On This Day

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August 5 2023

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Events on This Day

Signed with Manchester United
Rasmus Højlund
milestone

Born on This Day

Angry Anderson🇦🇺
deceased
Singer · 1947–2026
Days lived
28,902
Brian Sandoval🇺🇸
29th Governor of Nevada and former United States District Judge · b. 1963
Days alive
21,915

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 August 5 Died on August 5 On This Day Day Lookup

C. J. Spiller

🇺🇸

American football player and coach (born 1987) · b. 1987

Days alive

13,149

Carl Harries🇩🇪

deceased

chemist · 1866–1923

Days lived

20,908

Chen Ding🇨🇳

Chinese racewalker · b. 1992

Days alive

11,322

Dennis Schmidt-Foß🇩🇪

German actor and voice actor · b. 1970

Days alive

19,358

Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos🇧🇷

football player · b. 1980

Days alive

15,705

Gavi

association football player · b. 2004

Days alive

6,939

Giel ten Bosch

Dutch journalist and baseball player · b. 1974

Days alive

17,897

Grégory Sertic🇫🇷

football player · b. 1989

Days alive

12,418

Hayo Vierck🇩🇪

deceased

German archaeologist (1939–1989) · 1939–1989

Days lived

18,121

Hermann Kobold🇩🇪

deceased

German astronomer (1858-1942) · 1858–1942

Days lived

30,625

Hun Sen

Prime Minister of Cambodia (1985–1993; 1998–2023) · b. 1952

Days alive

25,932

Jennifer Finch🇺🇸

deceased

Musician · 1966–2026

Days lived

21,897

Jesse Williams🇺🇸

actor · b. 1981

Days alive

15,340

Joachim Schubart🇩🇪

German astronomer · b. 1928

Days alive

34,698

Johan Kappelhof🇳🇱

Dutch footballer · b. 1990

Days alive

12,053

John Huston🇺🇸

deceased

American film director, screenwriter, and actor (1906–1987) · 1906–1987

Days lived

29,608

Joseph Merrick

deceased

artist · 1862–1890

Days lived

10,111

Josie Totah🇺🇸

Film actor · b. 2001

Days alive

8,035

Justin Marshall🇳🇿

New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1973

Days alive

18,262

Kō Shibasaki🇯🇵

Japanese actor and singer · b. 1981

Days alive

15,340

Korey Hall🇺🇸

American professional football player · b. 1983

Days alive

14,610

Lance Berwald🇺🇸

basketball player · b. 1961

Days alive

22,645

Lorri Bagley

Actor · b. 1973

Days alive

18,262

Lucy Everest Boole

deceased

British chemist and pharmacist (1862-1904) · 1862–1904

Days lived

15,462

Mahima Makwana🇮🇳

Actor · b. 1999

Days alive

8,766

Marians Pahars🇱🇻

football player · b. 1976

Days alive

17,166

Marine Le Pen

Notable Trials · b. 1968

Days alive

20,088

Mathieu Gorgelin🇫🇷

football player · b. 1990

Days alive

12,053

Patrick Ewing🇺🇸

Jamaican-American basketball player · b. 1962

Days alive

22,280

Reid Hoffman🇺🇸

Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist · b. 1967

Days alive

20,454

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian association football player · b. 1985

