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August 12 2023

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Events on This Day

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Born on This Day

Albert Leo Schlageter🇩🇪
deceased
military person · 1894–1923
Days lived
10,513
Anna Muthesius🇩🇪
deceased
German fashion designer (1870–1961) · 1870–1961
Days lived
33,102

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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Arnold Angenendt🇩🇪

deceased

German Roman Catholic theologian, priest and church historian (1934–2021) · 1934–2021

Days lived

31,773

Artur Barciś🇵🇱

Polish actor · b. 1956

Days alive

24,471

Berkeley L. Bunker🇺🇸

deceased

American politician (1906-1999) · 1906–1999

Days lived

33,765

Cantinflas🇲🇽

deceased

Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter (1911–1993) · 1911–1993

Days lived

29,837

Cara Delevingne🇬🇧

Supermodel, Actress, Singer · b. 1992

Days alive

11,322

Casey Affleck

Oscar Winners · b. 1975

Days alive

17,532

Cecil B. DeMille🇺🇸

deceased

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959) · 1881–1959

Days lived

28,285

Christy Mathewson🇺🇸

deceased

film director · 1880–1925

Days lived

16,491

CY Leung🇨🇳

politician · b. 1954

Days alive

25,202

Danny Graham🇬🇧

football player · b. 1985

Days alive

13,879

Djibril Cissé🇫🇷

football player · b. 1981

Days alive

15,340

Dream

Content Creator · b. 1999

Days alive

8,766

F. M. Shinde

Indian writer · b. 1948

Days alive

27,393

François Hollande🇫🇷

politician · b. 1954

Days alive

25,202

Franz Etzel🇩🇪

deceased

German politician (1902-1970) · 1902–1970

Days lived

24,742

Frederic Löhe🇩🇪

German football goalkeeper · b. 1988

Days alive

12,783

Geoffrey Mujangi Bia🇧🇪

football player · b. 1989

Days alive

12,418

George Hamilton

film director · b. 1939

Days alive

30,681

George Soros🇭🇺

Investor & Hedge Fund Manager · b. 1930

Days alive

33,968

Gerd Anthoff🇩🇪

German actor · b. 1946

Days alive

28,124

Gonzalo Peillat🇮🇹

German field hockey player (born 1992) · b. 1992

Days alive

11,322

Gregory Gustina

Dutch baseball player · b. 1973

Days alive

18,262

Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt🇩🇪

German sports physician · b. 1942

Days alive

29,585

Harry Kupfer🇩🇪

deceased

writer · 1935–2019

Days lived

30,821

Herta Däubler-Gmelin🇩🇪

German politician · b. 1943

Days alive

29,220

Hussein Chalayan🇨🇾

Turco Cypriot and British fashion designer (born 1970) · b. 1970

Days alive

19,358

Iris Berben🇩🇪

German actress · b. 1950

Days alive

26,663

Ivan Yuhnovsky🇧🇬

Bulgarian chemist · b. 1937

Days alive

31,411

Jacinto Benavente🇪🇸

deceased

Playwright · 1866–1954

Days lived

32,112

Jan-Marco Montag🇩🇪

field hockey player · b. 1983

Days alive

14,610

Kana Asumi🇯🇵

singer · b. 1983

Days alive

14,610

Lajos Czumbel🇷🇸

deceased

model · 1891–1967

Days lived

27,591

Linde Lindström🇫🇮

singer · b. 1976

Days alive

17,166

Louis Krages🇩🇪

deceased

entrepreneur · 1949–2001

Days lived

18,780

Manuela M. Veloso🇺🇸

Portuguese-American computer scientist · b. 1957

Days alive

24,106

Margot Eskens🇩🇪

deceased

German singer (1936–2022) · 1936–2022

Days lived

31,397

Mark Knopfler🇬🇧

singer-songwriter · b. 1949

Days alive

27,028

Martin Brendel🇺🇸

deceased

German astronomer (1862–1939) · 1862–1939

Days lived

28,148

Martin Goeres🇩🇪

German actor and stuntman · b. 1984

Days alive

14,244

Matthijs de Ligt

association football player · b. 1999

