# Famous people who DIED the exact day you were born **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119 "2010-06-30T21:43:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DeafAngelboy23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@DeafAngelboy23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeafAngelboy23)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/61 "2010-07-02T19:09:56Z")
Nobody famous died on my birth day but I got Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman Senator who died on October 23, 42 BC. This was 2,027 years to the day which is 1985 AD unless math is wrong. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/62 "2010-07-02T19:18:17Z")
> [@DeafAngelboy23](#): > > Nobody famous died on my birth day but I got Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman Senator who died on October 23, 42 BC. This was 2,027 years to the day which is 1985 AD unless math is wrong. Nothing wrong with your math, but you’re still off by [ten days](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar#Gregorian_reform). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/63 "2010-07-02T19:24:08Z")
> [@DeafAngelboy23](#): > > Nobody famous died on my birth day but I got Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman Senator who died on October 23, 42 BC. This was 2,027 years to the day which is 1985 AD unless math is wrong. Soooo, my nemesis… after all these centuries, we meet again. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/64 "2010-07-02T19:31:04Z")
[Dorothy L. Sayers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_L._Sayers) December 17, 1957. ---
**Author:** ![BCHH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@BCHH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BCHH)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/65 "2010-07-02T22:10:10Z")
The only one listed on Historyorb was William E “Little Willie” John, a US R&B-singer. ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/66 "2010-07-03T01:51:40Z")
I’m just going to note that when I first saw the title I actually thought it said “the exact way you were born,” and I just didn’t know how that was going to work out . . . . ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/67 "2010-07-03T03:30:00Z")
> [@DeafAngelboy23](#): > > Nobody famous died on my birth day but I got Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman Senator who died on October 23, 42 BC. This was 2,027 years to the day which is 1985 AD unless math is wrong. You’re off by one year – there was no Year 0, so someone born on October 23, 42 B.C., would have (had he been immortal) turned 2026 in 1985 A.D. I don’t get any famous people breathing their last as I come into the world. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/68 "2010-07-03T09:11:12Z")
Huh, apparently I was born the day Bob Crane died/was murdered. I never knew this, yet _Hogan’s Heroes_ is one of my dad’s favourite shows. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/69 "2010-07-03T12:17:57Z")
Charles Lindbergh died the day I was born. I should start using that as the explanation for having Charles for a middle name, rather than the mundane “for a family member” reason. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/70 "2010-07-03T13:04:57Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Well, this isn’t a famous person, but does it count if the worst air disaster in recorded history happened on my birthdate? > > [March 27, 1977: The Worst Air Disaster Ever.](http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/03/dayintech_0327) My Birthday too! We’ve also had an earthquake (1964) > **[ALASKA - THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE OF MARCH 27, 1964 IN ALASKA - by Dr. George...](http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Earthquake1964Alaska.html)** ---
**Author:** ![10\_26\_2005](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/e36b37/32.png) [@10\_26\_2005](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/10_26_2005)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/71 "2010-07-03T15:21:53Z")
A lot of people shuffled off this mortal coil on my birth date (September 29) but none in my actual year (1968). ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/72 "2010-07-04T00:02:21Z")
> [@10\_26\_2005](#): > > A lot of people shuffled off this mortal coil on my birth date (September 29) but none in my actual year (1968). What’s the siginificance of your user name? (If you don’t mind…) ---
**Author:** ![MemoryDump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@MemoryDump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MemoryDump)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/73 "2010-07-04T02:14:40Z")
Well, today’s my birthday and according to the links, no one famous died the day I was born. I was born during World War II 27 days after D-Day and I sometimes wonder how many lives ended that day that would have accomplished great and beautiful things but for humankind’s (especially Hitler’s) incredible defectiveness. Calls to mind the Blood, Sweat and Tears tune “…and when I die, and when I’m dead, dead and gone, there’ll be one child born to carry on…” I heard it on the radio today. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/74 "2010-07-04T02:35:30Z")
I was born during the Tet Offensive in the Viet Nam War. Specifically when I was emerging, screaming from my mother’s womb, about 3,800 people were being killed during the Massacre at Hue. Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Teaira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9d8465/32.png) [@Teaira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teaira)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/75 "2010-07-04T03:03:21Z")
Beethoven died on my birthday. March 26. ---
**Author:** ![compwiz6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@compwiz6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compwiz6)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/76 "2012-01-26T06:14:08Z")
the famous person who died on my birthday was John F Kennedy I was born November 22, 1963 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/77 "2012-01-26T06:35:58Z")
Irene Castle, English dancer (b. 1887) She died 43 years ago today. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/78 "2012-01-26T06:41:20Z")
Nobody famous. But a friggin’ [whale exploded](http://theexplodingwhale.com). ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/79 "2012-01-26T08:15:56Z")
Thornton Wilder and a whole lot of East Timorese (Indonesia inveaded that day) left the day I checked in. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119/80 "2012-01-26T08:22:48Z")
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