You are 66 Years, 04 Months, 15 Days old from January 01, 2026. You were born on Monday and have been alive for 24245 days, your next Birthday will be after 07 Months, 15 Days or Your next birthday is in 227 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | August 17, 1959 (Monday) |
|---|---|
| Age From Date: | January 01, 2026 (Thursday) |
| Age: | 66 Years, 04 Months, 15 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Monday |
| Age In Months: | 796 Months 15 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 3463 Weeks 1 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 24245 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 581877 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 34912592 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2094755496 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | August 17, 2026 (Monday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 07 Months, 15 Days |
| Is My Birth Year Leap Year? | Year 1959 is not a leap year. |
August 17, 1959 Birthday Facts | |
| Do you want to know your zodiac sign? | Your zodiac sign, if your date of birth is August 17, 1959, is Leo.
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| Century: | You were born in the 20th century |
| Birthday in Roman numerals | VIII.XVII.MCMLIX
August 17, 1959 in roman numerals? |
| What is your age in roman numerals? | Years: LXVI Months: IV Days: XV |
| Birth Date Season: | You were born in Summer |
| Chinese zodiac sign: | You were born in the Chinese year of the Earth 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 Thursday, January 01, 2026 20:31:36Here is a random list who born on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1938 | Theodoros Pangalos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece |
| 1969 | Christian Laettner, American basketball player and coach |
| 1966 | Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder and stuntman |
| 1977 | Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer |
| 1957 | Laurence Overmire, American poet, author, and actor |
| 1956 | Gail Berman, American businessman, co-founded BermanBraun |
| 1943 | John Humphrys, Welsh journalist and author |
| 1878 | Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (d. 1911) |
| 1578 | Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) |
| 1965 | Steve Gorman, American drummer |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1979 | John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (b. 1907) |
| 2007 | Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (b. 1913) |
| 1936 | José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880) |
| 1424 | John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (b. c. 1381) |
| 2006 | Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929) |
| 1970 | Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908) |
| 2015 | Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (b. 1937) |
| 1988 | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924) |
| 1977 | Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1904) |
| 2005 | John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934) |
Here is a list of some events happened on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1807 | Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world. |
| 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. |
| 1969 | Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage. |
| 2019 | A bomb explodes at a wedding in Kabul killing 63 people and leaving 182 injured. |
| 1896 | Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom. |
| 1945 | The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published. |
| 1585 | Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces. |
| 1949 | Matsukawa derailment: Unknown saboteurs cause a passenger train to derail and overturn in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, killing three crew members and igniting a political firestorm between the Japanese Communist Party and the government of Occupied Japan that will eventually lead to the Japanese Red Purge. |
| 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. |
| 1836 | British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths. |