You are 66 Years, 05 Months, 0 Days old from January 17, 2026. You were born on Monday and have been alive for 24260 days, your next Birthday will be after 06 Months, 30 Days or Your next birthday is in 212 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | August 17, 1959 (Monday) |
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| Age From Date: | January 17, 2026 (Saturday) |
| Age: | 66 Years, 05 Months, 0 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Monday |
| Age In Months: | 797 Months 0 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 3465 Weeks 0 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 24260 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 582245 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 34934693 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2096081597 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | August 17, 2026 (Monday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 06 Months, 30 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: |
| 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 17, 2026 04:53:17Here is a random list who born on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1801 | Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist (d. 1865) |
| 1911 | Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer (d. 1995) |
| 1965 | Steve Gorman, American drummer |
| 1890 | Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot (d. 1920) |
| 1943 | Robert De Niro, American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer[20] |
| 1923 | Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan artist (d. 2019) |
| 1951 | Richard Hunt, American Muppet performer (d. 1992) |
| 1686 | Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (d. 1768) |
| 2003 | Nastasja Schunk, German tennis player |
| 1977 | Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Francesco Cossiga, Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928) |
| 1510 | Edmund Dudley, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1462) |
| 1870 | Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818) |
| 2016 | Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923) |
| 1424 | John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (b. c. 1381) |
| 1971 | Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914) |
| 1809 | Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (b. 1728) |
| 1920 | Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891) |
| 1903 | Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825) |
| 2013 | Odilia Dank, American educator and politician (b. 1938) |
Here is a list of some events happened on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1784 | Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12,000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón. |
| 1560 | The Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland. |
| 1717 | Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1942 | World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin. |
| 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. |
| 1862 | American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. |
| 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. |
| 1876 | Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, the last opera in his Ring cycle, premieres at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus. |
| 1943 | World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program. |
| 1943 | World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission. |