On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 31 2023
Born on This Day
Alfred Sauvy🇫🇷
deceaseddemographer, anthropologist and historian of the French economy (1898–1990) · 1898–1990
Days lived
33,601
Angelika Kallwass🇩🇪
German psychologist and TV host · b. 1948
Days alive
27,393
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Ansu Fati
association football player · b. 2002
Days alive
7,670
Brent Corrigan🇺🇸
actor · b. 1986
Days alive
13,514
Chiang Kai-shek
deceasedpolitician · 1887–1975
Days lived
31,932
Danielle Rose Russell
Actor · b. 1999
Days alive
8,766
David Ogden Stiers🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1942–2018) · 1942–2018
Days lived
27,517
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Dietmar Eberle🇦🇹
Austrian architect and professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich · b. 1952
Days alive
25,932
Emiliano Sala🇮🇹
deceasedfootball player · 1990–2019
Days lived
10,309
Franc Gubenšek🇸🇮
deceasedSlovene biochemist (1937–2010) · 1937–2010
Days lived
26,588
Frank Shorter🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1947
Days alive
27,759
Fred McGriff🇺🇸
American Hall of Fame baseball player · b. 1963
Days alive
21,915
Georges Mikautadze
association football player · b. 2000
Days alive
8,400
Henning Scherf🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1938
Days alive
31,046
Herman Van Rompuy🇧🇪
Prime Minister of Belgium and President of the European Council (born 1947) · b. 1947
Days alive
27,759
Hubert Petschnigg🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1913-1997) · 1913–1997
Days lived
30,635
Irena Conti Di Mauro🇵🇱
deceasedPolish journalist, poet and writer (1924–2009) · 1924–2009
Days lived
31,041
Jean Améry🇦🇹
deceasedwriter · 1912–1978
Days lived
24,092
Jeff Gundlach🇺🇸
Investor & Fund Manager · b. 1959
Days alive
23,376
John Candy🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian actor (1950–1994) · 1950–1994
Days lived
15,830
John Guerin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican drummer · 1939–2004
Days lived
23,442
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Johnny Marr🇬🇧
English musician (born 1963) · b. 1963
Days alive
21,915
Kinky Friedman🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1944–2024
Days lived
29,094
Leonor, Princess of Asturias
royalty · b. 2005
Days alive
6,574
Makoto Yamazaki🇯🇵
Japanese association football player · b. 1970
Days alive
19,358
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Marcus Rashford
association football player · b. 1997
Days alive
9,496
Marie Laurencin🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1883–1956
Days lived
26,518
Melendy Britt🇺🇸
American actress active in television and voice acting · b. 1943
Days alive
29,220
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Michael Collins🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican astronaut (1930–2021) · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,052
Miggy🇳🇱
deceasedsinger · 1961–2012
Days lived
18,635
Ming C. Lin🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1965
Days alive
21,184
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Muhtar Kent
Actor · b. 1952
Days alive
25,932
Natalie Clifford Barney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972) · 1876–1972
Days lived
34,791
Natasja Saad🇩🇰
deceasedartist · 1974–2007
Days lived
11,924
Nazik Avdalyan🇦🇲
Olympic weightlifter · b. 1986
Days alive
13,514
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Nick Saban🇺🇸
American football coach · b. 1951
Days alive
26,298
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Norodom Sihanouk🇰🇭
deceasedCambodian monarch and politician (1922–2012) · 1922–2012
Days lived
32,857
Pete Henry🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1897–1952) · 1897–1952
Days lived
19,821
Peter Jackson🇳🇿
actor · b. 1961
Days alive
22,645
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Reza Pahlavi🇮🇷
last crown prince of Iran (born 1960) · b. 1960
Days alive
23,010
Rob Cordemans
Dutch former baseball player · b. 1974
Days alive
17,897
Rob Schneider🇺🇸
American actor, comedian, and screenwriter · b. 1963
Days alive
21,915
Roger Nimier🇫🇷
deceasedFrench novelist (1925–1962) · 1925–1962
Days lived
13,481
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel🇮🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1875–1950
Days lived
27,438
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Siegfried Wolf🇦🇹
Austrian chief executive officer · b. 1957
Days alive
24,106
Tyson Gillies🇨🇦
film director · b. 1988
Days alive
12,783
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Warren Weir🇫🇷
Jamaican athletics competitor · b. 1989
Days alive
12,418
Willow Smith
singer · b. 2000
Days alive
8,400
Yuji Yaso🇯🇵
Japanese association football player · b. 1969
Days alive
19,723
Zaha Hadid🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1950–2016
Days lived
23,893
Zahra Rahnavard🇮🇷
Iranian academic and politician · b. 1945
Days alive
28,489
Died on This Day
Andreas Heldrich🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1935–2007
Days lived
26,582
Donald Macpherson Baillie🇬🇧
deceasedBritish theologian and minister (1887–1954) · 1887–1954
Days lived
24,466
Egon Schiele
deceasedAustrian painter (1890-1918) · 1890–1918
Days lived
10,367
Elmar Wepper🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1944–2023) · 1944–2023
Days lived
29,052
Ewald Bucher🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician of the FDP (1914-1991) · 1914–1991
Days lived
28,228
Federico Fellini🇮🇹
deceasedwriter · 1920–1993
Days lived
26,948
Francis Mer🇫🇷
deceasedentrepreneur · 1939–2023
Days lived
30,840
Francis Simon🇬🇧
deceasedchemist · 1893–1956
Days lived
23,131
Gae Aulenti🇮🇹
deceasedItalian architect and designer (1927–2012) · 1927–2012
Days lived
31,013
George Halas🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1895–1983
Days lived
32,412
Gulraiz Akhtar🇵🇰
deceasedOlympic field hockey player (1943–2021) · 1943–2021
Days lived
28,761
Harry Houdini🌍
deceasedActor · 1874–1926
Days lived
19,213
Herwarth Walden🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1878–1941
Days lived
23,055
Ignacy Daszyński
deceasedwriter · 1866–1936
Days lived
25,572
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Indira Gandhi🇮🇳
deceasedwriter · 1917–1984
Days lived
24,453
John Renshaw Carson🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1886–1940
Days lived
19,848
Lajos Alföldi🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian bacteriologist, researcher, professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1927-2021) · 1927–2021
Days lived
34,570
Manfred Bock🇩🇪
deceasedbasketball player · 1941–2010
Days lived
25,358
Marcel Carné🇫🇷
deceasedFrench film director (1906 – 1996) · 1906–1996
Days lived
32,947
Marie Bashkirtseva🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1858–1885
Days lived
10,165
Milly Steger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman sculptor (1881–1948) · 1881–1948
Days lived
24,609
River Phoenix🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1970–1993
Days lived
8,470
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Sean Connery🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1930–2020
Days lived
32,940
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
deceasedbusinessperson · 1958–2018
Days lived
22,126
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
62,394
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
51,072
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
48,420
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
48,083
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
45,958
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
44,863
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,863
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,863
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
44,863
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,863
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
44,863
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,863
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
44,863
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
44,863
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,863
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
44,863
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
43,768
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
40,928
Magdolna Tóth🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1914
Days alive
40,115
Andor András Balázs🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1918
Days alive
38,392
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
68,238
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
67,935
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
67,508
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
57,950
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
56,916
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
56,550
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
53,994
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
52,646
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
673,445
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
152,959
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
76,977
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
57,646
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
35,998
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
33,541
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
31,451
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
29,428
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
30,888
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
24,310
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
18,848
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
17,665
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
16,960
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,273
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,230
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
16,009