On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 16 2025
Born on This Day
Albert Osswald🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1919–1996) · 1919–1996
Days lived
28,216
Angelika Bachmann🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1979
Days alive
16,802
Axel Röhrle🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1971
Days alive
19,724
Bernhard Pankok
deceasedGerman architect and painter (1872-1943) · 1872–1943
Days lived
25,890
David Lieske🇩🇪
German artist · b. 1979
Days alive
16,802
Dieter Hogen🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1953
Days alive
26,298
Dina Rae🇺🇸
singer · b. 1976
Days alive
17,897
Donald Fullilove
Actor · b. 1958
Days alive
24,472
Doug Leeds🇺🇸
businessperson · b. 1968
Days alive
20,819
Els Dottermans🇧🇪
Belgian actress · b. 1964
Days alive
22,280
Gabriela Sabatini🇦🇷
Argentine tennis player · b. 1970
Days alive
20,089
H. H. Holmes
deceasedNotable Trials · 1861–1896
Days lived
12,775
Harry Stonecipher
Actor · b. 1936
Days alive
32,507
Helga Radtke🇩🇪
German long jumper · b. 1962
Days alive
23,011
Henry Fonda
deceasedOscar Winners · 1905–1982
Days lived
28,212
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IU🇰🇷
actor · b. 1993
Days alive
11,688
IU (Lee Ji-eun)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (Solo Artist) · b. 1993
Days alive
11,688
Ivanon Coffie🇨🇼
Dutch baseball player · b. 1977
Days alive
17,532
James Fauntleroy II🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1984
Days alive
14,975
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Janet Jackson🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1966
Days alive
21,550
Jim Sturgess🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1978
Days alive
17,167
Kenji Mizoguchi🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese film director and screenwriter (1898-1956) · 1898–1956
Days lived
21,284
Krist Novoselic🇺🇸
Bassist · b. 1965
Days alive
21,915
Krystyna Zachwatowicz🇵🇱
athlete · b. 1930
Days alive
34,699
Laura Pausini🇮🇹
singer · b. 1974
Days alive
18,628
Lukács Árpád Daczó
deceased(1921–2018) Hungarian Catholic priest and ethnographer · 1921–2018
Days lived
35,582
M.C. Bakker🇳🇱
deceasedDutch baseball player (1900–1988) · 1900–1988
Days lived
32,368
Mario Monicelli🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director and screenwriter (1915–2010) · 1915–2010
Days lived
34,896
Martina Heinlein🇩🇪
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1981
Days alive
16,071
Megan Fox🇺🇸
American actress and model · b. 1986
Days alive
14,245
Melanie Lynskey🇳🇿
Actor · b. 1977
Days alive
17,532
Nílton Santos🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian association football player (1925–2013) · 1925–2013
Days lived
32,337
Oskar Deecke🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1986
Days alive
14,245
Pepa Nos🇨🇿
singer-songwriter · b. 1949
Days alive
27,759
Peter Onorati🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1954
Days alive
25,933
Pierce Brosnan🇮🇪
musician · b. 1953
Days alive
26,298
Richard Byrd🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1892–1958
Days lived
24,140
Robert Fripp🇬🇧
English guitarist, composer and record producer · b. 1946
Days alive
28,855
Robinson Reichel🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1966
Days alive
21,550
Royal Rife🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1888–1971
Days lived
30,395
Rudolf Kompfner🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian-born engineer and physicist (1909-1977) · 1909–1977
Days lived
25,038
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Ryan Gravenberch
association football player · b. 2002
Days alive
8,401
Tamara de Lempicka🇵🇱
deceasedartist · 1898–1980
Days lived
29,891
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Tori Spelling
actor · b. 1973
Days alive
18,993
Tucker Carlson🇺🇸
Pundit · b. 1969
Days alive
20,454
Tyler Cloyd🇺🇸
film director · b. 1987
Days alive
13,880
Ursula Buschhorn🇩🇪
actor · b. 1969
Days alive
20,454
Werner Sobek🇩🇪
German engineer and architect · b. 1953
Days alive
26,298
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Yuri Shevchuk🇷🇺
actor · b. 1957
Days alive
24,837
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Zygmunt Chmielewski🇵🇱
deceasedactor (1894-1978) · 1894–1978
Days lived
30,690
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Died on This Day
Ademola Okulaja🇩🇪
deceasedbasketball player · 1975–2022
Days lived
17,112
Andy Kaufman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican entertainer (1949–1984) · 1949–1984
Days lived
12,903
Dabney Coleman🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1932–2024
Days lived
33,737
Django Reinhardt🇫🇷
deceasedRomani-Belgian /French jazz musician (1910–1953) · 1910–1953
Days lived
15,819
Donald Malinowski🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian politician (1924-2003) · 1924–2003
Days lived
28,917
Emil Stehle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman bishop and theologian (1926–2017) · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,128
