A Wednesday
Born on October 29, 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
Wednesday
♏ Star sign
Scorpio
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Fire Pig
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
79 years
Famous people born on October 29, 1947
Mirza Khazar
Azerbaijani writer, journalist, publisher, radio and television host
José Quintanilla
Salvadoran footballer (1947-1977)
Þorsteinn Pálsson
Prime Minister of Iceland
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
October 29, 1947 was a Wednesday. Someone born on October 29, 1947 is a Scorpio. Someone born on October 29, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 28,862 days. People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on October 29
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
1507 · Spanish military tactician and diplomat

Joseph Goebbels
1897 · Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
1938 · 24th president of Liberia
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 October 29, 1947
- What day of the week was October 29, 1947?
- October 29, 1947 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on October 29, 1947?
- Someone born on October 29, 1947 is a Scorpio.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 29, 1947?
- In the Chinese zodiac, October 29, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
- How old is someone born on October 29, 1947?
- Someone born on October 29, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 28,862 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1947?
- People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for October?
- The birthstone for October is opal.
- What was the moon phase on October 29, 1947?
- On October 29, 1947 the moon was a Full Moon.
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