A Thursday
Born on August 21, 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
Leo
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Fire Pig
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
79 years
Famous people born on August 21, 1947
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
August 21, 1947 was a Thursday. Someone born on August 21, 1947 is a Leo. Someone born on August 21, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 28,931 days. People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on August 21
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Augustin-Louis Cauchy
1789 · French mathematician

Usain Bolt
1986 · Jamaican sprinter
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Questions about August 21, 1947
- What day of the week was August 21, 1947?
- August 21, 1947 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on August 21, 1947?
- Someone born on August 21, 1947 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 21, 1947?
- In the Chinese zodiac, August 21, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
- How old is someone born on August 21, 1947?
- Someone born on August 21, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 28,931 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1947?
- People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for August?
- The birthstone for August is peridot.
- What was the moon phase on August 21, 1947?
- On August 21, 1947 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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