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December 20 2023

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Events on This Day

Releases 'Maestro'
Carey Mulligan
milestone

Born on This Day

Died on This Day

Arnold Mathew🇫🇷
deceased
bishop of the Old Catholic Church (1852-1919) · 1852–1919
Days lived
24,606
Arthur Rubinstein
deceased
classical pianist · 1887–1982
Days lived
35,024

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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Alan Parsons🇬🇧

singer · b. 1948

Days alive

27,393

Arturo Alessandri🇨🇱

deceased

politician · 1868–1950

Days lived

29,831

Bernhard Siegert🇩🇪

scientist · b. 1959

Days alive

23,376

Bob Hayes🇺🇸

deceased

American football player and sprinter (1942–2003) · 1942–2002

Days lived

21,822

Branch Rickey🇺🇸

deceased

film director · 1881–1965

Days lived

30,669

David DeJesus🇺🇸

film director · b. 1979

Days alive

16,071

David Levine🇺🇸

deceased

artist · 1926–2009

Days lived

30,325

Dessa🇨🇭

Swiss artist · b. 1948

Days alive

27,393

Eduardo Hontiveros🇵🇭

deceased

Filipino musician · 1923–2008

Days lived

30,707

Ellie Kam🇺🇸

Pairs skater · b. 2004

Days alive

6,939

Fitz Hall🇬🇧

football player · b. 1980

Days alive

15,705

Frank Peterson🇩🇪

rapper · b. 1963

Days alive

21,915

Fred Merkle🇺🇸

deceased

film director · 1888–1956

Days lived

24,543

Frederick Bradlee🇺🇸

deceased

American football player (1892-1970) · 1892–1970

Days lived

28,253

Gavin McKenna🇨🇦

Ice hockey player · b. 2007

Days alive

5,844

George Paice🇬🇧

deceased

Falklands Islands bowls player · 1941–2024

Days lived

29,997

George Roy Hill🇺🇸

deceased

American film director (1921–2002) · 1921–2002

Days lived

29,592

Harry Stovey🇺🇸

deceased

film director · 1856–1937

Days lived

29,493

Jaroslav Heyrovský🇨🇿

deceased

scientist · 1890–1967

Days lived

27,855

JoJo🇺🇸

singer · b. 1990

Days alive

12,053

Jonah Hill🇺🇸

Actor/Director · b. 1983

Days alive

14,610

Judith Samen🇩🇪

German artist · b. 1970

Days alive

19,358

Judy Henske🇺🇸

deceased

singer-songwriter · 1936–2022

Days lived

31,174

Kang Dong-Hee🇰🇷

basketball player · b. 1966

Days alive

20,819

Larry Willis🇺🇸

deceased

American jazz pianist and composer (1942–2019) · 1940–2019

Days lived

28,772

LenDale White🇺🇸

American football player · b. 1984

Days alive

14,244

Manfred Lahnstein🇩🇪

German politician · b. 1937

Days alive

31,411

Márcio Rodrigues🇧🇷

Brazilian association football player · b. 1978

Days alive

16,436

Martin Schulz🇩🇪

politician · b. 1955

Days alive

24,837

Martyn Lloyd-Jones🇬🇧

deceased

Welsh-English Christian theologian and preacher (1899-1981) · 1899–1981

Days lived

29,656

Miguel López Abril🇪🇸

deceased

basketball player · 1954–2021

Days lived

24,219

Miro Allione🇮🇹

deceased

Italian executive, professor and writer · 1932–2006

Days lived

26,688

Otto Graf Lambsdorff🇩🇪

deceased

politician · 1926–2009

Days lived

30,301

Pekka Säilä🇫🇮

deceased

Finnish tennis player (1941–2009) · 1941–2009

Days lived

24,824

Piet Klocke🇩🇪

German musician, comedian, author and actor · b. 1957

Days alive

24,106

Rich Gannon🇺🇸

American football player · b. 1965

Days alive

21,184

Satyendra Pakhale🇮🇳

Indian industrial designer, technocrat, architect (born 1967) · b. 1967

Days alive

20,454

Steve Coast🇬🇧

entrepreneur · b. 1980

Days alive

15,705

Uri Geller🇬🇧

actor · b. 1946

Days alive

28,124

Valeriu Lazarov🇪🇸

deceased

director and producer of television of Romanian and Spanish origin (1935-2009) · 1935–2009

