You are 78 Years, 08 Months, 5 Days old from January 21, 2026. You were born on Friday and have been alive for 28741 days, your next Birthday will be after 03 Months, 25 Days or Your next birthday is in 114 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | May 16, 1947 (Friday) |
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| Age From Date: | January 21, 2026 (Wednesday) |
| Age: | 78 Years, 08 Months, 5 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Friday |
| Age In Months: | 944 Months 5 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 4105 Weeks 5 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 28741 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 689780 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 41386780 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2483206815 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | May 16, 2026 (Saturday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 03 Months, 25 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: V |
| Birth Date Season: | You were born in Spring |
| Chinese zodiac sign: | You were born in the Chinese year of the Fire Pig
When is the Chinese Year of the Pig? |
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 Wednesday, January 21, 2026 19:40:15Here is a random list who born on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Mare Winningham, American actress and singer-songwriter |
| 1969 | Tucker Carlson, American journalist, co-founded The Daily Caller |
| 1919 | Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist and biologist (d. 2004) |
| 1906 | Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator (d. 1988) |
| 1989 | Behati Prinsloo, Namibian model |
| 1929 | Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist, and feminist (d. 2012) |
| 1988 | Jaak Põldma, Estonian tennis player |
| 1964 | Boyd Tinsley, American singer-songwriter and violinist |
| 1913 | Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player (d. 1987) |
| 1988 | Martynas Gecevičius, Lithuanian basketball player |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861) |
| 1979 | A. Philip Randolph, American union leader and activist (b. 1889) |
| 1818 | Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775) |
| 1412 | Gian Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (b. 1388) |
| 2013 | Angelo Errichetti, American politician (b. 1928) |
| 1696 | Mariana of Austria, Queen consort of Spain (b. 1634) |
| 1989 | Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1939) |
| 1265 | Simon Stock, English-French saint (b. 1165) |
| 2002 | Alec Campbell, Australian soldier (b. 1899) |
| 1954 | Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1893) |
Here is a list of some events happened on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1966 | The Chinese Communist Party issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. |
| 1988 | A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine. |
| 1426 | Gov. Thado of Mohnyin becomes king of Ava. |
| 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. |
| 1975 | Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.[18] |
| 1532 | Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. |
| 1920 | In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc. |
| 1842 | The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers. |
| 2005 | Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote. |
| 2003 | In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks. |