A Tuesday
Born on August 13, 1940?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
86 years
Famous people born on August 13, 1940
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
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Fernando Cruz
August 12 · Portuguese footballer
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Arístides Royo
August 14 · President of Panama
Lila Morillo
August 14 · Venezuelan singer, showgirl and actress
Ze'ev Revach
August 15 · Israeli actor and director (1940–2025)
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Bruce Beresford
August 16 · Australian film director
Kyaw Hla Aung
August 16 · Burmese lawyer and Rohingya rights activist
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
August 13, 1940 was a Tuesday. Someone born on August 13, 1940 is a Leo. Someone born on August 13, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,495 days. People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on August 13
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.
John Logie Baird
1888 · Scottish inventor, demonstrating the world's first working television
Alfred Hitchcock
1899 · British filmmaker
Frederick Sanger
1918 · British biochemist
Fidel Castro
1926 · Cuban politician, author and revolutionary
Gift ideas for someone born in 1940
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 87
- “Born in 1940” gifts
- Wine from 1940
- Books about 1940
- A newspaper from 1940
- Coin set from 1940
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Questions about August 13, 1940
- What day of the week was August 13, 1940?
- August 13, 1940 was a Tuesday.
- What star sign is someone born on August 13, 1940?
- Someone born on August 13, 1940 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 13, 1940?
- In the Chinese zodiac, August 13, 1940 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
- How old is someone born on August 13, 1940?
- Someone born on August 13, 1940 is 86 years old today and has lived about 31,495 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1940?
- People born in 1940 belong to the Silent Generation.
- What is the birthstone for August?
- The birthstone for August is peridot.
- What was the moon phase on August 13, 1940?
- On August 13, 1940 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.
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