A Wednesday
Born on August 5, 1953?
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
Leo
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Water Snake
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
73 years
Famous people born on August 5, 1953
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Marlene Dumas
August 3 · South African painter and draftsperson (born 1953)
Shéu
August 3 · Portuguese footballer
Antonio Tajani
August 4 · Italian politician (born 1953)
Hiroyuki Usui
August 4 · Japanese association football player
Hasse Borg
August 4 · Swedish footballer
Nigel Mansell
August 8 · British racing driver (born 1953)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
August 5, 1953 was a Wednesday. Someone born on August 5, 1953 is a Leo. Someone born on August 5, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,755 days. People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on August 5
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Vitus Bering
1681 · Danish-born Russian explorer

Guy de Maupassant
1850 · French writer

Neil Armstrong
1930 · American astronaut and lunar explorer
Questions about August 5, 1953
- What day of the week was August 5, 1953?
- August 5, 1953 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on August 5, 1953?
- Someone born on August 5, 1953 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 5, 1953?
- In the Chinese zodiac, August 5, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Snake.
- How old is someone born on August 5, 1953?
- Someone born on August 5, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,755 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1953?
- People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for August?
- The birthstone for August is peridot.
- What was the moon phase on August 5, 1953?
- On August 5, 1953 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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