A Thursday
Born on September 11, 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
Virgo
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Fire Pig
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
79 years
Famous people born on September 11, 1947
Born the same week
Halldór Ásgrímsson
September 8 · Icelandic politician (1947-2015)
Andrzej Olechowski
September 9 · Polish politician (1947–2026)
Sam Neill
September 14 · New Zealand actor (1947–2026)
Philippe Vorbe
September 14 · Haitian footballer
René Desaeyere
September 14 · Belgian association football player and manager
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
September 11, 1947 was a Thursday. Someone born on September 11, 1947 is a Virgo. Someone born on September 11, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 28,910 days. People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on September 11
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

D. H. Lawrence
1885 · English writer and poet

Theodor W. Adorno
1903 · German philosopher, sociologist and theorist

Ferdinand Marcos
1917 · President of the Philippines from to

Franz Beckenbauer
1945 · German sports official and association football player
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 September 11, 1947
- What day of the week was September 11, 1947?
- September 11, 1947 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on September 11, 1947?
- Someone born on September 11, 1947 is a Virgo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 11, 1947?
- In the Chinese zodiac, September 11, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
- How old is someone born on September 11, 1947?
- Someone born on September 11, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 28,910 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1947?
- People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for September?
- The birthstone for September is sapphire.
- What was the moon phase on September 11, 1947?
- On September 11, 1947 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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