Days lived

26,898

Yumi Tōma🇯🇵

musician · b. 1966

Days alive

20,819

Bill Brandt🇬🇧

deceased

journalist · 1904–1983

Days lived

29,085

Brittany Murphy🇺🇸

deceased

singer · 1977–2009

Days lived

11,728

Carl Sagan🇺🇸

deceased

writer · 1934–1996

Days lived

22,687

Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt🇩🇪

deceased

German anthropologist (1892-1965) · 1892–1965

Days lived

26,916

Erich Ludendorff🇺🇸

deceased

writer · 1865–1937

Days lived

26,552

Ferdinand Karsch

deceased

German biologist and anthropologist (1853–1936) · 1853–1936

Days lived

30,424

Gaston Waringhien🇫🇷

deceased

writer · 1901–1991

Days lived

33,016

Günter Eich🇩🇪

deceased

writer · 1907–1972

Days lived

24,064

Gustaf Kossinna

deceased

German archaeologist (1858–1931) · 1858–1931

Days lived

26,745

Gyula Halasy🇭🇺

deceased

athlete · 1891–1970

Days lived

29,038

Hans von Obstfelder🇩🇪

deceased

military person · 1886–1976

Days lived

32,977

Hans-Emil Schuster🇩🇪

deceased

German astronomer · 1934–2024

Days lived

32,965

Harald Huffmann🇩🇪

deceased

field hockey player (1908–1992) · 1908–1992

Days lived

30,881

Helmut Metzger🇩🇪

deceased

writer · 1917–1995

Days lived

28,656

Johannes Nielsen

deceased

actor · 1870–1935

Days lived

23,837

Julius Scheiner🇩🇪

deceased

German astronomer (1858-1913) · 1858–1913

Days lived

20,113

Leslie Claudius🇮🇳

deceased

Olympic field hockey player (1927–2012) · 1927–2012

Days lived

31,317

Max Brod🇮🇱

deceased

journalist · 1884–1968

Days lived

30,887

Omar Bliadze🇬🇪

deceased

athlete · 1942–2022

Days lived

29,484

Patrick Jenkin🇬🇧

deceased

British Conservative politician (1926-2016) · 1926–2016

Days lived

32,977

Piergiorgio Welby🇮🇹

deceased

Italian poet, painter and activist (1945–2006) · 1945–2006

Days lived

22,274

Ulrich Willerding🇩🇪

deceased

American botanist (1932-2021) · 1932–2021

Days lived

32,672

Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

48,470

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

48,133

George Polley🇺🇸

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

46,008

David Segal🇺🇸

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,913

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,913

Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,913

Keith Padgett🇬🇧

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

44,913

Fee Plumley🇬🇧

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,913

Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

44,913

Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

44,913

Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,913

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

44,913

Shaherose Charania🇨🇦

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

44,913

Clifford Swann🇦🇺

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

44,913

Pete Briggs🇺🇸

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

43,818

Henk Vissers🇳🇱

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

40,978

Magdolna Tóth🇭🇺

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

40,165

Andor András Balázs🇭🇺

athlete · b. 1918

Days alive

38,442

Maru🇯🇵

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

6,054

Jiffpom🇺🇸

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

5,045

Fiona🇺🇸

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

2,521

Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

67,558

HSBC🇬🇧

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

58,000

Tata Group🇮🇳

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

56,966

Goldman Sachs🇺🇸

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

56,600

Eli Lilly🇺🇸

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

54,044

Chevron🇺🇸

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

52,696

Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

77,027

Crime and Punishment🇷🇺

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

57,696

The Great Gatsby🇺🇸

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

36,048

Brave New World🇬🇧

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

33,591

The Hobbit🇬🇧

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

31,501

The Little Prince🇫🇷

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

29,478

The Godfather🇺🇸

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

18,898

Jaws🇺🇸

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

17,715

Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

17,010

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,323

Alien🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

16,280

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

16,059

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

Adelbert Schulz🇩🇪

Alain de Botton🇨🇭

Died on This Day

Arnold Mathew🇫🇷

Arthur Rubinstein

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🇺🇸

Alan Parsons🇬🇧

Arturo Alessandri🇨🇱

Bernhard Siegert🇩🇪

Bob Hayes🇺🇸

Branch Rickey🇺🇸

David DeJesus🇺🇸

David Levine🇺🇸

Dessa🇨🇭

Eduardo Hontiveros🇵🇭

Ellie Kam🇺🇸

Fitz Hall🇬🇧

Frank Peterson🇩🇪

Fred Merkle🇺🇸

Frederick Bradlee🇺🇸

Gavin McKenna🇨🇦

George Paice🇬🇧

George Roy Hill🇺🇸

Harry Stovey🇺🇸

Jaroslav Heyrovský🇨🇿

JoJo🇺🇸

Jonah Hill🇺🇸

Judith Samen🇩🇪

Judy Henske🇺🇸

Kang Dong-Hee🇰🇷

Larry Willis🇺🇸

LenDale White🇺🇸

Manfred Lahnstein🇩🇪

Márcio Rodrigues🇧🇷

Martin Schulz🇩🇪

Martyn Lloyd-Jones🇬🇧

Miguel López Abril🇪🇸

Miro Allione🇮🇹

Otto Graf Lambsdorff🇩🇪

Pekka Säilä🇫🇮

Piet Klocke🇩🇪

Rich Gannon🇺🇸

Satyendra Pakhale🇮🇳

Steve Coast🇬🇧

Uri Geller🇬🇧

Valeriu Lazarov🇪🇸

Yumi Tōma🇯🇵

Bill Brandt🇬🇧

Brittany Murphy🇺🇸

Carl Sagan🇺🇸

Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt🇩🇪

Erich Ludendorff🇺🇸

Ferdinand Karsch

Gaston Waringhien🇫🇷

Günter Eich🇩🇪

Gustaf Kossinna

Gyula Halasy🇭🇺

Hans von Obstfelder🇩🇪

Hans-Emil Schuster🇩🇪

Harald Huffmann🇩🇪

Helmut Metzger🇩🇪

Johannes Nielsen

Julius Scheiner🇩🇪