Days alive

8,766

Merikukka Forsius🇫🇮

Finnish politician · b. 1972

Days alive

18,627

Miguel Torga🇵🇹

deceased

Portuguese writer (1907-1995) · 1907–1995

Days lived

31,935

Mizengo Pinda

Tanzanian politician · b. 1948

Days alive

27,393

Patrick Joswig🇩🇪

German actor · b. 1975

Days alive

17,532

Pete Sampras🇺🇸

American former tennis player (born 1971) · b. 1971

Days alive

18,993

Peter Weck🇦🇹

actor · b. 1930

Days alive

33,968

Porter Wagoner🇺🇸

deceased

Singer · 1927–2007

Days lived

29,297

Ray Schalk🇺🇸

deceased

American baseball player and coach (1892–1970) · 1892–1970

Days lived

28,403

Regilio Tuur🇸🇷

boxer · b. 1967

Days alive

20,454

Renate Eggebrecht🇩🇪

deceased

German musician · 1944–2023

Days lived

28,638

Santiago Llaver🇦🇷

deceased

Argentine politician (1917–2002) · 1917–2002

Days lived

30,823

Stefanos Tsitsipas

tennis player · b. 1998

Days alive

9,131

Tom Cleverley🇬🇧

football player · b. 1989

Days alive

12,418

Tyson Fury🇬🇧

athlete · b. 1988

Days alive

12,783

Wendy Palmer🇺🇸

American basketball player · b. 1974

Days alive

17,897

Werner Nachmann🇩🇪

deceased

entrepreneur · 1925–1988

Days lived

22,807

Werner Proft🇩🇪

deceased

German field hockey player · 1901–1989

Days lived

31,995

Wissam Ben Yedder

Notable Trials · b. 1990

Days alive

12,053

Zlatan Bajramović🇧🇦

football player · b. 1979

Days alive

16,071

Alfred Stock🇩🇪

deceased

chemist · 1876–1946

Days lived

25,593

André Kim🇰🇷

deceased

South Korean fashion designer (1935-2010) · 1935–2010

Days lived

27,382

Carl Pulfrich🇩🇪

deceased

German physicist (1858–1927) · 1858–1927

Days lived

25,158

Friedrich Schottky🇵🇱

deceased

scientist · 1851–1935

Days lived

30,699

Fritz Schmidt🇩🇪

deceased

German field hockey player (1943–2024) · 1943–2024

Days lived

29,732

Heinrich Ewers🇩🇪

deceased

German judge, priest and theologian (1906-1992) · 1906–1992

Days lived

31,587

Henry Fonda

deceased

Oscar Winners · 1905–1982

Days lived

28,212

Hermann Struve

deceased

Baltic German astronomer (1854–1920) · 1854–1920

Days lived

24,054

Itzik Feffer

deceased

Soviet Yiddish poet (1900-1952) · 1900–1952

Days lived

18,890

Jean-Michel Basquiat🇺🇸

deceased

American artist (1960–1988) · 1960–1988

Days lived

10,095

Karl Ziegler🇩🇪

deceased

chemist · 1898–1973

Days lived

27,287

Kurt Biedenkopf🇩🇪

deceased

German politician (1930–2021) · 1930–2021

Days lived

33,434

Lauren Bacall🇺🇸

deceased

American actress (1924–2014) · 1924–2014

Days lived

32,837

Lee Young-min🇰🇷

deceased

South Korean footballer (1905-1954) · 1905–1954

Days lived

17,786

Manfred Homberg🇩🇪

deceased

German boxer (1933–2010) · 1933–2010

Days lived

28,152

Manfred Salzgeber🇩🇪

deceased

German actor (1943-1994) · 1943–1994

Days lived

18,842

Max Grießer🇩🇪

deceased

actor · 1928–2000

Days lived

26,200

Richard Lugner🇦🇹

deceased

actor · 1932–2024

Days lived

33,543

Thomas Mann🇺🇸

deceased

YouTube personality · 1875–1955

Days lived

29,286

Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

48,340

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

48,003

George Polley🇺🇸

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

45,878

Clifford Swann🇦🇺

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

44,783

Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

44,783

Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,783

Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,783

Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

