You are 46 Years, 02 Months, 14 Days old from October 31, 2025. You were born on Friday and have been alive for 16878 days, your next Birthday will be after 09 Months, 16 Days or Your next birthday is in 289 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | August 17, 1979 (Friday) | 
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| Age From Date: | October 31, 2025 (Friday) | 
| Age: | 46 Years, 02 Months, 14 Days | 
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Friday | 
| Age In Months: | 554 Months 14 Day(s) | 
| Age In Weeks: | 2411 Weeks 0 Day(s) | 
| Age In Days: | 16878 Days | 
| Age In Hours: | 405065 Hours (approx.) | 
| Age In Minutes: | 24303895 Minutes (approx.) | 
| Age In Seconds: | 1458233696 Seconds (approx.) | 
| Next Birthday | August 17, 2026 (Monday) | 
| Next Birthday After: | 09 Months, 16 Days | 
| Is My Birth Year Leap Year? | Year 1979 is not a leap year. | 
| August 17, 1979 Birthday Facts | |
| Do you want to know your zodiac sign? | Your zodiac sign, if your date of birth is August 17, 1979, is Leo. Famous people with Leo zodiac sign? | 
| Century: | You were born in the 20th century | 
| Birthday in Roman numerals | VIII.XVII.MCMLXXIX August 17, 1979 in roman numerals? | 
| What is your age in roman numerals? | Years: XLVI Months: II Days: XIV | 
| Birth Date Season: | You were born in Summer | 
| Chinese zodiac sign: | You were born in the Chinese year of the Earth Goat When is the Chinese Year of the Goat? | 
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, October 31, 2025 16:54:56Here is a random list who born on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name | 
|---|---|
| 1971 | Shaun Rehn, Australian footballer and coach | 
| 1840 | Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist (d. 1922) | 
| 1930 | Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (d. 1998) | 
| 1988 | Jihadi John, Kuwaiti-British member of ISIS (d. 2015) | 
| 1934 | João Donato, Brazilian pianist and composer | 
| 1965 | Dottie Pepper, American golfer | 
| 1918 | Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (d. 1985) | 
| 1948 | Alexander Ivashkin, Russian-English cellist and conductor (d. 2014) | 
| 1976 | Eric Boulton, Canadian ice hockey player | 
| 1992 | Paige, English wrestler | 
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name | 
|---|---|
| 2008 | Franco Sensi, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1926) | 
| 1969 | Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) | 
| 2007 | Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (b. 1913) | 
| 1723 | Joseph Bingham, English scholar and academic (b. 1668) | 
| 1935 | Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872) | 
| 1768 | Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703) | 
| 1720 | Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (b. 1654) | 
| 1338 | Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese samurai (b. 1301) | 
| 1834 | Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802) | 
| 1925 | Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848) | 
Here is a list of some events happened on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event | 
|---|---|
| 1712 | Action of 17 August 1712 New Deep naval battle between Denmark and Sweden. | 
| 986 | Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping. | 
| 1962 | Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall. | 
| 1945 | Evacuation of Manchukuo: At Talitzou by the Sino-Korean border, Puyi, then the Kangde Emperor of Manchukuo, formally renounces the imperial throne, dissolves the state, and cedes its territory to the Republic of China. | 
| 1863 | American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter. | 
| 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. | 
| 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. | 
| 1945 | The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published. | 
| 1186 | Georgenberg Pact: Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria and Leopold V, Duke of Austria sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar gives his duchy to Leopold and to his son Frederick under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided. | 
| 1985 | The 1985–86 Hormel strike begins in Austin, Minnesota. |