Days alive

13,879

Scheila Gonzalez🇺🇸

American musician · b. 1971

Days alive

18,993

Sef Vergoossen

Dutch association football player and manager · b. 1947

Days alive

27,759

Thomas Lang🇦🇹

rapper · b. 1967

Days alive

20,454

Tobias Regner🇩🇪

German singer and guitarist · b. 1982

Days alive

14,975

Toni Doblas🇪🇸

football player · b. 1980

Days alive

15,705

Uri Sagi🇮🇱

Israeli military officer · b. 1943

Days alive

29,220

Valdis Dombrovskis🇱🇻

11th Prime Minister of Latvia · b. 1971

Days alive

18,993

Walter Bluhm🇩🇪

deceased

German actor (1904-1976) · 1904–1976

Days lived

26,416

Bruno Dallansky🇦🇹

deceased

actor · 1928–2008

Days lived

29,175

Carmen Miranda🇵🇹

deceased

Brazilian singer (1909–1955) · 1909–1955

Days lived

16,978

Charles Quigley🇺🇸

deceased

American actor (1906-1964) · 1906–1964

Days lived

21,359

Christine Böhm🇦🇹

deceased

actor · 1954–1979

Days lived

9,298

Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin🇩🇪

deceased

politician · 1873–1969

Days lived

34,997

Dutch Clark🇺🇸

deceased

American football player and coach (1906–1978) · 1906–1978

Days lived

26,231

Gustav von Wangenheim🇩🇪

deceased

German actor (1895-1975) · 1895–1975

Days lived

29,387

Hanns Seidel🇩🇪

deceased

German politician (1901–1961) · 1901–1961

Days lived

21,847

Heinrich Wieland🇩🇪

deceased

chemist · 1877–1957

Days lived

29,281

Hertha Thiele🇩🇪

deceased

German actress (1908-1984) · 1908–1984

Days lived

27,848

Issey Miyake🇯🇵

deceased

Japanese fashion designer (1938−2022) · 1938–2022

Days lived

30,786

Martin Elsaesser🇩🇪

deceased

German architect (1884–1957) · 1884–1957

Days lived

26,731

Massimiliano Capuzzoni🇮🇹

deceased

Italian rugby union player (1969-1995) · 1969–1995

Days lived

9,606

Nancy King🇺🇸

deceased

singer · 1940–2025

Days lived

31,097

Richard Burton

deceased

film actor · 1925–1984

Days lived

21,453

Royal Rife🇺🇸

deceased

scientist · 1888–1971

Days lived

30,395

Rudolf Hagelstange🇩🇪

deceased

German writer (1912–1984) · 1912–1984

Days lived

26,502

Todor Zhivkov

deceased

former General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party · 1911–1998

Days lived

31,744

Toni Morrison🇺🇸

deceased

African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019) · 1931–2019

Days lived

32,310

Wilhelm Marx🇩🇪

deceased

German politician (1863–1946) · 1863–1946

Days lived

30,517

Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

48,333

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

47,996

George Polley🇺🇸

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

45,871

Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,776

Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

44,776

Clifford Swann🇦🇺

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

44,776

Fee Plumley🇬🇧

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,776

Shaherose Charania🇨🇦

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

44,776

Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

44,776

Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,776

David Segal🇺🇸

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,776

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,776

Keith Padgett🇬🇧

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

44,776

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

44,776

Pete Briggs🇺🇸

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

43,681

Henk Vissers🇳🇱

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

40,841

Magdolna Tóth🇭🇺

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

40,028

Andor András Balázs🇭🇺

athlete · b. 1918

Days alive

38,305

Maru🇯🇵

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

5,917

Jiffpom🇺🇸

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

4,908

Fiona🇺🇸

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

2,384

Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

67,421

HSBC🇬🇧

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

57,863

Tata Group🇮🇳

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

56,829

Goldman Sachs🇺🇸

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

56,463

Eli Lilly🇺🇸

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

53,907

Chevron🇺🇸

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

52,559

Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

76,890

Crime and Punishment🇷🇺

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

57,559

The Great Gatsby🇺🇸

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

35,911

Brave New World🇬🇧

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

33,454

The Hobbit🇬🇧

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

31,364

The Little Prince🇫🇷

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

29,341

The Godfather🇺🇸

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

18,761

Jaws🇺🇸

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

17,578

Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

16,873

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,186

Alien🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,143

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

15,922

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

Angry Anderson🇦🇺

Brian Sandoval🇺🇸

Died on This Day

Alec Guinness

Angéla Németh🇭🇺

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🇺🇸

Carl Harries🇩🇪

Chen Ding🇨🇳

Dennis Schmidt-Foß🇩🇪

Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos🇧🇷

Gavi

Giel ten Bosch

Grégory Sertic🇫🇷

Hayo Vierck🇩🇪

Hermann Kobold🇩🇪

Hun Sen

Jennifer Finch🇺🇸

Jesse Williams🇺🇸

Joachim Schubart🇩🇪

Johan Kappelhof🇳🇱

John Huston🇺🇸

Joseph Merrick

Josie Totah🇺🇸

Justin Marshall🇳🇿

Kō Shibasaki🇯🇵

Korey Hall🇺🇸

Lance Berwald🇺🇸

Lorri Bagley

Lucy Everest Boole

Mahima Makwana🇮🇳

Marians Pahars🇱🇻

Marine Le Pen

Mathieu Gorgelin🇫🇷

Patrick Ewing🇺🇸

Reid Hoffman🇺🇸

Salomon Kalou

Scheila Gonzalez🇺🇸

Sef Vergoossen

Thomas Lang🇦🇹

Tobias Regner🇩🇪

Toni Doblas🇪🇸

Uri Sagi🇮🇱

Valdis Dombrovskis🇱🇻

Walter Bluhm🇩🇪

Bruno Dallansky🇦🇹

Carmen Miranda🇵🇹

Charles Quigley🇺🇸

Christine Böhm🇦🇹

Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin🇩🇪

Dutch Clark🇺🇸

Gustav von Wangenheim🇩🇪

Hanns Seidel🇩🇪

Heinrich Wieland🇩🇪

Hertha Thiele🇩🇪

Issey Miyake🇯🇵

Martin Elsaesser🇩🇪

Massimiliano Capuzzoni🇮🇹

Nancy King🇺🇸

Richard Burton

Royal Rife🇺🇸

Rudolf Hagelstange🇩🇪

Todor Zhivkov

Toni Morrison🇺🇸