On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 16 2023
Born on This Day
Abdoulaye Keita🇫🇷
football player · b. 1990
Days alive
12,053
Amos Alonzo Stagg🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1862–1965
Days lived
37,468
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Arden Cho🇺🇸
Singer-songwriter · b. 1990
Days alive
12,053
Arvind Kejriwal🇮🇳
politician · b. 1968
Days alive
20,088
Attila Abonyi🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1946–2023
Days lived
28,083
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Aziz Akhannouch
entrepreneur · b. 1961
Days alive
22,645
B. Y. Raghavendra🇮🇳
politician · b. 1973
Days alive
18,262
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Brian Gordon🇺🇸
film director · b. 1978
Days alive
16,436
Caroline Grothgar🇦🇹
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
20,088
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Céline Roscheck🇦🇹
musician · b. 1983
Days alive
14,610
Charli Baltimore🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1974
Days alive
17,897
Christina Hammer🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1990
Days alive
12,053
Christos Papadimitriou🇺🇸
musician · b. 1949
Days alive
27,028
David Bergman🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1981
Days alive
15,340
Denis Gremelmayr🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1981
Days alive
15,340
Edith Mill🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1925–2007
Days lived
30,036
Ernst Jan Beeuwkes🇳🇱
deceasedDutch fashion designer (1931-1998) · 1931–1998
Days lived
24,316
Evanna Lynch🇮🇪
singer · b. 1991
Days alive
11,688
Eydie Gormé🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican pop singer, chanteuse, comic actress (1928-2013) · 1928–2013
Days lived
31,040
Gabriel Urpi🇪🇸
tennis player · b. 1961
Days alive
22,645
Gadjo🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1972
Days alive
18,627
Hans Jenny🇨🇭
deceasedscientist · 1904–1972
Days lived
24,784
Hans Koch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman resistance fighter (1893–1945) · 1893–1945
Days lived
18,878
Hugo Flink🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1879–1947
Days lived
24,730
James Cameron🇨🇦
actor · b. 1954
Days alive
25,202
James Michel
politician · b. 1944
Days alive
28,854
Jannik Sinner
tennis player · b. 2001
Days alive
8,035
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Joaquín Reyes Cano🇪🇸
Spanish actor, comedian and cartoonist · b. 1974
Days alive
17,897
Julia Schruff🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1982
Days alive
14,975
Karl-Heinz Vosgerau🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1928-2021) · 1928–2021
Days lived
33,744
Kevin Schmidt🇺🇸
actor · b. 1988
Days alive
12,783
Koray Günter
football player · b. 1994
Days alive
10,592
Kraudn Sepp🇩🇪
deceasedGerman musician (1896–1977) · 1896–1977
Days lived
29,447
Lois Nettleton🇺🇸
deceasedactress (1927-2008) · 1927–2008
Days lived
29,375
Madonna
singer · b. 1958
Days alive
23,741
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Magnus Betnér🇸🇪
actor · b. 1974
Days alive
17,897
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Manisha Koirala🇳🇵
Actor · b. 1970
Days alive
19,358
Mariusz Jędra🇵🇱
Polish weightlifter · b. 1973
Days alive
18,262
Pierre Richard🇫🇷
French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian · b. 1934
Days alive
32,507
Ralf Bendix🇩🇪
deceasedrapper · 1924–2014
Days lived
32,888
Reiner Kunze🇩🇪
German poet, writer, translator, and GDR dissident (born 1933) · b. 1933
Days alive
32,872
Ri Myong-jun🇰🇵
North Korean footballer · b. 1990
Days alive
12,053
Ryan Longwell🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1974
Days alive
17,897
Sheila🇫🇷
French recording artist and yé-yé singer · b. 1945
Days alive
28,489
Steve Carell🇺🇸
American actor and comedian (born 1962) · b. 1962
Days alive
22,280
Sylvia Stolz🇩🇪
German Holocaust denier and former lawyer · b. 1963
Days alive
21,915
Tony Trabert🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,044
Ulla Weigerstorfer🇦🇹
entrepreneur · b. 1967
Days alive
20,454
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua🇳🇬
deceasedPresident of Nigeria (1951-2010) · 1951–2010
Days lived
21,447
Young Thug🇺🇸
Artist · b. 1991
Days alive
11,688
Died on This Day
Aretha Franklin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018) · 1942–2018
Days lived
27,903
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Bela Lugosi🇭🇺
deceasedactor · 1882–1956
Days lived
26,963
Elvis Presley
deceasedfilm actor · 1935–1977
Days lived
15,561
Felix Maria Davídek🇨🇿
deceasedbishop of the Roman Catholic Church (1921–1988) · 1921–1988
Days lived
24,688
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Friedrich Sämisch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1896-1975) · 1896–1975
Days lived
28,818
Georges Oltramare🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer, journalist and fascist politician (1896-1960) · 1896–1960
Days lived
23,496
Ivan Hlinka🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1950–2004
Days lived
19,926
John Pemberton
deceasedActor · 1831–1888
Days lived
20,859
Karl Storch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman hammer thrower (1913-1992) · 1913–1992
Days lived
28,850
Mamie Smith🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican vaudeville singer (1891–1946) · 1891–1946
Days lived
20,170
Michael Murach
deceasedboxer (1911-1941) · 1911–1941
Days lived
11,154
Narayan Gangaram Surve🇮🇳
deceasedMarathi poet from Maharashtra, India · 1926–2010
Days lived
30,621
Paul Weinstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman high jumper (1878-1964) · 1878–1964
Days lived
31,544
Peter Scholl-Latour🇫🇷
deceasedYouTube personality · 1924–2014
Days lived
33,032
Pippo Baudo🇮🇹
deceasedItalian television presenter (1936–2025) · 1936–2025
Days lived
32,577
Renée Stobrawa🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1897–1971
Days lived
26,969
Robert Johnson🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1911–1938
Days lived
9,962
Robert Quiroga🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer · 1969–2004
Days lived
12,729
Vladimir Kuts
deceasedSoviet Ukrainian athletics competitor (1927–1975) · 1927–1975
Days lived
17,722
Wilhelm Morgner
deceasedGerman painter (1891-1917) · 1891–1917
Days lived
9,697
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
62,318
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
50,996
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
48,344
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
48,007
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
45,882
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
44,787
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
44,787
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,787
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,787
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
44,787
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,787
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
44,787
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,787
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
44,787
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
44,787
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,787
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
43,692
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
40,852
Magdolna Tóth🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1914
Days alive
40,039
Andor András Balázs🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1918
Days alive
38,316
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
68,162
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
67,859
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
67,432
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
57,874
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
56,840
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
56,474
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
53,918
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
52,570
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
673,369
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
152,883
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
76,901
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
57,570
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
35,922
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
33,465
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
31,375
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
29,352
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
30,812
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
24,234
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
18,772
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
17,589
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
16,884
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,197
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,154
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
15,933