Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 20 2026
Italian singer and actor · b. 1943
Days alive
30,317
actor · 1872–1929
Days lived
20,720
Spanish basketball player · b. 1979
Days alive
17,168
scientist · b. 1975
Days alive
18,629
German lawyer and politician · b. 1959
Days alive
24,473
Reality television participant · b. 1990
Days alive
13,150
rapper · b. 1972
Days alive
19,724
football player · b. 1988
Days alive
13,880
musician · b. 1986
Days alive
14,611
actor · b. 1946
Days alive
29,221
German author · b. 1962
Days alive
23,377
American actor (1927-2019) · 1927–2019
Days lived
33,663
politician · b. 1954
Days alive
26,299
actor · b. 1955
Days alive
25,934
German industrial designer (born 1932) · b. 1932
Days alive
34,334
entrepreneur · 1944–2022
Days lived
28,645
German chemist (1907 Nobel Prize) · 1860–1917
Days lived
20,904
entrepreneur · 1851–1929
Days lived
28,565
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Venezuelan sportswoman and writer · 1921–2020
Days lived
36,227
chemist · 1852–1927
Days lived
27,570
entrepreneur · 1931–2026
Days lived
34,573
Emeritus Senior Minister · b. 1941
Days alive
31,047
rapper · b. 1957
Days alive
25,203
scientist · 1862–1943
Days lived
29,585
football player · b. 1981
Days alive
16,437
former President of the Marshall Islands (1943-2019) · 1943–2019
Days lived
27,881
musician · 1959–1997
Days lived
13,918
American boxer · b. 1970
Days alive
20,455
Oscar Winners · 1908–1997
Days lived
32,551
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singer · b. 1979
Days alive
17,168
Czech pole vaulter · b. 1986
Days alive
14,611
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English musician (1944–2014) · 1944–2014
Days lived
25,784
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politician · 1935–2025
Days lived
32,867
German long jumper · b. 1941
Days alive
31,047
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association football player · b. 1997
Days alive
10,593
actor · b. 1973
Days alive
19,359
Argentine footballer · b. 1977
Days alive
17,898
scientist · b. 1940
Days alive
31,412
Journalist · b. 1970
Days alive
20,455
German hockey player, Olympic medalist · b. 1959
Days alive
24,473
American record producer (1911–2001) · 1911–2001
Days lived
32,935
film director · b. 1971
Days alive
20,090
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entrepreneur · b. 1970
Days alive
20,455
athlete · b. 1940
Days alive
31,412
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scientist · b. 1940
Days alive
31,412
actor · b. 1973
Days alive
19,359
German flying ace and photographer (1893-1985) · 1893–1985
Days lived
33,591
Czech footballer (born 1982) · b. 1982
Days alive
16,072
entrepreneur · b. 1977
Days alive
17,898
American computer scientist (1950-2019) · 1950–2019
Days lived
25,300
athlete · b. 1970
Days alive
20,455
Czech athlete · b. 1971
Days alive
20,090
German actor · b. 1947
Days alive
28,856
athlete · 1940–2018
Days lived
28,569
athlete · b. 1956
Days alive
25,568
film director · b. 1976
Days alive
18,263
German ethnographer (1881-1916) · 1881–1916
Days lived
12,927
film director · b. 1978
Days alive
17,533
writer · 1921–1947
Days lived
9,681
former 6th richest woman in China, sentenced to death for financial fraud · b. 1981
Days alive
16,437
Prime Minister of Japan from 2011 to 2012 · b. 1957
Days alive
25,203
Turkish-German association football player (born 1988) · b. 1988
Days alive
13,880
Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).
Notable animals alive on this date.
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Notable books already in print.
Films already out by this date.
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artist · 1903–1975
Days lived
26,429
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
49,353
Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007
Days alive
6,937
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
68,441
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
77,910
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
19,781
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