A Friday
Born on April 23, 1971?
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
Friday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Metal Pig
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
55 years
Famous people born on April 23, 1971
Born the same week
Indrek Pertelson
April 21 · Estonian judoka and sportsperson (born 1971)
Anwar al-Awlaki
April 22 · American-Yemeni imam and suspected Islamist extremist (1971–2011)
Marko Spittka
April 22 · German judoka
Alejandro Fernández
April 24 · Mexican recording artist; singer
Luca Niculescu
April 25 · Romanian journalist and diplomat
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
April 23, 1971 was a Friday. Someone born on April 23, 1971 is a Taurus. Someone born on April 23, 1971 is 55 years old today and has lived about 20,285 days. People born in 1971 belong to Generation X.
Also born on April 23
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

William Shakespeare
1564 · English playwright and poet

Gaon of Vilnius
1720 · Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist

J. M. W. Turner
1775 · English painter and draftsman (c. – )

Max Planck
1858 · German theoretical physicist
Gift ideas for someone born in 1971
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 56
- “Born in 1971” gifts
- Wine from 1971
- Books about 1971
- A newspaper from 1971
- Coin set from 1971
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Questions about April 23, 1971
- What day of the week was April 23, 1971?
- April 23, 1971 was a Friday.
- What star sign is someone born on April 23, 1971?
- Someone born on April 23, 1971 is a Taurus.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 23, 1971?
- In the Chinese zodiac, April 23, 1971 falls in the year of the Metal Pig.
- How old is someone born on April 23, 1971?
- Someone born on April 23, 1971 is 55 years old today and has lived about 20,285 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1971?
- People born in 1971 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for April?
- The birthstone for April is diamond.
- What was the moon phase on April 23, 1971?
- On April 23, 1971 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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