You are 66 Years, 05 Months, 6 Days old from January 23, 2026. You were born on Monday and have been alive for 24266 days, your next Birthday will be after 06 Months, 24 Days or Your next birthday is in 206 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | August 17, 1959 (Monday) |
|---|---|
| Age From Date: | January 23, 2026 (Friday) |
| Age: | 66 Years, 05 Months, 6 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Monday |
| Age In Months: | 797 Months 6 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 3466 Weeks 6 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 24266 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 582385 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 34943073 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2096584385 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | August 17, 2026 (Monday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 06 Months, 24 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: V Days: VI |
| 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 Friday, January 23, 2026 00:33:05Here is a random list who born on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1942 | Shane Porteous, Australian actor, animator, and screenwriter |
| 1943 | Dave "Snaker" Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002) |
| 1930 | Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (d. 1998) |
| 1947 | Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (d. 2016) |
| 1989 | Rachel Corsie, Scottish footballer |
| 1911 | Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer (d. 1995) |
| 1949 | Sue Draheim, American fiddler and composer (d. 2013) |
| 1896 | Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian and author (d. 1970) |
| 1995 | Gracie Gold, American figure skater |
| 1873 | John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (d. 1946) |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Jack Walker, English businessman (b. 1929) |
| 1994 | Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901) |
| 1993 | Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920) |
| 949 | Li Shouzhen, Chinese general and governor |
| 1995 | Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902) |
| 1901 | Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842) |
| 1850 | José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778) |
| 1875 | Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827) |
| 1676 | Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (b. 1621) |
| 1786 | Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712) |
Here is a list of some events happened on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1945 | The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published. |
| 1498 | Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, becomes the first person in history to resign the cardinalate; later that same day, King Louis XII of France names him Duke of Valentinois. |
| 1740 | Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope. |
| 1978 | Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine. |
| 1943 | World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily. |
| 1977 | The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. |
| 1985 | The 1985–86 Hormel strike begins in Austin, Minnesota. |
| 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. |
| 1976 | A magnitude 7.9 earthquake hits off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines, triggering a destructive tsunami, killing between 5,000-8,000 people and leaving more than 90,000 homeless.[12] |
| 682 | Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. |