You are 47 Years, 05 Months, 4 Days old from January 20, 2026. You were born on Wednesday and have been alive for 17325 days, your next Birthday will be after 06 Months, 26 Days or Your next birthday is in 207 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | August 16, 1978 (Wednesday) |
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| Age From Date: | January 20, 2026 (Tuesday) |
| Age: | 47 Years, 05 Months, 4 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Wednesday |
| Age In Months: | 569 Months 4 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 2474 Weeks 4 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 17325 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 415794 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 24947625 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 1496857508 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | August 16, 2026 (Sunday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 06 Months, 26 Days |
| Is My Birth Year Leap Year? | Year 1978 is not a leap year. |
August 16, 1978 Birthday Facts | |
| Do you want to know your zodiac sign? | Your zodiac sign, if your date of birth is August 16, 1978, is Leo.
Famous people with Leo zodiac sign? |
| Century: | You were born in the 20th century |
| Birthday in Roman numerals | VIII.XVI.MCMLXXVIII
August 16, 1978 in roman numerals? |
| What is your age in roman numerals? | Years: XLVII Months: V Days: IV |
| Birth Date Season: | You were born in Summer |
| Chinese zodiac sign: | You were born in the Chinese year of the Earth Horse
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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 Tuesday, January 20, 2026 17:45:08Here is a random list who born on August 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1957 | Laura Innes, American actress and director |
| 1975 | Didier Agathe, French footballer |
| 1945 | Suzanne Farrell, American ballerina and educator |
| 1936 | Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1987 | Eri Kitamura, Japanese voice actress and singer. |
| 1983 | Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player |
| 1949 | Scott Asheton, American drummer (d. 2014) |
| 1637 | Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (d. 1706) |
| 1933 | Reiner Kunze, German poet and translator |
| 1915 | Al Hibbler, American baritone singer (d. 2001) |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and dictator; 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912) |
| 1972 | Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905) |
| 1949 | Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1900) |
| 0079 | Empress Ma, Chinese Han dynasty consort (b. 40) |
| 1358 | Albert II, Duke of Austria (b. 1298) |
| 1861 | Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778) |
| 1518 | Loyset Compère, French composer (b. 1445) |
| 1971 | Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (b. 1893) |
| 2002 | Abu Nidal, Palestinian terrorist leader (b. 1937) |
| 1878 | Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802) |
Here is a list of some events happened on August 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1859 | The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine. |
| 2008 | The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level. |
| 1819 | Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England. |
| 2015 | Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42, crashes in Oksibl, Pegunungan Bintang, killing all 54 people on board. |
| 1328 | The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708. |
| 1780 | American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina. |
| 1900 | The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift. |
| 1930 | The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks. |
| 1991 | Indian Airlines Flight 257, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach to Imphal Airport, killing all 69 people on board. |
| 1942 | World War II: US Navy L-class blimp L-8 drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found. |