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: | 582251 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 34935082 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2096104899 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 11:21:39Here is a random list who born on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1982 | Cheerleader Melissa, American wrestler and manager |
| 1918 | Michael John Wise, English geographer and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1966 | Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player and manager |
| 1911 | Martin Sandberger, German colonel and lawyer (d. 2010) |
| 1980 | Daniel Güiza, Spanish footballer |
| 1928 | Willem Duys, Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer (d. 2011) |
| 1985 | Yū Aoi, Japanese actress and model |
| 1896 | Tõnis Kint, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 1991) |
| 1930 | Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015) |
| 1964 | Colin James, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, 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 |
|---|---|
| 1875 | Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827) |
| 2005 | John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934) |
| 1838 | Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749) |
| 1908 | Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873) |
| 949 | Li Shouzhen, Chinese general and governor |
| 2012 | Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (b. 1915) |
| 1988 | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924) |
| 1424 | John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (b. c. 1381) |
| 1903 | Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825) |
| 1949 | Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891) |
Here is a list of some events happened on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1808 | The Finnish War: The Battle of Alavus is fought. |
| 1784 | Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12,000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón. |
| 1864 | American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida. |
| 1915 | Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia, USA after a 13-year-old girl is murdered. |
| 1955 | Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.[10] |
| 1958 | Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country. |
| 1953 | First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California. |
| 1798 | The Vietnamese Catholics report a Marian apparition in Quảng Trị, an event which is called Our Lady of La Vang. |
| 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. |
| 2008 | American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games. |