A Thursday
Born on August 29, 1957?
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
Thursday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐓 Chinese zodiac
Fire Rooster
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
69 years
Famous people born on August 29, 1957
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Christian Schmidt
August 26 · German politician, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dr. Alban
August 26 · Nigerian-Swedish dentist, musician
Ivo Josipović
August 28 · Croatian politician, third President of Croatia
Gloria Estefan
September 1 · Cuban-American singer (born 1957)
Duško Ivanović
September 1 · Montenegrin basketball coach
Mohammad Ali Jafari
September 1 · Iranian general
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
August 29, 1957 was a Thursday. Someone born on August 29, 1957 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 29, 1957 is 69 years old today and has lived about 25,270 days. People born in 1957 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on August 29
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John Locke
1632 · English philosopher and physician

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1780 · French painter

Major Dhyan Chand Singh
1905 · Indian field hockey player

Ingrid Bergman
1915 · Swedish actress

Charlie Parker
1920 · American jazz saxophonist

Michael Jackson
1958 · American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer
Gift ideas for someone born in 1957
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 70
- “Born in 1957” gifts
- Wine from 1957
- Books about 1957
- A newspaper from 1957
- Coin set from 1957
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Questions about August 29, 1957
- What day of the week was August 29, 1957?
- August 29, 1957 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on August 29, 1957?
- Someone born on August 29, 1957 is a Virgo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 29, 1957?
- In the Chinese zodiac, August 29, 1957 falls in the year of the Fire Rooster.
- How old is someone born on August 29, 1957?
- Someone born on August 29, 1957 is 69 years old today and has lived about 25,270 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1957?
- People born in 1957 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for August?
- The birthstone for August is peridot.
- What was the moon phase on August 29, 1957?
- On August 29, 1957 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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