A Friday
Born on August 15, 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
Friday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Water Dragon
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
74 years
Famous people born on August 15, 1952
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Chen Kaige
August 12 · Chinese film director and screenwriter
Carlos Gómez
August 16 · Mexican footballer (1952-2017)
Nelson Piquet
August 17 · Brazilian racing driver (born 1952)
Guillermo Vilas
August 17 · Argentine tennis player
Patrick Swayze
August 18 · American actor, producer, singer and dancer (1952–2009)
Ricardo Villa
August 18 · Argentine footballer
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
August 15, 1952 was a Friday. Someone born on August 15, 1952 is a Leo. Someone born on August 15, 1952 is 74 years old today and has lived about 27,110 days. People born in 1952 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on August 15
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Napoleon
1769 · French military leader, French Emperor – and again in

Walter Scott
1771 · Scottish novelist, poet and playwright

Aurobindo Ghosh
1872 · Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist

Louis de Broglie
1892 · Nobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter
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 August 15, 1952
- What day of the week was August 15, 1952?
- August 15, 1952 was a Friday.
- What star sign is someone born on August 15, 1952?
- Someone born on August 15, 1952 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 15, 1952?
- In the Chinese zodiac, August 15, 1952 falls in the year of the Water Dragon.
- How old is someone born on August 15, 1952?
- Someone born on August 15, 1952 is 74 years old today and has lived about 27,110 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1952?
- People born in 1952 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for August?
- The birthstone for August is peridot.
- What was the moon phase on August 15, 1952?
- On August 15, 1952 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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