Waldemar Malak

deceased

Polish weightlifter · 1970–1992

Days lived

8,155

🇨🇳Wong Kar-wai

Chinese-born Hong Kong filmmaker (born 1958) · b. 1958

Days alive

23,741

🇰🇷Wonwoo (Jeon Won-woo)

K-pop Idol (SEVENTEEN) · b. 1996

Days alive

9,861

🇵🇱Zbigniew Zamachowski

Polish actor · b. 1961

Days alive

22,645

Draža Mihailović

deceased

Notable Trials · 1893–1946

Days lived

19,438

🇦🇹Erich Dolezal

deceased

Austrian author and astronomer (1902–1990) · 1902–1990

Days lived

32,014

🇩🇪Ernst Busch

deceased

military person · 1885–1945

Days lived

21,925

🇦🇹Felix Baumgartner

deceased

Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper (1969–2025) · 1969–2025

Days lived

20,542

🇫🇷Henri Poincaré

deceased

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912) · 1854–1912

Days lived

21,263

🇺🇸Ira Davenport

deceased

film director · 1887–1941

Days lived

19,640

🇺🇸John Coltrane

deceased

singer · 1926–1967

Days lived

14,907

🇦🇷Juan Manuel Fangio

deceased

entrepreneur · 1911–1995

Days lived

30,704

🇺🇾Juan María Bordaberry

deceased

Notable Trials · 1928–2011

Days lived

30,345

🇫🇷Louis Gardet

deceased

French sociologist · 1904–1986

Days lived

29,921

🇺🇸Richard Erdoes

deceased

Author, illustrator and journalist (1912-2008) · 1912–2008

Days lived

35,074

🇩🇪Udo Voigt

deceased

politician · 1952–2025

Days lived

26,757

🇧🇷Zózimo

deceased

Brazilian footballer (1932-1977) · 1932–1977

Days lived

16,464

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

48,314

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

47,977

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

45,852

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

44,757

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,757

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

44,757

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,757

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,757

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

44,757

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,757

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

44,757

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

44,757

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,757

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

44,757

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

43,662

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

40,822

🇭🇺Magdolna Tóth

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

40,009

🇭🇺Andor András Balázs

athlete · b. 1918

Days alive

38,286

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

5,898

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

4,889

🇺🇸Fiona

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

2,365

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

67,402

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

57,844

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

56,810

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

56,444

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

53,888

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

52,540

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

76,871

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

57,540

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

35,892

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

33,435

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

31,345

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

29,322

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

18,742

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

17,559

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

16,854

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,167

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,124

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

15,903

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Died on This Day

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Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇸🇭Jonathan

🇺🇸Kanzi

Companies That Existed

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Already Published

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🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

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🇺🇸12 Angry Men

🇩🇪Andreas von Bülow

🇩🇪Angela Merkel

🇺🇸Berenice Abbott

🌍Bharathiraja

🇺🇸Bitty Schram

🇫🇮Björn Vikström

🇩🇪Clara Viebig

🇩🇪Daniel Brands

🇬🇧David Batchelor

🇭🇺Dezső Dercsényi

🇺🇸Don Dinero

🇺🇸Ed Thomas

🇫🇷Émilie Simon

🇩🇪Franz Alt

Harry Koster

🇭🇺Henrik Major

🇺🇸J. Michael Straczynski

🇺🇸James Cagney

🇩🇪Joern Renzenbrink

🇩🇪Jürgen Flimm

🇺🇸Katie Uhlaender

🇬🇧Laurence Freeman

🇩🇪Lilli Schweiger

🇺🇸Lionel Ferbos

🇨🇳Lucio Tan

🇺🇸Luke Bryan

🇲🇪Malësor Prenkoçaj

🇨🇿Marcel Lička

🇺🇸Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen

🇨🇭Martin R. Dean

Matti Nykänen

🇺🇸Mike Vogel

🇩🇪Minnie Maria Dronke

🇫🇷Roger Garaudy

🇺🇸Sumaya Kazi

🇬🇧Tim Brooke-Taylor

🇬🇧Tom Fletcher

🇵🇱Waldemar Malak

🇨🇳Wong Kar-wai

🇰🇷Wonwoo (Jeon Won-woo)

🇵🇱Zbigniew Zamachowski

Draža Mihailović

🇦🇹Erich Dolezal

🇩🇪Ernst Busch

🇦🇹Felix Baumgartner

🇫🇷Henri Poincaré

🇺🇸Ira Davenport

🇺🇸John Coltrane

🇦🇷Juan Manuel Fangio

🇺🇾Juan María Bordaberry

🇫🇷Louis Gardet

🇺🇸Richard Erdoes

🇩🇪Udo Voigt

🇧🇷Zózimo

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

Lajos Perley