Erich Brunner🇨🇭
deceasedchess composer (1885-1938) · 1885–1938
Days lived
19,148
Frido Frey🇩🇪
deceasedbasketball player · 1921–2000
Days lived
28,692
Fritz Hoopts🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1875-1945) · 1875–1945
Days lived
25,547
Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian anthropologist (1912–1994) · 1913–1994
Days lived
29,647
Giuseppe De Santis🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1917–1997) · 1917–1997
Days lived
29,314
Götz Briefs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman social ethicist and economist (1889–1974) · 1889–1974
Days lived
31,180
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I. M. Pei🇺🇸
deceasedChinese-American architect (1917–2019) · 1917–2019
Days lived
37,275
Jim Henson
deceasedtelevision director · 1936–1990
Days lived
19,592
John Henry Mackay🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1864–1933
Days lived
25,301
Julius Schreck🇩🇪
deceasedNazi officer, First commander of the SS (1898-1936) · 1898–1936
Days lived
13,821
Karl Farkas🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actor and writer (1893–1971) · 1893–1971
Days lived
28,323
Kurt Felix🇮🇹
deceasedSwiss television presenter, entertainer and journalist (1941-2012) · 1941–2012
Days lived
25,983
Louise Dumont🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1862–1932
Days lived
25,650
Luigi Bartolini🇮🇹
deceasedartist · 1892–1963
Days lived
26,029
Margaret Hamilton🇺🇸
deceasedTeacher · 1902–1985
Days lived
30,109
Marika Rökk🇭🇺
deceasedactor · 1913–2004
Days lived
33,067
Marisa Mell🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actress (1939–1992) · 1939–1992
Days lived
19,440
Rainer G. Rümmler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1929-2004) · 1929–2004
Days lived
27,347
Rildo da Costa Menezes🇧🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1942–2021
Days lived
28,968
Ronnie James Dio🇺🇸
deceasedHeavy metal singer · 1942–2010
Days lived
24,782
Salcia Landmann🇨🇭
deceasedJewish writer (1911-2002) · 1911–2002
Days lived
33,052
Sammy Davis Jr.🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican entertainer (1925–1990) · 1925–1990
Days lived
23,535
Tadeusz Pacuła🇵🇱
deceasedPolish basketball player (1932–1984) · 1932–1984
Days lived
18,923
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
62,957
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
51,635
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
48,983
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
48,646
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
46,521
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
45,426
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,426
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,426
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
45,426
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,426
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
45,426
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,426
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
45,426
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
45,426
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
45,426
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
45,426
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
44,331
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
41,491
Magdolna Tóth🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1914
Days alive
40,678
Andor András Balázs🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1918
Days alive
38,955
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
68,801
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
68,498
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
68,071
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
58,513
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
57,479
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
57,113
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
54,557
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
53,209
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
674,008
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
153,522
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
77,540
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
58,209
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
36,561
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
34,104
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
32,014
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
29,991
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
31,451
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
24,873
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
19,411
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
18,228
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
17,523
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,836
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,793
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
16,572