On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 16 2025
Born on This Day
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Akon🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1973
Days alive
18,993
Alexander Tschäppät🇨🇭
deceasedMayor of Bern (1952-2018) · 1952–2018
Days lived
24,124
Alipi Kostadinov🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1955
Days alive
25,568
Andreas Gruschke🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1960–2018
Days lived
21,108
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Anna Järvinen🇸🇪
singer · b. 1970
Days alive
20,089
Antony Blinken🇺🇸
Diplomat · b. 1962
Days alive
23,011
Brett Helms🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1986
Days alive
14,245
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Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel
Dutch field hockey player · b. 1987
Days alive
13,880
Charlie Chaplin🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1889–1977
Days lived
32,394
David Mercer🇬🇧
British weightlifter · b. 1961
Days alive
23,376
Eldar Kurtanidze
athlete · b. 1972
Days alive
19,358
Elmar Wepper🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1944–2023) · 1944–2023
Days lived
29,052
Emil Kübler🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1909–1981
Days lived
26,320
Frances Lankin🇨🇦
Canadian politician · b. 1954
Days alive
25,933
Freddie Ljungberg🇸🇪
football player · b. 1977
Days alive
17,532
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe🇩🇪
deceasedGerman tennis player (1888–1949) · 1888–1949
Days lived
22,222
Gerry Rafferty🇬🇧
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1947–2011
Days lived
23,274
Gertrud Meyen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and voice actress · 1919–2012
Days lived
33,863
Gina Carano🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1982
Days alive
15,706
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Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
politician · b. 1955
Days alive
25,568
Herbert Krenchel🇩🇰
deceasedscientist · 1922–2014
Days lived
33,615
Horst Schrade🇩🇪
deceasedGerman caricaturist and artist (1924–2014) · 1924–2014
Days lived
32,824
Igor Tudor🇭🇷
Association football player · b. 1978
Days alive
17,167
J. Neil Schulman🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1953–2019
Days lived
24,222
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Jaycee Carroll🇺🇸
American professional basketball player · b. 1983
Days alive
15,341
Kai Wiesinger🇩🇪
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
21,550
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1947
Days alive
28,490
Kenny Hayes🇺🇸
American basketball player (born 1987) · b. 1987
Days alive
13,880
Kitione Lave🌍
deceasedBoxer · 1934–2006
Days lived
26,345
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Leo Tindemans🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1922–2014
Days lived
33,857
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Luol Deng🇬🇧
South Sudanese-British basketball player · b. 1985
Days alive
14,610
Martin Lawrence
comedian · b. 1965
Days alive
21,915
Mitrofan Zverev
deceasedSoviet astronomer (1903–1991) · 1903–1991
Days lived
32,357
Night Train Lane🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1927-2002) · 1927–2002
Days lived
27,317
Ove Arup🇬🇧
deceasedAnglo-Danish engineer (1895-1988) · 1895–1988
Days lived
33,897
Peter Ustinov🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actor, writer and director (1921–2004) · 1921–2004
Days lived
30,297
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Pierre Littbarski🇩🇪
German association football player and manager · b. 1960
Days alive
23,741
Piotr Gąsowski🇵🇱
Polish actor and comedian · b. 1964
Days alive
22,280
Raymond Chan🇨🇳
actor · b. 1972
Days alive
19,358
Rolf Dieter Brinkmann🇩🇪
deceasedYouTube personality · 1940–1975
Days lived
12,790
Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen🇲🇽
deceasedwriter · 1899–1979
Days lived
29,245
Russ Schoene🇺🇸
American basketball player-coach · b. 1960
Days alive
23,741
Sadie Sink
television actor · b. 2002
Days alive
8,401
Selena🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1971–1995
Days lived
8,750
Siegfried Lauterwasser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1913–2000) · 1913–2000
Days lived
31,921
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Simon Child🇳🇿
New Zealand field hockey player · b. 1988
Days alive
13,514
Stella Hohenfels🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1854–1920
Days lived
24,051
Suren Zoljan🇦🇲
Armenian scientist, public figure, writer · b. 1955
Days alive
25,568
Taye Taiwo🇳🇬
football player · b. 1985
Days alive
14,610
Thees Uhlmann🇩🇪
musician · b. 1974
Days alive
18,628
Tristan Tzara🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1896–1963
Days lived
24,722
Tyler James Robinson🇺🇸
News · b. 2003
Days alive
8,036
Uldis Sesks🇱🇻
athlete · b. 1962
Days alive
23,011
Waldemar Kobus🇩🇪
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
21,550
Wolfgang Leonhard🇦🇹
deceasedGerman author, historian (1921–2014) · 1921–2014
Days lived
34,091
Wolfgang Reinhold🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1923–2012
Days lived
32,647
Zack Whiting🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1984
Days alive
14,975
Died on This Day
Alex Manninger🇦🇹
deceasedAssociation football player · 1977–2026
Days lived
17,848
Cerina Fairfax🌍
deceasedNotable Person · 1977–2026
Days lived
17,948
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Dagobert Peche🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect and artist (1887-1923) · 1887–1923
Days lived
13,161
David Lean🇬🇧
deceasedBritish film director (1908–1991) · 1908–1991
Days lived
30,337
Feliks Chmurkowski🇵🇱
deceasedactor (1896-1971) · 1896–1971
Days lived
27,360
Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch
deceasedphilosopher · 1867–1941
Days lived
26,833
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Heino Kleiminger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman football player (1939-2015) · 1939–2015
Days lived
27,831
Hugo Liepmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman neurologist and psychiatrist (1863–1925) · 1863–1925
Days lived
22,652
Josef Kirschner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian journalist, presenter and writer (1931–2016) · 1931–2016
Days lived
30,932
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Justin Fairfax🇺🇸
deceasedPolitician · 1979–2026
Days lived
17,225
Kaoru Betto🇯🇵
deceasedfilm director · 1920–1999
Days lived
28,725
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Karl Fischer🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1901–1958
Days lived
20,842
Kevin Granata🇺🇸
deceasedprofessor and researcher (1961-2007) · 1961–2007
Days lived
16,544
Richard Neutra🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian–American architect (1892-1970) · 1892–1970
Days lived
28,496
Rosalind Franklin🇬🇧
deceasedBritish chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958) · 1920–1958
Days lived
13,779
Steve Bloomer🇬🇧
deceasedfilm director · 1874–1938
Days lived
23,461
Ulrich Kienzle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1936–2020) · 1936–2020
Days lived
30,658
Volker Vogeler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film director and screenwriter (1930-2005) · 1930–2005
Days lived
27,322
Yasunari Kawabata🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese novelist (1899–1972) · 1899–1972
Days lived
26,607
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
62,927
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
51,605
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
48,953
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
48,616
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
46,491
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
45,396
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,396
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
45,396
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
45,396
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
45,396
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
45,396
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,396
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
45,396
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,396
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,396
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,396
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
44,301
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
41,461
Magdolna Tóth🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1914
Days alive
40,648
Andor András Balázs🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1918
Days alive
38,925
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
68,771
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
68,468
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
68,041
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
58,483
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
57,449
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
57,083
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
54,527
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
53,179
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
673,978
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
153,492
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
77,510
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
58,179
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
36,531
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
34,074
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
31,984
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
29,961
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
31,421
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
24,843
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
19,381
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
18,198
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
17,493
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,806
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,763
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
16,542