You are 87 Years, 05 Months, 3 Days old from January 20, 2026. You were born on Wednesday and have been alive for 31933 days, your next Birthday will be after 06 Months, 27 Days or Your next birthday is in 209 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | August 17, 1938 (Wednesday) |
|---|---|
| Age From Date: | January 20, 2026 (Tuesday) |
| Age: | 87 Years, 05 Months, 3 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Wednesday |
| Age In Months: | 1049 Months 3 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 4561 Weeks 3 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 31933 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 766398 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 45983906 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2759034371 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | August 17, 2026 (Monday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 06 Months, 27 Days |
| Is My Birth Year Leap Year? | Year 1938 is not a leap year. |
August 17, 1938 Birthday Facts | |
| Do you want to know your zodiac sign? | Your zodiac sign, if your date of birth is August 17, 1938, is Leo.
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| Century: | You were born in the 20th century |
| Birthday in Roman numerals | VIII.XVII.MCMXXXVIII
August 17, 1938 in roman numerals? |
| What is your age in roman numerals? | Years: LXXXVII Months: V Days: III |
| Birth Date Season: | You were born in Summer |
| Chinese zodiac sign: | You were born in the Chinese year of the Earth Tiger
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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 06:26:11Here is a random list who born on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1930 | Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (d. 1998) |
| 1153 | William IX, Count of Poitiers (d. 1156) |
| 1954 | Eric Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
| 1946 | Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1969 | Christian Laettner, American basketball player and coach |
| 1913 | Rudy York, American baseball player and manager (d. 1970) |
| 1949 | Sib Hashian, American rock drummer (d. 2017) |
| 1977 | Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer |
| 1964 | Dave Penney, English footballer and manager |
| 1972 | Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911) |
| 1903 | Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825) |
| 2010 | Francesco Cossiga, Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928) |
| 1969 | Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) |
| 1861 | Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806) |
| 1870 | Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818) |
| 2004 | Thea Astley, Australian author and educator (b. 1925) |
| 1850 | José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778) |
| 1838 | Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749) |
| 1547 | Katharina von Zimmern, Swiss sovereign abbess (b. 1478) |
Here is a list of some events happened on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1876 | Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, the last opera in his Ring cycle, premieres at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus. |
| 1549 | Battle of Sampford Courtenay: The Prayer Book Rebellion is quashed in England. |
| 1915 | A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217 km/h). |
| 986 | Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping. |
| 1947 | The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed. |
| 1991 | Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself. |
| 1977 | The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. |
| 1864 | American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida. |
| 1945 | The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published. |
| 1916 | World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side. |