44,783

David Segal🇺🇸

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,783

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

44,783

Fee Plumley🇬🇧

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,783

Keith Padgett🇬🇧

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

44,783

Shaherose Charania🇨🇦

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

44,783

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,783

Pete Briggs🇺🇸

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

43,688

Henk Vissers🇳🇱

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

40,848

Magdolna Tóth🇭🇺

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

40,035

Andor András Balázs🇭🇺

athlete · b. 1918

Days alive

38,312

Maru🇯🇵

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

5,924

Jiffpom🇺🇸

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

4,915

Fiona🇺🇸

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

2,391

Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

67,428

HSBC🇬🇧

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

57,870

Tata Group🇮🇳

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

56,836

Goldman Sachs🇺🇸

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

56,470

Eli Lilly🇺🇸

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

53,914

Chevron🇺🇸

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

52,566

Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

76,897

Crime and Punishment🇷🇺

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

57,566

The Great Gatsby🇺🇸

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

35,918

Brave New World🇬🇧

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

33,461

The Hobbit🇬🇧

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

31,371

The Little Prince🇫🇷

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

29,348

The Godfather🇺🇸

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

18,768

Jaws🇺🇸

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

17,585

Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

16,880

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,193

Alien🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,150

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

15,929

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

Albert Leo Schlageter🇩🇪

Anna Muthesius🇩🇪

Died on This Day

Abel Laudonio🇦🇷

Al Shean🇺🇸

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🇺🇸

Arnold Angenendt🇩🇪

Artur Barciś🇵🇱

Berkeley L. Bunker🇺🇸

Cantinflas🇲🇽

Cara Delevingne🇬🇧

Casey Affleck

Cecil B. DeMille🇺🇸

Christy Mathewson🇺🇸

CY Leung🇨🇳

Danny Graham🇬🇧

Djibril Cissé🇫🇷

Dream

F. M. Shinde

François Hollande🇫🇷

Franz Etzel🇩🇪

Frederic Löhe🇩🇪

Geoffrey Mujangi Bia🇧🇪

George Hamilton

George Soros🇭🇺

Gerd Anthoff🇩🇪

Gonzalo Peillat🇮🇹

Gregory Gustina

Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt🇩🇪

Harry Kupfer🇩🇪

Herta Däubler-Gmelin🇩🇪

Hussein Chalayan🇨🇾

Iris Berben🇩🇪

Ivan Yuhnovsky🇧🇬

Jacinto Benavente🇪🇸

Jan-Marco Montag🇩🇪

Kana Asumi🇯🇵

Lajos Czumbel🇷🇸

Linde Lindström🇫🇮

Louis Krages🇩🇪

Manuela M. Veloso🇺🇸

Margot Eskens🇩🇪

Mark Knopfler🇬🇧

Martin Brendel🇺🇸

Martin Goeres🇩🇪

Matthijs de Ligt

Merikukka Forsius🇫🇮

Miguel Torga🇵🇹

Mizengo Pinda

Patrick Joswig🇩🇪

Pete Sampras🇺🇸

Peter Weck🇦🇹

Porter Wagoner🇺🇸

Ray Schalk🇺🇸

Regilio Tuur🇸🇷

Renate Eggebrecht🇩🇪

Santiago Llaver🇦🇷

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Tom Cleverley🇬🇧

Tyson Fury🇬🇧

Wendy Palmer🇺🇸

Werner Nachmann🇩🇪

Werner Proft🇩🇪