You are 78 Years, 08 Months, 8 Days old from January 24, 2026. You were born on Friday and have been alive for 28744 days, your next Birthday will be after 03 Months, 22 Days or Your next birthday is in 111 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 24, 2026 (Saturday) |
| Age: | 78 Years, 08 Months, 8 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Friday |
| Age In Months: | 944 Months 8 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 4106 Weeks 1 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 28744 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 689856 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 41391338 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2483480294 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | May 16, 2026 (Saturday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 03 Months, 22 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: VIII |
| 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 Saturday, January 24, 2026 23:38:14Here is a random list who born on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1801 | William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (d. 1872) |
| 1898 | Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (d. 1980) |
| 1992 | Kirstin Maldonado, American singer and songwriter |
| 1960 | Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician, Nauruan Speaker of Parliament |
| 1985 | Anja Mittag, German footballer |
| 1611 | Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689) |
| 1879 | Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic (d. 1962) |
| 1957 | Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso, English lawyer and businessman |
| 1965 | Tanel Tammet, Estonian computer scientist, engineer, and academic |
| 1859 | Horace Hutchinson, English golfer (d. 1932) |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (b. 1903) |
| 1979 | A. Philip Randolph, American union leader and activist (b. 1889) |
| 2008 | Robert Mondavi, American winemaker, co-founded the Opus One Winery (b. 1913) |
| 1891 | Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821) |
| 2011 | Ralph Barker, English author (b. 1917) |
| 2005 | Andrew Goodpaster, American general (b. 1915) |
| 1182 | John Komnenos Vatatzes, Byzantine general (b. 1132) |
| 1882 | Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799) |
| 290 | Emperor Wu of Jin, Chinese emperor (b. 236) |
| 2003 | Mark McCormack, American lawyer and sports agent, founded IMG (b. 1930) |
Here is a list of some events happened on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1364 | Hundred Years' War: Bertrand du Guesclin and a French army defeat the Anglo-Navarrese army of Charles the Bad at Cocherel. |
| 1943 | The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends. |
| 1943 | Operation Chastise is undertaken by RAF Bomber Command with specially equipped Avro Lancasters to destroy the Mohne, Sorpe, and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley. |
| 1832 | Juan Godoy discovers the rich silver outcrops of Chañarcillo sparking the Chilean silver rush.[9] |
| 1966 | The Chinese Communist Party issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. |
| 1842 | The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers. |
| 1960 | Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. |
| 1959 | The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time. |
| 1868 | The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote. |
| 1874 | A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people. |