You are 78 Years, 08 Months, 1 Days old from January 17, 2026. You were born on Friday and have been alive for 28737 days, your next Birthday will be after 03 Months, 29 Days or Your next birthday is in 118 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | May 16, 1947 (Friday) |
|---|---|
| Age From Date: | January 17, 2026 (Saturday) |
| Age: | 78 Years, 08 Months, 1 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Friday |
| Age In Months: | 944 Months 1 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 4105 Weeks 1 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 28737 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 689682 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 41380895 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2482853693 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | May 16, 2026 (Saturday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 03 Months, 29 Days |
| Is My Birth Year Leap Year? | Year 1947 is not a leap year. |
May 16, 1947 Birthday Facts | |
| Do you want to know your zodiac sign? | Your zodiac sign, if your date of birth is May 16, 1947, is Taurus.
Famous people with Taurus zodiac sign? |
| Century: | You were born in the 20th century |
| Birthday in Roman numerals | V.XVI.MCMXLVII
May 16, 1947 in roman numerals? |
| What is your age in roman numerals? | Years: LXXVIII Months: VIII Days: I |
| Birth Date Season: | You were born in Spring |
| Chinese zodiac sign: | You were born in the Chinese year of the Fire Pig
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Find out how many days you have been alive, what day of the week you were born on, and how long you have lived in days weeks months and years since your birth date. Chronological Age measures how old you are defined as how many years you have lived since birth.
The information above is calculated using UTC timezone where the date and time is Saturday, January 17, 2026 17:34:53Here is a random list who born on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1917 | James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician (d. 1999) |
| 1950 | Georg Bednorz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1925 | Nancy Roman, American astronomer (d. 2018) |
| 1935 | Floyd Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 1965 | Tanel Tammet, Estonian computer scientist, engineer, and academic |
| 1951 | Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer |
| 1915 | Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
| 1898 | Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (d. 1980) |
| 1955 | Debra Winger, American actress |
| 1985 | Anja Mittag, German footballer |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Alec Campbell, Australian soldier (b. 1899) |
| 1778 | Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1718) |
| 1977 | Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915) |
| 1412 | Gian Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (b. 1388) |
| 1910 | Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856) |
| 1936 | Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860) |
| 2015 | Prashant Bhargava, American director and producer (b. 1973) |
| 1265 | Simon Stock, English-French saint (b. 1165) |
| 1830 | Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768) |
| 2010 | Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942) |
Here is a list of some events happened on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1918 | The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later. |
| 1771 | The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina. |
| 946 | Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. |
| 1822 | Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli. |
| 1877 | The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France. |
| 1204 | Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. |
| 1812 | Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire cedes Bessarabia to Russia. |
| 1868 | The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote. |
| 1951 | The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines. |
| 1891 | The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opened in Frankfurt, Germany, featuring the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today). |