You are 66 Years, 03 Months, 23 Days old from December 09, 2025. You were born on Monday and have been alive for 24221 days, your next Birthday will be after 08 Months, 7 Days or Your next birthday is in 251 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | August 17, 1959 (Monday) |
|---|---|
| Age From Date: | December 09, 2025 (Tuesday) |
| Age: | 66 Years, 03 Months, 23 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Monday |
| Age In Months: | 795 Months 22 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 3460 Weeks 1 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 24221 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 581309 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 34878566 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2092713980 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | August 17, 2026 (Monday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 08 Months, 7 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: III Days: XXIII |
| 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 Tuesday, December 09, 2025 05:26:20Here is a random list who born on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1473 | Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (d. 1483) |
| 1923 | Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (d. 2002) |
| 1992 | Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013) |
| 1943 | Edward Cowie, English composer, painter, and author |
| 1801 | Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist (d. 1865) |
| 1934 | João Donato, Brazilian pianist and composer |
| 1963 | Jackie Walorski, American politician (d. 2022) |
| 1890 | Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946) |
| 1982 | Cheerleader Melissa, American wrestler and manager |
| 1984 | Liam Heath, British sprint canoeist |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1897 | William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821) |
| 1850 | José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778) |
| 2004 | Thea Astley, Australian author and educator (b. 1925) |
| 1970 | Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908) |
| 1973 | Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889) |
| 1983 | Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (b. 1896) |
| 2005 | John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934) |
| 1785 | Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710) |
| 1918 | Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873) |
| 1993 | Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920) |
Here is a list of some events happened on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| 1999 | The 7.6 Mw İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured. |
| 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] |
| 1864 | American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida. |
| 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. |
| 1945 | The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published. |
| 1549 | Battle of Sampford Courtenay: The Prayer Book Rebellion is quashed in England. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 1914 | World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia. |