A Monday
Born on February 20, 1961?
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
Pisces
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Metal Ox
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
65 years
Famous people born on February 20, 1961
Born the same week
Andrey Korotayev
February 17 · Russian anthropologist, economic historian, comparative political scientist, and sociologist
Lee Ju-ho
February 17 · Acting President and Prime Minister of South Korea from May to June 2025
Panna Rittikrai
February 17 · Thai actor and director (1961–2014)
Armin Laschet
February 18 · German politician (CDU)
Pierre Habumuremyi
February 21 · Prime Minister of Rwanda
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
February 20, 1961 was a Monday. Someone born on February 20, 1961 is a Pisces. Someone born on February 20, 1961 is 65 years old today and has lived about 23,999 days. People born in 1961 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on February 20
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ludwig Boltzmann
1844 · Austrian physicist and philosopher

Louis Kahn
1901 · Estonian-American architect

Ansel Adams
1902 · American photographer and environmentalist

Sidney Poitier
1927 · Bahamian and American actor and diplomat
Gift ideas for someone born in 1961
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 66
- “Born in 1961” gifts
- Wine from 1961
- Books about 1961
- A newspaper from 1961
- Coin set from 1961
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Questions about February 20, 1961
- What day of the week was February 20, 1961?
- February 20, 1961 was a Monday.
- What star sign is someone born on February 20, 1961?
- Someone born on February 20, 1961 is a Pisces.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for February 20, 1961?
- In the Chinese zodiac, February 20, 1961 falls in the year of the Metal Ox.
- How old is someone born on February 20, 1961?
- Someone born on February 20, 1961 is 65 years old today and has lived about 23,999 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1961?
- People born in 1961 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for February?
- The birthstone for February is amethyst.
- What was the moon phase on February 20, 1961?
- On February 20, 1961 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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