You are 66 Years, 04 Months, 30 Days old from January 16, 2026. You were born on Monday and have been alive for 24260 days, your next Birthday will be after 07 Months, 0 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 16, 2026 (Friday) |
| Age: | 66 Years, 04 Months, 30 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Monday |
| Age In Months: | 796 Months 30 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 3465 Weeks 2 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 24260 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 582238 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 34934307 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2096058443 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | August 17, 2026 (Monday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 07 Months, 0 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: XXX |
| 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 16, 2026 22:27:23Here is a random list who born on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1153 | William IX, Count of Poitiers (d. 1156) |
| 1971 | Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress |
| 1985 | Yū Aoi, Japanese actress and model |
| 1801 | Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist (d. 1865) |
| 1878 | Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (d. 1911) |
| 1946 | Patrick Manning, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2016) |
| 1932 | Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist (d. 2022) |
| 1916 | Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician (d. 2012) |
| 1962 | Gilby Clarke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
| 1968 | Ed McCaffrey, American football player and sportscaster |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1945 | Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919) |
| 1424 | John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (b. c. 1381) |
| 1979 | John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (b. 1907) |
| 2015 | Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (b. 1937) |
| 2005 | John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934) |
| 1971 | Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914) |
| 1969 | Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) |
| 1925 | Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848) |
| 1304 | Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) |
| 2016 | Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923) |
Here is a list of some events happened on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 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] |
| 2017 | Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100. |
| 1585 | A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina. |
| 2005 | Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh. |
| 1836 | British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths. |
| 1798 | The Vietnamese Catholics report a Marian apparition in Quảng Trị, an event which is called Our Lady of La Vang. |
| 1712 | Action of 17 August 1712 New Deep naval battle between Denmark and Sweden. |
| 1386 | Karl Topia, the ruler of Princedom of Albania forges an alliance with the Republic of Venice, committing to participate in all wars of the Republic and receiving coastal protection against the Ottomans in return. |
| 1942 | World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin. |
| 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. |