You are 66 Years, 05 Months, 7 Days old from January 24, 2026. You were born on Monday and have been alive for 24268 days, your next Birthday will be after 06 Months, 23 Days or Your next birthday is in 204 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | August 17, 1959 (Monday) |
|---|---|
| Age From Date: | January 24, 2026 (Saturday) |
| Age: | 66 Years, 05 Months, 7 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Monday |
| Age In Months: | 797 Months 7 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 3466 Weeks 0 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 24268 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 582424 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 34945435 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2096726084 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | August 17, 2026 (Monday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 06 Months, 23 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: VII |
| 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 Saturday, January 24, 2026 15:54:44Here is a random list who born on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1982 | Phil Jagielka, English footballer |
| 1952 | Mario Theissen, German engineer and businessman |
| 1909 | Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985) |
| 1954 | Eric Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
| 1985 | Yū Aoi, Japanese actress and model |
| 1938 | Theodoros Pangalos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece |
| 1977 | Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer |
| 1927 | Sam Butera, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2009) |
| 1914 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1988) |
| 1941 | Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Canadian director and screenwriter |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1977 | Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1904) |
| 1834 | Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802) |
| 1987 | Gary Chester, Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924) |
| 2006 | Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929) |
| 949 | Li Shouzhen, Chinese general and governor |
| 1958 | Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878) |
| 1993 | Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920) |
| 754 | Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia |
| 1875 | Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827) |
| 1850 | José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778) |
Here is a list of some events happened on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2009 | An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area. |
| 1723 | Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI. |
| 1876 | Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, the last opera in his Ring cycle, premieres at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus. |
| 1668 | The magnitude 8.0 North Anatolia earthquake causes 8,000 deaths in northern Anatolia, Ottoman Empire.[2] |
| 1918 | Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated. |
| 1959 | Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.2 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana. |
| 1424 | Hundred Years' War: Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under Jean II, Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas. |
| 1945 | The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published. |
| 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. |
| 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] |