You are 66 Years, 04 Months, 24 Days old from January 10, 2026. You were born on Monday and have been alive for 24253 days, your next Birthday will be after 07 Months, 6 Days or Your next birthday is in 219 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | August 17, 1959 (Monday) |
|---|---|
| Age From Date: | January 10, 2026 (Saturday) |
| Age: | 66 Years, 04 Months, 24 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Monday |
| Age In Months: | 796 Months 24 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 3464 Weeks 3 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 24253 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 582076 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 34924589 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2095475343 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | August 17, 2026 (Monday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 07 Months, 6 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.
Famous people with Leo zodiac sign? |
| 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: XXIV |
| 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 10, 2026 04:29:03Here is a random list who born on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1943 | John Humphrys, Welsh journalist and author |
| 1849 | William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (d. 1919) |
| 1977 | Thierry Henry, French footballer |
| 1845 | Henry Cadwalader Chapman, American physician and naturalist (d. 1909) |
| 1944 | Jean-Bernard Pommier, French pianist and conductor |
| 1960 | Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer-songwriter |
| 1913 | Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1989) |
| 1980 | Daniel Güiza, Spanish footballer |
| 1952 | Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1946 | Hugh Baiocchi, South African golfer |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940) |
| 1979 | John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (b. 1907) |
| 1875 | Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827) |
| 1861 | Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806) |
| 1925 | Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848) |
| 2015 | Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (b. 1937) |
| 1969 | Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) |
| 1983 | Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (b. 1896) |
| 2016 | Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923) |
| 1936 | José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880) |
Here is a list of some events happened on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage. |
| 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. |
| 1998 | Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship. |
| 1896 | Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom. |
| 1945 | Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire. |
| 1807 | Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world. |
| 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. |
| 1977 | The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. |
| 1864 | American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida. |
| 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. |