You are 78 Years, 04 Months, 25 Days old from January 17, 2026. You were born on Saturday and have been alive for 28637 days, your next Birthday will be after 07 Months, 5 Days or Your next birthday is in 218 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | August 23, 1947 (Saturday) |
|---|---|
| Age From Date: | January 17, 2026 (Saturday) |
| Age: | 78 Years, 04 Months, 25 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Saturday |
| Age In Months: | 940 Months 25 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 4091 Weeks 4 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 28637 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 687295 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 41237710 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2474262605 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | August 23, 2026 (Sunday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 07 Months, 5 Days |
| Is My Birth Year Leap Year? | Year 1947 is not a leap year. |
August 23, 1947 Birthday Facts | |
| Do you want to know your zodiac sign? | Your zodiac sign, if your date of birth is August 23, 1947, is Virgo.
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| Century: | You were born in the 20th century |
| Birthday in Roman numerals | VIII.XXIII.MCMXLVII
August 23, 1947 in roman numerals? |
| What is your age in roman numerals? | Years: LXXVIII Months: IV Days: XXV |
| Birth Date Season: | You were born in Summer |
| 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 07:10:05Here is a random list who born on August 23. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1922 | Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996) |
| 1979 | Zuzana Váleková, Slovak tennis player |
| 1940 | Galen Rowell, American mountaineer and photographer (d. 2002) |
| 1995 | Gabriela Lee, Romanian tennis player[22] |
| 1929 | Vera Miles, American actress |
| 1969 | Tinus Linee, South African rugby player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1967 | Richard Petrie, New Zealand cricketer |
| 1958 | Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player and manager |
| 1982 | Scott Palguta, American soccer player |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 23. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1540 | Guillaume Budé, French philosopher and scholar (b. 1467) |
| 2021 | Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and printmaker (b. 1931) |
| 2013 | Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (b. 1955) |
| 2006 | Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1928) |
| 1967 | Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918) |
| 1995 | Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898) |
| 1819 | Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785) |
| 2008 | John Russell, English-American author and critic (b. 1919) |
| 1975 | Faruk Gürler, Turkish general (b. 1913) |
| 1982 | Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913) |
Here is a list of some events happened on August 23. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1839 | The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China. |
| 1948 | The World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries. |
| 1985 | Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany. |
| 1655 | Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. |
| 1572 | French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. |
| 1914 | World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army. |
| 1929 | Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine occur, continuing until the next day, resulting in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city. |
| 2010 | The Manila hostage crisis occurred near the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines killing 9 people including the perpetrator while injuring 9 others. |
| 30 | After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, the eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. |
| 1946 | Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein. |