A Monday
Born on August 1, 1960?
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
Monday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Metal Rat
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
66 years
Famous people born on August 1, 1960
Micheál Martin
Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland (2020–2022, 2025–present)
Hossein Salami
Iranian military officer (1960–2025)
Robby Langers
Luxembourgish footballer
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
August 1, 1960 was a Monday. Someone born on August 1, 1960 is a Leo. Someone born on August 1, 1960 is 66 years old today and has lived about 24,202 days. People born in 1960 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on August 1
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
1744 · French naturalist

Herman Melville
1819 · American writer and poet

Pierre Bourdieu
1930 · French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher

Yves Saint Laurent
1936 · French fashion designer
Questions about August 1, 1960
- What day of the week was August 1, 1960?
- August 1, 1960 was a Monday.
- What star sign is someone born on August 1, 1960?
- Someone born on August 1, 1960 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 1, 1960?
- In the Chinese zodiac, August 1, 1960 falls in the year of the Metal Rat.
- How old is someone born on August 1, 1960?
- Someone born on August 1, 1960 is 66 years old today and has lived about 24,202 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1960?
- People born in 1960 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for August?
- The birthstone for August is peridot.
- What was the moon phase on August 1, 1960?
- On August 1, 1960 the moon was a First Quarter.
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