You are 69 Years, 05 Months, 8 Days old from January 24, 2026. You were born on Thursday and have been alive for 25363 days, your next Birthday will be after 06 Months, 22 Days or Your next birthday is in 204 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | August 16, 1956 (Thursday) |
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| Age From Date: | January 24, 2026 (Saturday) |
| Age: | 69 Years, 05 Months, 8 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Thursday |
| Age In Months: | 833 Months 8 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 3623 Weeks 1 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 25363 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 608714 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 36522832 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2191369943 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | August 16, 2026 (Sunday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 06 Months, 22 Days |
| Is My Birth Year Leap Year? | Year 1956 is a leap year. |
August 16, 1956 Birthday Facts | |
| Do you want to know your zodiac sign? | Your zodiac sign, if your date of birth is August 16, 1956, is Leo.
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| Century: | You were born in the 20th century |
| Birthday in Roman numerals | VIII.XVI.MCMLVI
August 16, 1956 in roman numerals? |
| What is your age in roman numerals? | Years: LXIX Months: V Days: VIII |
| Birth Date Season: | You were born in Summer |
| Chinese zodiac sign: | You were born in the Chinese year of the Fire Monkey
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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 24, 2026 01:52:23Here is a random list who born on August 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1884 | Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher (d. 1967) |
| 1975 | Taika Waititi, New Zealand director, screenwriter and actor |
| 1645 | Jean de La Bruyère, French philosopher and author (d. 1696) |
| 1913 | Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992) |
| 1855 | James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1922) |
| 1934 | Sam Trimble, Australian cricketer (d. 2019) |
| 1986 | Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player |
| 1971 | Stefan Klos, German footballer |
| 1845 | Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921) |
| 1945 | Gary Loizzo, American guitarist, singer, recording engineer, and record producer (d. 2016) |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1678 | Andrew Marvell, English poet and author (b. 1621) |
| 1972 | Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905) |
| 1225 | Hōjō Masako, Japanese regent and onna-bugeisha (b. 1156) |
| 1911 | Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830) |
| 1978 | Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch soldier and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1888) |
| 1358 | Albert II, Duke of Austria (b. 1298) |
| 1973 | Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) |
| 1861 | Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778) |
| 2015 | Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1947) |
| 2007 | Bahaedin Adab, Iranian engineer and politician (b. 1945) |
Here is a list of some events happened on August 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1913 | Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students. |
| 963 | Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire. |
| 1328 | The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708. |
| 942 | Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdanids of Mosul and the Baridis of Basra over control of the Abbasid capital, Baghdad. |
| 1792 | Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal. |
| 1513 | Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat. |
| 1891 | The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed. |
| 1916 | The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed. |
| 1920 | Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw. |
| 2013 | The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59 others missing. |