On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 6 2023
Born on This Day
Aenderli Lebius🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1858–1921) · 1858–1921
Days lived
22,733
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Alfred Eisenstaedt🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1898–1995
Days lived
35,323
Anders Johannes Brax🇫🇮
deceasedchief executive officer · 1873–1940
Days lived
24,184
Andrew Cuomo🇺🇸
politician · b. 1957
Days alive
24,106
Andrew Flintoff🇬🇧
English cricketer and TV personality · b. 1977
Days alive
16,801
Andrias Christian Evensen
deceasedFaroese linguist (1874-1917) · 1874–1917
Days lived
15,659
Arnold Hottinger🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss journalist (1926-2019) · 1926–2019
Days lived
33,769
Ascan Lutteroth🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge · 1874–1960
Days lived
31,284
Carole Thate🇳🇱
field hockey player · b. 1971
Days alive
18,993
Charles Sheaffer🇺🇸
deceasedfield hockey player (1904–1989) · 1904–1989
Days lived
30,946
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CoCo Vandeweghe🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1991
Days alive
11,688
Dave Brubeck🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012) · 1920–2012
Days lived
33,602
Debbie Rowe🇺🇸
Nurse · b. 1958
Days alive
23,741
Deborah Estrin🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1959
Days alive
23,376
Diederik Wissels🇳🇱
Dutch jazz pianist · b. 1960
Days alive
23,010
Eli Cohen
deceasedNotable Trials · 1924–1965
Days lived
14,773
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Ernő Verebes🇭🇺
deceasedsinger · 1902–1971
Days lived
25,026
Eugen Neufeld🇦🇹
deceasedactor (1882-1950) · 1882–1950
Days lived
24,787
Ferid Berberi
Albanian weightlifter · b. 1946
Days alive
28,124
Gaios Skordilis🇬🇷
basketball player · b. 1987
Days alive
13,149
Guido Brignone🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1886-1959) · 1886–1959
Days lived
26,448
Hashim al-Atassi
deceasedpolitician · 1875–1960
Days lived
31,045
Hein Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman boxer (1903-1945) · 1903–1945
Days lived
15,120
Heinrich von Vietinghoff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general · 1887–1952
Days lived
23,454
Helen Aitchison🇬🇧
deceasedBritish tennis player (1881–1947) · 1881–1947
Days lived
23,911
Helmut von den Steinen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman translator (1890–1956) · 1890–1956
Days lived
23,766
Ime Oduok🇳🇬
Nigerian basketball player · b. 1971
Days alive
18,993
Jasprit Bumrah🇮🇳
Cricketer · b. 1993
Days alive
10,957
Jiří Kodet🇨🇿
deceasedCzech actor (1937-2005) · 1937–2005
Days lived
24,673
Jonathan Hogg🇬🇧
football player · b. 1988
Days alive
12,783
José María Martín Bejarano-Serrano🇪🇸
football player · b. 1987
Days alive
13,149
Joy Gruttmann🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1995
Days alive
10,227
Karl Bitter🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1867–1920
Days lived
19,118
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Kim Simmonds🇬🇧
deceasedBritish rock musician (1947–2022) · 1947–2022
Days lived
27,401
Larry Bell🇺🇸
American painter and sculptor (born 1939) · b. 1939
Days alive
30,681
Lars Burgsmüller🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1975
Days alive
17,532
Manuel Reuter🇩🇪
German racecar driver · b. 1961
Days alive
22,645
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Marko Pešić🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1976
Days alive
17,166
Natascha Badmann🇨🇭
athlete · b. 1966
Days alive
20,819
Niels Pauli Danielsen
Danish politician · b. 1938
Days alive
31,046
Nikolai Doktorov🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet party organizer and industrialist (1907-1983) · 1907–1983
Days lived
27,586
Paolo Meneguzzi🇨🇭
singer-songwriter · b. 1976
Days alive
17,166
Paora Winitana🇳🇿
New Zealand basketball player · b. 1976
Days alive
17,166
Peter Handke🇦🇹
Austrian writer, playwright and film director (born 1942) · b. 1942
Days alive
29,585
Sameer Rizvi🌍
Cricketer · b. 2003
Days alive
7,305
Sergio Corbucci🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1927-1990) · 1927–1990
Days lived
23,006
Simone Hanselmann🇩🇪
actor · b. 1979
Days alive
16,071
Tony Lazzeri🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1903–1946
Days lived
15,584
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Ulrich K. Preuss🇩🇪
German academic (born 1939) · b. 1939
Days alive
30,681
Vittorio Mezzogiorno🇮🇹
deceasedactor · 1941–1994
Days lived
19,025
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Died on This Day
Abd-ru-shin
deceasedwriter · 1875–1941
Days lived
24,338
Adolf Rosenberger🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1900–1967
Days lived
24,713
B. R. Ambedkar🇮🇳
deceasedIndian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956) · 1891–1956
Days lived
23,977
Baltasar Gracián
deceasedPhilosopher · 1601–1658
Days lived
21,151
Denis de Rougemont🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer (1906-1985) · 1906–1985
Days lived
28,944
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Frantz Fanon🇫🇷
deceasedFrench West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961) · 1925–1961
Days lived
13,288
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Franzl Lang🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1930–2015
Days lived
31,024
Hanns Dieter Hüsch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman author, cabaret artist, actor, songwriter and radio commentator (1925–2005) · 1925–2005
Days lived
29,434
Honus Wagner🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1874–1955
Days lived
29,869
Ichirō Mizuki🇯🇵
deceasedactor · 1948–2022
Days lived
27,362
Jakob Sporrenberg🇩🇪
deceasedNazi German SS-Gruppenführer (1902－1952) · 1902–1952
Days lived
18,344
John Payne🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1912–1989) · 1912–1989
Days lived
28,321
José María López Mezquita🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish painter (1883-1954) · 1883–1954
Days lived
26,159
Krizia🇮🇹
deceasedItalian fashion designer and entrepreneur (1925–2015) · 1925–2015
Days lived
33,181
Lead Belly
deceasedNotable Trials · 1885–1949
Days lived
23,686
Mills Lane🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican judge, boxer, boxing referee · 1937–2022
Days lived
31,070
Oskar Messter🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1866–1943
Days lived
28,138
Peter Lorenz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1922-1987) · 1922–1987
Days lived
23,725
Ralph H. Baer🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1922–2014
Days lived
33,876
Roy Orbison🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1936–1988
Days lived
19,220
Rupprecht Geiger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1908–2009) · 1908–2009
Days lived
37,205
Senta Wengraf🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actress (1924-2020) · 1924–2020
Days lived
35,274
Tabaré Vázquez🇺🇾
deceasedpolitician · 1940–2020
Days lived
29,544
Ute Klophaus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1940–2010) · 1940–2010
Days lived
25,867
Yun Ch'iho
deceasedKorean independence activist (1864-1945) · 1864–1945
Days lived
29,564
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
62,430
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
51,108
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
48,456
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
48,119
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
45,994
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
44,899
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,899
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,899
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,899
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
44,899
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,899
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
44,899
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,899
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
44,899
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
44,899
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
44,899
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
43,804
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
40,964
Magdolna Tóth🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1914
Days alive
40,151
Andor András Balázs🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1918
Days alive
38,428
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
68,274
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
67,971
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
67,544
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
57,986
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
56,952
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
56,586
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
54,030
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
52,682
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
673,481
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
152,995
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
77,013
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
57,682
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
36,034
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
33,577
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
31,487
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
29,464
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
30,924
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
24,346
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
18,884
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
17,701
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
16,996
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,309
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,266
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
16,045