A Wednesday
Born on May 21, 1952?
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
Gemini
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Water Dragon
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
74 years
Famous people born on May 21, 1952
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Cristóbal López Romero
May 19 · cardinal (1952-)
Bert van Marwijk
May 19 · Dutch football manager
Patrick Hoogmartens
May 19 · Belgian Catholic bishop
Roger Milla
May 20 · Cameroonian footballer and manager (born 1952)
Vadim Zhuk
May 20 · Belarusian football referee
Waldemar Victorino
May 22 · Uruguayan footballer (1952–2023)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 21, 1952 was a Wednesday. Someone born on May 21, 1952 is a Gemini. Someone born on May 21, 1952 is 74 years old today and has lived about 27,196 days. People born in 1952 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on May 21
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Philip II of Spain
1527 · King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived -

Alexander Pope
1688 · English poet

Henri Rousseau
1844 · French painter

Andrei Sakharov
1921 · Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist
Gift ideas for someone born in 1952
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 75
- “Born in 1952” gifts
- Wine from 1952
- Books about 1952
- A newspaper from 1952
- Coin set from 1952
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Questions about May 21, 1952
- What day of the week was May 21, 1952?
- May 21, 1952 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 21, 1952?
- Someone born on May 21, 1952 is a Gemini.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 21, 1952?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 21, 1952 falls in the year of the Water Dragon.
- How old is someone born on May 21, 1952?
- Someone born on May 21, 1952 is 74 years old today and has lived about 27,196 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1952?
- People born in 1952 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for May?
- The birthstone for May is emerald.
- What was the moon phase on May 21, 1952?
- On May 21, 1952 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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