A Thursday
Born on January 23, 1947?
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
Thursday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Fire Pig
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
79 years
Famous people born on January 23, 1947
Megawati Soekarnoputri
5th President of Indonesia (2001—2004) and 8th Vice President of Indonesia (1999—2001)
Basrief Arief
Attorney General of Indonesia (1947–2021)
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
January 23, 1947 was a Thursday. Someone born on January 23, 1947 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 23, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,141 days. People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on January 23
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Stendhal
1783 · French writer

Édouard Manet
1832 · French painter

David Hilbert
1862 · German mathematician

Subhas Chandra Bose
1897 · Indian nationalist leader

Django Reinhardt
1910 · Romani-Belgian /French jazz musician

Jeanne Moreau
1928 · French actress, singer, screenwriter and director
Gift ideas for someone born in 1947
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 80
- “Born in 1947” gifts
- Wine from 1947
- Books about 1947
- A newspaper from 1947
- Coin set from 1947
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Questions about January 23, 1947
- What day of the week was January 23, 1947?
- January 23, 1947 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on January 23, 1947?
- Someone born on January 23, 1947 is a Aquarius.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 23, 1947?
- In the Chinese zodiac, January 23, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
- How old is someone born on January 23, 1947?
- Someone born on January 23, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,141 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1947?
- People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for January?
- The birthstone for January is garnet.
- What was the moon phase on January 23, 1947?
- On January 23, 1947 the moon was a New Moon.
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