You are 78 Years, 07 Months, 30 Days old from January 15, 2026. You were born on Friday and have been alive for 28734 days, your next Birthday will be after 04 Months, 0 Days or Your next birthday is in 121 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | May 16, 1947 (Friday) |
|---|---|
| Age From Date: | January 15, 2026 (Thursday) |
| Age: | 78 Years, 07 Months, 30 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Friday |
| Age In Months: | 943 Months 30 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 4104 Weeks 2 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 28734 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 689618 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 41377099 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2482625931 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | May 16, 2026 (Saturday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 04 Months, 0 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.
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| 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: VII Days: XXX |
| 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 Thursday, January 15, 2026 02:18:51Here is a random list who born on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1956 | Loretta Schrijver, Dutch television host, news anchor |
| 1906 | Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (d. 1991) |
| 1946 | Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter and producer |
| 1941 | Denis Hart, Australian archbishop |
| 1950 | Bruce Coville, American author |
| 1641 | Dudley North, English economist and politician (d. 1691) |
| 1994 | Kathinka von Deichmann, Liechtenstein tennis player[36] |
| 1455 | Wolfgang I of Oettingen, German count (d. 1522) |
| 1821 | Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and statistician (d. 1894) |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1938 | Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870) |
| 1891 | Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821) |
| 1946 | Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890) |
| 2010 | Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942) |
| 1936 | Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860) |
| 2011 | Ralph Barker, English author (b. 1917) |
| 1861 | John Stevens Henslow, British priest, geologist and doctoral advisor to Charles Darwin (b. 1796) |
| 1703 | Charles Perrault, French author and academic (b. 1628) |
| 1944 | George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866) |
| 1989 | Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1939) |
Here is a list of some events happened on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1739 | The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army. |
| 1929 | In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place. |
| 2011 | STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour. |
| 1960 | Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. |
| 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. |
| 1866 | The United States Congress establishes the nickel. |
| 1969 | Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus. |
| 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. |
| 1919 | A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight. |
| 1584 | Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines. |