A Sunday
Born on May 23, 1954?
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
Sunday
♊ Star sign
Gemini
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Wood Horse
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
72 years
Famous people born on May 23, 1954
Born the same week
Esko Aho
May 20 · prime minister of Finland from 1991 to 1995
Shuji Nakamura
May 22 · Japanese doctor of Engineering (1954-), inventor of the blue LED, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics
Věra Bílá
May 22 · Czech Roma singer (1954-2019)
Ben Zyskowicz
May 24 · Finnish politician
Sa'ad Al-Houti
May 24 · Kuwaiti association football player
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 23, 1954 was a Sunday. Someone born on May 23, 1954 is a Gemini. Someone born on May 23, 1954 is 72 years old today and has lived about 26,464 days. People born in 1954 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on May 23
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John Bardeen
1908 · American physicist and engineer
Gift ideas for someone born in 1954
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 73
- “Born in 1954” gifts
- Wine from 1954
- Books about 1954
- A newspaper from 1954
- Coin set from 1954
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Questions about May 23, 1954
- What day of the week was May 23, 1954?
- May 23, 1954 was a Sunday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 23, 1954?
- Someone born on May 23, 1954 is a Gemini.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 23, 1954?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 23, 1954 falls in the year of the Wood Horse.
- How old is someone born on May 23, 1954?
- Someone born on May 23, 1954 is 72 years old today and has lived about 26,464 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1954?
- People born in 1954 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for May?
- The birthstone for May is emerald.
- What was the moon phase on May 23, 1954?
- On May 23, 1954 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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