You are 78 Years, 07 Months, 24 Days old from January 09, 2026. You were born on Friday and have been alive for 28728 days, your next Birthday will be after 04 Months, 6 Days or Your next birthday is in 127 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | May 16, 1947 (Friday) |
|---|---|
| Age From Date: | January 09, 2026 (Friday) |
| Age: | 78 Years, 07 Months, 24 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Friday |
| Age In Months: | 943 Months 24 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 4104 Weeks 3 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 28728 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 689476 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 41368531 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2482111872 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | May 16, 2026 (Saturday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 04 Months, 6 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: XXIV |
| 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 Friday, January 09, 2026 03:31:12Here is a random list who born on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1913 | Gordon Chalk, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Queensland (d. 1991) |
| 1913 | Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player (d. 1987) |
| 1974 | Sonny Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and rapper |
| 1912 | Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008) |
| 1967 | Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford, British politician |
| 1946 | Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter and producer |
| 1953 | Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer |
| 1914 | Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (d. 2009) |
| 1955 | Debra Winger, American actress |
| 1972 | Matthew Hart, New Zealand cricketer |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1936 | Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860) |
| 1957 | Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903) |
| 2019 | Piet Blauw, Dutch politician (b. 1937) |
| 1946 | Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890) |
| 1890 | Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843) |
| 1830 | Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768) |
| 1412 | Gian Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (b. 1388) |
| 1375 | Liu Bowen, Chinese military strategist, officer, statesman and poet (b. 1311) |
| 1703 | Charles Perrault, French author and academic (b. 1628) |
| 1691 | Jacob Leisler, German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1640) |
Here is a list of some events happened on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| 1925 | The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 1426 | Gov. Thado of Mohnyin becomes king of Ava. |
| 1204 | Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. |
| 2005 | Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote. |
| 2011 | STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour. |