About Outlived
Outlived compares your life so far with famous people who have died. It's a little morbid, and meant kindly.
How it works
For each person we count the days between their birth and their death. Add that to your date of birth, plus one day, and you get the first day you've lived longer than they did.
The maths uses the modern calendar throughout, leap years included. For people born long ago, only the years are often known. Those show as "c." and the dates are rough.
Where the people come from
Names, dates and short descriptions come from Wikidata, the free database behind Wikipedia. Wikidata is free to use under CC0.
We keep the 11,867 best-known people, measured by how many Wikipedia languages have an article about them. The top 3,000 have a page each. The data was last updated on 22 October 2026.
Nobody who died in the last year appears on this site. It's too soon.
Spotted a wrong date? Old records are sometimes disputed. Corrections are best made on Wikidata, where they help everyone. Or email [email protected].
The app
Outlived for iPhone keeps track for you. It shows how many famous people you've outlived, who's next and when, and can send a notification on the day. It also has a home-screen widget, a birthday report and a lifespan quiz.
Outlived is for adults (18+). Your birthday stays on your phone.
Who made it
Outlived is made by Think Apps AI Ltd in Macclesfield. It is not made by, affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation. The people listed have not endorsed it.