A Thursday
Born on August 16, 1962?
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
Leo
🐅 Chinese zodiac
Water Tiger
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
64 years
Famous people born on August 16, 1962
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
August 16, 1962 was a Thursday. Someone born on August 16, 1962 is a Leo. Someone born on August 16, 1962 is 64 years old today and has lived about 23,457 days. People born in 1962 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on August 16
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Arthur Cayley
1821 · English mathematician

Wilhelm Wundt
1832 · German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor

T. E. Lawrence
1888 · British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat

James Cameron
1954 · Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born )

Madonna
1958 · American singer, songwriter, and actress (born )
Gift ideas for someone born in 1962
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 65
- “Born in 1962” gifts
- Wine from 1962
- Books about 1962
- A newspaper from 1962
- Coin set from 1962
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Questions about August 16, 1962
- What day of the week was August 16, 1962?
- August 16, 1962 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on August 16, 1962?
- Someone born on August 16, 1962 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 16, 1962?
- In the Chinese zodiac, August 16, 1962 falls in the year of the Water Tiger.
- How old is someone born on August 16, 1962?
- Someone born on August 16, 1962 is 64 years old today and has lived about 23,457 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1962?
- People born in 1962 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for August?
- The birthstone for August is peridot.
- What was the moon phase on August 16, 1962?
- On August 16, 1962 the moon was a Full Moon.
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